The Northeastern Reporter, Volume 4West Publishing Company, 1886 - Law Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio. |
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... LAND . Plaintiff , by paper title and certain acts of the legislature , was vested with the fee of land to the center of Java street , and extending to the water - line of the East river , and defendant built a pier at the end of Java ...
... LAND . Plaintiff , by paper title and certain acts of the legislature , was vested with the fee of land to the center of Java street , and extending to the water - line of the East river , and defendant built a pier at the end of Java ...
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... land for twenty years au- thorizes that land to be described of record as a public highway . The statute con- templates the creation of a public highway by consent of the land - owner , either by an imperfect record made perfect by ...
... land for twenty years au- thorizes that land to be described of record as a public highway . The statute con- templates the creation of a public highway by consent of the land - owner , either by an imperfect record made perfect by ...
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... land - owner , it will result that highways may be thus established over the lands of persons under legal disability , -such as infants , etc .; and that a construction of the statute should not be adopted that might bring about such a ...
... land - owner , it will result that highways may be thus established over the lands of persons under legal disability , -such as infants , etc .; and that a construction of the statute should not be adopted that might bring about such a ...
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... land in Marshall county . The defendants , after filing a general denial to the complaint , filed a cross - complaint in two paragraphs , in both of which they sought to quiet the title to the same land in themselves . In the first ...
... land in Marshall county . The defendants , after filing a general denial to the complaint , filed a cross - complaint in two paragraphs , in both of which they sought to quiet the title to the same land in themselves . In the first ...
Page 59
... land for $ 2,800 , and failed to pay any part thereof to Wheeler's wife . It was held that Gwaltney having obtained the land for a nominal price , upon an agreement that he would sell it , and out of the price which he might receive ...
... land for $ 2,800 , and failed to pay any part thereof to Wheeler's wife . It was held that Gwaltney having obtained the land for a nominal price , upon an agreement that he would sell it , and out of the price which he might receive ...
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Page 470 - The first is, that where the risk has not been run, whether its not having been run was owing to the fault, pleasure, or will of the insured, or to any other cause, the premium shall be returned ; because a policy of insurance is a contract of indemnity.
Page 606 - All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, real, personal and mixed, wheresoever situate, of which I may die seized or possessed, or to which I may be entitled at the time of my decease...
Page 439 - Assembly ; nor shall any person hold more than one lucrative office at the same time, except as in this Constitution expressly permitted...
Page 311 - ... relieve a party from a judgment ' taken against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect.
Page 532 - The provisions of this act shall not be construed in any manner to affect or impair the title of a purchaser for a valuable consideration, unless it shall appear that such purchaser had previous notice of the fraudulent intent of his immediate grantor, or of the fraud rendering void the title of such grantor.
Page 613 - To administer according to law, and to the will of the testator, all his goods, chattels, rights and credits, and the proceeds of all his real estate, that may be sold for the payment of his debts or legacies, which shall at any time come to the possession of the executor, or to the possession of any other person for him...
Page 357 - That the party of the second part, for and in consideration of the...
Page 290 - The verdict of a jury is either general or special. A general verdict is that by which they pronounce generally upon all or any of the issues, either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant.
Page 268 - It is sometimes said that speculative damages cannot be recovered because the amount is uncertain ; but such remarks will generally be found applicable to such damages as it is uncertain whether sustained at all from the breach. • Sometimes the claim is rejected as being too remote. This is another mode of saying that it is uncertain whether such damages resulted necessarily and immediately from the breach complained of.
Page 239 - An action upon a specialty, or any agreement, contract, or promise in writing, within fifteen years ; upon a contract not in writing, express or implied, an action upon a liability created by statute, other than a forfeiture or penalty, within six years.