Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, Volume 2

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Contents

TITLE XXIV
871
Of the Inventory and Collection of the Effects of Deceased Persons
880
Of Rendering Accounts by Executors and Administrators
898
Of Probate Bonds and the Prosecution thereof
906
Of the Sale of Real Estate on Executions
929
TITLE XXVI
941
General Provisions Relating to Fraudulent Conveyances and Contracts
947
General Provisions Concerning Husband and Wife
961
Of Guardians and Wards
968
Of Masters Apprentices and Servants
976
TITLE XXVIII
981
Of the Circuit Courts
991
Of the District Court in the Upper Peninsula
1003
Of the Probate Courts
1033
Of Courts held by Justices of the Peace
1040
Of Criminal Proceedings before Justices of the Peace
1096
Of Circuit Court Commissioners Attorneys and other Judicial Officers
1105
General Provisions Concerning Courts and the Powers and Duties of Certain Judicial
1112
Of Proceedings as for Contempts to enforce Civil Remedies and to Protect
1127
TITLE XXIX
1135
Of Pleadings and Setoffs
1146
Of Consolidating and Referring Causes
1153
Of Evidence
1160
Of the Trial of Issues of Fact
1186
Of Amending Pleadings and Proceedings
1200
Of the Assessment of Damages
1203
Of Judgments and Executions
1206
Of the Homestead Exemption
1217
Provisions Concerning Actions and Proceedings in Certain Cases
1219
TITLE XXX
1229
Of the Partition of Lands owned by several Persons
1242
Of Waste
1258
Of Trespasses on Lands
1261
Of the Action for Private Nuisances
1262
General Provisions Concerning Actions Relating to Real Estate
1264
TITLE XXXI
1268
Of Proceedings against Garnishees
1276
Of Proceedings at Law in the Nature of a Judgment Creditors Bill
1281
Of Proceedings by and against Infants
1287
Of Proceedings by and against Corporations in Courts of Law
1289
Of Proceedings against Corporations in Chancery
1293
Of the Voluntary Dissolution of Corporations and the Abatement of Suits by and against them
1299
Of Proceedings by and against Public Bodies having Certain Corporate Powers and by and against Officers representing them
1301
Of Suits against Sheriffs and Others on their Official Bonds
1309
Of the Foreclosure of Mortgages by Advertisement
1363
Of Proceedings to Compel the Delivery of Books and Papers by Public Officers to their Successors
1367
TITLE XXXII
1370
Of Informations in the Nature of a Quo Warranto and in certain other cases
1390
Of Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition
1396
Of Writs of Error and Certiorari
1399
TITLE XXXIV
1411
Of the Relief of Insolvent Debtors from Imprisonment
1424
Of the Powers Duties and Obligations of Assignees of Insolvent Debtors under this
1432
Of the Relief of Poor Debtors from Imprisonment
1443
TITLE XXXV
1449
virtue of Civil Process
1455
Of the Fees of Certain Officers in Civil Cases
1468
Of the Fees of Officers and Ministers of Justice in Criminal Cases
1493
TITLE XXXVIII
1501
Of Offences Against Property
1509
Of Forgery and Counterfeiting
1525
Of Offences Against Public Justice
1530
Of Offences Against the Public Peace A
1537
Of Offences Against Chastity Morality and Decency
1540
Of Offences Against the Public Health
1546
Of Offences Against the Public Policy
1548
Of Offences Against Election Laws
1555
Of the Racing of Animals
1557
Of the Firing of Woods and Prairies
1558
Of Trespasses on the Public Lands
1559
General Provisions Concerning Crimes and Punishments
1564
Of Proceedings to Prevent the Commission of Crime
1569
Of the Arrest and Examination of Offenders Commitment for Trial and Taking Bail
1573
Of Indictments and Proceedings before Trial
1580
Of Trials in Criminal Cases
1591
Of New Trials and Exceptions in Criminal Cases
1593
Of Inquests on the View of Dead Bodies
1595
Of Judgments in Criminal Cases and the Execution thereof
1598
Miscellaneous Proceedings Concerning Proceedings in Criminal Cases
1602
TITLE XL
1607
APPENDIX
1633
AN ACT to Authorize the Business of Banking
1635
ABSTRACT of the Laws of the United States Relative to the Naturalization of Aliens
1654
AN ACT to Prescribe the Mode in which Public Records and Judicial Proceedings in each State shall be Authenticated so as to Take Effect in every ot...
1660
AN ACT Respecting Fugitives from Justice and Persons Escaping from the Service of their Masters
1662
COMMISSIONERS CERTIFICATE
1665
Of the Specific Performance by Executors and Administrators of the Contracts of
1765

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Page 1646 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state or territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 942 - A contract for the sale of any goods of the value of fifty dollars or upwards shall not be enforceable by action unless the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract be made and signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 1646 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 1316 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 1495 - Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child, any medicine, drug, or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother, or shall have been advised by two physicians to be necessary for such purposes, shall in case the death of such child or of such mother, be thereby produced, be deemed guilty of manslaughter in the second degree.
Page 1648 - Whenever the executive authority of any state or territory demands any person as a fugitive from Justice of the executive authority of any state or territory to which such person has fled, and produces a copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made, before a magistrate...
Page 1622 - No association shall make any loan or discount on the security of the shares of its own capital stock, nor be the purchaser or holder of any such shares, unless such security or purchase shall be necessary to prevent loss upon a debt previously contracted in good faith...
Page 1573 - In any indictment for murder or manslaughter, or for being an accessory to any murder or manslaughter, it shall not be necessary to set forth the manner in which, or the means by which, the death of the deceased was caused, but it shall be sufficient in any indictment for murder to charge that the defendant did feloniously, wilfully, and of his malice aforethought, kill and murder the deceased, and it shall be sufficient in any indictment for manslaughter to charge that the defendant did feloniously...
Page 1623 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Page 1489 - That all murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or by lying in wait, or by any other kind of wilful, deliberate and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree; and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder in the second degree...

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