Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 82Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1891 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... counsel that they ought to have been allowed to prove that the defendants had given instructions to their employés to keep the back door fastened when the trap - door was open . We do not see how this is material . The injury complained ...
... counsel that they ought to have been allowed to prove that the defendants had given instructions to their employés to keep the back door fastened when the trap - door was open . We do not see how this is material . The injury complained ...
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... counsel for plaintiff insists that this admission holds the company to the payment of damages before it removes the logs . But that custom only applies to cases where the company has no legal right to go upon the land to remove the logs ...
... counsel for plaintiff insists that this admission holds the company to the payment of damages before it removes the logs . But that custom only applies to cases where the company has no legal right to go upon the land to remove the logs ...
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... counsel for defend- ant does not support the claim that a writ of error will lie to review these proceedings . In that case ( In re Hicks , 20 Mich . 129 ) it was held that- " The Supreme Court has power to review by writ of error any ...
... counsel for defend- ant does not support the claim that a writ of error will lie to review these proceedings . In that case ( In re Hicks , 20 Mich . 129 ) it was held that- " The Supreme Court has power to review by writ of error any ...
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... counsel ) , for the people . [ The points of counsel are stated in the opinion.- REPORTER . ] LONG , J. The respondent is charged , jointly with Charles Brearley , with having killed and murdered one Daniel Sinclair , at the township of ...
... counsel ) , for the people . [ The points of counsel are stated in the opinion.- REPORTER . ] LONG , J. The respondent is charged , jointly with Charles Brearley , with having killed and murdered one Daniel Sinclair , at the township of ...
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... counsel for respondent , these assign- ments are discussed under 14 different heads , and will be noticed in their order , remarking at the outset that , after a careful reading of the record and the briefs , and listening to the able ...
... counsel for respondent , these assign- ments are discussed under 14 different heads , and will be noticed in their order , remarking at the outset that , after a careful reading of the record and the briefs , and listening to the able ...
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Page 364 - States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 270 - Whether the negotiations constituted one contract or more was a question of fact, and should have been submitted to the Jury.
Page 554 - The last restriction, as to the equal protection of the laws, is not violated by any diversity in the jurisdiction of the several, courts as to subject-matter, amount, or finality of decision, if all persons within the territorial limits of their respective jurisdictions have, an equal right, in like cases and under like circumstances...
Page 191 - The rule for casting interest, when partial payments have been made, is to apply the payment, in the first place, to the discharge of the interest then due. If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due.
Page 191 - If the payment be less than the Interest, the surplus of Interest must not be taken to augment the principal, but Interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the Interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal; and Interest is to be computed on the balance of principal as aforesaid.
Page 191 - If the payment exceeds the interest, the surplus goes towards discharging the principal, and the subsequent interest is to be computed on the balance of principal remaining due. If the payment be less than the interest, the surplus of interest must not be taken to augment the principal ; but interest continues on the former principal until the period when the payments, taken together, exceed the interest due, and then the surplus is to be applied towards discharging the principal ; and interest is...
Page 598 - I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, real, personal...
Page 287 - Where there is no coercion, amounting to duress, but a transaction is the result of a moral, social, or domestic force exerted upon a party, controlling the free action of his will, and preventing any true consent, equity may relieve against the transaction on the ground of undue influence, even though there may be no invalidity at law.
Page 535 - Upon the ballots given for said separate amendment shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, the words: "License to sell intoxicating liquors, Yes;" and upon the ballots given against said amendment, in like manner, the words: "License to sell intoxicating liquors, No.
Page 502 - A commissioner, or other officer making a sale, as prescribed in this title, or a guardian of an infant party to the action, shall not, nor shall any person, for his benefit, directly or indirectly, purchase, or be interested in the purchase...