Reports of Cases Argued and Ruled at Nisi Prius: In the Courts of Queen's Bench, Common Pleas, & Exchequer; Together with Cases Tried on the Circuits, and in the Central Criminal Court ...S. Sweet, 1845 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... opinion that there was some evidence of the contract as laid , left the case to the jury , and said that , if they found that the contract was not on the terms as to salary which were alleged in the declaration , he should not allow an ...
... opinion that there was some evidence of the contract as laid , left the case to the jury , and said that , if they found that the contract was not on the terms as to salary which were alleged in the declaration , he should not allow an ...
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... opinion was Littleton , in our books , and in this book , sect . 677 , but her husband may disagree there- unto , and devest the whole estate , but if he neither agree nor dis- agree , the purchase is good ; but , after his death ...
... opinion was Littleton , in our books , and in this book , sect . 677 , but her husband may disagree there- unto , and devest the whole estate , but if he neither agree nor dis- agree , the purchase is good ; but , after his death ...
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... opinion , that unless the de- fendant was deprived of his profits by some default of the plaintiffs , or of those who represent them , and act by their authority , such loss of profits is no defence to the present action ; you will ...
... opinion , that unless the de- fendant was deprived of his profits by some default of the plaintiffs , or of those who represent them , and act by their authority , such loss of profits is no defence to the present action ; you will ...
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... opinion that the defendant is not entitled to any deduction at all , and that the verdict must be entered for £ 450 ; and I shall give Mr. Platt leave to move to reduce the damages to £ 300 , if the Court think the deduction of £ 150 ...
... opinion that the defendant is not entitled to any deduction at all , and that the verdict must be entered for £ 450 ; and I shall give Mr. Platt leave to move to reduce the damages to £ 300 , if the Court think the deduction of £ 150 ...
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... opinion on a matter with which he is peculiarly conversant from the nature of his employment in life . The former is bound , as a matter of public duty , to speak to a fact which happens to have fallen within his know- A witness who is ...
... opinion on a matter with which he is peculiarly conversant from the nature of his employment in life . The former is bound , as a matter of public duty , to speak to a fact which happens to have fallen within his know- A witness who is ...
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Page 262 - AB, as for his costs and charges by him about his suit in that behalf expended...
Page 129 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason from disease of the mind as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 667 - The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted, is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone ; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth...
Page 543 - ... the right to make such entry or distress, or to bring such action, shall have first accrued to some person through whom he claims...
Page 272 - Court, on the trial of any issue joined, or of any matter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or...
Page 128 - What are the proper questions to be submitted to the jury where a person • alleged to be afflicted with insane delusion respecting one or more particular subjects or persons, is charged' with the commission of a crime (murder, for example) and insanity is set up as a defence 1" And, thirdly : " In what terms ought the question to be left to the jury as to the prisoner's state of mind at the time when the act was committed...
Page 652 - Term) moved accordingly, and also for a rule to shew cause why there should not be a new trial on the ground...
Page 677 - Every punishment and forfeiture by this Act imposed on any person maliciously committing any offence, whether the same be punishable upon indictment or upon summary conviction, shall equally apply and be enforced, whether the offence shall be committed from malice conceived against the owner of the property in respect of which it shall be committed, or otherwise.
Page 477 - The jurors for our Lady the Queen upon their oath present that...
Page 130 - ... mind at the time of the commission of the alleged crime ? or his opinion whether the prisoner was conscious at the time of doing the act that he was acting contrary to law, or whether he was labouring under any and what delusion at the time...