The Atlantic Reporter, Volume 122West Publishing Company, 1924 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... verdict . Where a directed verdict for defendant is sought , the truth of plaintiff's evidence , to- gether with such inferences as may be fairly drawn therefrom , tending to support his cause of action , will be assumed . 2. Railroads ...
... verdict . Where a directed verdict for defendant is sought , the truth of plaintiff's evidence , to- gether with such inferences as may be fairly drawn therefrom , tending to support his cause of action , will be assumed . 2. Railroads ...
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... verdict❞ held appeal from judgment on mo- tion to dismiss . Where the verdict was rendered on No- vember 4th , the sentence imposed on Novem- ber 10th , and the appeal entered on November 11th , the appeal should be treated on motion ...
... verdict❞ held appeal from judgment on mo- tion to dismiss . Where the verdict was rendered on No- vember 4th , the sentence imposed on Novem- ber 10th , and the appeal entered on November 11th , the appeal should be treated on motion ...
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... verdict in " the case , and the state has made a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that there could be no appeal from the verdict . Prior to the Act of 1892 , c . 506 , appeals in criminal cases were entered before the inter ...
... verdict in " the case , and the state has made a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground that there could be no appeal from the verdict . Prior to the Act of 1892 , c . 506 , appeals in criminal cases were entered before the inter ...
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... verdict of a jury for nominal damages , the defendant has appealed . the land described in the declaration , claim- ing title under the deed offered in evidence , and that the trespass alleged was in fact committed . It was proved ...
... verdict of a jury for nominal damages , the defendant has appealed . the land described in the declaration , claim- ing title under the deed offered in evidence , and that the trespass alleged was in fact committed . It was proved ...
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... verdict should be for the plain- tiff for the amount collected , with interest . If , however , you believe that such money was not collected by the defendant , and that any statements that may have been made by it that it did collect ...
... verdict should be for the plain- tiff for the amount collected , with interest . If , however , you believe that such money was not collected by the defendant , and that any statements that may have been made by it that it did collect ...
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Page 295 - ... 2. The measure of damages is the estimated loss directly and naturally resulting, in the ordinary course of events, from the buyer's breach of contract. 3. Where there is an available market...
Page 449 - No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public highway at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper, having regard to the traffic and use of the highway, or so as to endanger the life or limb of any person...
Page 52 - ... other office under this State, shall, before he enter on the discharge of the duties of his place or office, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I, , do swear, that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and of this State, so long as I shall continue a citizen thereof. So help me God.
Page 306 - ... every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportion provided by law. In relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Page 370 - I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, to my beloved wife, Susie E. Smith, to have and to hold to her, my said wife, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Page 367 - Courts, in the construction of contracts, look to the language employed, the subjectmatter, and the surrounding circumstances. They are never shut out from the same light which the parties enjoyed when the contract was executed, and, in that view, they are entitled to place themselves in the same situation as the parties who made the contract, so as to view the circumstances as they viewed them, and so to judge of the meaning of the words and of the correct application of the language to the things...
Page 279 - Representatives, and if the same shall be agreed tu by a majority of the members elected to each House, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall cause the same to be published three months before the next general election, in at least two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers shall be published...
Page 65 - When any principal employer procures any work to be done, wholly or in part for him, by a contractor, or through him by a sub-contractor, and the work so procured to be done is a part or process in the trade or business of such principal employer...
Page 61 - In the case of a contract to sell or a sale by sample: (a) There is an implied warranty that the bulk shall correspond with the sample in quality. (b) There is an implied warranty that the buyer shall have a reasonable opportunity of comparing the bulk with the sample...
Page 178 - February 8, 1915, signed by the mother, answered the statutory requirement that "there can be no trust concerning lands, except trusts arising or resulting by implication of law, unless created or declared by some writing signed by the party or his attorney.