Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana ..., Volume 7A. T. Penniman & Company, 1835 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... principal ques- view of avoiding ther party with a tion in the cause , have they lost those rights by their own the contract , on the ground that acts or consent , or are they precluded from enforcing them they were slaves ; by any ...
... principal ques- view of avoiding ther party with a tion in the cause , have they lost those rights by their own the contract , on the ground that acts or consent , or are they precluded from enforcing them they were slaves ; by any ...
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... principal one , for the sum of five hundred and twenty - five dollars , by his attorney , moved the court to dismiss the petition of the insolvent , on the following grounds : 1. That the order for a surrender was illegally made ...
... principal one , for the sum of five hundred and twenty - five dollars , by his attorney , moved the court to dismiss the petition of the insolvent , on the following grounds : 1. That the order for a surrender was illegally made ...
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... principal debt , with ten per cent . interest thereon , and twenty per cent . damages on the amount thereof , together with a further sum for special damages and costs . It does not appear that the attorney of the plaintiffs in the ...
... principal debt , with ten per cent . interest thereon , and twenty per cent . damages on the amount thereof , together with a further sum for special damages and costs . It does not appear that the attorney of the plaintiffs in the ...
Page 78
... even after forfeiture has been entered , and the state avails itself of it by trying the criminal , the bail are entitled to be discharged . When the principal is tried and acquitted , before judgment 78 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
... even after forfeiture has been entered , and the state avails itself of it by trying the criminal , the bail are entitled to be discharged . When the principal is tried and acquitted , before judgment 78 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
Page 79
... principal in court , and having failed , it was ordered that their recognizance be forfeited . The sureties showed , that at the next term they moved the court , and obtained leave , to surrender their principal into custody , which ...
... principal in court , and having failed , it was ordered that their recognizance be forfeited . The sureties showed , that at the next term they moved the court , and obtained leave , to surrender their principal into custody , which ...
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Page 441 - Torts or injuries committed on navigable waters, of a civil nature, are also cognizable in the admiralty courts. Jurisdiction in the former case depends upon the nature of the contract, but in the latter it depends entirely upon the locality.
Page 349 - The judgment will be reversed, the verdict set aside, and the case remanded for a new trial.
Page 515 - Rédhibition is the avoidance of a sale on account of some vice or defect in the thing sold, which renders it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and imperfect, that it must be supposed that the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Page 477 - There were some other questions of minor importance presented in the argument, but which, in our judgment, cannot materially affect the result, and need not, therefore, be particularly noticed. After the best consideration we have been able...
Page 472 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as may be necessary and proper to decide differences by arbitration, when the parties shall elect that method of trial.
Page 2 - ... acceptor or person on whom such order or bill of exchange is drawn or given, and of the manner and circumstances of such demand, and by certificate added to such protest, to state the manner in which any notices of protest...
Page 191 - Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 380 - Tropical Printing Co. v. Union Title Guarantee Co.. 180 La. 702, 157 So. 534. The state banking commissioner concedes that the intervener is an ordinary creditor for the amount .claimed subject to certain credits. It is ordered, adjudged, and decreed that the judgment of the district court be annulled, avoided, and reversed, and it is now ordered, adjudged, and decreed that there be judgment herein in favor of John F. Clark & Co., intervener, and against JS Brock, state banking commissioner, and...
Page 605 - Daysson et al., 7 Louisiana Rep. 7, it was held, " that the*, holder of a bill or note ought not to avail himself of the ignorance of the notary as to the residence of the indorsers in giving them notice of protest ; if he knows, he must disclose their residence, or it seems that his neglect will discharge the indorsers.
Page 14 - ... of the Bill; and I think the law lays down no such rigid rule. The holder must not allow himself to remain in a state of passive and contented ignorance ; but if he uses reasonable diligence to discover the residence of the indorser, I conceive that notice given as soon as this is discovered is due notice of the dishonor of the Bill, within the usage and custom of merchants.