Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, Volume 6A.L. Bancroft, 1871 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... given as asked . It was clear , unmistakable language , and the Court had no right to change it into uncertain and doubtful terms . III . Defendant's last instruction was in the language of the con- tract , and was therefore correct ...
... given as asked . It was clear , unmistakable language , and the Court had no right to change it into uncertain and doubtful terms . III . Defendant's last instruction was in the language of the con- tract , and was therefore correct ...
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... given with this modification , striking out the words at the end thereof , " you must find for the defendant , " and inserting in lieu , " the policy can for that reason be vitated . " The second instruction quoted was refused ...
... given with this modification , striking out the words at the end thereof , " you must find for the defendant , " and inserting in lieu , " the policy can for that reason be vitated . " The second instruction quoted was refused ...
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... given , the writ may command the doing of the very act itself . MANDAMUS - PREVIOUS Demand WHEN NECESSARY . When the performance of the duty sought to be enforced by mandamus is of a character that could not be expected to be performed ...
... given , the writ may command the doing of the very act itself . MANDAMUS - PREVIOUS Demand WHEN NECESSARY . When the performance of the duty sought to be enforced by mandamus is of a character that could not be expected to be performed ...
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... given to the person or persons required to do it , the writ may command the doing of the very act itself . ( 24 N. Y. 121. ) IV . Was a demand upon the commissioners of Churchill County to set apart the money necessary to be made before ...
... given to the person or persons required to do it , the writ may command the doing of the very act itself . ( 24 N. Y. 121. ) IV . Was a demand upon the commissioners of Churchill County to set apart the money necessary to be made before ...
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... given and received in view of such un- derstanding . Courts should carry out the intention of the parties , and enforce contracts as they are actually made . Where an expression is used which might have a local signification , the ...
... given and received in view of such un- derstanding . Courts should carry out the intention of the parties , and enforce contracts as they are actually made . Where an expression is used which might have a local signification , the ...
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Page 80 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 415 - When an offense involves the commission of, or an attempt to commit, a private injury, and is described with sufficient certainty in other respects to identify the act, an erroneous allegation as to the person injured, or intended to be injured, is not material.
Page 277 - In case the office of any judge of the court of appeals, or justice of the supreme court, shall become vacant before the expiration of the regular term for which he was elected, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the Governor, until it shall be supplied at the next general election of judges, when it shall be filled by election for the residue of the unexpired term.
Page 249 - ... 1. Actual annexation to the realty, or something appurtenant thereto. 2. Appropriation to the use or purpose of that part of the realty with which it is connected. 3. The intention of the party making the annexation, to make the article a permanent accession to the freehold...
Page 328 - An accessory is he or she who stands by and aids, abets, or assists ; or who, not being present aiding, abetting, or assisting, hath advised and encouraged the perpetration of the crime. He or she who thus aids, abets or assists, advises or encourages, shall be deemed and considered as principal, and punished accordingly.
Page 135 - ... the plaintiff, require the return thereof, upon giving to the sheriff a written undertaking, executed by two or more sufficient sureties, to the effect that they are bound in double the value of the property, as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff, for the delivery thereof to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged, and for the payment to him of such sum as may, for any cause, be recovered against the defendant.
Page 324 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as...
Page 144 - If the county designated for that purpose in the complaint be not the proper county, the action may, notwithstanding, be tried therein, unless the defendant, before the time for answering expire, demand in writing that the trial be had in the proper county...
Page 213 - States say, that where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision is correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court.
Page 329 - All persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, or, not being present, have advised and encouraged its commission...