Atlantic Reporter, Volume 82West Publishing Company, 1912 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... complainant as her sole heir , and thereafter intestate died , leaving defendant his widow surviving . Held ... complainant's mother as his daughter , and she died leaving complainant surviving her , WATSON , J. On the 18th day of April ...
... complainant as her sole heir , and thereafter intestate died , leaving defendant his widow surviving . Held ... complainant's mother as his daughter , and she died leaving complainant surviving her , WATSON , J. On the 18th day of April ...
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... complainants appeal . Affirmed . The following is the opinion of Leaming , v . C .: " I do not believe that under the present pressure of my engagements it will be ad- vantageous for me to take this case under advisement . At this time ...
... complainants appeal . Affirmed . The following is the opinion of Leaming , v . C .: " I do not believe that under the present pressure of my engagements it will be ad- vantageous for me to take this case under advisement . At this time ...
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... complainants establishes that the land conveyed contained only 4,829.23 acres in fact . The defendants have not undertaken to controvert that fact , and therefore it may be accepted as true that there is in the land described in the ...
... complainants establishes that the land conveyed contained only 4,829.23 acres in fact . The defendants have not undertaken to controvert that fact , and therefore it may be accepted as true that there is in the land described in the ...
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... complainants , it was naturally found that it took money to take up the options , and it was then for the first time that Mr. Myers appeared in the transaction . The complain- ants say that they knew nothing about Jo- seph Myers at all ...
... complainants , it was naturally found that it took money to take up the options , and it was then for the first time that Mr. Myers appeared in the transaction . The complain- ants say that they knew nothing about Jo- seph Myers at all ...
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... complainants , Mr. Myers is pre- sented to them and brought to their knowl- edge for the first time . On the face of the receipt , it shows that one title at least , the Dixon title , had been taken at that time in the name of Mr. Myers ...
... complainants , Mr. Myers is pre- sented to them and brought to their knowl- edge for the first time . On the face of the receipt , it shows that one title at least , the Dixon title , had been taken at that time in the name of Mr. Myers ...
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Page 94 - Court, for a Rule to show Cause why a new Trial should...
Page 380 - It was further said that, by the general police power of a state, "persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens in order to secure the general comfort, health and prosperity of the state; of the perfect right of the legislature to do which no question ever was, or upon acknowledged general principles ever can be, made, so far as natural persons are concerned.
Page 365 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits these two deductions seem to follow as generally true: First, that the judgment of a court of concurrent jurisdiction directly upon the point is as a plea a bar, or as evidence, conclusive between the same parties upon the same matter directly in question in another court...
Page 379 - Government, according to his actual worth in real or personal property ; yet, fines, duties or taxes may properly and justly be imposed, or laid, with a political view for the good government and benefit of the community.
Page 393 - ... as soon as practicable, turn to the right so as to allow free passage on the left.
Page 12 - A child, when adopted, may take the family name of the 'person adopting. After adoption the two shall sustain towards each other the legal relation of parent and child, and have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of that relation.
Page 175 - Knowledge and learning generally diffused through a community being essential to the preservation of a free government, and spreading the opportunities and advantages of education through the various parts of the country being highly conducive to promote this end. it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this government, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries and public schools...
Page 274 - ... person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of the soil, any unincorporated company, and any corporation engaged principally in manufacturing, trading, printing, publishing, mining, or mercantile pursuits, owing debts to the amount of one thousand dollars or over, may be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt upon default or an impartial trial, and shall be subject to the provisions and entitled to the benefits of this Act.
Page 269 - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 346 - Because, if a trustee were permitted to buy in an honest case, he might likewise buy in a case having that appearance, but which, from the infirmity of human testimony, might be grossly otherwise.