Atlantic Reporter, Volume 82West Publishing Company, 1912 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 91
... contract hereunder . No such contract shall be for a longer time than two years . " Under the authority of this act , the Gov- ernor and Council have awarded a con- tract for doing certain printing for the state to the Waterville ...
... contract hereunder . No such contract shall be for a longer time than two years . " Under the authority of this act , the Gov- ernor and Council have awarded a con- tract for doing certain printing for the state to the Waterville ...
Page 92
... contract for the lighting of the city , is within the statute prohibiting any councilman from being interested in any con- tract with the city , though he was elected councilman after the execution of the con- tract . The plaintiff had ...
... contract for the lighting of the city , is within the statute prohibiting any councilman from being interested in any con- tract with the city , though he was elected councilman after the execution of the con- tract . The plaintiff had ...
Page 93
... contract , and that a performance by contract made in behalf of the state . " him created no valid claim against the city for compensation . See , also , Commonwealth v . Witman , 217 Pa . 411 , 66 Atl . 986 ; City of Brazil v . McBride ...
... contract , and that a performance by contract made in behalf of the state . " him created no valid claim against the city for compensation . See , also , Commonwealth v . Witman , 217 Pa . 411 , 66 Atl . 986 ; City of Brazil v . McBride ...
Page 104
... contract of subscription to par value of $ 10,000 ; that on the 9th of Feb- stock , under which the subscriber was ... contract of subscription , and not the contract itself , he cannot there- after claim that the certificate of receipt ...
... contract of subscription to par value of $ 10,000 ; that on the 9th of Feb- stock , under which the subscriber was ... contract of subscription , and not the contract itself , he cannot there- after claim that the certificate of receipt ...
Page 109
... contract , the so - called " sub- scriber " may have immediately become a stockholder ; in another case , he might not become a stockholder until he had paid cer- tain sums of money ; and so through all the variations that contractual ...
... contract , the so - called " sub- scriber " may have immediately become a stockholder ; in another case , he might not become a stockholder until he had paid cer- tain sums of money ; and so through all the variations that contractual ...
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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.