The Eastern Reporter: Containing All the Decisions of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, ... as Soon as They are Filed, with Statement of the Case, Volume 8William Gould, 1887 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 57
... CORPORATION - May 3 , 1886 . - NEGLIGENCE CONTRACTOR . - B. , a property - owner , obtained the consent of a municipality to his digging a trench and laying water - pipe in one of the public streets to supply his premises with water ...
... CORPORATION - May 3 , 1886 . - NEGLIGENCE CONTRACTOR . - B. , a property - owner , obtained the consent of a municipality to his digging a trench and laying water - pipe in one of the public streets to supply his premises with water ...
Page 58
... corporation is not liable for the negligence of a contractor in its employ , who undertakes to do a specific work , for a gross sum , and who represents the will of the employer only as to the result to be obtained , and not as to the ...
... corporation is not liable for the negligence of a contractor in its employ , who undertakes to do a specific work , for a gross sum , and who represents the will of the employer only as to the result to be obtained , and not as to the ...
Page 59
... corporation over which the borough or city , as the case may be , has no control . It is , therefore , to no purpose to cite authorities which illustrate only the general rule and have no bearing whatever upon the well - recognized ...
... corporation over which the borough or city , as the case may be , has no control . It is , therefore , to no purpose to cite authorities which illustrate only the general rule and have no bearing whatever upon the well - recognized ...
Page 93
... corporations ; it is not , however , for this reason unconstitutional . As the first section of the act of 1885 was not intended to apply to corporations , the proviso exempting building associations from the operation of the statute is ...
... corporations ; it is not , however , for this reason unconstitutional . As the first section of the act of 1885 was not intended to apply to corporations , the proviso exempting building associations from the operation of the statute is ...
Page 94
... corporations from taxation under the revenue laws of the Common- wealth , except companies engaged in mannfacturing gas and liquors . 3. Because it provides only for the taxation of the mortgages and other personal property of ...
... corporations from taxation under the revenue laws of the Common- wealth , except companies engaged in mannfacturing gas and liquors . 3. Because it provides only for the taxation of the mortgages and other personal property of ...
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Page 98 - All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of subjects within the territorial limits, of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws...
Page 710 - Cross now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial granted.
Page 395 - Case, 41 defined a charitable or pious gift to be 'whatever is given for the love of God, or for the love of your neighbor, in the catholic and universal sense, — given from these motives and to these ends, — free from the stain or taint of every consideration that is personal, private, or selfish.
Page 248 - ... been foreclosed. Such a conveyance is as valid, as if it was executed by the mortgagor and mortgagee, and is an entire bar against each of them, and against each party to the action who was duly summoned, and every person claiming from, through, or under a party, by title accruing after the filing of the notice of the pendency of the action, as prescribed iu the last section.
Page 712 - He immediately proceeds to give them a definition of murder in the first degree, and of murder in the second degree as follows, to-wit: "All murder which shall be perpetrated by means of poison, or lying in wait, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any arson, rape, robbery, or burglary, shall be deemed murder of the first degree, and all other kinds of murder shall be deemed murder of the second...
Page 335 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney, full power and authority, to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite and necessary to be done, in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present...
Page 249 - But this does not prevent an inquiry into the jurisdiction of the court in which the original judgment was given, to pronounce it; or the right of the State itself to exercise authority over the person or the subject-matter.
Page 489 - The good-will which has been the subject of sale is nothing more than the probability that the old customers will resort to the old place.
Page 770 - This was an action on the case to recover damages for an injury to the person of the plaintiff.
Page 594 - The General Assembly shall not authorize any county, city, borough, township or incorporated district to become a stockholder in any company, association or corporation, or to obtain or appropriate money for, or to loan its credit to, any corporation, association, institution or individual.