Atlantic Reporter, Volume 55West Publishing Company, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... amount of formality in the statement of their claims , but not from any obligations of substance in the stated cause of action . Fritz v . Hath- away , 135 Pa . 274 , 19 Atl . 1011. But if the substance was there , the act was not in ...
... amount of formality in the statement of their claims , but not from any obligations of substance in the stated cause of action . Fritz v . Hath- away , 135 Pa . 274 , 19 Atl . 1011. But if the substance was there , the act was not in ...
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... amount of the note upon which suit is brought . Defendant subsequently has ascer- tained that the said Hunter and said Shearer unlawfully agreed together to add to the said contract or indebtedness of Shearer to said Hunter a certain ...
... amount of the note upon which suit is brought . Defendant subsequently has ascer- tained that the said Hunter and said Shearer unlawfully agreed together to add to the said contract or indebtedness of Shearer to said Hunter a certain ...
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... amount , by the court , on petition of the trustee or a creditor . No such examination has been called for in the present case , and the auditor finds ex- pressly that the amount of plaintiff's fee was reasonable for the services ...
... amount , by the court , on petition of the trustee or a creditor . No such examination has been called for in the present case , and the auditor finds ex- pressly that the amount of plaintiff's fee was reasonable for the services ...
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... amount against a person redeeming lands sold for taxes . 2. On final hearing it will be assumed that the prosecutor in certiorari has sufficient inter- est to give him a standing in court , unless his interest has been previously ...
... amount against a person redeeming lands sold for taxes . 2. On final hearing it will be assumed that the prosecutor in certiorari has sufficient inter- est to give him a standing in court , unless his interest has been previously ...
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... AMOUNT OF CLAIM . 1. An owner sued by a workman or material- man on a notice and demand of payment , under the third section of the mechanics ' lien law ( Gen. St. p . 2073 ) , may plead that there was due at the time of the service of ...
... AMOUNT OF CLAIM . 1. An owner sued by a workman or material- man on a notice and demand of payment , under the third section of the mechanics ' lien law ( Gen. St. p . 2073 ) , may plead that there was due at the time of the service of ...
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Page 237 - Every such action shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportions provided by law, in relation to the distribution of personal property, left by persons dying intestate...
Page 87 - State, county, district, or municipality in which he resides; (2) are liabilities for obtaining property by false pretenses or false representations, or for willful and malicious injuries to the person or property of another...
Page 379 - Limitations, the validity of that defence must be tried upon principles substantially equitable. Two circumstances always important in such cases are the length of the delay and the nature of the acts done during the interval which might affect either party and cause a balance of justice or injustice in taking the one course or the other, so far as relates to the remedy.
Page 232 - Every mortgage or conveyance intended to operate as a mortgage, of goods and chattels, which shall hereafter be made, which shall not be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 295 - The said premiums shall be paid on or before the days above mentioned for the payment thereof at the office of the company in the city of New York...
Page 27 - If a debtor shall, directly or indirectly, in contemplation of the filing of a petition by or against him, pay money or transfer property to an attorney and counselor at law, solicitor in equity, or proctor in admiralty for services to be rendered...
Page 326 - July 1, 1898, which provides that 'a discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all his provable debts...
Page 191 - But in all cases there must be a reasonable ground, founded upon the relations of the parties to each other, either pecuniary or of blood or affinity, to expect some benefit or advantage from the continuance of the life of the assured.
Page 28 - The debts to have priority, except as herein provided, and to be paid in full out of bankrupt estates, and the order of payment shall be (1) the actual and necessary cost of preserving the estate subsequent to filing the petition...
Page 236 - But the conclusion to be drawn from an examination of all the authorities appears to us to be this : that a person keeping a mischievous animal with knowledge of its propensities is bound to keep it secure at his peril, and that, if it does mischief, negligence is presumed, without express averment. The precedents as well as the authorities fully warrant this conclusion. The negligence is in keeping such an animal after notice.