West Coast Reporter: Containing All the Decisions as Fast as Filed, of the Following Courts : United States Circuit and District Courts of California, Colorado, Nevada, and Oregon, and the Supreme Courts of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, Volume 4A.L. Bancroft, 1884 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... effect such a great change in the well settled legal doctrines concern- ing fraud ? It is plain that the true meaning and effect of this section can only be determined by an elaborate system of judicial interpretation . But this is not ...
... effect such a great change in the well settled legal doctrines concern- ing fraud ? It is plain that the true meaning and effect of this section can only be determined by an elaborate system of judicial interpretation . But this is not ...
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... effect upon the endorsers of a failure to present a demand note with inter- est for payment within a year from its date . The full meaning and legal effect of §3,135 can only be determined by a course of judicial interpretation . What ...
... effect upon the endorsers of a failure to present a demand note with inter- est for payment within a year from its date . The full meaning and legal effect of §3,135 can only be determined by a course of judicial interpretation . What ...
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... effects of such language by a few definite rules added to the text . The same ambiguity and uncertainty arise from the ... effect with certainty , is by the pro- cess of judicial interpretation . We thus reach the final question , what ...
... effects of such language by a few definite rules added to the text . The same ambiguity and uncertainty arise from the ... effect with certainty , is by the pro- cess of judicial interpretation . We thus reach the final question , what ...
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... effect such a purpose . In this respect , also , the will is deficient in one of the elements sug- gested by Story , as necessary to create a trust from mere precatory words , or words of recommendation , or expressing a desire . Again ...
... effect such a purpose . In this respect , also , the will is deficient in one of the elements sug- gested by Story , as necessary to create a trust from mere precatory words , or words of recommendation , or expressing a desire . Again ...
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... effect . Some of those decisions were based on messages which were in cipher , and others , messages which , though not in cipher , did not themselves disclose the extent or import of any trans- action had in contemplation by the ...
... effect . Some of those decisions were based on messages which were in cipher , and others , messages which , though not in cipher , did not themselves disclose the extent or import of any trans- action had in contemplation by the ...
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Page 211 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 59 - All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter.
Page 164 - Judgment may be given for or against one or more of several plaintiffs, and for or against one or more of several defendants; and it may, when the justice of the case requires it, determine the ultimate rights of the parties on each side, as between themselves.
Page 599 - Senate, but shall only have a casting vote therein. If, during a vacancy of the office of Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the President of the Senate shall act as Governor, until the vacancy be filled, or the disability shall cease.
Page 186 - Land, by township, range, section, or fractional section; and when such land is not a congressional division or subdivision, by metes and bounds, or other description sufficient to identify it, giving an estimate of the number of acres, not exceeding in each and every tract six hundred and forty acres, locality, and the improvements thereon.
Page 626 - ... if any such security or indebtedness shall be paid by any such debtor or debtors, after assessment and before the tax levy, the amount of such levy may likewise be retained by such debtor or debtors, and shall be computed according to the tax levy for the preceding year.
Page 279 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 164 - The former verdict or other decision may be vacated and a new trial granted, on the application of the party aggrieved, for any of the following causes, materially affecting the substantial rights of such party: 1.
Page 601 - In case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge the powers and duties of the...
Page 274 - States, be considered as citizens thereof: and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States...