The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and Authority Decided in the Courts of the Several States, from the Earliest Issue of the State Reports to the Year 1869, Volume 52

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Bancroft-Whitney, 1886 - Law reports, digests, etc

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Contents

Pindall v Northwestern Bk 451 452
65
Thomas v Gawan
66
Mann v Weiand
70
Douglas
83
Smith 309 629 632
92
Pacific Ins
102
Douglas Lessee v Massie
108
Knight v
109
Birchard
110
Gilman 113 114
113
Bell
114
Wadsworth
115
Ringgold
117
Goodsell
118
Dodds
119
First Pres Church v New Orleans 638
124
Beers
132
Cent Bk of Frederick v Cope
138
Jones v McNeil
144
Collens
151
Clute
152
Swan
156
Baptist Missionary C
164
Smith v Fenner
168
Burks Admr v Jones Allen
174
Wheeler
175
Bradley
184
768
187
Rowland
190
Bates
193
Seaton
197
Heirs of Bishop v Hampton
201
Bk of Port Gibson
203
Lætitia Millard Matter
212
Fishar Taylor v Prosser 213
213
Wood
215
State v
216
Cole
221
Fryer
223
Warner
224
Peabody
229
Trisler
232
Gasquet Parish Co v Warren
236
Corp of Albany
237
Harper
241
Dunsterville
243
Plumbe
245
Miss O R R Co v Cross
247
Helm v Wilson
250
Bennington Iron Co v Rutherford
256
Agri Bk of Miss
257
Bassett 392 407 643
267
Beckley
274
Levy
277
Shaw
282
360
287
Belden
288
Judges of Delaware
302
Breed 662 663
310
Cal Steam Nav Co
312
Tyson
315
Dumas
332
Goodwin
333
Harris
337
Tierney
338
Reed
341
Kelly
343
Moore
349
Mariatigui v La Ins Co
352
Kingsland 163 232
355
Dawson
364
Cooper
371
Smith
373
Pratt
376
Bradford v Dawson
378
699
381
Adair v
382
Harrison v
385
Richard
388
Whipple
389
Broughton
391
Bradwell v Spencer
392
Green v Creighton
393
Benham
396
Grix
397
Greene v Starnes
399
Gardner
403
McWhirter
406
McKenzie
407
Dutchess Cotton Mfg Co v Davis
423
Bosworth v Inhabitants of Swan
424
Andrews
427
Brenham
451
Richardson
453
Brandon v Huntsville Bank
454
People v
460
Perkins
463
People
475
Barnard
479
First Pres
486
Humes v Mayor of Knoxville
487
493 522
488
Commonwealth
490
Richards
498
Bank of Orange v Wakeman 237
503
Rews Case
504
Southern Ex Co 678 679
507
Bank of Tennessee v Turney
512
Hubbard
513
Picken
519
Bank of U S v Bank of Ga 452
520
Nickell
522
Rex v Foxcroft
524
Anderson v Roberts
531
Macon
535
Cooper
540
257
541
Smith
563
81 83
567
Weil Bros
581
Anderson Conn v Folger
583
Rens Sar R
587
Andrew v Robinson
593
Meredith
594
Somerville v Trueman
599
702 758
600
Lyon
603
Andrews v Cheney
609
412
610
Floyd v
617
Gleason
618
Putnam Free School v Fisher
620
447
627
Thompson
633
Works
637
Grimes
638
Anthony v State
641
Sowle v Champion
645
Matter of Corliss
647
People
649
609
653
Spencer v Marriott
654
Cincinnati City of v Bryson
663
City of Cincinnati v Bryson 331
669
Schuyler v Leggett
670
Harrison
680
Chapman
685
Presby
687
Alderson v
694
Little
696
Bryant Walker
702
Duncan
703
Veley
710
Strangford 738
711
Pages Admr v Bk of Alexan
735
Maryland Ins Co 312 Armstrong v Thruston
736
Strong
742
Martin
750
Easley
752
Hathaway v
753
Castleman
756
Boils
757
Congress Spring Co v Knowlton
758
Marie 212 435
759
Citizens Steam Nav Co
760
Donnel v United States
768
Finn
770
Allen v
771
Neilson
776
Bollman Swartwouts Case
777
Dunn
779
Hamilton
785
Merrill v New Eng Ins Co
786
Lewis
788
637
789
516
793
Aitkin
794
Tomlin
801
451
811
Jones
813
Askew v Hooper
817
Nantz v McPherson
822
209
859

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Page 393 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 324 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States, but they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have elected...
Page 324 - Mexicans now established in territories previously belonging to Mexico, and which remain for the future within the limits of the United States, as defined by the present treaty, shall be free to continue where they now reside, or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic, retaining the property which they possess in the said territories, or disposing thereof, and removing the proceeds wherever they please, without their being subjected, on this account, to any contribution, tax, or charge whatever.
Page 325 - The Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 185 - It is upon the same ground that equity interferes in cases of written agreements where there has been an innocent omission or insertion of a material stipulation contrary to the intention of both parties and under a mutual mistake.
Page 111 - ... have been and are devised and contrived of malice, fraud, covin, collusion, or guile, to the end, purpose, and intent to delay, hinder or defraud creditors and others of their just and lawful actions...
Page 296 - To enable this court then to issue a mandamus, it must be shown to be an exercise of appellate jurisdiction, or to be necessary to enable them to exercise appellate jurisdiction.
Page 731 - It is that state of the case which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge.
Page 327 - Foreigners who are, or who may hereafter become bona fide residents of this State, shall enjoy the same rights in respect to the possession, enjoyment, and inheritance of property, as native born citizens.
Page 730 - If the jury shall find the defendant guilty, or if the defendant pleads only not guilty by reason of insanity, then the question whether the defendant was sane or insane at the time the offense was committed shall be promptly tried...

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