Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 95 |
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... question is settled by the case of Knox v . Exchange Bank , 12 Wall . 381 . It was there said the bankrupts were discharged from the judgment . " It is quite clear that the assignee in bankruptcy of the plaintiffs in error , is the ...
... question is settled by the case of Knox v . Exchange Bank , 12 Wall . 381 . It was there said the bankrupts were discharged from the judgment . " It is quite clear that the assignee in bankruptcy of the plaintiffs in error , is the ...
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... question . And the same is true of expressions used in some of the cases in reference to pleas of usury in this court . the The case of Maher v . Lanfrom , 86 Ill . 513 , is referred to as controlling this question . Not from anything ...
... question . And the same is true of expressions used in some of the cases in reference to pleas of usury in this court . the The case of Maher v . Lanfrom , 86 Ill . 513 , is referred to as controlling this question . Not from anything ...
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... question . It would not , as is supposed , follow the repeal of all usury laws , that even then courts of equity would refuse to afford relief . " No usury laws now exist in England , having been repealed by statute . It has ...
... question . It would not , as is supposed , follow the repeal of all usury laws , that even then courts of equity would refuse to afford relief . " No usury laws now exist in England , having been repealed by statute . It has ...
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... question is discussed . This was not done by the master , and his statement of the account was therefore erroneous and should not have been approved by the circuit court , and it was error in the Appel- late Court to affirm the decree ...
... question is discussed . This was not done by the master , and his statement of the account was therefore erroneous and should not have been approved by the circuit court , and it was error in the Appel- late Court to affirm the decree ...
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... question of law , but whether such care , which is ordinary care , has in fact been exercised in the conduct of a party in a given case , is a question of fact which may be properly sub- mitted to the jury . APPEAL from the Circuit ...
... question of law , but whether such care , which is ordinary care , has in fact been exercised in the conduct of a party in a given case , is a question of fact which may be properly sub- mitted to the jury . APPEAL from the Circuit ...
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Page 521 - The damages cannot exceed ten thousand dollars, and must inure to the exclusive benefit of the widow and children, if any, or next of kin, to be distributed in the same manner as personal property of the deceased.
Page 535 - Decedents," and to repeal said original sections, -and to repeal sections one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven...
Page 578 - The general assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this state, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises.
Page 521 - A father, or in case of his death or desertion of his family, the mother, may maintain an action for the injury or death of a minor child, and a guardian for the injury or death of his ward, when such injury or death is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another.
Page 85 - In preparing the official plat from the field notes, the meander line is represented as the border line of the stream, and shows, to a demonstration, that the watercourse, and not the meander line as actually run on the land, is the boundary.
Page 561 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 435 - The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record will be legal evidence for or against him in some other action.
Page 670 - Case was a strictly civil proceeding, being an action by an individual to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been caused by the negligence of a corporation; whereas, the present action is to recover a penalty.
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