Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 95 |
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... statutes , they often vary the remedies and the manner of applying them . It was also held that , it being the ... statute of usury , although the party may have submitted , for a time , to the terms of the agreement by him . The ...
... statutes , they often vary the remedies and the manner of applying them . It was also held that , it being the ... statute of usury , although the party may have submitted , for a time , to the terms of the agreement by him . The ...
Page 82
... statute , and can be divested only in the mode prescribed by statute . Wing v . Croffer et al . 35 Ill . 256 . Where a person not under disability is sued and the home- stead is involved , it will be affected by any neglect to assert it ...
... statute , and can be divested only in the mode prescribed by statute . Wing v . Croffer et al . 35 Ill . 256 . Where a person not under disability is sued and the home- stead is involved , it will be affected by any neglect to assert it ...
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... statute . Notwithstanding her marriage since the death of her former husband , she is still entitled to homestead , as she would be to dower , in the lands of her deceased husband . The statu- tory declaration is , that such homestead ...
... statute . Notwithstanding her marriage since the death of her former husband , she is still entitled to homestead , as she would be to dower , in the lands of her deceased husband . The statu- tory declaration is , that such homestead ...
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... Statute of Limitations , arising from an alleged twenty years adverse possession . Waiving the question whether the statute applies in this case , we do not find that there is suffi- cient proof that the possession of defendants had ...
... Statute of Limitations , arising from an alleged twenty years adverse possession . Waiving the question whether the statute applies in this case , we do not find that there is suffi- cient proof that the possession of defendants had ...
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... Statute of Limitations . The case had been reached for trial , and it was nineteen months after the regular time for pleading had expired and the issues had been made . The right to plead de novo has always rested in the discre- tion of ...
... Statute of Limitations . The case had been reached for trial , and it was nineteen months after the regular time for pleading had expired and the issues had been made . The right to plead de novo has always rested in the discre- tion of ...
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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.
Page 622 - There is a known distinction between circumstances which are of the essence of a thing required to be done by an act of Parliament and clauses merely directory.
Page 87 - An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamp lands