Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 113 |
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... rule is thus stated in 22 Enc . of Law , 1012 : " In the execution of a power it is not essential that the donee expressly refer to the power and profess to execute it . If his intention to execute the power is apparent from the ...
... rule is thus stated in 22 Enc . of Law , 1012 : " In the execution of a power it is not essential that the donee expressly refer to the power and profess to execute it . If his intention to execute the power is apparent from the ...
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... rule is well settled that , in order to establish the defense of adverse possession , it is necessary to prove that it was continuous . The eighteenth exception assigns error in the refusal of the motion for a new trial on the ground ...
... rule is well settled that , in order to establish the defense of adverse possession , it is necessary to prove that it was continuous . The eighteenth exception assigns error in the refusal of the motion for a new trial on the ground ...
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... rule that no action can be 2 based on an illegal contract is , therefore , not open to question . " The plaintiff claims to be a licensee , and , therefore , under contract . The Supreme Court of the United States refused to Illinois ...
... rule that no action can be 2 based on an illegal contract is , therefore , not open to question . " The plaintiff claims to be a licensee , and , therefore , under contract . The Supreme Court of the United States refused to Illinois ...
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... rule it should be placed where its best interests will be sub- served . 2. HABEAS CORPUS - CUSTODY OF CHILD ; EVIDENCE . - In habeas corpus by the sister of an infant against its grandparents to determine the right of custody , evidence ...
... rule it should be placed where its best interests will be sub- served . 2. HABEAS CORPUS - CUSTODY OF CHILD ; EVIDENCE . - In habeas corpus by the sister of an infant against its grandparents to determine the right of custody , evidence ...
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... rule seems to have been ignored . This the petitioner had no right to do . If authority for this is deemed necessary , it will be found in Ruling Case Law , vol . VII , p . 1067 , where it is said : " It is a familiar principle that ...
... rule seems to have been ignored . This the petitioner had no right to do . If authority for this is deemed necessary , it will be found in Ruling Case Law , vol . VII , p . 1067 , where it is said : " It is a familiar principle that ...
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Page 134 - That carriers while under Federal control shall be subject to all laws and liabilities as common carriers, whether arising under State or Federal laws, or at common law...
Page 449 - An Act to authorize the establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department...
Page 36 - ... the persons in whose behalf any such suit, action, or other proceeding may be brought or defended, shall, except as hereinafter excepted, be competent and compellable to give evidence, either viva voce or by deposition, according to the practice of the court, on behalf of either or any of the parties to the said suit, action, or other proceeding.
Page 347 - The amount of any loss or damage for which any carrier is liable shall be computed on the basis of the value of the property (being the bona fide invoice price, if any, to the consignee^ including the freight charges, if prepaid) at the place and time of shipment...
Page 290 - ... clear law that a person who wrongfully and maliciously, or, which is the same thing, with notice, interrupts the relation subsisting between master and servant by procuring the servant to depart from the master's service, or by...
Page 551 - The General Assembly shall provide by general laws for the organization and classification of cities and towns. The number of such classes shall not exceed four, and the powers of each class shall be defined by general laws, so that all municipal corporations of the same class shall possess the same powers and be subject to the same restrictions.
Page 334 - that a sale of any portion of a stock of merchandise otherwise than in the ordinary course of trade in the regular and usual prosecution of the seller's business, or a sale of an entire stock of merchandise in bulk, will be presumed to be fraudulent and void as against the creditors of the seller...
Page 50 - ... bridge, dam, curve or descent, a person operating a motor vehicle shall .have it under control and operate it at a rate of speed...
Page 292 - A clear distinction exists between peonage and the voluntary performance of labor or rendering of services in payment of a debt. In the latter case the debtor, though contracting to pay his indebtedness by labor or service, and subject like any other contractor to an action for damages for breach of that contract, can elect at any time to break it, and no law or force compels performance or a continuance of the service.
Page 170 - An issue of fact, in an action for the recovery of money only, or of specific, real or personal property, or for a divorce from the marriage contract on the ground of adultery, must be tried by a jury, unless a jury trial be waived as provided in section 2.'uJ.