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Page 69
... authority in the city of Demopolis to erect wharves and the like , and the consequent necessity for this to be done by private en- terprise , to the conclusion that appellants had the right they exercised to erect wharves at the " Lower ...
... authority in the city of Demopolis to erect wharves and the like , and the consequent necessity for this to be done by private en- terprise , to the conclusion that appellants had the right they exercised to erect wharves at the " Lower ...
Page 78
... authority on the subject was quite evenly balanced the courts which have recently had occasion to consider the question have quite uniformly refused to impute negligence , so that now the authority on that side greatly pre- ponderates ...
... authority on the subject was quite evenly balanced the courts which have recently had occasion to consider the question have quite uniformly refused to impute negligence , so that now the authority on that side greatly pre- ponderates ...
Page 102
... authority for such repledge when they are em- ployed to deal in that market . 8. When one employs another to deal in a particular market , he will be held to in- tend that the mode of performance should be in accordance with the ...
... authority for such repledge when they are em- ployed to deal in that market . 8. When one employs another to deal in a particular market , he will be held to in- tend that the mode of performance should be in accordance with the ...
Page 113
... authority to repledge . Such authority , it has long been recognized , could be given by a pledgee . Ogden v . Lathrop , 65 N. Y. 158 ; Price v . Gover , 40 Md . 102 ; Dos Passos , Stock Brokers , 662 ; Story , Ag . § 113 . chased , or ...
... authority to repledge . Such authority , it has long been recognized , could be given by a pledgee . Ogden v . Lathrop , 65 N. Y. 158 ; Price v . Gover , 40 Md . 102 ; Dos Passos , Stock Brokers , 662 ; Story , Ag . § 113 . chased , or ...
Page 117
... authority so to do can be in any way inferred . A pledgee , in the absence of au- thority , express or implied , is ... authorities . In this case it appears that the goods were beyond the power of the carrier to deliver . plaintiff's ...
... authority so to do can be in any way inferred . A pledgee , in the absence of au- thority , express or implied , is ... authorities . In this case it appears that the goods were beyond the power of the carrier to deliver . plaintiff's ...
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Page 305 - Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Page 317 - But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances.
Page 170 - The power of the General Government over these remnants of a race once powerful, now weak and diminished in numbers, is necessary to their protection, as well as to the safety of those among whom they dwell. It must exist in that government, because it never has existed anywhere else, because the...
Page 396 - The coroner shall hold an inquest upon the dead bodies of such persons only as are supposed to have died by unlawful means.
Page 162 - The defendants demurred on the ground that the Court had no jurisdiction of the subject of the action, and that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The demurrer was sustained, and the plaintiffs refusing to amend, final judgment was given for defendants.
Page 384 - The rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed, has no application to this code. The code establishes the law of this state respecting the subjects to which it relates, and its provisions and all proceedings under it are to be liberally construed, with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.
Page 317 - The proximate cause of an injury is that cause which, in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, produces the injury, and without which the result would not have occurred.
Page 195 - The state can no more abdicate its trust over property in which the whole people are interested, like navigable waters and soils under them, so as to leave them entirely under the use and control of private parties...
Page 194 - It is a title held in trust for the people of the State that they may enjoy the navigation of the waters, carry on commerce over them, and have liberty of fishing therein freed from the obstruction or interference of private parties.
Page 317 - The proximate cause of an event must be understood to be that which in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new, independent cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred.