Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New YorkGould, Banks & Gould, 1860 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... counsel in persisting in a peculiar mode of putting the interrogatory . ( See Giles v . O'Toole , 4 Barb . 261 ; Fish v . Dodge , 4 Denio , 312 ; Merritt v . Seaman , 2 Selden , 168 ; Morehouse v . Mathews , 2 Comst . 514 ; Norman v ...
... counsel in persisting in a peculiar mode of putting the interrogatory . ( See Giles v . O'Toole , 4 Barb . 261 ; Fish v . Dodge , 4 Denio , 312 ; Merritt v . Seaman , 2 Selden , 168 ; Morehouse v . Mathews , 2 Comst . 514 ; Norman v ...
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... counsel for either party on the appeal ; and the case does not show that it had been made at any previous stage of the action , or that it was considered by the judge who pronounced the judgment at the special term . The legislature has ...
... counsel for either party on the appeal ; and the case does not show that it had been made at any previous stage of the action , or that it was considered by the judge who pronounced the judgment at the special term . The legislature has ...
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... counsel , shows that an unincorporated religious society can acquire title to land by such a deed . It is a settled rule of the common law that a community , not incorporated , cannot purchase and take property in suc- cession . ( See ...
... counsel , shows that an unincorporated religious society can acquire title to land by such a deed . It is a settled rule of the common law that a community , not incorporated , cannot purchase and take property in suc- cession . ( See ...
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... counsel for the appellant has , in his printed points , taken the position that upon the whole evidence the plaintiff was not entitled to recover , and that the defendant's several exceptions were well taken , it becomes ne- cessary to ...
... counsel for the appellant has , in his printed points , taken the position that upon the whole evidence the plaintiff was not entitled to recover , and that the defendant's several exceptions were well taken , it becomes ne- cessary to ...
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... counsel again asked for a nonsuit , on the grounds : 1. That the defendant had not legal capacity or power , under or by its charter , to contract to carry a passenger or the trunk and contents beyond the limits of the state of Ohio ...
... counsel again asked for a nonsuit , on the grounds : 1. That the defendant had not legal capacity or power , under or by its charter , to contract to carry a passenger or the trunk and contents beyond the limits of the state of Ohio ...
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Page 29 - The court may determine any controversy between the parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights, but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must cause them to be brought in.
Page 108 - ... has departed therefrom, with intent to defraud his creditors, or to avoid the service of a summons, or keeps himself concealed therein with the like intent...
Page 197 - ... shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company, then existing, and for all that shall be contracted before such report shall be made.
Page 118 - The absolute power of alienation shall not be suspended by any limitation or condition whatever, for a longer period than during the continuance of not more than two lives in being at the creation of the estate, except in the single case mentioned in the next section.
Page 190 - ... to take the case from the jury and direct a verdict for the plaintiff subject to the opinion of the court at general term (Sackett v.
Page 50 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 82 - The Legislature shall, by general laws, confer upon the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the State such further powers of local legislation and administration as the Legislature may from time to time deem expedient.
Page 489 - Every contract for the leasing for*a longer period than one year, or for the sale of any lands, or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be in writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is made.
Page 497 - ... [B]ut when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 143 - The person accepting this free ticket, in consideration thereof assumes all risk of all accidents, and expressly agrees that the company shall not be liable, under any circumstances, whether of negligence by their agents or otherwise...