The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 2Bancroft-Whitney, 1871 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... taken of this case renders the discussion of this question unnecessary . The plaintiffs are residents of Havana , on the island of Cuba ; Robinson was , therefore , what is denominated a foreign factor . The case shows that he did not ...
... taken of this case renders the discussion of this question unnecessary . The plaintiffs are residents of Havana , on the island of Cuba ; Robinson was , therefore , what is denominated a foreign factor . The case shows that he did not ...
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... taken by the defendant is that Field , the agent , having made the contract in his own name , the name of the principal no * being disclosed , the defendant is entitled to be placed in the same situation in all respects as if Field had ...
... taken by the defendant is that Field , the agent , having made the contract in his own name , the name of the principal no * being disclosed , the defendant is entitled to be placed in the same situation in all respects as if Field had ...
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... taken place ? In both cases , technically speaking , the water and not the fire is the direct proxi- mate cause of the damage . It is neither the policy of the law nor public policy to make it for the interest of the assured , in case ...
... taken place ? In both cases , technically speaking , the water and not the fire is the direct proxi- mate cause of the damage . It is neither the policy of the law nor public policy to make it for the interest of the assured , in case ...
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... taken by the plaintiff . In removing the goods the plaintiff was bound to exercise that reasonable degree of care which was suited to the circumstances of the occasion ; and , when we consider the situation of the goods , the imminence ...
... taken by the plaintiff . In removing the goods the plaintiff was bound to exercise that reasonable degree of care which was suited to the circumstances of the occasion ; and , when we consider the situation of the goods , the imminence ...
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... the payment of the usual freight . " The same view of the law was taken by NELSON , J. , in the Elvira Harbeck , 2 Blatchford , 339 , a case similar to the one at bar , Wilson v . Grand Trunk Railway . in which he 28 MAINE ,
... the payment of the usual freight . " The same view of the law was taken by NELSON , J. , in the Elvira Harbeck , 2 Blatchford , 339 , a case similar to the one at bar , Wilson v . Grand Trunk Railway . in which he 28 MAINE ,
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