Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 5Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1889 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... of causes of action . Immaterial evidence .. 494 780 2843 . Arts . 2899-2903 . Actions for injuries ... Trial of legal and equitable issues . 484 175 3964 . Custody of infant .. 783 5 L. R. A. 3. If the main object of a legacy is to 32 32.
... of causes of action . Immaterial evidence .. 494 780 2843 . Arts . 2899-2903 . Actions for injuries ... Trial of legal and equitable issues . 484 175 3964 . Custody of infant .. 783 5 L. R. A. 3. If the main object of a legacy is to 32 32.
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... object is mentioned , or the particular object fails , the court will execute the trust cy près and will apply the fund to some charitable purpose similar to those mentioned by the donor . If the donor declares his intention in favor of ...
... object is mentioned , or the particular object fails , the court will execute the trust cy près and will apply the fund to some charitable purpose similar to those mentioned by the donor . If the donor declares his intention in favor of ...
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... object of a legacy is to support a particular institution for the promo- tion of a particular art , the gift will fail upon failure of the donee , although the bequest is to a public charity . CAS ( June , 1889. ) ASE reserved for ...
... object of a legacy is to support a particular institution for the promo- tion of a particular art , the gift will fail upon failure of the donee , although the bequest is to a public charity . CAS ( June , 1889. ) ASE reserved for ...
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... objects of charity . " void , for being for a general indefinite charitable purpose , without fixing any particular object . Beekman v . People , 27 Barb . 260. Compare Beek- man v . Bonsor , 23 N. Y. 298 . Where object too indefinite ...
... objects of charity . " void , for being for a general indefinite charitable purpose , without fixing any particular object . Beekman v . People , 27 Barb . 260. Compare Beek- man v . Bonsor , 23 N. Y. 298 . Where object too indefinite ...
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... object sought to be attained , the pur- pose to which the gift is to be applied , not the motive of the donor . Fire ... objects akin to the purposes of its or- ganization , is not a public charity . Donnelly v . Boston Catholic Cemetery ...
... object sought to be attained , the pur- pose to which the gift is to be applied , not the motive of the donor . Fire ... objects akin to the purposes of its or- ganization , is not a public charity . Donnelly v . Boston Catholic Cemetery ...
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Page 89 - We hold it to be an incontrovertible principle, that the government of the United States may, by means of physical force, exercised through its official agents, execute on every foot of American soil the powers and functions that belong to it.
Page 34 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 136 - ... engage mutually not to grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional.
Page 86 - The Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, and to these every citizen of every State owes obedience, whether in his individual or official capacity.
Page 375 - To lay out its road not exceeding six rods in width, and to construct the same; and for the purpose of cuttings and embankments, to take as much more land as may be necessary for the proper construction and security of the road...
Page 329 - BY the 4th section of the statute of frauds," it is enacted that " no action shall be brought whereby to charge any person upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or 'note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 415 - A valuable consideration, in the sense of the law, may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.
Page 119 - The powers of the Government are divided into three separate departments: the Legislative, the Executive (including the administrative), and the Judicial; and no person charged with official duties under one of these departments shall exercise any of the functions of another except as in this Constitution expressly provided.
Page 166 - And it is a rule of universal application, that no one, having such duties to discharge, shall be allowed to enter into engagements, in which he has, or can have, a personal interest conflicting, or which possibly may conflict, with the interests of those whom he is bound to protect.
Page 213 - A decisive test is whether the vendor assumes to assert a fact of which the buyer is ignorant, or merely states an opinion or judgment upon a matter of which the vendor has no special knowledge, and on which the buyer may be expected also to have an opinion, and to exercise his judgment. In the former case there is a warranty, in the latter, not.