The Northwestern Reporter, Volume 62West Publishing Company, 1895 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... deed to Manley was ordered back to Chicago . About the 1st day of February , 1890 , the appellants sent an agent to Chicago , who arranged for a return of the deed , and for the completion of the purchase . On the 6th day of February ...
... deed to Manley was ordered back to Chicago . About the 1st day of February , 1890 , the appellants sent an agent to Chicago , who arranged for a return of the deed , and for the completion of the purchase . On the 6th day of February ...
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... DEED - MENTAL INCAPACITY— UNDUE INFLUENCE - SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE . In an action by heirs to set aside a deed from a father , 86 years old , to his son , it ap- peared that when the deed was made the son agreed that he should pay to ...
... DEED - MENTAL INCAPACITY— UNDUE INFLUENCE - SUFFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE . In an action by heirs to set aside a deed from a father , 86 years old , to his son , it ap- peared that when the deed was made the son agreed that he should pay to ...
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... deed , ' or that it was obtained by fraud , ' is not sup- ported or warranted by the evidence . " It will be observed that the finding as to un- due influence is very conclusive , and to the effect that the evidence does not even tend ...
... deed , ' or that it was obtained by fraud , ' is not sup- ported or warranted by the evidence . " It will be observed that the finding as to un- due influence is very conclusive , and to the effect that the evidence does not even tend ...
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... Deed - EvIDENCE . On an issue as to whether a deed was ever delivered to defendant by his father , de- fendant testified that his father , a few days be- fore he died , walked across the room , and took the deed from a bureau , and ...
... Deed - EvIDENCE . On an issue as to whether a deed was ever delivered to defendant by his father , de- fendant testified that his father , a few days be- fore he died , walked across the room , and took the deed from a bureau , and ...
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... deed was , therefore , in this case , wholly " nauthorized and ineffective for the pur- pose of passing title . The next question presented is that of the alleged ratification . It is necessary to a proper understanding of the issues to ...
... deed was , therefore , in this case , wholly " nauthorized and ineffective for the pur- pose of passing title . The next question presented is that of the alleged ratification . It is necessary to a proper understanding of the issues to ...
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Page 313 - The court may, either before or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect, or by inserting other allegations material to the case, or, when the amendment does not change substantially the claim or defense, by conforming the pleading or proceeding to the facts proved.
Page 11 - 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 3 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally (ie, according to the usual course of things) from such breach of contract itself...
Page 442 - It is further stipulated and agreed, that in case of any loss, detriment, or damage done to, or sustained by any of the property herein receipted for during such transportation, whereby any legal liability or responsibility shall or may be incurred, that company alone shall be held answerable therefor in whose actual custody the same may be at the time of the happening of such loss, detriment, or damage...
Page 178 - The governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 307 - ... it shall be the duty of the prothonotary of any court of record within this commonwealth, on the application of any person being the original holder [or assignee of such holder] of a note, bond, or other instrument of writing in which judgment is confessed, or containing a warrant for an attorney at law or other person to confess judgment, to enter judgment against the person or persons who executed the same for the amount which, from the face of the instrument, may appear to be due...
Page 86 - In every action for the recovery of real property, or the possession thereof, the person establishing a legal title to the premises shall be presumed to have been possessed thereof within the time required by law ; and the occupation of...
Page 134 - A judgment that the defendant pay a fine may also direct that he be imprisoned until the fine be satisfied, specifying the extent of imprisonment, which must not exceed one day for every dollar of the fine.
Page 37 - Every ballot shall contain the name of every candidate whose nomination for any office specified in the ballot has been certified or filed according to the provisions of this act and no other name.
Page 293 - Marbury proceeding was instituted by a motion for a rule to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue to direct James Madison, as Secretary of State, to deliver to Marbury a commission as a justice of the peace.