Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, New Series, Volume 9Hale and Phelan, printers, 1846 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... sheriff of said county , and returned by him to the clerk of the County Court , on the 7th day of May , 1842 . 5. That R. L. W. , who was one of the grand jury by whom the indictment was found , and who was impannelled to supply the ...
... sheriff of said county , and returned by him to the clerk of the County Court , on the 7th day of May , 1842 . 5. That R. L. W. , who was one of the grand jury by whom the indictment was found , and who was impannelled to supply the ...
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... sheriff so to provide , that the property levied on by him will probably be sufficient to satisfy the executions in his hands ; but if he levies on lands which ought , in the estimation of prudent individuals , to produce sufficient ...
... sheriff so to provide , that the property levied on by him will probably be sufficient to satisfy the executions in his hands ; but if he levies on lands which ought , in the estimation of prudent individuals , to produce sufficient ...
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... sheriff's hands at the same time , to prove the extent of the liens then against his lands . One of these was for $ 1000 , and another for $ 127 . The defendant objected to this evidence , but the Court ad- mitted it . The plaintiff ...
... sheriff's hands at the same time , to prove the extent of the liens then against his lands . One of these was for $ 1000 , and another for $ 127 . The defendant objected to this evidence , but the Court ad- mitted it . The plaintiff ...
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... sheriff levied the execution as set forth in his return , on the 1st of November , on the lands therein de- scribed , and that the lands were not sold until the first Mon- day of March thereafter , and that the proceeds went to sat ...
... sheriff levied the execution as set forth in his return , on the 1st of November , on the lands therein de- scribed , and that the lands were not sold until the first Mon- day of March thereafter , and that the proceeds went to sat ...
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... sheriff is mistaken in that which he puts upon it , this will furnish no reason to charge him , unless actual injury has resulted to other parties from his mistake . Although sheriffs are held , in general , to a very strict ...
... sheriff is mistaken in that which he puts upon it , this will furnish no reason to charge him , unless actual injury has resulted to other parties from his mistake . Although sheriffs are held , in general , to a very strict ...
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Page 616 - Whether the party thus misrepresenting a fact knew it to be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial; for the affirmation of what one does not know, or believe to be true, is equally, in morals and law, as unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false.
Page 423 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, or shall hereafter be made and executed, shall be void and of no effect against a subsequent judgment creditor, or bona fide purchaser, or mortgagee for a valuable consideration, not having notice thereof...
Page 783 - It is a question of fact for the jury, under all the circumstances of the case...
Page 446 - ... will be entitled to every remedy, which the creditor has against the principal debtor ; to enforce every security and all means of payment; to stand in the place of the creditor; not only through the medium of contract, but even by means of securities, entered into without the knowledge of the surety; having a right to have those securities transferred to him ; though there was no stipulation for that; and to avail himself of all those securities against the debtor.
Page 551 - ... is hereby, authorized to enter with the register of the land office for the district in which such land may lie, by legal subdivisions, any number of acres not exceeding one hundred and sixty, or a quarter section of land...
Page 1013 - The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record will be legal evidence for or against him in some other action.
Page 890 - Where a man having by a woman one or more children, shall afterwards intermarry with such woman, such child or children, if recognized by him, shall be thereby legitimated.
Page 215 - ... other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll therefor.
Page 179 - ... no tradesman, artificer, workman, laborer, or other person whatsoever, shall do or exercise any worldly labor, business or work of their ordinary callings upon the Lord's day, or' any part thereof (works of necessity and charity only excepted...
Page 504 - Every gift, grant or conveyance of lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods or chattels, or of any rent, common or profit out of the same, by writing or otherwise, and every bond, suit, judgment or execution, had or made, and contrived of malice, fraud, covin, collusion or guile, to the intent or purpose to delay, hinder or defraud creditors of their just and lawful actions...