The Oklahoma Law Journal, Volume 11Dennis, 1912 - Law |
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... witness shown to be guilty of some bad act will use the softest and mildest terms he can command in speaking of it , such as " the alleged offense , the alleged weapon , etc ; while he who denounces the wrong will speak of the deadly ...
... witness shown to be guilty of some bad act will use the softest and mildest terms he can command in speaking of it , such as " the alleged offense , the alleged weapon , etc ; while he who denounces the wrong will speak of the deadly ...
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... witness has , through error that almost any man in a like situation might commit unwit- tingly given them as a fact ... witness should have seen and heard . All oral testimony comes from human memory . If he is a truthful witness he will ...
... witness has , through error that almost any man in a like situation might commit unwit- tingly given them as a fact ... witness should have seen and heard . All oral testimony comes from human memory . If he is a truthful witness he will ...
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... witness is so crowded with other things that it is not probable that he could accurately remember and reproduce the particular fact ; and if to this be added proof that the op- posing witness was not in a position where his memory would ...
... witness is so crowded with other things that it is not probable that he could accurately remember and reproduce the particular fact ; and if to this be added proof that the op- posing witness was not in a position where his memory would ...
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... witness professes to remember stands alone , while the other will do what in him lies to show that it is remembered as one of a train of events . An event is fastened in the minds of jurors , as well as in the minds of witnesses , by ...
... witness professes to remember stands alone , while the other will do what in him lies to show that it is remembered as one of a train of events . An event is fastened in the minds of jurors , as well as in the minds of witnesses , by ...
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... witnesses testify that such sale was made by his wife at his home , she is a comptent witness in his behalf ; and if he does not place her upon the witneess stand or account for his failure to do so , such failure will be strongly ...
... witnesses testify that such sale was made by his wife at his home , she is a comptent witness in his behalf ; and if he does not place her upon the witneess stand or account for his failure to do so , such failure will be strongly ...
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Page 67 - ... procured or suffered a judgment to be entered against himself in favor of any person, or made a transfer of any of his property, and the effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such, creditors of the same class.
Page 168 - person," or "persons," wherever used in this act shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the laws of either the United States, the laws of any of the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any foreign country.
Page 290 - ... the appraisers together shall then estimate and appraise the loss, stating separately sound value and damage, and, failing to agree shall submit their differences to the umpire; and the award in writing of any two shall determine the amount of such loss...
Page 165 - There was nothing in the proofs to indicate any intention to put a restraint upon trade or commerce, and the fact, as we have seen, that trade or commerce might be indirectly affected was not enough to entitle complainants to a decree.
Page 193 - The scheme as a whole seems to us to be within reach of the law. The constituent elements, as we have stated them, are enough to give to the scheme a body and, for all that we can say, to accomplish it. Moreover, whatever we may think of them separately when we take them up as distinct charges, they are alleged sufficiently as elements of the scheme.
Page 56 - The United States under a grant specially to be made by the President of the US shall cause to be conveyed to the Choctaw Nation a tract of country west of the Mississippi River, in fee simple to them and their descendants, to inure to them while they shall exist as a nation and live on it...
Page 2 - Its object shall be to advance the science of jurisprudence, promote the administration of justice and uniformity of legislation throughout the Union, uphold the honor of the profession of the law, and encourage cordial intercourse among the members of the American Bar.
Page 168 - That principle is, that where a corporation, like a railroad company, has granted to it by charter a franchise intended in large measure to be exercised for the public good, the due performance of those functions being the consideration of the public grant, Opinion of the Court.
Page 45 - ... through any Indian reservation, through any lands held by an Indian tribe or nation in the Indian Territory, through any lands reserved for an Indian agency or Indian school, or for other purpose in connection...
Page 248 - Constitution shall go into effect, the books, records, papers and proceedings of the probate court in each county, and all causes and matters of administration pending therein shall pass into the jurisdiction...