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 25Bancroft-Whitney, 1879 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... liable for the injury , or bound to make the structures safe , until he has had a reasonable time , after they have so become dangerous , to take the necessary precaution . Nichols v . Marsland , L. R. , 10 Ex . 255 , and 2 Ex . D. 1 ...
... liable for the injury , or bound to make the structures safe , until he has had a reasonable time , after they have so become dangerous , to take the necessary precaution . Nichols v . Marsland , L. R. , 10 Ex . 255 , and 2 Ex . D. 1 ...
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... liable for neglect in putting men to handle brick where a passing traveler would be liable to injury from it . The court refused this , and , while instructing the jury that the plaintiff must satisfy them that her injury was the result ...
... liable for neglect in putting men to handle brick where a passing traveler would be liable to injury from it . The court refused this , and , while instructing the jury that the plaintiff must satisfy them that her injury was the result ...
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... liable in any event ; and that the bank was damaged by the release of the mortgage . The question of forgery , and when the plaintiff discovered the forgery , and whether the plaintiff knew that the transaction was for the bank , were ...
... liable in any event ; and that the bank was damaged by the release of the mortgage . The question of forgery , and when the plaintiff discovered the forgery , and whether the plaintiff knew that the transaction was for the bank , were ...
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... liable for the debts of the firm , and is therefore evidence of a promise to ratify and pay such debts . This is not necessarily so . The contract of indemnity may have been necessary for his protection against debts of the firm con ...
... liable for the debts of the firm , and is therefore evidence of a promise to ratify and pay such debts . This is not necessarily so . The contract of indemnity may have been necessary for his protection against debts of the firm con ...
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... liable , in the absence of proof that they had funds of the association in their hands applicable to this debt . * A and C , trustees , " and Held , in an action by CTION of contract on a negotiable promissory note , signed by the ...
... liable , in the absence of proof that they had funds of the association in their hands applicable to this debt . * A and C , trustees , " and Held , in an action by CTION of contract on a negotiable promissory note , signed by the ...
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Page 369 - Nothing can call forth this court into activity, but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence : where these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced, and therefore from the beginning of this jurisdiction, there was always a limitation to suits in this court.
Page 357 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer, or other person who shall be injured in person, or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person...
Page 207 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Page 571 - No right of way shall be appropriated to the use of any corporation until full compensation therefor be first made in money, or first secured by a deposit of money to the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation, which compensation shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve men, in a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 9 - But every one has a right to select and determine with whom he will contract, and cannot have another person thrust upon him without his consent. In the familiar phrase of Lord Denman, '• you have the right to the benefit you anticipate from the character, credit, and substance of the party with whom you contract.
Page 713 - Sea, and all Persons using the Trade of Merchandize by way of bargaining, Exchange, bartering, Commission, Consignment, or otherwise, in gross or by retail, and all Persons who, either for themselves or as Agents or Factors for others, seek their Living by buying and selling, or by buying and letting for Hire, or by the Workmanship of Goods or Commodities...
Page 369 - ... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence.
Page 402 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally — that is, according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 117 - The wrongful or fraudulent taking and carrying away, by any person, of the mere personal goods of another, from any place, with a felonious intent to convert them to his (the taker's) own use, and make them his own property, without the consent of the owner.
Page 627 - it has been held that if the jurors do not agree in their verdict before the judges are about to leave the town, though they are not to be threatened or imprisoned, the judges are not bound to wait for them, but may carry them round the circuit from town to town in a cart;