Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Volume 17H.O. Houghton and Company, 1864 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... common law . The case of Wuman vs. The Hallowell and Augusta Bank goes far to establish these principles . The case of Head & Al . vs. The Providence Insurance Company ( 43 ) is much in point . It was an action upon two policies of ...
... common law . The case of Wuman vs. The Hallowell and Augusta Bank goes far to establish these principles . The case of Head & Al . vs. The Providence Insurance Company ( 43 ) is much in point . It was an action upon two policies of ...
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... common purpose of life , and of the legislature to grant this species of franchise , if the real estate of corporations is to be exempted from parish taxes , the effect on parishes will be fatal . * By the Court . The objection of the ...
... common purpose of life , and of the legislature to grant this species of franchise , if the real estate of corporations is to be exempted from parish taxes , the effect on parishes will be fatal . * By the Court . The objection of the ...
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... common form was delivered to him ; [ * 58 ] and this was the only account he ever had at * the bank . The said Joseph died in February , 1813 , leaving an estate worth more than 40,000 dollars , and having made a provision for the ...
... common form was delivered to him ; [ * 58 ] and this was the only account he ever had at * the bank . The said Joseph died in February , 1813 , leaving an estate worth more than 40,000 dollars , and having made a provision for the ...
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... common one of a bill of lading ; the second a loan of money by the plaintiff to the intestate for the passage home . This was to be paid in every event , and in a reasonable time . The outward risk of the merchandise was the plaintiff's ...
... common one of a bill of lading ; the second a loan of money by the plaintiff to the intestate for the passage home . This was to be paid in every event , and in a reasonable time . The outward risk of the merchandise was the plaintiff's ...
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... common right , and not to be dispensed with . There can be no presumption , in this case , in favor of the proceedings , since pos- session has not followed the devise . If possession had followed the will , perhaps it would be too late ...
... common right , and not to be dispensed with . There can be no presumption , in this case , in favor of the proceedings , since pos- session has not followed the devise . If possession had followed the will , perhaps it would be too late ...
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action admitted afterwards agent agreement alleged amount appear assignment assumpsit attachment authority bail bailment bill bond cashier cause cited claim common law Commonwealth consideration considered contended contract conveyance conviction corporation count Court court of equity covenant creditors damages debt debtor declaration deed defendant defendant's delivered the opinion demand deposits discharge dollars endorser entitled equity estoppel execution Executors facts fraud GEORGE THATCHER given Gloucester bank heirs held Holt Inhabitants insolvent intended intestate ISAAC PARKER judgment jurisdiction jury land LANFEAR Larned liable Lord Ellenborough Mass mortgage mortgagor negligence nonsuit objection paid PARKER parties payment person plaintiff plea pleaded possession principle promise promissory note proved purchaser question reason received recover remedy replevin rule SALEM BANK SAMUEL PUTNAM seisin sheriff statute statute of frauds sufficient suit supposed sureties tenant testator tion trespass trial trust usury verdict versus void witness writ
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Page 106 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 107 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part...
Page 212 - No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 428 - No subject shall be held to answer for any crime or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described to him; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself.
Page 343 - It will be liable to debts ; it will go to executors ; it will pass by a will not made and executed with the solemnities required by the statute of frauds. The assignment of the debt, or forgiving it, will draw the land after it, as a consequence ; nay, it would do it, though the debt were forgiven only by parol, for the right to the land would follow, notwithstanding the statute of frauds.
Page 226 - Justice, in delivering the opinion of the court, remarked " that no principle of law is better settled than that no action will lie upon a contract made in violation of a statute, or of a principle of the common law.
Page 12 - We may lay it down as a broad general principle, that, wherever one of two innocent persons must suffer by the acts of a third, he who has enabled such third person to occasion the loss must sustain it.
Page 412 - Blackstone, that if a servant, by his negligence, does any damage to a stranger, the master shall be answerable for his neglect. But the damage must be done while he is actually employed in the master's service ; otherwise, the servant shall answer for his own misbehavior.
Page 36 - The true rule is, that the party receiving such notes must examine them as soon as he has opportunity, and return them immediately. If he does not, he is negligent, and negligence will defeat his right of action. This principle will apply in all cases where forged notes have been received, but certainly with more strength when the party receiving them is the one purporting to be bound to pay. For he knows better than any other whether they are his notes or not; and if he pays them or receives them...
Page 134 - Bing. 284:, 300, declined to follow the rule there laid down, and held that the credit of a witness who has testified orally or by giving his deposition may be impeached by showing that he has made a different statement out of court, either before or after he has given his testimony, and that it is not necessary that the impeached witness be first inquired of as to such different statement, or that he be present when his credit is to be impeached. "We shall take occasion hereafter to advert to an...