The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 35Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1894 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... interest of the state in its sovereign character , to prevent the illegal use of a public franchise as against the people gener- ally , or a considerable portion thereof , or if it be to subserve the public interest in any of the other ...
... interest of the state in its sovereign character , to prevent the illegal use of a public franchise as against the people gener- ally , or a considerable portion thereof , or if it be to subserve the public interest in any of the other ...
Page 69
... interest in the premises acquired under the particular deeds under which he claims , there can be no question but that his continued possession would , in such a case as this , be considered as under and in subordination to the legal ...
... interest in the premises acquired under the particular deeds under which he claims , there can be no question but that his continued possession would , in such a case as this , be considered as under and in subordination to the legal ...
Page 74
... interest in the fund she would have been entitled to receive if she had survived the insured lapsed and reverted to the estate of A. C. Peck at his death , no other direction having been made by him . Judgment was entered dismissing the ...
... interest in the fund she would have been entitled to receive if she had survived the insured lapsed and reverted to the estate of A. C. Peck at his death , no other direction having been made by him . Judgment was entered dismissing the ...
Page 76
... interests , if one die , the survivor takes the whole legacy . The analogy between legacies and the benefits secured by ... interest , we think , was properly disposed of by the circuit court . There was no unreasonable delay of payment ...
... interests , if one die , the survivor takes the whole legacy . The analogy between legacies and the benefits secured by ... interest , we think , was properly disposed of by the circuit court . There was no unreasonable delay of payment ...
Page 77
... interests be regarded as separate and independent , the daughter would have been entitled to the entire benefits of the ... interest , and superior to that of all other persons ; but the possession of personal property owned by cotenants ...
... interests be regarded as separate and independent , the daughter would have been entitled to the entire benefits of the ... interest , and superior to that of all other persons ; but the possession of personal property owned by cotenants ...
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Page 275 - ... upon such terms as may be just, at any time within one year after notice thereof, relieve a party from a judgment, order, or other proceeding, taken against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect...
Page 340 - ... the loss shall not become payable until sixty days after the notice, ascertainment, estimate, and satisfactory proof of the loss herein required have been received by this company, including an award by appraisers when appraisal has been required.
Page 591 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present...
Page 594 - ... to have and to hold to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, to the sole and only proper use, benefit, and behoof of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever.
Page 185 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 272 - The homestead is subject to execution or forced sale in satisfaction of judgments obtained: 1. Before the declaration of homestead was filed for record, and which constitute liens upon the premises.
Page 45 - Judicial power, as contradistinguished from the power of the laws, has no existence. Courts are the mere instruments of the law, and can will nothing. When they are said to exercise a discretion, it is a mere legal discretion, a discretion to be exercised in discerning the course prescribed by law ; and when that is discerned, it is the duty of the court to follow it.
Page 135 - An employer is not bound to indemnify his employee for losses suffered by the latter in consequence of the ordinary risks of the business in which he is employed, nor in consequence of the negligence of another person employed by the same employer in the same general business...
Page 194 - All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterward by gift, devise or descent, shall be her separate property; and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife in relation as well to her separate property as that held in common with her husband. Laws shall also be passed providing for the registration of the wife's separate property.
Page 594 - ... and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, remise, release enfeoff and confirm unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns, forever...