The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 168West Publishing Company, 1914 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 40
... POSSESSION ( 8 60 * ) -HOSTILE CHARACTER OF POSSESSION - PARTY WALL . A bank , owning the north half of a lot and desiring to build thereon , entered into an agree- ment with the owner of the other half , whereby the bank was to build ...
... POSSESSION ( 8 60 * ) -HOSTILE CHARACTER OF POSSESSION - PARTY WALL . A bank , owning the north half of a lot and desiring to build thereon , entered into an agree- ment with the owner of the other half , whereby the bank was to build ...
Page 42
... possession begins to run from the time of the repudiation , and , notwithstanding the title of the vendor , the vendee may ripen his adverse possession into a title by limitation . Smith et al . v . Pate et al . , 91 Tex . 596 , 45 ...
... possession begins to run from the time of the repudiation , and , notwithstanding the title of the vendor , the vendee may ripen his adverse possession into a title by limitation . Smith et al . v . Pate et al . , 91 Tex . 596 , 45 ...
Page 81
... possession and refused to surrender the machine , unless the bill claimed was paid , an instruction that , if defendant had no lien at the time of seizure , plaintiffs were entitled to recover such sum as would rea- sonably compensate ...
... possession and refused to surrender the machine , unless the bill claimed was paid , an instruction that , if defendant had no lien at the time of seizure , plaintiffs were entitled to recover such sum as would rea- sonably compensate ...
Page 82
... possession of said automobile to plaintiffs , or in lieu of said automobile such additional sum as you find said automobile now to be reasonably worth on the market , not to exceed $ 150 . " and from further cutting , felling , or ...
... possession of said automobile to plaintiffs , or in lieu of said automobile such additional sum as you find said automobile now to be reasonably worth on the market , not to exceed $ 150 . " and from further cutting , felling , or ...
Page 83
... possession of said automobile in July , 1912 , and said au- tomobile was in the possession of the plaintiffs from July to December , 1912 , the defendant would have lost any lien it had , and would not be entitled to hold said ...
... possession of said automobile in July , 1912 , and said au- tomobile was in the possession of the plaintiffs from July to December , 1912 , the defendant would have lost any lien it had , and would not be entitled to hold said ...
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Page 155 - No suit or action on this policy, for the recovery of any claim, shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity until after full compliance by the insured with all the foregoing requirements, nor unless commenced within twelve months next after the fire.
Page 182 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue, without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted. A person, with whom or in whose name, a contract is made for the benefit of another, is a trustee of an express trust, within the meaning of this section.
Page 182 - In general, the action on a contract, whether express or implied, or whether by parol, or under seal, or of record, must be brought in the name of the party in whom the legal interest in such contract was vested.
Page 155 - In the event of disagreement as to the amount of loss the same shall, as above provided, be ascertained by two competent and disinterested appraisers, the insured and this company each selecting one, and the two so chosen shall first select a competent and disinterested umpire; 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...
Page 317 - Was that work being done independently of the interstate commerce in which the defendant was engaged, or was it so closely connected therewith as to be a part of it? Was its performance a matter of indifference so far as that commerce was concerned or was it in the nature of a duty resting upon the carrier?
Page 105 - By means of it, the situation of the witness with respect to the parties and to the subject of litigation, his interest, his motives, his inclinations and prejudices, his means of obtaining a correct and certain knowledge of the facts to which he bears testimony...
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Page 371 - When the indorsement is without recourse the iudorser specially declines to assume any responsibility as a party to the note or bill ; but by the very act of transferring it he engages that it is what it purports to be — the valid obligation of those whose names are upon it. He is like a drawer who draws without recourse; but who is, nevertheless, liable if he draws upon a fictitious party or one without funds.
Page 311 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.