Arkansas Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, at the ..., Volume 139Woodruff Print. Company, 1920 |
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... duty to give effect to the statute , even though some of the lan- guage indicates that it was used under a mistake of fact . The words " incurred during the overflow of 1918 " should be treated as surplusage , and could and should , be ...
... duty to give effect to the statute , even though some of the lan- guage indicates that it was used under a mistake of fact . The words " incurred during the overflow of 1918 " should be treated as surplusage , and could and should , be ...
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... duty to demand and examine his authority in writ- ing . 86 Pac . 610 . One who deals with an agent is put upon inquiry and must discover the agent's authority . 5 So. Rep . 190 ; 2 L. R. A. 808 ; 31 Cyc . 1322 . Dr. Grant's authority ...
... duty to demand and examine his authority in writ- ing . 86 Pac . 610 . One who deals with an agent is put upon inquiry and must discover the agent's authority . 5 So. Rep . 190 ; 2 L. R. A. 808 ; 31 Cyc . 1322 . Dr. Grant's authority ...
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... duty of the county court to enter upon its records an order ap- pointing an engineer , to be selected by the petitioners ; provided , the engineer whom they select is a suitable person , and if not , naming an engineer satisfactory to ...
... duty of the county court to enter upon its records an order ap- pointing an engineer , to be selected by the petitioners ; provided , the engineer whom they select is a suitable person , and if not , naming an engineer satisfactory to ...
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... duty of the county court upon a proper show- ing to pay for the work incident to the preliminary sur- vey , while the work of such preliminary survey is in progress . But this language was not intended to create a liability against the ...
... duty of the county court upon a proper show- ing to pay for the work incident to the preliminary sur- vey , while the work of such preliminary survey is in progress . But this language was not intended to create a liability against the ...
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... duty of the sheriff in making his return on the order of the county court calling in warrants to file with his return the affidavits proving the publication in newspapers , and in that case , since there was no return on the record ...
... duty of the sheriff in making his return on the order of the county court calling in warrants to file with his return the affidavits proving the publication in newspapers , and in that case , since there was no return on the record ...
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Page 396 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, 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 270 - That section numbered sixteen in every township, and when such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto and as contiguous as may be shall be granted to the state for the use of the inhabitants of such township for the use of schools.
Page 131 - The case was tried .before a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and judgment was rendered on the verdict.
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Page 588 - IB filed, or at any time subsequent, enter upon its records, an order, which shall have all the force of a judgment, providing that there shall be assessed upon the real property of the district a tax sufficient to pay the estimated cost of the improvement, with...