A Treatise on the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace, in the State of Michigan: Under Chapter Ninety-three of the Revised Statutes, with Practical FormsS.D. Elwood, 1859 - 628 pages |
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... question , and count up to the common ancestor , and then downwards to the other person - calling it a degree for each person - both ascending and descending , and the degrees they stand from each other , is the degree in which they ...
... question , and count up to the common ancestor , and then downwards to the other person - calling it a degree for each person - both ascending and descending , and the degrees they stand from each other , is the degree in which they ...
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... question of residence is to be confined to the parties to the record . The fact that the demand belongs to an assignee , who is a non - resident of the county , would not authorize the bringing of a suit in any other than the township ...
... question of residence is to be confined to the parties to the record . The fact that the demand belongs to an assignee , who is a non - resident of the county , would not authorize the bringing of a suit in any other than the township ...
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... question . He says : " In the consideration of trespass , what distinction is better settled than that between actual force and implied or constructive force . A.'s horse steps over the imaginary line of his farm dividing it from B.'s ...
... question . He says : " In the consideration of trespass , what distinction is better settled than that between actual force and implied or constructive force . A.'s horse steps over the imaginary line of his farm dividing it from B.'s ...
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... question in regard to them may arise in the particular suit , by the defendant's omitting to take advantage of them the very first op- portunity . Thus , if process be void because of some defect in the manner in which it issued , yet ...
... question in regard to them may arise in the particular suit , by the defendant's omitting to take advantage of them the very first op- portunity . Thus , if process be void because of some defect in the manner in which it issued , yet ...
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... question for the opinion of the Supreme Court . Christiancy , J .: **** “ The plaintiffs in error contend that the statute did not , in this cause , dispense with proof that the de- fendants composed the firm of S. Pegg & Co. , and ...
... question for the opinion of the Supreme Court . Christiancy , J .: **** “ The plaintiffs in error contend that the statute did not , in this cause , dispense with proof that the de- fendants composed the firm of S. Pegg & Co. , and ...
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accord and satisfaction adjournment admission affidavit amount answer appear apply arrest assumpsit attachment attorney Barb Bing bond brought cause of action chattels commenced common carrier common law constable contract costs court creditor damages debt debtor declaration deed defendant defendant's delivered demand Denio deponent docket dollars entitled evidence execution executor fact fendant garnishee held Hill horse Ibid injury issue John judgment jurisdiction jurors jury Justice land Lenawee County levy liable lien ment Michigan mortgage negligence notice oath officer owner paid party payable payment Peace person plaintiff plea plea in abatement pleaded possession proceedings promise promissory note proof prove question reasonable received recover refuse rendered replevin seal servant served set-off statute subpoena sufficient suit summons surety sworn thereof tion township trespass trial trover unless verdict void warrant Wend wife witness writ
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Page 548 - ... provided by law in relation to the distribution of personal property left by persons dying intestate...
Page 302 - Every mortgage, or conveyance intended to operate as a mortgage, of goods and chattels, which shall hereafter be made, which shall not be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 464 - Every contract for the leasing for a longer period than one year, or for the sale of any lands or any interest in lands, shall be void, unless the contract, or some note or memorandum thereof, expressing the consideration, be In writing, and be subscribed by the party by whom the lease or sale is to be made.
Page 238 - A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.
Page 424 - ... when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 590 - To bring a person within the description of a common carrier, he must exercise it as a public employment ; he must undertake to carry goods for persons generally ; and he must hold himself out as ready to engage in the transportation of goods for hire, as a business, not as a casual occupation pro hac vice.
Page 462 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 547 - That every such action shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person...
Page 239 - No person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, shall be allowed to disclose any information which he may have acquired in attending any patient, in a professional character, and which information was necessary to enable him to prescribe for such patient as a physician, or to do any act for him as a surgeon (id.
Page 53 - America, to be paid to the said , his certain attorney, executors, administrators or assigns, to which payment well and truly to be made, I do bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, firmly by these presents.