Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Volume 131State of Iowa, 1907 |
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... matter of which he may complain , since the state may show his reputation down to the time of the trial as bearing upon his credibility . Improper evidence : PREJUDICE . A defendant who answered that 6 he had previously been convicted ...
... matter of which he may complain , since the state may show his reputation down to the time of the trial as bearing upon his credibility . Improper evidence : PREJUDICE . A defendant who answered that 6 he had previously been convicted ...
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... matter had been fully presented , the trial court denied it . Complaint is made of this . These proceedings were ... matters are discussed , but they have already been decided adversely to appellant , or are not of sufficient consequence ...
... matter had been fully presented , the trial court denied it . Complaint is made of this . These proceedings were ... matters are discussed , but they have already been decided adversely to appellant , or are not of sufficient consequence ...
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... , or by the exercise of ordinary care ought to have discovered it , he cannot be held as a matter of law to have assumed the risk . Expert evidence . Ordinarily an expert may give his opinion 20 [ 131 Iowa HAMMER V. JANOWITZ .
... , or by the exercise of ordinary care ought to have discovered it , he cannot be held as a matter of law to have assumed the risk . Expert evidence . Ordinarily an expert may give his opinion 20 [ 131 Iowa HAMMER V. JANOWITZ .
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... matter of inference , rather than direct proof , and this in- ference was for the jury to draw from all the proved facts and circumstances . The fact that one witness may have testified that the wheel broke before the crane fell is not ...
... matter of inference , rather than direct proof , and this in- ference was for the jury to draw from all the proved facts and circumstances . The fact that one witness may have testified that the wheel broke before the crane fell is not ...
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... matter ? Judge : No , I do not mean to insinuate any- thing . If you want to make the record , we will step out here with the reporter and let you make it . The questions are not proper to ask in the presence of the jury . Mr. Hallam ...
... matter ? Judge : No , I do not mean to insinuate any- thing . If you want to make the record , we will step out here with the reporter and let you make it . The questions are not proper to ask in the presence of the jury . Mr. Hallam ...
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Page 133 - The inquiry is, what are the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States? We feel no hesitation in confining these expressions to those privileges and immunities which are in their nature fundamental, which belong of right to the citizens of all free governments ; and which have at all times been enjoyed by the citizens of the several States which compose this Union, from the time of their becoming free, independent, and sovereign.
Page 363 - The legislature has also recognized the fact, which the experience of legislators in many states has corroborated, that the proprietors of these establishments and their operatives do not stand upon an equality, and that their interests are, to a certain extent, conflicting. The former naturally desire to obtain as much labor as possible from their employees, while the latter are often induced by the fear of discharge to conform to regulations which their judgment, fairly exercised, would pronounce...
Page 140 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 724 - ... described, can have nothing to do with facilitating the collection of the revenue, as we should be obliged to do if we were to declare this act beyond the power of Congress, acting under its constitutional authority, to impose excise taxes. It follows that the judgment of the District Court must be reversed.
Page 388 - Sec. 3. That no contract of employment, insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity for injury or death entered into by or on behalf of any employee, nor the acceptance of any such insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity by the person entitled...
Page 129 - ... that honorably discharged soldiers and sailors from the army and navy of the United States in the late Civil War, who are citizens and residents of this State, shall be entitled to preference in appointment and promotion, without regard to their standing on any list from which such appointment or promotion may be made. Laws shall be made to provide for the enforcement of this section.
Page 321 - The true test of the interest of a witness is, that he will either gain or lose by the direct legal operation and effect of the judgment, or that the record will be legal evidence for or against him in some other action.
Page 393 - Considered as such, it is simply a statute imposing a penalty upon railroad corporations for a failure to pay certain debts. No individuals are thus punished, and no other corporations. The act singles out a certain class of debtors and punishes them when for like delinquencies it punishes no others.
Page 498 - Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both.
Page 363 - The State still retains an interest in his welfare however reckless he may be. The whole is no greater than the sum of all the parts and when the individual health safety and welfare are sacrificed or neglected, the State must suffer.