Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Volume 62Banks & Bros., 1890 |
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... happening of the accident . APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff , entered , upon the verdict of a jury for $ 1,800 , rendered at FIFTH DEPARTMENT , DECEMBER TERM , 1889 . the Orleans HUNGERFORD v . BENT . 3.
... happening of the accident . APPEAL by the defendant from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff , entered , upon the verdict of a jury for $ 1,800 , rendered at FIFTH DEPARTMENT , DECEMBER TERM , 1889 . the Orleans HUNGERFORD v . BENT . 3.
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... jury is not a necessary part of the bill of exceptions , it is set out in full therein ; and by the instructions given to the jury the plaintiff's right to recover was made to depend upon the fact whether the apparatus was in an unsafe ...
... jury is not a necessary part of the bill of exceptions , it is set out in full therein ; and by the instructions given to the jury the plaintiff's right to recover was made to depend upon the fact whether the apparatus was in an unsafe ...
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... jury in an action of replevin , to the effect that the plaintiffs were entitled to the possession of the prop- erty described in the complaint , and that the value thereof was $ 601 , and also from an order denying a motion for a new ...
... jury in an action of replevin , to the effect that the plaintiffs were entitled to the possession of the prop- erty described in the complaint , and that the value thereof was $ 601 , and also from an order denying a motion for a new ...
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... jury was , whether a certain deed , absolute in terms , executed by the defendant to one Truman R. Coleman , dated in August , 1865 , was , as between the parties thereto , intended to be in the nature of a mortgage given as a security ...
... jury was , whether a certain deed , absolute in terms , executed by the defendant to one Truman R. Coleman , dated in August , 1865 , was , as between the parties thereto , intended to be in the nature of a mortgage given as a security ...
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... jury found that the deed from the defendant to Coleman was intended as a mortgage as between those parties ; but if they found that the deed was intended to be an abso- lute conveyance of the fee of the premises , as it purported upon ...
... jury found that the deed from the defendant to Coleman was intended as a mortgage as between those parties ; but if they found that the deed was intended to be an abso- lute conveyance of the fee of the premises , as it purported upon ...
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