Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Volume 62Banks & Bros., 1890 |
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... recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the falling of a hoisting apparatus attached to the roof of a building , the upper floor of which was used as an opera - house . The hoisting apparatus was used for the sole purpose of ...
... recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the falling of a hoisting apparatus attached to the roof of a building , the upper floor of which was used as an opera - house . The hoisting apparatus was used for the sole purpose of ...
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... recover a quantity of hemlock bark , the question at issue was whether a certain deed , absolute in terms , executed by the defendant to one Coleman , was , as between the parties thereto , intended to be a mortgage . Held , that the ...
... recover a quantity of hemlock bark , the question at issue was whether a certain deed , absolute in terms , executed by the defendant to one Coleman , was , as between the parties thereto , intended to be a mortgage . Held , that the ...
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... recover damages by an employee , who was engaged in unloading coal - cars standing on a trestle some eight feet high , it appeared that on the afternoon of the accident , and just prior , thereto , a wagon , which was being driven along ...
... recover damages by an employee , who was engaged in unloading coal - cars standing on a trestle some eight feet high , it appeared that on the afternoon of the accident , and just prior , thereto , a wagon , which was being driven along ...
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... recover for injuries received by reason of the plank - way being injured by the coal wagons , such injury not being brought to the knowledge of the defendant , and it having had no opportunity to repair it . To this the court replied ...
... recover for injuries received by reason of the plank - way being injured by the coal wagons , such injury not being brought to the knowledge of the defendant , and it having had no opportunity to repair it . To this the court replied ...
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... recover damages for injuries sustained from a collision with a wagon driven by one Shaw , who was in a state of intoxication , it appeared that Shaw and a companion named Gage , entered the place of business of certain liquor dealers ...
... recover damages for injuries sustained from a collision with a wagon driven by one Shaw , who was in a state of intoxication , it appeared that Shaw and a companion named Gage , entered the place of business of certain liquor dealers ...
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Page 133 - When private property shall be taken for any public use, the compensation to be made therefor, when such compensation is not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.
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Page 72 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Page 27 - To the refusal of the court to charge as requested, and to the charge as given, the prisoner excepted.
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