The New York Supplement, Volume 33West Publishing Company, 1895 "Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies) |
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... jury . They were told that the plain- tiff's testimony indicated an agreement founded upon the considera- tion of her relinquishing her claim on him as a partner of his sons , and that she claimed that the evidence of his connection ...
... jury . They were told that the plain- tiff's testimony indicated an agreement founded upon the considera- tion of her relinquishing her claim on him as a partner of his sons , and that she claimed that the evidence of his connection ...
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... jury trial is demanded and had in a summary proceeding brought in a district court in the city of New York to ... jury , who found for the plaintiff in $ 910 , being the whole amount claimed by her , after deducting the $ 50 earned by ...
... jury trial is demanded and had in a summary proceeding brought in a district court in the city of New York to ... jury , who found for the plaintiff in $ 910 , being the whole amount claimed by her , after deducting the $ 50 earned by ...
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... jury of having it struck out ; but there is no reasonable ground for the apprehension that the jury were misled by the elimination of the incompetent evidence into supposing that the certificate of the notary remained unim- peached . No ...
... jury of having it struck out ; but there is no reasonable ground for the apprehension that the jury were misled by the elimination of the incompetent evidence into supposing that the certificate of the notary remained unim- peached . No ...
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... jury to compare with the bond , and , although an expert in handwriting called for defendant pointed out many dif ferences between the disputed and the genuine signatures , some of the most important differences were discernible among ...
... jury to compare with the bond , and , although an expert in handwriting called for defendant pointed out many dif ferences between the disputed and the genuine signatures , some of the most important differences were discernible among ...
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... jury , nor upon hearsay , nor upon the evidence of others on the trial . ( Syllabus by the Court . ) Appeal from trial term . Action by Sarah Frankfort against the Manhattan Railway Com- pany for personal injuries . From a judgment ...
... jury , nor upon hearsay , nor upon the evidence of others on the trial . ( Syllabus by the Court . ) Appeal from trial term . Action by Sarah Frankfort against the Manhattan Railway Com- pany for personal injuries . From a judgment ...
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12 Misc agreement alleged amount answer Appeal from special application April April 12 Argued assignment attorney authority bank bonds Brooklyn City Railroad cause of action certificate charge city court Civil Procedure claim Code Civ codicil Company complaint concur contract contributory negligence corporation costs counsel court of equity creditors damages deceased deed defendant appeals defendant's demurrer entitled Erie county evidence execution executor fact favor of plaintiff fendant fraud granted held intent issue judge Judgment affirmed jury land liable lien ment Monroe county mortgage motion N. Y. Supp negligence notice order denying paid parties payment person possession premises proceedings purchase question Railroad reason received recover reference relator respondent reversed rule special term statute street Supreme Court surrogate's court testator testimony thereof tiff tion trial trust verdict witness York City York county
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Page 370 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 374 - ... 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 578 - ... any child to whom any such decedent, grantor, donor, or vendor for not less than ten years prior to such transfer stood in the mutually acknowledged relation of a parent...
Page 369 - Such examinations shall be practical in their character, and so far as may be shall relate to those matters which will fairly test the relative capacity and fitness of the persons examined to discharge the duties of the service into which they seek to be appointed.
Page 405 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the insured now has or shall hereafter make or procure any other contract of insurance, whether valid or not, on property covered in whole or in part by this policy...
Page 389 - ... per cent of its capital, after deducting the assessed value of its real estate, and all shares of stock in other corporations actually owned by such company which are taxable upon their capital stock under the laws of this state, shall be assessed at its actual value and taxed in the same manner as the other real and personal estate of the county.
Page 328 - No conveyance, assignment or transfer of any property of any such corporation by it or by any officer, director or stockholder thereof, nor any payment made, judgment suffered, lien created or security given by it or by any officer, director or stockholder when the corporation is insolvent or its insolvency is imminent, with the intent of giving a preference to any particular creditor over other creditors of the corporation shall be valid.
Page 722 - The rule must be regarded as well settled that the contracts of executors, although made in the interest and for the benefit of the estate they represent, if made upon a new and independent consideration, as for services rendered, goods or property sold and delivered, or other consideration moving between the promisee and the executors as promisors, are the personal contracts of the executors, and do not bind the estate...
Page 714 - The answer of the defendant must contain: 1. A general or specific denial of each material allegation of the complaint controverted by the defendant, or of any knowledge or information thereof sufficient to form a belief.
Page 515 - ... director or stockholder when the corporation is insolvent or its insolvency is imminent, with the intent of giving a preference to any particular creditor over other creditors of the corporation shall be valid. Every person receiving by means of any such prohibited act or deed any property of the corporation shall be bound to account therefor to its creditors or stockholders or other trustees.