The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 44West Publishing Company, 1903 |
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... sustained in at- tempting to alight from a moving train at the invitation of the conductor , where the court charged ... sustain the contentions both of the plaintiff and the defendant . The issues and answers thereto were as follows ...
... sustained in at- tempting to alight from a moving train at the invitation of the conductor , where the court charged ... sustain the contentions both of the plaintiff and the defendant . The issues and answers thereto were as follows ...
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... sustained . As they are not even alluded to in the defendant's brief , it would seem unnecessary to further discuss them . Neither does the brief allude to the fourth and sixth exception , which are equally unten- able ; but , as the ...
... sustained . As they are not even alluded to in the defendant's brief , it would seem unnecessary to further discuss them . Neither does the brief allude to the fourth and sixth exception , which are equally unten- able ; but , as the ...
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... sustained to the complaint in an action against the county com- missioners for trespass in taking land for the construction of a highway , as a county cannot be sued for trespass on land or for the com- mission of any other tort , in ...
... sustained to the complaint in an action against the county com- missioners for trespass in taking land for the construction of a highway , as a county cannot be sued for trespass on land or for the com- mission of any other tort , in ...
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... sustained ; and , if the plaintiffs allege a cause of action for trespass , the judgment of the court was also right , because this court has recently held that counties cannot be sued for trespass upon land , or for the commission of ...
... sustained ; and , if the plaintiffs allege a cause of action for trespass , the judgment of the court was also right , because this court has recently held that counties cannot be sued for trespass upon land , or for the commission of ...
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... sustained by the negligent breach of the contract of safe carriage . That presupposes a lawful con- tract , and he knew that this was an unlaw- ful contract . He and the defendant are in pari delicto , and the court will leave the ...
... sustained by the negligent breach of the contract of safe carriage . That presupposes a lawful con- tract , and he knew that this was an unlaw- ful contract . He and the defendant are in pari delicto , and the court will leave the ...
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Page 35 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 318 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 296 - The rolling stock, and all other movable property belonging to any railroad company or corporation in this State, shall be considered personal property, and shall be liable to execution and sale in the same manner as the personal property of individuals, and the General Assembly shall pass no law exempting any such property from execution and sale.
Page 150 - English statute of frauds, so far as to require a conveyance of any " estate of inheritance or freehold, or for a term of more than one year, in lands and tenements...
Page 53 - A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.
Page 318 - ... the property affected by the levy, judgment, attachment, or other lien shall be deemed wholly discharged and released from the same, and shall pass to the trustee as a part of the estate of the bankrupt, unless the court shall, on due notice, order that the right under such levy, judgment, attachment, or other lien shall be preserved for the benefit of the estate; and thereupon the same may pass to and shall be preserved by the trustee for the benefit of the estate as aforesaid.
Page 45 - ... access to the navigable part of the river from the front of his lot, the right to make a landing, wharf or pier for his own use or for the use of the public, subject to such general rules and regulations as the legislature may see proper to impose for the protection of the rights of the public, whatever these may be.
Page 310 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery or for nondelivery of any unrepeated message, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Page 81 - ... when during the litigation it appears that the defendant is doing or threatens or is about to do, or is procuring or suffering to be done, some act in violation of the plaintiff's rights respecting the subject of the action, and tending to render the judgment ineffectual, a temporary injunction may be granted to restrain such act.
Page 144 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void.