The Southern Reporter, Volume 56West Publishing Company, 1912 |
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... witness or the weight to be given his testimony . The jury may ac- cept a part of the testimony of a witness , if they believe it to be true , and reject the other part , if they believe it to be untrue ; or they may reject it as a ...
... witness or the weight to be given his testimony . The jury may ac- cept a part of the testimony of a witness , if they believe it to be true , and reject the other part , if they believe it to be untrue ; or they may reject it as a ...
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... witness for the prosecution was permitted to go into the jury room to see the sick juror . The physi- cian gave the sick juror some medicine , he did not talk to him about anything except his sickness , and no conversation took place be ...
... witness for the prosecution was permitted to go into the jury room to see the sick juror . The physi- cian gave the sick juror some medicine , he did not talk to him about anything except his sickness , and no conversation took place be ...
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... witnesses testify over one The evidence tended to show that prosecut- whose information is derived solely from a ing witness lost about $ 75 in a confidence written report of the testimony . Recogniz - game , in which he , the defendant ...
... witnesses testify over one The evidence tended to show that prosecut- whose information is derived solely from a ing witness lost about $ 75 in a confidence written report of the testimony . Recogniz - game , in which he , the defendant ...
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... witness by defendant on the question of identification , and was permissible as being a re - examination of the witness on the mat- ters brought out by defendant on cross - exam- ination . It was also proper as having a tendency to show ...
... witness by defendant on the question of identification , and was permissible as being a re - examination of the witness on the mat- ters brought out by defendant on cross - exam- ination . It was also proper as having a tendency to show ...
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... witness Reuben Mill- sap : In any of your conversations with reference to that horse , did you ever warrant that horse ? " ( 12 ) " Same witness : Did he , the defendant , in that conversation with you claim that you had warranted or ...
... witness Reuben Mill- sap : In any of your conversations with reference to that horse , did you ever warrant that horse ? " ( 12 ) " Same witness : Did he , the defendant , in that conversation with you claim that you had warranted or ...
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Page 251 - Where after the commencement of this act personal injury is caused to a workman (1) By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 306 - And I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, to warrant and forever defend...
Page 275 - It is a maxim, not to be disregarded, that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit, when the very point is presented for decision.
Page 236 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits, these two deductions seem to follow as generally true: first, that the judgment of a Court of concurrent jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive, between the same parties, upon the same matter, directly in question in another Court...
Page 359 - that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 143 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 385 - No agent has power In behalf of the Company to make or modify this or any...
Page 462 - Whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be really public shall be a judicial question, and determined as such without regard to any legislative assertion that the use is public.
Page 6 - It is the duty of the court to instruct the jury as to the law ; and it is the duty of the jury to follow the law, as it is laid down by the court.
Page 449 - This entire policy shall be void if the insured has concealed or misrepresented, in writing or otherwise, any material fact or circumstance concerning this insurance or the subject thereof...