Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the County Courts of Philadelphia, and the United States District and Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Volume 9Kay & Brother, 1881 |
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... reason that the offence was not indictable at common law , and our statutes defining and punishing the offence do not apply to national banks . Here the indictment charges an o : fence which was a crime at common law . In Commonwealth v ...
... reason that the offence was not indictable at common law , and our statutes defining and punishing the offence do not apply to national banks . Here the indictment charges an o : fence which was a crime at common law . In Commonwealth v ...
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... reason . Error to the Common Pleas of Luzerne Co. Feigned issue to try the validity of a judgment note , the note to stand as a declaration . Plea , payment with leave , etc. The facts were as follows : On March 2 , 1863 , Henderson ...
... reason . Error to the Common Pleas of Luzerne Co. Feigned issue to try the validity of a judgment note , the note to stand as a declaration . Plea , payment with leave , etc. The facts were as follows : On March 2 , 1863 , Henderson ...
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... reason that they were obtained by fraud , and fraud vitiates everything it touches . ( 5 ) The portion of the charge embraced in this assignment is not error , when read in its connection with the general charge . The re- mark of the ...
... reason that they were obtained by fraud , and fraud vitiates everything it touches . ( 5 ) The portion of the charge embraced in this assignment is not error , when read in its connection with the general charge . The re- mark of the ...
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... reason for paying the money into Court was that Virginia Aimée Bouillou having died in France , where she was there domiciled , a contest had arisen as to the right of administration to her estate , and that no legal representative had ...
... reason for paying the money into Court was that Virginia Aimée Bouillou having died in France , where she was there domiciled , a contest had arisen as to the right of administration to her estate , and that no legal representative had ...
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... reason ap- The constitutional limitation applies only to parent to us why the case should not be cov- an actual taking of property . Matters of annoy - ered by the above recited 8th section of the Con- ance and consequential injuries ...
... reason ap- The constitutional limitation applies only to parent to us why the case should not be cov- an actual taking of property . Matters of annoy - ered by the above recited 8th section of the Con- ance and consequential injuries ...
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Page 62 - a delivery of goods in trust upon a contract expressed or implied that the trust shall be/iiitA/ully executed on the part of the bailee.' Chancellor Kent defines it 'a delivery of goods in trust upon a contract express or implied, that the trust shall be duly executed and the goods restored by the bailee as soon as the purposes of the bailment shall be answered.
Page 117 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity; that I have not paid or contributed, or promised to pay or contribute, either directly or indirectly, any money or other valuable thing, to procure my nomination or election...
Page 246 - The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district or other municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without the assent of the electors thereof at a public election in such manner as shall be provided...
Page 342 - No act of the General Assembly shall limit the amount to be recovered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to persons or property; and in case of death from such injuries, the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall be prosecuted.
Page 182 - November of each year, estimate and appraise the capital stock of the said company at its actual value in cash, not less however than the average price which said stock sold for during said year...
Page 247 - In all cases of mutual debts or mutual credits between the estate of a bankrupt and a creditor the account shall be stated and one debt shall be set off against the other, and the balance only shall be allowed or paid.
Page 70 - That principle is that where a corporation, like a railroad company, has granted to it by charter a franchise intended in large measure to be exer< ised for the' public good, the due performance of those functions being the consideration of the public grant, any contract which disables the corporation from performing those functions, which undertakes, without the consent of the State, to transfer to others the rights and powers conferred by the charter, and to relieve the grantees of the burden which...
Page 4 - ... issues or puts forth any certificate of deposit, draws any order or bill of exchange, makes any acceptance, assigns any note, bond, draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, or decree; or who makes any false entry in any book, report...
Page 239 - ... something in the nature of the thing empowered to be done, something in the object for which it is to be done, something in the conditions under which it is to be done, something in the title of the person or persons for whose benefit the power is to be exercised, which may couple the power with a duty, and make it the duty of the person in whom the power is reposed to exercise that power when called upon to do so.
Page 81 - It is hereby declared and warranted that the above are fair and true answers to the foregoing questions...