The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 5Samuel Owen Samuel Owen, 1847 |
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... FRAUD OF CREDI- TORS . Criminal Law . CONVICTION . A SUMMARY Conviction is bad which does not show that the evidence was given in the presence of the party charged . AN assignment of goods in fraud of creditors is valid as between ...
... FRAUD OF CREDI- TORS . Criminal Law . CONVICTION . A SUMMARY Conviction is bad which does not show that the evidence was given in the presence of the party charged . AN assignment of goods in fraud of creditors is valid as between ...
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... fraud on Webster . Indeed King in his deposition , who fixes the day of the payment , says that it was the 12th of July , the day when the deed was executed . There is , therefore , no doubt either that King is mistaken in the day of ...
... fraud on Webster . Indeed King in his deposition , who fixes the day of the payment , says that it was the 12th of July , the day when the deed was executed . There is , therefore , no doubt either that King is mistaken in the day of ...
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... fraud in the same , and is not a mock auc- tioneer , or justly chargeable with pursu- ing any of the devices or practices which are imputed to mock auctioneers . His lawful business has been invaded by the placard placed before his door ...
... fraud in the same , and is not a mock auc- tioneer , or justly chargeable with pursu- ing any of the devices or practices which are imputed to mock auctioneers . His lawful business has been invaded by the placard placed before his door ...
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... fraud and robbery , may also visit destruction upon the innocent and honest tradesman . And it is strenuously insisted that the statute which authorizes , or by any legiti- mate construction can be deemed to autho- rize , such a ...
... fraud and robbery , may also visit destruction upon the innocent and honest tradesman . And it is strenuously insisted that the statute which authorizes , or by any legiti- mate construction can be deemed to autho- rize , such a ...
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... fraud . American Exchange Bank v . City Bank . Such holder is not guilty of negligence in not inquiring as to the endorsement , where the endorsement is made by the Where an account furnished by the person to whom the check was given ...
... fraud . American Exchange Bank v . City Bank . Such holder is not guilty of negligence in not inquiring as to the endorsement , where the endorsement is made by the Where an account furnished by the person to whom the check was given ...
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Page 345 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been...
Page 345 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Page 357 - ... the buyer shall accept part of the goods or choses in action so contracted to be sold or sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the contract, or in part payment, or unless some note or memorandum in writing of the contract or sale be signed by the party to be charged or his agent in that behalf.
Page 427 - SECTION 21. And be it further enacted, That, in order to avoid misconstruction, it is hereby declared to be the true intent and meaning of this act, so far as the question of slavery is concerned, to carry into practical operation the following propositions and principles, established by the compromise measures of 1850, to wit:
Page 285 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 370 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 288 - To use the words of a celebrated authority, "when a nation takes possession of a distant country, and settles a Colony there, that country, though separated from the principal establishment or mother country, naturally becomes a part of the State, equally with its ancient possessions.
Page 133 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 176 - The Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and Commercial Agents shall have the right, as such, to sit as judges and arbitrators in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of the vessels belonging to the nation whose interests are committed to their charge, without the interference of the local authorities...
Page 448 - ... any other of the next of kin who would be entitled to share in the distribution of the estate.