The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 43West Publishing Company, 1898 |
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... considered the question of our jurisdic- tion when we passed upon the application in this case , and reached the conclusion that we had jurisdiction , and granted the writ . Hav- ing heard argument upon the motion to dis- miss , and ...
... considered the question of our jurisdic- tion when we passed upon the application in this case , and reached the conclusion that we had jurisdiction , and granted the writ . Hav- ing heard argument upon the motion to dis- miss , and ...
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... considered a wealthy one ; a number of witnesses who did not claim to have had any personal con- nection with the matter testified that they understood that the Foster judgment was paid before the death of Nancy McCown , but do not show ...
... considered a wealthy one ; a number of witnesses who did not claim to have had any personal con- nection with the matter testified that they understood that the Foster judgment was paid before the death of Nancy McCown , but do not show ...
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... considered , and , as it shows that $ 176.24 was paid in excess of the amount due on the notes , the debt evidenced by them , as well as any lien that may have existed upon the premises , was discharged , and appellee enti- tled to ...
... considered , and , as it shows that $ 176.24 was paid in excess of the amount due on the notes , the debt evidenced by them , as well as any lien that may have existed upon the premises , was discharged , and appellee enti- tled to ...
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... considered together , which asserts that in the action of trespass to try title the judgment rests upon the title held at the beginning of the suit , and if , pending the suit , the plaintiff mortgages the land in controversy ...
... considered together , which asserts that in the action of trespass to try title the judgment rests upon the title held at the beginning of the suit , and if , pending the suit , the plaintiff mortgages the land in controversy ...
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... considered by the commissioner's court in canvassing the election returns . Ap- pellant also alleged that there was a mistake in the returns from the Hammond box , and , as shown by the tally sheets , he was entitled to 10 more votes at ...
... considered by the commissioner's court in canvassing the election returns . Ap- pellant also alleged that there was a mistake in the returns from the Hammond box , and , as shown by the tally sheets , he was entitled to 10 more votes at ...
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Page 72 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 74 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement endorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership...
Page 250 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 158 - State or coming from or going to any other State. Persons and property transported over any railroad shall be delivered at any station at charges not exceeding the charges for transportation of persons and property of the same class in the same direction to any more distant station; but excursion and commutation tickets may be issued at special rates.
Page 150 - All individuals, associations and corporations shall have equal right to have persons and property transported over railroads and canals, and no undue or unreasonable discrimination shall be made in charges for, or in facilities for, transportation of freight or passengers within the State or coming from or going to any other State.
Page 160 - No railroad company shall charge, demand or receive from any person, company or corporation, for the transportation of any property or for any other service, a greater sum than it shall at the same time charge, demand or receive from any other person, company or corporation, for a like service from the same place, or upon like condition and under similar circumstances...
Page 94 - Perkins, asked the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty as to Emanuel C.
Page 240 - It is true that a statute, containing a prohibition and a penalty, makes the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the act was meant by the legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be properly inferred, a contract in contravention of it is void.
Page 240 - ... the statute must be examined as a whole, to find out whether or not the makers of it meant that a contract in contravention of it should be void, or that it was not to be so.
Page 171 - The officers of a corporation act in a fiduciary capacity in respect to its property in their hands, and may be called to an account for fraud or sometimes even mere mismanagement In respect thereto; but as between itself and its creditors the corporation is simply a debtor, and does not hold its property in trust, or subject to a lien in their favor, in any other sense than does an individual debtor.