Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 26Bancroft-Whitney, 1906 |
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... questions of title to the realty , are no longer open to discussion in the Courts of this State . If repeated decisions of this Court can be supposed to settle any question of law , then certainly this question must be considered at ...
... questions of title to the realty , are no longer open to discussion in the Courts of this State . If repeated decisions of this Court can be supposed to settle any question of law , then certainly this question must be considered at ...
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... question is one of much practical importance in the administration of justice , and we deem it proper to dispose of it now that it is before us . The import and effect of the word " representative " is the question to be determined in ...
... question is one of much practical importance in the administration of justice , and we deem it proper to dispose of it now that it is before us . The import and effect of the word " representative " is the question to be determined in ...
Page 50
... question of remedy upon contracts of that character is not to be confounded with this question of tender , for we consider that if the Act of 1863 had never been passed , however the debtor in a gold contract might have satisfied a ...
... question of remedy upon contracts of that character is not to be confounded with this question of tender , for we consider that if the Act of 1863 had never been passed , however the debtor in a gold contract might have satisfied a ...
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... question was whether the sale should be vacated for the benefit of the testator's heirs , upon refunding to the executor his advances with inter- est . ( Ib . 91 , 92 , 101. ) The very most that can be claimed in favor of the adminis ...
... question was whether the sale should be vacated for the benefit of the testator's heirs , upon refunding to the executor his advances with inter- est . ( Ib . 91 , 92 , 101. ) The very most that can be claimed in favor of the adminis ...
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... question whether the Pro- bate Court had the power to make the order of May 5th , 1861 , directing the administrator to pay the surviving partner the sum of five thousand dollars . The appellants make it a question of a naked want of ...
... question whether the Pro- bate Court had the power to make the order of May 5th , 1861 , directing the administrator to pay the surviving partner the sum of five thousand dollars . The appellants make it a question of a naked want of ...
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Page 164 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning ; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 225 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Page 180 - May, 1848, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State six months next preceding the election, and the county or district in which he claims his vote thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections which are now or hereafter may be authorized by law...
Page 440 - Costs must be allowed of course to the defendant upon a judgment in his favor in the actions mentioned in section ten hundred and twenty-two, and in special proceedings.
Page 217 - ... he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 153 - When the judgment or order is reversed or modified, the appellate court may make complete restitution of all property and rights lost by the erroneous judgment or order...
Page 230 - Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the state one year next preceding the election, and of the county, township, or ward, in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections.
Page 584 - ... shall be receivable in payment of all taxes, internal duties, excises, debts, and demands of every kind due to the United States, except duties on imports, and of all claims and demands against the United States, of every kind whatsoever, except for interest on bonds and notes, which shall be paid in coin, and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 122 - An Act to ascertain and settle the Private Land Claims in the State of California...
Page 584 - An act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States...