Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Volume 25Tribune Company Press, 1885 |
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... answer thereto showed that he did not , and all he did know about the business of the parties . was subsequent to and outside of the matters in controversy in this suit , and they were not considered in making up the award . He has no ...
... answer thereto showed that he did not , and all he did know about the business of the parties . was subsequent to and outside of the matters in controversy in this suit , and they were not considered in making up the award . He has no ...
Page 51
... answered the bill , and gave notice of a motion to dis- solve the injunction . The said answer does not deny the material averments of the bill , but does deny the legal con- clusions asserted by the plaintiffs , or that said defendant ...
... answered the bill , and gave notice of a motion to dis- solve the injunction . The said answer does not deny the material averments of the bill , but does deny the legal con- clusions asserted by the plaintiffs , or that said defendant ...
Page 92
... answer to this letter ; and in sending these three with no objection to the number ordered they showed they deemed the ten a reasonable number . Had the seven others been furnished , as they should have been , 92 [ Sup . Ct . STERLING ...
... answer to this letter ; and in sending these three with no objection to the number ordered they showed they deemed the ten a reasonable number . Had the seven others been furnished , as they should have been , 92 [ Sup . Ct . STERLING ...
Page 106
... answer to the ques- tion : " Who did you understand was to build the railroad ? ” the plaintiff said : " Parties whom I might induce by show- ing them these interests and conveying to them a part thereof . ” He further said that ...
... answer to the ques- tion : " Who did you understand was to build the railroad ? ” the plaintiff said : " Parties whom I might induce by show- ing them these interests and conveying to them a part thereof . ” He further said that ...
Page 107
... answer to the question , why that clause , which referred to the railroad , was put in the contract , said : " Mr. Knott had that inserted to take to Ohio to show people what he had here . " Knott's subsequent ac- tion in writing the ...
... answer to the question , why that clause , which referred to the railroad , was put in the contract , said : " Mr. Knott had that inserted to take to Ohio to show people what he had here . " Knott's subsequent ac- tion in writing the ...
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Page 22 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 334 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 54 - Nothing can be clearer, both upon principle and authority, than the doctrine that the liability of a surety is not to be extended, by implication, beyond the terms of his contract.
Page 356 - The provision of the Constitution never has been understood to embrace other contracts than those which respect property, or some object of value, and confer rights which may be asserted in a court of justice.
Page 446 - Duress, in its more extended sense, means that degree of constraint or danger, either actually inflicted or threatened and impending, which is sufficient, in severity or in apprehension, to overcome the mind and will of a person of ordinary firmness.* Opinion of the court.
Page 340 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 454 - His business will not admit such a course. He prefers, rather, to accept any bill of lading, or sign any paper the carrier presents; often, indeed, without knowing what the one or the other contains. In most cases, he has no alternative but to do this, or abandon his business.
Page xlvi - It Is a finality as to the claim or demand In controversy, concluding parties and those in privity with them, not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim or demand, but as to any other admissible matter which might have been offered for that purpose.
Page 356 - That the framers of the constitution did not intend to restrain the States in the regulation of their civil institutions, adopted for internal government, and that the instrument they have given us is not to be so construed, may be admitted.
Page 9 - The protection against unwise or oppressive legislation, within constitutional bounds, is by an appeal to the justice and patriotism of the representatives of the people. If this fail, the people in their sovereign capacity can correct the evil; but courts cannot assume their rights.