Columbia Law Times: A Monthly Review Devoted to Law and Political Science, Volume 1Dennis, 1888 |
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... evidence . Third . The decision of the Supreme Court . I. On the first day of May , 1886 , there was inaugurated among the labor organ- izations in the city of Chicago , a move- ment designed to reduce the time during which the workmen ...
... evidence . Third . The decision of the Supreme Court . I. On the first day of May , 1886 , there was inaugurated among the labor organ- izations in the city of Chicago , a move- ment designed to reduce the time during which the workmen ...
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... evidence introduced against him . After the evidence was all in , several days were taken up by the counsel on both sides in making their closing speeches . On August 20th , two months from the commencement of the trial , the jury re ...
... evidence introduced against him . After the evidence was all in , several days were taken up by the counsel on both sides in making their closing speeches . On August 20th , two months from the commencement of the trial , the jury re ...
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... evidence , the court found that no legal right of the defense had been denied , and that no error had been committed which could by any possibility affect wrongfully the verdict of the jury . In fact no person can read the able opinion ...
... evidence , the court found that no legal right of the defense had been denied , and that no error had been committed which could by any possibility affect wrongfully the verdict of the jury . In fact no person can read the able opinion ...
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... evidence of its superior value . There is still , however , prejudice in many minds against the Harvard method , due chiefly , it would seem , to a failure to understand it and to appreciate its aim . At the request , there- fore , of ...
... evidence of its superior value . There is still , however , prejudice in many minds against the Harvard method , due chiefly , it would seem , to a failure to understand it and to appreciate its aim . At the request , there- fore , of ...
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... evidence of a sufficient consideration which may be re- butted as if the instrument was not sealed . 107 , § 68. Voluntary assignments for the benefit of creditors are regulated by a general assignment act , Laws of 1877 , chapter 466 ...
... evidence of a sufficient consideration which may be re- butted as if the instrument was not sealed . 107 , § 68. Voluntary assignments for the benefit of creditors are regulated by a general assignment act , Laws of 1877 , chapter 466 ...
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Page 48 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.
Page 144 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery or non-delivery of any unrcapcatcd message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for. sending the same...
Page 147 - The Company will not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission.
Page 144 - To guard against mistakes or delays, the sender of a message should order it repeated ; that is, telegraphed back to the originating office for comparison. For this, one-baif the regular rate is charged in addition.
Page 148 - The damages must be such as may fairly be supposed to have entered into the contemplation of the parties when they made the contract, that is, must be such as might naturally be expected to follow its violation ; and they must be certain, both in their nature and in respect to the cause from which they proceed.
Page 148 - ... the other the difference between the contract price and the market price of the goods at the date fixed for executing the contract, then the whole transaction constitutes nothing more than a wager, and is null and void.
Page 177 - ... and a copy of the complaint, or a notice stating the sum of money for which judgment will be taken, was served with the summons ; or where the defendant has appeared, but has made default in pleading, the plaintiff may take judgment by default, as follows : 1. If the defendant has made default in appearing, the plaintiff must file proof of the service of the summons, and of...
Page 186 - And it has been held, that if the jurors do not agree in their verdict before the judges are about to leave the town, though they are not to be threatened or imprisoned, the judges are not bound to wait for them, but may carry them round the circuit from town to town in a cart.
Page 243 - ... no patent shall be held to be invalid by reason of such purchase, sale, or use prior to the application for a patent as aforesaid, except on proof of abandonment of such invention to the public, or that such purchase, sale or prior use, has been for more than two years prior to such application for a patent.
Page 195 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.