Columbia Law Times: A Monthly Review Devoted to Law and Political Science, Volume 1Dennis, 1888 |
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... limited space allotted to this paper it has been found impracticable to go into any detailed summary of the vari- ous cases where the Cy Pres doctrine has been adjudged to be applicable , nor to give with any degree of fullness the con ...
... limited space allotted to this paper it has been found impracticable to go into any detailed summary of the vari- ous cases where the Cy Pres doctrine has been adjudged to be applicable , nor to give with any degree of fullness the con ...
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... limited space allotted to this paper it has been found impracticable to go into any detailed summary of the vari- ous cases where the Cy Pres doctrine has been adjudged to be applicable , nor to give with any degree of fullness the con ...
... limited space allotted to this paper it has been found impracticable to go into any detailed summary of the vari- ous cases where the Cy Pres doctrine has been adjudged to be applicable , nor to give with any degree of fullness the con ...
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... limited experience in the Harvard Law School enables me ; first , what is our daily work ? second , what is gained by that work ? The work room of the school is in the library itself . On all sides are reports , digests , text books ...
... limited experience in the Harvard Law School enables me ; first , what is our daily work ? second , what is gained by that work ? The work room of the school is in the library itself . On all sides are reports , digests , text books ...
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... limited in its meaning and denotes that peculiar kind of retrospect- ive laws which affects a person in a crim- inal way , making a thing a crime which did not exist as a crime when the act was done , or bear more harshly on a person ...
... limited in its meaning and denotes that peculiar kind of retrospect- ive laws which affects a person in a crim- inal way , making a thing a crime which did not exist as a crime when the act was done , or bear more harshly on a person ...
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... limited to the five divis- ions enumerated above , we must confess that the author has shown most excellent taste in the selections he has made . Among artists and sculptors we find biographical sketches of such men 62 COLUMBIA LAW TIMES .
... limited to the five divis- ions enumerated above , we must confess that the author has shown most excellent taste in the selections he has made . Among artists and sculptors we find biographical sketches of such men 62 COLUMBIA LAW TIMES .
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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.