Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 30Joel Munsell, 1866 |
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... legislature to revise , and it did revise the subject of limitation of actions , by title 2 of the Code , and of actions brought by and against executors and administrators , by section 102 of that title . By the revision of the law on ...
... legislature to revise , and it did revise the subject of limitation of actions , by title 2 of the Code , and of actions brought by and against executors and administrators , by section 102 of that title . By the revision of the law on ...
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... legislature pass it . COURT OF APPEALS . SMITH STEERE , JR . agt . ALANSON MILLER . A party cannot recover his fees as a witness of his adversary . June Term , 1865 . The decision of the supreme court in this case , which Powers agt ...
... legislature pass it . COURT OF APPEALS . SMITH STEERE , JR . agt . ALANSON MILLER . A party cannot recover his fees as a witness of his adversary . June Term , 1865 . The decision of the supreme court in this case , which Powers agt ...
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... legislature of this state exceeded its legitimate powers of constitutional gov- ernment , when it passed an act prescribing what amount of money any citizen should pay for a substitute to represent him in the national army ( Sess . Laws ...
... legislature of this state exceeded its legitimate powers of constitutional gov- ernment , when it passed an act prescribing what amount of money any citizen should pay for a substitute to represent him in the national army ( Sess . Laws ...
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... legislature passed February 10 , 1865 , prescribing the amount to be paid for substitutes , maintaining that the act is absolutely void , and the plaintiff cannot recover upon it ( Session Laws 1865 , chap . 29 , §§ 3 and 4 ) . Secondly ...
... legislature passed February 10 , 1865 , prescribing the amount to be paid for substitutes , maintaining that the act is absolutely void , and the plaintiff cannot recover upon it ( Session Laws 1865 , chap . 29 , §§ 3 and 4 ) . Secondly ...
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... legislature cannot be extended so far as to dictate to individuals what price they shall give , or what price they shall receive , for anything which they may want to buy or sell . If it possessed this power for instance , of dicta ...
... legislature cannot be extended so far as to dictate to individuals what price they shall give , or what price they shall receive , for anything which they may want to buy or sell . If it possessed this power for instance , of dicta ...
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Page 358 - A right of franchise or privilege, that no man may set up a common ferry for all passengers, without a prescription time out of mind, or a charter from the King. He may make a ferry for his own use or the use of his family, but not for the common use of all the King's subjects passing that way; because it doth in consequence tend to a common charge, and is become a thing of public interest and use...
Page 278 - I give, devise and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of my estate, both real and personal, to my beloved wife, Susie E. Smith, to have and to hold to her, my said wife, and to her heirs and assigns forever.
Page 262 - ... limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survive, an action may be commenced by his representatives, after the expiration of that time, and within one year from his death.
Page 228 - When the answer of the defendant expressly, or by not denying, admits part of the plaintiff's claim to be just, the court, on motion, may order such defendant to satisfy that part of the claim, and may enforce the order as it enforces a judgment or provisional remedy.
Page 157 - ... shall be enforced for more than the amount of the corrected judgment. If such offer be not made, and the judgment in the appellate court be more favorable to the appellant than the judgment in the court below, or if such offer be made and not accepted, and the judgment in the appellate court be more favorable to the appellant than the offer of the respondent, the appellant shall recover costs ; provided, however, that the...
Page 261 - If a person against whom an action may be brought die before the expiration of the time limited for the commencement thereof, and the cause of action survives, an action may be commenced against his representatives after the expiration of that time, and within one year after the issuing of letters testamentary or of administration...
Page 262 - The time during which the person committing any of the offenses above mentioned is absent from the district wherein the same is committed shall not be taken as any part of the time limited by law for the commencement of such proceedings.
Page 292 - No private or local bill, which may be passed by the Legislature, shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page 351 - ... meanings, the one restricting and the other extending the powers of the corporation, that construction is to be adopted which works the least harm to the state. But if there is no ambiguity in the charter, and the powers conferred are plainly marked, and their limits can be readily ascertained, then it is the duty of the court to sustain and uphold it, and to carry out the true meaning and intention of the parties to it. Any other rule of construction would defeat all legislative grants, and...
Page 347 - The constitution of the United States declares that no state shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts.