Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases, Volume 8West Publishing Company, 1905 - 7839 pages |
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Page 6800
... trade , and the com- pany were not liable for failure to supply the 15 cars , though the railroad company fur- nished such a number per day . McKeefrey v . Connellsville Coke & Iron Co. ( U. S. ) 56 Fed . 212 , 216 , 5 C. C. A. 482 ...
... trade , and the com- pany were not liable for failure to supply the 15 cars , though the railroad company fur- nished such a number per day . McKeefrey v . Connellsville Coke & Iron Co. ( U. S. ) 56 Fed . 212 , 216 , 5 C. C. A. 482 ...
Page 6844
... trade - mark or trade - name , as applied to a syrup , one of the characteristic ingredients of which is the juice of the fig . California Fig Syrup Co. v . Stearns ( U. S. ) 67 Fed . 1008 , 1011 . that a system of electric conductors ...
... trade - mark or trade - name , as applied to a syrup , one of the characteristic ingredients of which is the juice of the fig . California Fig Syrup Co. v . Stearns ( U. S. ) 67 Fed . 1008 , 1011 . that a system of electric conductors ...
Page 6883
... trade or calling by a munic- ipality is referable to the police power pos- sessed by such bodies . State v . City of Co- lumbia , 6 S. C. ( 6 Rich . ) 1 , 4 . " License " and " tax " are frequently and properly employed as convertible ...
... trade or calling by a munic- ipality is referable to the police power pos- sessed by such bodies . State v . City of Co- lumbia , 6 S. C. ( 6 Rich . ) 1 , 4 . " License " and " tax " are frequently and properly employed as convertible ...
Page 6894
... trade , purchases a team and also carries on the business of teaming by the employment of others , does not constitute him a teamster in the sense of the statute , although it is not necessary that a teamster should drive his team in ...
... trade , purchases a team and also carries on the business of teaming by the employment of others , does not constitute him a teamster in the sense of the statute , although it is not necessary that a teamster should drive his team in ...
Page 6956
... trade . Lawrence v . Kidder ( N. Y. ) 10 Barb . 641 , 655 . The word " they , " may refer to a cor- poration . Wiley v . Borough of Towanda ( U. S. ) 26 Fed . 594 , 595 . The relative pronoun " they , " as used in the Penal Code ...
... trade . Lawrence v . Kidder ( N. Y. ) 10 Barb . 641 , 655 . The word " they , " may refer to a cor- poration . Wiley v . Borough of Towanda ( U. S. ) 26 Fed . 594 , 595 . The relative pronoun " they , " as used in the Penal Code ...
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Page 7087 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 6878 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments, and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations.
Page 7117 - Ohio, that a trust is a combination of capital, skill or acts by two or more persons, firms, partnerships, corporations or associations of persons, or of any two or more of them for either, any or all of the following purposes: "1.
Page 7209 - reasonable time" or an "unreasonable time," regard is to be had to the nature of the instrument, the usage of trade or business (if any) with respect to such instruments, and the facts of the particular case.
Page 7134 - The trustee of the estate of a bankrupt, upon his appointment and qualification, and his successor or successors, if he shall have one or more, upon his or their appointment and qualification, shall in turn be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 7148 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 7136 - A person, with whom or in whose name, a contract is made for the benefit of another, is a trustee of an express trust, within the meaning of this section.
Page 7182 - The power then to lay and collect duties, imposts, and excises, may be exercised, and must be exercised throughout the United States. Does this term designate the whole, or any particular portion of the American empire ? Certainly this question can admit of but one answer. It is the name given to our great republic, which is composed of States and territories. The district of Columbia, or the territory west of the Missouri, is not less within the United States, than Maryland or Pennsylvania...
Page 7212 - He must, in the language of the cases, have sufficient active memory to collect in his mind, without prompting, the particulars or elements of the business to be transacted, and to hold them, in his mind a sufficient length of time to perceive at least their obvious relations to each other, and be able to form some rational judgment in relation to them.
Page 7156 - An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights ; it imposes no duties ; it affords no protection ; it creates no office ; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.