The South Western Reporter, Volume 259West Publishing Company, 1924 Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas. |
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Page 132
... plaintiff's injury , there were about 30 buyers standing about the room , and among them was plaintiff . He had bid on a mule or two , but his bids were not accepted , and he was waiting to make fu- ture bids should he find a mule he ...
... plaintiff's injury , there were about 30 buyers standing about the room , and among them was plaintiff . He had bid on a mule or two , but his bids were not accepted , and he was waiting to make fu- ture bids should he find a mule he ...
Page 133
... Plaintiff lost consciousness when the mule knocked him down . The mule was shod , and when it stepped on plaintiff's face , plaintiff was cut above the right eye . His cheek was cut through to and into the palate and per- haps through ...
... Plaintiff lost consciousness when the mule knocked him down . The mule was shod , and when it stepped on plaintiff's face , plaintiff was cut above the right eye . His cheek was cut through to and into the palate and per- haps through ...
Page 134
... Plaintiff clearly was where he had a right to be . Certainly he could not be deemed guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law on account of being in the ring . The claim that plaintiff was negligent in not looking out for his ...
... Plaintiff clearly was where he had a right to be . Certainly he could not be deemed guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law on account of being in the ring . The claim that plaintiff was negligent in not looking out for his ...
Page 143
... plaintiff would have a lien on the supplies ground of newly discovered evidence ; and ( 3 ) sold for the purchase price ; and also an ad- ditional lien on the tomatoes packed in the cans sold by plaintiff to defendants , and that said ...
... plaintiff would have a lien on the supplies ground of newly discovered evidence ; and ( 3 ) sold for the purchase price ; and also an ad- ditional lien on the tomatoes packed in the cans sold by plaintiff to defendants , and that said ...
Page 144
... plaintiff was sitting , and which was halted on the street car tracks when the truck towing it turned into the garage and halted at the door , plaintiff's instruction , hypothesizing facts on which a verdict was directed for him , held ...
... plaintiff was sitting , and which was halted on the street car tracks when the truck towing it turned into the garage and halted at the door , plaintiff's instruction , hypothesizing facts on which a verdict was directed for him , held ...
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Page 233 - January, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 407 - ... no person, or collection of persons, charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of those departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except in the instances in this constitution expressly directed or permitted.
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Page 48 - ... in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, which objection was overruled by the court.
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Page 66 - the existence of such facts and circumstances as would excite the belief, in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted.