Hubbell's Legal Directory for Lawyers and Businessmen ...

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J.H. Hubbell & Company, 1920

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Page 57 - On this day of , in the year , before me (here insert the name and quality of the officer), personally appeared , known to me (or proved to me on the oath of ) to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument...
Page 55 - An estate in real property, other than an estate at will or for a term not exceeding one year, can be transferred only by operation of law, or by an instrument in writing, subscribed by the party disposing of the same, or by his agent thereunto authorized by writing.
Page 60 - The death of either party after the entry of the interlocutory judgment does not impair the power of the court to enter final judgment as hereinbefore provided; but such entry shall not validate any marriage contracted by either party before the entry of such final judgment, nor constitute any defense of any criminal prosecution made against either.
Page 33 - An action upon a liability created by statute, other than a penalty or forfeiture. 2. An action for trespass upon real property. 3. An action for taking, detaining, or injuring any goods or chattels, including actions for the specific recovery of personal property.
Page 69 - ... exceeds three thousand dollars, and there are more than two sureties thereon, they may state in their affidavits that they are severally worth amounts less than the amount specified in the undertaking or bond, if the whole amount is equivalent to that of two sufficient sureties.
Page 215 - ... and of any property, money, or thing in action due to him or held in trust for him, and to prevent the transfer...
Page 89 - ... in the sum of one thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties.
Page 89 - Every negotiable instrument is deemed prima facie to have been issued for a valuable consideration ; and every person whose signature appears thereon to have become a party thereto for value.
Page 61 - ... the court must select, designate and set apart, and cause to be recorded, a homestead for the use of the surviving husband or wife and the minor children; or if there be no surviving husband or wife, then for the use of the minor children...
Page 191 - The executor or administrator, promptly after letters are issued, must cause to be published in some newspaper published in the county, if there be one, if not, then in such newspaper as may be designated by the court...

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