Southern Reporter, Volume 86West Publishing Company, 1921 Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana. |
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... ment was rendered against the defendant for all the costs , and , whether right or wrong , it could not be altered at a subsequent term . " And in the case of Harris v . Billingsley , 18 Ala . 438 , after citing those two cases with ...
... ment was rendered against the defendant for all the costs , and , whether right or wrong , it could not be altered at a subsequent term . " And in the case of Harris v . Billingsley , 18 Ala . 438 , after citing those two cases with ...
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... ment that plaintiff's intestate lost his life as , and as a proximate consequence thereof he was a proximate consequence of the negligent drowned in the water therein contained . failure of the defendant to keep a well or Plaintiff ...
... ment that plaintiff's intestate lost his life as , and as a proximate consequence thereof he was a proximate consequence of the negligent drowned in the water therein contained . failure of the defendant to keep a well or Plaintiff ...
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... ment , obstruction , or defect in said way , ingham ; that it was not covered or guarded building , structure , or premises from which so as to prevent people from falling therein may be reasonably apprehended danger or and was ...
... ment , obstruction , or defect in said way , ingham ; that it was not covered or guarded building , structure , or premises from which so as to prevent people from falling therein may be reasonably apprehended danger or and was ...
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... ment of the compensation . From a decree overruling motions to dissolve the tempora- ry injunction , but modifying the injunction by retaining it and ordering the complainant to institute condemnation proceedings with- ANDERSON , C. J. ...
... ment of the compensation . From a decree overruling motions to dissolve the tempora- ry injunction , but modifying the injunction by retaining it and ordering the complainant to institute condemnation proceedings with- ANDERSON , C. J. ...
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... ment of fire ladders . In an action for the death of a hotel guest through the burning of the hotel , a complaint charging that the building had only one fire es- cape held not demurrable as conceding that it might have been equipped ...
... ment of fire ladders . In an action for the death of a hotel guest through the burning of the hotel , a complaint charging that the building had only one fire es- cape held not demurrable as conceding that it might have been equipped ...
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Page 184 - A classification having some reasonable basis does not offend against that clause merely because it is not made with mathematical nicety, or because in practice it results in some inequality.
Page 360 - But where the instrument is in the hands of a holder in due course, a valid delivery thereof by all parties prior to him so as to make them liable to him is conclusively presumed.
Page 399 - To constitute notice of an infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating the same, the person to whom it is negotiated must have had actual knowledge of the infirmity or defect, or knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the instrument amounted to bad faith.
Page 472 - ... establishment, ^shall post and keep posted, in a conspicuous place in every room where such help is "employed, a printed notice stating the number of hours...
Page 341 - The acceptance of a bill is the signification by the drawee of his assent to the order of the drawer. The acceptance must be in writing and signed by the drawee. It must not express that the drawee will perform his promise by any other means than the payment of money.
Page 360 - Absence or failure of consideration is matter of defense as against any person not a holder in due course; and partial failure of consideration is a defense pro tanto, whether the failure is an ascertained and liquidated amount or otherwise.
Page 235 - If the proof raised in the minds of the Jury a reasonable doubt as to the presence of the...
Page 360 - 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 59 - All taxes levied on property in this State shall be assessed in exact proportion to the value of such property...
Page 231 - That in all criminal prosecutions the accused hath a right to be heard, by himself or counsel, or both...