Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, Volume 105Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, James Buckley Black, Michael Crawford Kerr, Augustus Newton Martin, John Worth Kern, Francis Marion Dice, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1886 "With tables of the cases and principal matters" (varies). |
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... Contract . - Equitable Consideration . - Debtor and Creditor . - In such case , an equitable consideration is sufficient to uphold the contract of the husband , and he may perform it , notwithstanding the objections of his creditors ...
... Contract . - Equitable Consideration . - Debtor and Creditor . - In such case , an equitable consideration is sufficient to uphold the contract of the husband , and he may perform it , notwithstanding the objections of his creditors ...
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... contract . If the contract were carried into ef- fect by the execution of a deed , it would , as it seems to us , be impossible to impeach it . No ground upon which it could be impeached occurs to us , and none has been suggested . The ...
... contract . If the contract were carried into ef- fect by the execution of a deed , it would , as it seems to us , be impossible to impeach it . No ground upon which it could be impeached occurs to us , and none has been suggested . The ...
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... contract . No man is bound to make the defence of the statute of frauds ; he may , if he elects , perform his part of the oral contract , and this is what Jesse Jones has elected to do . It perhaps is true that at the time Mr. Jones ...
... contract . No man is bound to make the defence of the statute of frauds ; he may , if he elects , perform his part of the oral contract , and this is what Jesse Jones has elected to do . It perhaps is true that at the time Mr. Jones ...
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... contract founded upon an equitable consideration , made with the testatrix prior to her death , and gave full effect to the provisions of the will . The testatrix intended her husband to have a life- estate in the particular property ...
... contract founded upon an equitable consideration , made with the testatrix prior to her death , and gave full effect to the provisions of the will . The testatrix intended her husband to have a life- estate in the particular property ...
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... contract complete and perfect at the outset , even under the statute of frauds , was the written evidence , and the place of this evidence , even had it been necessary , was sup- plied by the family settlement and the acts done under it ...
... contract complete and perfect at the outset , even under the statute of frauds , was the written evidence , and the place of this evidence , even had it been necessary , was sup- plied by the family settlement and the acts done under it ...
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Page 258 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 16 - ... but also as to every other matter which the parties might have litigated...
Page 222 - Assembly; nor shall any person hold more than one lucrative office at the same time, except as In this Constitution expressly permitted...
Page 96 - The verdict of a jury is either general or special. A general verdict is that by which they pronounce generally upon all or any of the issues, either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant.
Page 350 - Where a special finding of facts is inconsistent with the general verdict, the former controls the latter, and the court must give judgment accordingly.
Page 210 - The distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits heretofore existing, are abolished; and, there shall be in this State hereafter, but one form of action, for the enforcement or protection of private rights and the redress or prevention of private wrongs, which shall be denominated a civil action.
Page 258 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 508 - In trying this question, I believe I state the rule of the court correctly, that where a given matter becomes the subject of litigation in, and of adjudication by, a court of competent jurisdiction, the court requires the parties...
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Page 445 - That the verdict of the jury was contrary to the evidence and the law.