The New York Supreme Court Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of New York [1873-1875], Volume 4John D. Parsons, 1874 |
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... voluminous as to render the duty of sifting out the important from the unimportant mat- ters contained in them one of a laborious and exhausting character . Matter of Tweed v . Davis . This is not 2 FIRST DEPARTMENT ,
... voluminous as to render the duty of sifting out the important from the unimportant mat- ters contained in them one of a laborious and exhausting character . Matter of Tweed v . Davis . This is not 2 FIRST DEPARTMENT ,
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... duty of the justice , upon settlement , to strike out all the evidence and other matters which shall not have been neces- sarily inserted . " Rule 36 of Sup . Ct . The principle established by the decisions of the courts is equally ...
... duty of the justice , upon settlement , to strike out all the evidence and other matters which shall not have been neces- sarily inserted . " Rule 36 of Sup . Ct . The principle established by the decisions of the courts is equally ...
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... duty of the justice to reject them as he did , under the rule and authorities already mentioned . The other juror , Hay , was first challenged for principal cause on the part of the defendant , and the challenge withdrawn after an ...
... duty of the justice to reject them as he did , under the rule and authorities already mentioned . The other juror , Hay , was first challenged for principal cause on the part of the defendant , and the challenge withdrawn after an ...
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... duty of the justice to strike it out of the bill , with all the evidence relating to the decision to which it was taken . It was so much useless material , having no other effect than to incumber the bill as long as the same point ...
... duty of the justice to strike it out of the bill , with all the evidence relating to the decision to which it was taken . It was so much useless material , having no other effect than to incumber the bill as long as the same point ...
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... duty of the justice , upon settlement , to strike out all the evidence and other matters which shall not have been neces- sarily inserted . " Rule 36 of Sup . Ct . The principle established by the decisions of the courts is equally ...
... duty of the justice , upon settlement , to strike out all the evidence and other matters which shall not have been neces- sarily inserted . " Rule 36 of Sup . Ct . The principle established by the decisions of the courts is equally ...
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Page 155 - ... it shall then be the duty of the state court to accept the surety, and proceed no further in the cause...
Page 84 - Immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things mortgaged, shall be absolutely void as against the creditors of the mortgagor, and as against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees In good faith...
Page 332 - Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object.
Page 536 - In the actions mentioned in the last section the defendant may, in his answer, allege both the truth of the matter charged as defamatory, and any mitigating circumstances, to reduce the amount of damages; and whether he prove the justification or not, he may give in evidence the mitigating circumstances.
Page 320 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature, shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
Page 324 - Bureau," and the chief officer thereof shall be the " Auditor of Accounts." It shall revise, audit, and settle all accounts in which the city is concerned as debtor or creditor; it shall keep an account of each claim for or against the Corporation, and of the sums allowed upon each, and certify the same, with the reasons for the allowance, to the Comptroller.
Page 486 - Whether the party thus misrepresenting a fact, knew it to be false, or made the assertion without knowing whether it were true or false, is wholly immaterial, for the affirmation of what one does not know, or believe to be true, is equally, in morals and law, as unjustifiable as the affirmation of what is known to be positively false.
Page 163 - In an action or defense founded upon an instrument for the payment of money only, it shall be sufficient for a party to give a copy of the instrument, and to state that there is due to him thereon from the adverse party a specified sum which he claims.
Page 409 - But if the contract of marriage is such in essentials, as to be contrary to the law of the country of domicile, and it is declared void by that law, it is to be regarded as void in the country of domicile, though not contrary to the law of the country in which it was celebrated.
Page 332 - No private or local bill, which may be passed by the Legislature, shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.