American Law Reports Annotated, Volume 31Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1924 |
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... rule is not only subject to modification by will , but it has , in some jurisdictions , been modified by statute . Because of the variety of these modifications , which cannot be assimilated to a general rule , it has been deemed best ...
... rule is not only subject to modification by will , but it has , in some jurisdictions , been modified by statute . Because of the variety of these modifications , which cannot be assimilated to a general rule , it has been deemed best ...
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... rule ) . The rule above indicated has the support of the Federal Supreme Court , in Central Nat . Bank v . Hume ( U. S. ) supra , in which it was held that , in the absence of a showing of actual fraudu- lent intent , creditors of a ...
... rule ) . The rule above indicated has the support of the Federal Supreme Court , in Central Nat . Bank v . Hume ( U. S. ) supra , in which it was held that , in the absence of a showing of actual fraudu- lent intent , creditors of a ...
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... rule would point the way for the contravention of a stat- ute designed by the legislature to prevent the distribution of estates except in accordance with the will of the testator . It would be a most dangerous rule , subversive of ...
... rule would point the way for the contravention of a stat- ute designed by the legislature to prevent the distribution of estates except in accordance with the will of the testator . It would be a most dangerous rule , subversive of ...
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... Rule stated . a . General rule . Where an action for damages is brought for the breach of a contract to give property by will , the general rule . is that the measure of damages is the value of the property promised to be bequeathed or ...
... Rule stated . a . General rule . Where an action for damages is brought for the breach of a contract to give property by will , the general rule . is that the measure of damages is the value of the property promised to be bequeathed or ...
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... rule . Pennock v . Lyons ( 1875 ) 118 Mass . 92 ; Brummell v . Macpherson ( 1807 ) 14 Ves . Jr. 173 , 33 Eng . Reprint , 487 . And see the reported case ( ASTE v . PUTMAN'S HOTEL Co. ante , 149 ) . The rule is applicable notwithstand ...
... rule . Pennock v . Lyons ( 1875 ) 118 Mass . 92 ; Brummell v . Macpherson ( 1807 ) 14 Ves . Jr. 173 , 33 Eng . Reprint , 487 . And see the reported case ( ASTE v . PUTMAN'S HOTEL Co. ante , 149 ) . The rule is applicable notwithstand ...
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Page 505 - Of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases the right of a common-law remedy where the common law is competent to give it, and to claimants the rights and remedies under the workmen's compensation law of any State.60 Fourth.
Page 507 - Congress or works material prejudice to the characteristic features of the general maritime law or interferes with the proper harmony and uniformity of that law in its international and interstate relations.
Page 342 - States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 66 - It shall be lawful for any married woman, by herself, and in her name or in the name of any third person, with his assent, as her trustee, to cause to be insured, for her sole use, the life of her husband...
Page 247 - Constitution; we are irresistibly impelled to the conclusion that the impressing upon the treasury notes of the United States the quality of being a legal tender in payment of private debts is an appropriate means, conducive and plainly adapted to the execution of the undoubted powers of Congress, consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, and therefore, within the meaning of that instrument, "necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by this Constitution...
Page 668 - ... signed by the testator or by some person in his presence, and by his express direction, and attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by two or more competent witnesses...
Page 249 - ... as to all property in the custody or coming into the custody of the bankruptcy court, shall be deemed vested with all the rights, remedies, and powers of a creditor holding a lien by legal or equitable proceedings thereon...
Page 358 - In other actions than those mentioned in section ten hundred and twenty-two, costs may be allowed or not, and, if allowed, may be apportioned between the parties, on the same or adverse sides, in the discretion of the court...
Page 115 - C 673, where a life insurance policy, as required by statute, provided that it should be incontestable after one year from its date of issue except for nonpayment of premiums...
Page 248 - ... shall be deemed vested with all the rights, remedies, and powers of a creditor holding a lien by legal or equitable proceedings thereon ; and also, as to all property not in the custody of the bankruptcy court, shall be deemed vested with all the rights, remedies, and powers of a judgment creditor holding an execution duly returned unsatisfied...