Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Volume 31

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Page 575 - No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity until after full compliance by the insured with all the foregoing requirements, nor unless commenced within twelve months next after the fire.
Page 118 - Contents of petition. The petition must be verified by the oath of the petitioner, to the effect that he believes it to be true ; and must state, in substance : 1. That the person in whose behalf the writ is applied for, is imprisoned, or restrained in his liberty ; the place where, unless it is unknown, and the officer or person by •whom, he is so imprisoned or restrained, naming both parties, if their names are known, and describing either party whose name is unknown.
Page 521 - No person holding a position by appointment or employment in the state of New York or in the several cities, counties, towns or villages thereof who is an honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine, having served as such in the Union army or navy during the war of the rebellion, or...
Page 376 - And every company whose railroad is or shall be hereafter intersected by any new railroad, shall unite with the owners of such new railroad in forming such intersections and connections, and grant the facilities aforesaid ; and if the two corporations cannot agree upon the amount of compensation to be made therefor, or the points and manner of such crossings and connections...
Page 593 - Wend. 119, where it is held that a devise to two daughters of land "to be equally divided between them, share and share alike...
Page 91 - No conveyance, assignment or transfer of any property of any such corporation by it or by any officer, director or stockholder thereof, nor any payment made, judgment suffered, lien created or security given by it or by any officer, director or stockholder, when the corporation is insolvent or its insolvency is imminent, with the intent of giving a preference to any particular creditor over other creditors of the corporation, shall be valid.
Page 347 - ... any child, to whom any such decedent, grantor, donor or vendor for not less than ten years prior to such transfer stood in the mutually acknowledged relation of a parent...
Page 598 - February first, nineteen hundred and four; shall bear interest at the rate of four per centum per annum, payable...
Page 312 - By the terms of that statute, " the capital stock of every company, liable to taxation, except such part of it as shall have been excepted in the assessment roll, or as si mil have been exempted by law, together with its surplus profits or reserved funds, exceeding ten per cent of its capital, after deducting the assessed value of its real estate and all shares of stock in other corporations actually owned by such company which are taxable upon their capital stock under the laws of this State, shall...
Page 205 - It shall not be lawful for any person to engage in or carry on the trade, business or calling of an employing or master plumber...

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