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Page 88
... plaintiffs in error . Mr. Johns McCleave and Mr. D. T. Watson for Pittsburgh , Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company ... plaintiff , to wit , that the intention of the testator must govern ; and if , from reading the whole will , it is ...
... plaintiffs in error . Mr. Johns McCleave and Mr. D. T. Watson for Pittsburgh , Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway Company ... plaintiff , to wit , that the intention of the testator must govern ; and if , from reading the whole will , it is ...
Page 89
... plaintiffs have made a very ingenious argument in the affirmative , and , while the case is not free from doubt , they ... plaintiff has no title thereto . " Argument for Defendants in Error . the lifetime of the BARBER v . 89 BURGH & c ...
... plaintiffs have made a very ingenious argument in the affirmative , and , while the case is not free from doubt , they ... plaintiff has no title thereto . " Argument for Defendants in Error . the lifetime of the BARBER v . 89 BURGH & c ...
Page 94
... plaintiff's counsel to rebut the established meaning which the law has placed upon such clauses is the direction , " to divide the proceeds of such sale among living persons . " Here again the language of the will is unfortunate for ...
... plaintiff's counsel to rebut the established meaning which the law has placed upon such clauses is the direction , " to divide the proceeds of such sale among living persons . " Here again the language of the will is unfortunate for ...
Page 95
... plaintiffs in error is found in the decision in Criley v . Chamberlain , 30 Penn . St. 161 . ( 3 ) The third matter found by the plaintiffs by which to rebut the definition of the law , is in combining the contin- gency of death ...
... plaintiffs in error is found in the decision in Criley v . Chamberlain , 30 Penn . St. 161 . ( 3 ) The third matter found by the plaintiffs by which to rebut the definition of the law , is in combining the contin- gency of death ...
Page 103
... plaintiff below , would be a fee tail , which by the act of April 27 , 1855 , would be turned into a fee simple , the will bearing date May 27 , 1857. That the word ' heirs ' meant ' issue ' must be inferred , in the presence of the ...
... plaintiff below , would be a fee tail , which by the act of April 27 , 1855 , would be turned into a fee simple , the will bearing date May 27 , 1857. That the word ' heirs ' meant ' issue ' must be inferred , in the presence of the ...
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Page 55 - States, m out and arm, or attempt to fit out and arm, or procure to be fitted out and armed, or shall knowingly be concerned in the furnishing, fitting out or arming, of any ship or vessel with Intent that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district or people...
Page 645 - ... 3. Parties or assignors of parties to an action or proceeding, or persons in whose behalf an action or proceeding is prosecuted, against an executor or administrator upon a claim, or demand against the estate of a deceased person, as to any matter of fact occurring before the death of such deceased person.
Page 293 - Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any proceeding under section four of this act may be pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court...
Page 470 - ... have been spoiled, destroyed, or rendered useless or unfit for the purpose intended, or for which the owner may have no use, or which through mistake may have been improperly or unnecessarily used, or where the rates or duties represented thereby have been excessive in amount, paid in error, or in any manner wrongfully collected.
Page 362 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 36 - Majesty's dominions, was a ship of war, cruizer, or armed vessel in the service of any foreign prince, state, or potentate, or of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise any powers of government in or over any colony, province, or part of any province or people...
Page 355 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.
Page 453 - The provision in the fourteenth amendment, that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was not intended to prevent a state from adjusting its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable ways. It may, if it chooses, exempt certain classes of property from any taxation at all, such as churches, libraries, and the property of charitable institutions.
Page 455 - State, subject only to the two restrictions, that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State...
Page 60 - That if any person within any part of the United Kingdom, or in any part of His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas, shall, without the leave and license of His Majesty for that purpose first had and obtained as aforesaid, equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or attempt or...