The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 35Bancroft-Whitney, 1881 |
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... agents , for whose de- faults he is responsible to the owner of the goods . Hutchinson on Carriers , 145. When goods are consigned to a place on his own line of transportation , the known and established duty of a carrier is to deliver ...
... agents , for whose de- faults he is responsible to the owner of the goods . Hutchinson on Carriers , 145. When goods are consigned to a place on his own line of transportation , the known and established duty of a carrier is to deliver ...
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... agent or man- slayer , and that he did the act with malice aforethought , express or implied , are facts necessary to be shown in every successful prose- cution for murder . To this extent , and to each of these constituent ...
... agent or man- slayer , and that he did the act with malice aforethought , express or implied , are facts necessary to be shown in every successful prose- cution for murder . To this extent , and to each of these constituent ...
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... agent for an identification . Held , that while the inn- keeper may have been known to the agent as worthy of trust and confidence , the company was liable for the loss occasioned by the delivery to the wrong person . * A CTION to ...
... agent for an identification . Held , that while the inn- keeper may have been known to the agent as worthy of trust and confidence , the company was liable for the loss occasioned by the delivery to the wrong person . * A CTION to ...
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... agent at Charleston , who exe- cuted a note for $ 500 ( which was subsequently paid by Dr. Van Meter ) and directed the bank to send the money . The money was placed in an express envelope , sealed with the seal of the bank and ...
... agent at Charleston , who exe- cuted a note for $ 500 ( which was subsequently paid by Dr. Van Meter ) and directed the bank to send the money . The money was placed in an express envelope , sealed with the seal of the bank and ...
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... agent delivers it without any further identification than that the person who accompanies him , a hotel - keeper , known to the agent as a reliable person , with whom the stranger is stopping , treats the stranger as Dr. Van Meter , the ...
... agent delivers it without any further identification than that the person who accompanies him , a hotel - keeper , known to the agent as a reliable person , with whom the stranger is stopping , treats the stranger as Dr. Van Meter , the ...
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action agent alleged amount appellant appellee applied assault and battery authority bill of exchange bill of lading bond cause charge cited City claim common carrier common law condition constitute contract conviction corporation counsel court of equity creditor crime criminal damages debt decision declared deed defendant defendant's delivered delivery discharge doctrine duty equity error evidence execution express facts fraud held indictment indorser injury insanity intent judge jury justice land liable Maine Central Railroad Mass ment mortgage National Bank negligence Negotiable instrument notice offense Ohio St opinion owner paid parties payable payment Penn person plaintiff had judgment plaintiff in error plea possession presumption principle prisoner promissory note proof prove purpose question Railroad Company reasonable doubt received recover rule sanity says statute Supreme Court surety sustained testator testimony thereof tion trial trust void Wend Winnebago County witness
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Page 525 - A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or a professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity...
Page 495 - In an action brought to recover a balance due upon a mutual, open, and current account, where there have been reciprocal demands between the parties, the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued from the time of the last item proved in the account on either side.
Page 220 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property...
Page 645 - In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.
Page 18 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 488 - We may lay it down as a broad general principle, that, wherever one of two innocent persons must suffer by the acts of a third, he who has enabled such third person to occasion the loss must sustain it.
Page 308 - In respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally (ie, according to the usual course of things) from such breach of contract Itself, or as such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 18 - ... notwithstanding the party accused did the act complained of with a view, under the influence of insane delusion, of redressing or revenging some supposed grievance or injury, or of producing some public benefit, he is nevertheless punishable according to the nature of the crime committed, if he knew at the time of committing such crime that he was acting contrary to law ; by which expression we understand your lordships to mean the law of the land.
Page 598 - ... expressed in the written part of the policy, otherwise the policy shall be void.
Page 90 - All subjects over which the sovereign power of a state extends, are objects of taxation ; but those over which it does not extend, are, upon the soundest principles, exempt from taxation.