The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 95Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1903 |
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... follows : " The members of the legis- lature shall be apportioned to the several legislative districts of the state in proportion to the number of votes polled at the last general election for delegate to Congress , and thereafter to be ...
... follows : " The members of the legis- lature shall be apportioned to the several legislative districts of the state in proportion to the number of votes polled at the last general election for delegate to Congress , and thereafter to be ...
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... follows : " And the only question left is what effect the invalidity of this provision should have upon the op- eration of the statute . It is undoubtedly true that parts of a statute may be unconstitutional , and yet other parts ...
... follows : " And the only question left is what effect the invalidity of this provision should have upon the op- eration of the statute . It is undoubtedly true that parts of a statute may be unconstitutional , and yet other parts ...
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... follows : 1. Stealing a horse , mare , gelding , colt , filly , mule , or ass , by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding seven years ; 2. In all other cases of grand larceny , by like imprisonment , not exceeding five years ...
... follows : 1. Stealing a horse , mare , gelding , colt , filly , mule , or ass , by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding seven years ; 2. In all other cases of grand larceny , by like imprisonment , not exceeding five years ...
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... follows , to wit : " Q. Why did you telephone for Coffin to come up ? A. Because I wanted him . to sell those ditchers , so that I could make a little money . That 781 is what I did it for . " Further on he testified as follows : " Q ...
... follows , to wit : " Q. Why did you telephone for Coffin to come up ? A. Because I wanted him . to sell those ditchers , so that I could make a little money . That 781 is what I did it for . " Further on he testified as follows : " Q ...
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... follows : " It is impossible to tie down to time the rule as to such declarations . We must judge from all the circumstances of the case . We need not go to the length of saying that a declaration made a month after the fact would , of ...
... follows : " It is impossible to tie down to time the rule as to such declarations . We must judge from all the circumstances of the case . We need not go to the length of saying that a declaration made a month after the fact would , of ...
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Page 260 - States, outside established harbor lines, or where no harbor lines have been established, except on plans recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War ; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition, or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States...
Page 336 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 260 - That the creation of any obstruction not affirmatively authorized by Congress, to the navigable capacity of any of the waters of the United States is hereby prohibited; and it shall not be lawful to build or commence the building of any wharf, pier, dolphin, boom, weir, breakwater, bulkhead, jetty, or other structures in any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, navigable river, or other water of the United States...
Page 850 - The certificate of acknowledgment of an instrumeut executed by a corporation must be substantially in the following form : STATE or , ) County of . (bSOn this day of , in the year , before me [here insert the name and quality of the officer], personally appeared , known to me [or proved to me on the oath of ] to be the president [or the secretary] of the corporation that executed the within instrument, and acknowledged to me thut such corporation executed the same.
Page 260 - War; and it shall not be lawful to excavate or fill, or in any manner to alter or modify the course, location, condition or capacity of, any port, roadstead, haven, harbor, canal, lake, harbor of refuge, or inclosure within the limits of any breakwater, or of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War prior to beginning the same.
Page 841 - Class legislation, discriminating against some and favoring others, is prohibited, but legislation which, in carrying out a public purpose, is limited in its application, if within the sphere of its operation it affects alike all persons similarly situated, is not within /the amendment.
Page 521 - In order to come within the provision of the Constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Page 634 - ... or the issuance of mileage, excursion, or commutation passenger tickets; nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit any common carrier from giving reduced rates to ministers of religion, or to municipal governments for the transportation of indigent persons, or to inmates of the National Homes or State Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and of Soldiers
Page 37 - In the following cases the agreement is invalid, unless the same or some note or memorandum thereof be in writing, and subscribed by the party charged, or by his agent.
Page 209 - It is perhaps correct .to say that public policy is that principle of law which holds that no person can lawfully do that which has a tendency to be injurious to the public or against the public good...