Pennsylvania State Reports, Volume 10West Publishing Company, 1849 "Containing cases decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania." (varies) |
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... issue such notes , but there is an equally implied prohibition in the charter of this company . [ ROGERS , J. Should not that be made to appear by an affidavit ? ] The charter is given by an act of the legislature , and the court must ...
... issue such notes , but there is an equally implied prohibition in the charter of this company . [ ROGERS , J. Should not that be made to appear by an affidavit ? ] The charter is given by an act of the legislature , and the court must ...
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... after deducting what might have been expended in their maintenance or advancement in the world . J. had no issue , but S. died leaving two sons , neither of VOL . X. - 3 B 2 whom attained the age of twenty - one . The BAYARD v . ATKINS .
... after deducting what might have been expended in their maintenance or advancement in the world . J. had no issue , but S. died leaving two sons , neither of VOL . X. - 3 B 2 whom attained the age of twenty - one . The BAYARD v . ATKINS .
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... issue . One of the daughters , who was living when the youngest child attained full age , died a spinster . Sir Launcelot Shadwell , V. C. , held that there was an absolute gift by the first operative words , which was not taken away in ...
... issue . One of the daughters , who was living when the youngest child attained full age , died a spinster . Sir Launcelot Shadwell , V. C. , held that there was an absolute gift by the first operative words , which was not taken away in ...
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... accumulate for the benefit of the children of his niece , and if she should survive her husband and have issue under twenty - one years of age , the trustees were directed to apply the interest for their maintenance BAYARD v . ATKINS . 21.
... accumulate for the benefit of the children of his niece , and if she should survive her husband and have issue under twenty - one years of age , the trustees were directed to apply the interest for their maintenance BAYARD v . ATKINS . 21.
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... issues , and profits , restrict the yearly payments of the annuity to the sum accruing year by year , and that thus the overplus of any one or more years cannot be taken to make up the deficiencies of prior years , but must be paid to ...
... issues , and profits , restrict the yearly payments of the annuity to the sum accruing year by year , and that thus the overplus of any one or more years cannot be taken to make up the deficiencies of prior years , but must be paid to ...
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Page 530 - the rule of law is clear, that, where one, by his words or conduct, wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter, a different state of things, as existing at the same time.
Page 170 - The test whether a demand connected with an illegal transaction is capable of being enforced at law is whether the plaintiff requires the aid of the Illegal transaction to establish his case.
Page 158 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 290 - Delivery to a third person for the use of the party in whose favour the deed is executed, where the grantor parts with all control over the deed, makes the deed effectual from the instant of such delivery...
Page 270 - For it is not to be presumed that the Legislature intended to make any innovation upon the Common Law further than the case absolutely required.
Page 53 - Every alteration which shall be made in the names of the partners, in the nature of the business, or in the capital or shares thereof, or in any other matter specified in the original certificate, shall be deemed a dissolution of the partnership ; and every such partnership which shall in any manner be carried on after any such alteration shall have been made, shall be deemed a general partnership, unless renewed as a special partnership according to the provisions of the last section.
Page 530 - But the rule of law is clear, that, where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time."* In Freeman v.
Page 334 - ... the period fixed and prescribed by law for the creation of future estates and interests, and which is not destructible by the person for the time being entitled to the property subject to the future limitation except with the concurrence of the individual interested under that limitation.
Page 290 - ... he did not intend it to operate immediately, that it is a valid and effectual deed, and that delivery to the party who is to take by it, or to any person for his use, is not essential.
Page 90 - A will is ambulatory till the death of the testator. If the testator lets it stand till he dies, it is his will: if he does not suffer it to do so, it is not his will. Here, he had two. He has cancelled the second : it has no effect, no operation ; it is as no will at all, being cancelled before his death. But the former, which was never cancelled, stands as his will.