The Oklahoma Law Journal, Volume 10Dennis, 1911 |
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... jury box , the juror resents it as an insult to his intelligence . An able legal writer speaking of the purpose of legal argument before juries says : " A great argument is the argument that carries the jury . It is made for the purpose ...
... jury box , the juror resents it as an insult to his intelligence . An able legal writer speaking of the purpose of legal argument before juries says : " A great argument is the argument that carries the jury . It is made for the purpose ...
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... jury in that particular case . In thinking out the line of his discourse the wise advocate will strive to so construct arguments so as to present facts that the jury will be convinced or persuaded that his cause is just ; he will sink ...
... jury in that particular case . In thinking out the line of his discourse the wise advocate will strive to so construct arguments so as to present facts that the jury will be convinced or persuaded that his cause is just ; he will sink ...
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... jury as to be dangerous for the advocate to use the flowers of rhetoric which would be appropriate and de- lightful with any other audience and under other cir- cumstances ; for jurors are themselves human , and many of them vain , and ...
... jury as to be dangerous for the advocate to use the flowers of rhetoric which would be appropriate and de- lightful with any other audience and under other cir- cumstances ; for jurors are themselves human , and many of them vain , and ...
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vocate needs in properly appealing to a jury . All it needs in the reading and application is the change of the two words : lawyer for " poet " and " poem " for ar- gument . The following verses are entitled , " The Poet " in " Bryant's ...
vocate needs in properly appealing to a jury . All it needs in the reading and application is the change of the two words : lawyer for " poet " and " poem " for ar- gument . The following verses are entitled , " The Poet " in " Bryant's ...
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... jury against plaintiff in error , held , reversible error . 3. Where a party complaining on account of instruc- tions given , but fails to set out in totidem verbis in his brief separately the portions to which he objects , or may THE ...
... jury against plaintiff in error , held , reversible error . 3. Where a party complaining on account of instruc- tions given , but fails to set out in totidem verbis in his brief separately the portions to which he objects , or may THE ...
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Page 243 - 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 168 - ... no officer, agent, or representative shall have such power or be deemed or held to have waived such provisions or conditions unless such waiver, if any, shall be written upon or attached hereto, nor shall any privilege or permission affecting the insurance under this policy exist or be claimed by the insured unless so written or attached.
Page 142 - ... nor in cases requiring such assent shall any indebtedness be allowed to be incurred to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the assessment next before the last assessment for state and county purposes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness...
Page 95 - A widow shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance, at any time during the marriage, unless the same shall have been relinquished in legal form.
Page 317 - In charging the jury the court may state to them all matters of law which it thinks necessary for their information in giving their verdict; and, if it state the testimony of the case, it must inform the jury that they are the exclusive judges of all questions of fact.
Page 167 - ... if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership...
Page 17 - ... 1. That the court has no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant, or the subject of the action ; or, 2. That the plaintiff has not legal capacity to sue ; or, 3. That there is another action pending between the same parties for the same cause ; or, 4.
Page 243 - ... within sixty days after the fire, unless such time is extended in •writing by this company, shall render a statement to this company, signed and sworn to by said insured, stating the knowledge and belief of the insured as to the time and origin of the fire; the interest of the insured and of all others in the property; the cash value of each item thereof and the amount of loss thereon...
Page 168 - This policy is made and accepted subject to the foregoing stipulations and conditions, together with such other provisions, agreements or conditions as may be indorsed hereon or added hereto...
Page 143 - ... before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof, within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.