Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of New York [1871-1892], Volume 57 |
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... taken at general term and affirmed in the Court of Appeals . On page 79 ( 86 N. Y. ) after stating the above facts , EARL , J. , says : The compromise agreement unless an- nulled , is an absolute bar to this action . It is a general ...
... taken at general term and affirmed in the Court of Appeals . On page 79 ( 86 N. Y. ) after stating the above facts , EARL , J. , says : The compromise agreement unless an- nulled , is an absolute bar to this action . It is a general ...
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... taken by the plaintiff at the trial . The action was brought to recover damages for false and fraudulent representations concerning a certain mining property , by means of which the defendant had obtained from the plaintiff several sums ...
... taken by the plaintiff at the trial . The action was brought to recover damages for false and fraudulent representations concerning a certain mining property , by means of which the defendant had obtained from the plaintiff several sums ...
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... taken call for the considera- tion and determination of these points . In an action for malicious prosecution the plaintiff must establish ( 1 ) the want of probable cause for the complaint made , and ( 2 ) malice in the defend- ant ...
... taken call for the considera- tion and determination of these points . In an action for malicious prosecution the plaintiff must establish ( 1 ) the want of probable cause for the complaint made , and ( 2 ) malice in the defend- ant ...
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... taken in connection with other parts of the deed , meant that there was no encumbrance but the mortgage mentioned . The payment of this mortgage was assumed , for there is no uncertainty or ambiguity as to the personal un- dertaking ...
... taken in connection with other parts of the deed , meant that there was no encumbrance but the mortgage mentioned . The payment of this mortgage was assumed , for there is no uncertainty or ambiguity as to the personal un- dertaking ...
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... taken by the plaintiff from a judgment against him on dismissal of his complaint . The action is brought to eject the defendant from premises , of which plaintiff claims to be owner in fee , situated at the corner of Chatham street and ...
... taken by the plaintiff from a judgment against him on dismissal of his complaint . The action is brought to eject the defendant from premises , of which plaintiff claims to be owner in fee , situated at the corner of Chatham street and ...
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Page 11 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue, without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted. A person, with whom or in whose name, a contract is made for the benefit of another, is a trustee of an express trust, within the meaning of this section.
Page 434 - ... an error, in the admission or exclusion of evidence, or in any other ruling or direction of the judge, upon the trial, may, in the discretion of the court which reviews it. be disregarded, if that court is of opinion, that substantial justice does not require that a new trial should be granted.
Page 52 - Bronx in said city, in the office of the register of the city and county of New York.
Page 6 - But it must appear, upon the face of the complaint, that all the causes of action, so united, belong to one of the foregoing subdivisions of this section...
Page 481 - ... it shall be the duty of the prothonotary of any court of record within this commonwealth, on the application of any person being the original holder [or assignee of such holder] of a note, bond, or other instrument of writing in which judgment is confessed, or containing a warrant for an attorney at law or other person to confess judgment, to enter judgment against the person or persons who executed the same for the amount which, from the face of the instrument, may appear to be due...
Page 515 - A person seized of an estate in remainder or reversion, may maintain an action founded upon an injury done to the inheritance, notwithstanding any intervening estate for life or for years.
Page 102 - Court, that taking a note, either of the debtor or of a third person, for a pre-existing debt, is no payment, unless it be expressly agreed to take the note as payment, and to run the risk of its being paid; or unless the creditor parts with the note, or is guilty of laches in not presenting it for payment in due time.
Page 523 - The mistake which will warrant a court of equity to reform a contract in writing must be one made by both parties to the agreement, so that the intentions of neither are expressed in it ; or it must be the mistake of one party, by which his intentions have failed of correct expression, and there must be fraud in the other party in taking advantage of that mistake and obtaining a contract with the knowledge that the one dealing with him is in error in regard to what are its terms.
Page 487 - The fact that the Court had jurisdiction of the subject matter, and of the person of the defendant, is sufficient to establish the validity of the judgment until reversed or set aside.
Page 57 - IT were infinite for the law to judge the causes of causes, and their impulsions one of another ; therefore it contenteth itself with the immediate cause, and judgeth of acts by that, without looking to any further degree.