Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 16Michigan. Supreme Court, George C. Gibbs, Randolph Manning, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, William Jennison, Elijah W. Meddaugh, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, Hovey K. Clarke, John Adams Brooks, William Dudley Fuller, James M. Reasoner, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1868 |
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... connection with the charge as given were calculated to confuse the minds of the jury and to induce them to believe that if the strict requirements of the law had been violated , in the adoption by the Board of an erroneous footing , in ...
... connection with the charge as given were calculated to confuse the minds of the jury and to induce them to believe that if the strict requirements of the law had been violated , in the adoption by the Board of an erroneous footing , in ...
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... connection , relies upon the facts , 1st . That the excess in the township taxes for the year appears only by the warrant attached to the roll , designating how and for what purpose the sums raised are to be paid over - insisting that ...
... connection , relies upon the facts , 1st . That the excess in the township taxes for the year appears only by the warrant attached to the roll , designating how and for what purpose the sums raised are to be paid over - insisting that ...
Page 107
... connection with the receipt and dispatch of goods to be sent from each point , and in respect to which the railroad company are unques- tionably liable as carriers from the time of their receipt . In every view , therefore , they seem ...
... connection with the receipt and dispatch of goods to be sent from each point , and in respect to which the railroad company are unques- tionably liable as carriers from the time of their receipt . In every view , therefore , they seem ...
Page 120
... connection in business was shown between them and any other railroad company . The de- fendants were accustomed to receive pay only over their own road . The goods in question were delivered to a con- necting line , but only a portion ...
... connection in business was shown between them and any other railroad company . The de- fendants were accustomed to receive pay only over their own road . The goods in question were delivered to a con- necting line , but only a portion ...
Page 121
... connections or not . It does not appear that the freight was paid , and the contrary is inferrible . It does not even appear that the charges agreed upon were for the whole route ; and if they were , the case , I think , would not be ...
... connections or not . It does not appear that the freight was paid , and the contrary is inferrible . It does not even appear that the charges agreed upon were for the whole route ; and if they were , the case , I think , would not be ...
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Page 190 - In a civil court the death of a human being cannot be complained of as an Injury...
Page 433 - ... a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings; 16. Words and phrases must be construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, must be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning; 17.
Page 194 - Action the Jury may give such Damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such Death to the Parties respectively for whom and for whose Benefit such Action shall be brought...
Page 269 - The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property...
Page 194 - ... whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued...
Page 488 - No law shall embrace more than one object, which shall be expressed in its title...
Page 193 - Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect, or default may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him...
Page 567 - ... within the meaning of the statute. It is not necessary that the defendant should controvert or dispute the claim. It is sufficient that he does not satisfy it. It might be that he could not truthfully dispute it, and yet, if from inability, or, mayhap, from indisposition, he fails to satisfy it, it cannot be that because the claim is not controverted the Federal...
Page 111 - CO. their part, in regard to the manner of delivery and entry of parcels, and the information to be given, to him of their contents, the rates of freight, and the like; as, for example, that he will not be responsible for goods above the value of a certain sum, unless they are entered as such, and paid for accordingly.
Page 194 - That every such action shall be for the benefit of the wife, husband, parent and child of the person whose death shall have been so caused, and shall be brought by and in the name of the executor or administrator of the person deceased...