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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... death , December 15 , 1867 . Chief Justice from January 1st , 1868. By Act No. 40 , Sess . Laws 1867 , p . 59 , it is provided " that from and after December 31 , 1867 , the powers and duties apper- taining to the office of the Chief ...
... death , December 15 , 1867 . Chief Justice from January 1st , 1868. By Act No. 40 , Sess . Laws 1867 , p . 59 , it is provided " that from and after December 31 , 1867 , the powers and duties apper- taining to the office of the Chief ...
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... death was suggested of record and the cause revived in the name of an administratrix . The defendant was permitted to show , under objection , that the administra- tion was granted in another state . Held , that the force of a grant of ...
... death was suggested of record and the cause revived in the name of an administratrix . The defendant was permitted to show , under objection , that the administra- tion was granted in another state . Held , that the force of a grant of ...
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... death was suggested of record , and the cause re- vived in the name of Martha B. Vickery as his administra- trix . The cause afterwards went to trial , and the defend- ant , Holdridge , offering evidence to show that the plaintiff's ...
... death was suggested of record , and the cause re- vived in the name of Martha B. Vickery as his administra- trix . The cause afterwards went to trial , and the defend- ant , Holdridge , offering evidence to show that the plaintiff's ...
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... brought by a party suing in his own right , and his death is suggested of record , different considerations prevail . The proceeding VICKERY v . BEIR . to substitute the administrator is JULY TERM , 1867 , AT LANSING . 53.
... brought by a party suing in his own right , and his death is suggested of record , different considerations prevail . The proceeding VICKERY v . BEIR . to substitute the administrator is JULY TERM , 1867 , AT LANSING . 53.
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... death of a plaintiff is there is no provision of statute by which notice of it is to be given to the defendant . If he happen to be present , he has no right to intervene , and if he be not present , the first intimation he receives of ...
... death of a plaintiff is there is no provision of statute by which notice of it is to be given to the defendant . If he happen to be present , he has no right to intervene , and if he be not present , the first intimation he receives of ...
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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...