Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the County Courts of Philadelphia, and the United States District and Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Volume 15Kay & Brother, 1885 |
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... trial the Judge charged the jury to find . for the defendant . The jury so found , and the plaintiff moved for a new trial . Thos . Earle White , for the motion , cited— Rowe v . Sharp , 1 Smith , 27 . THE COURT . Rule refused . [ Cf ...
... trial the Judge charged the jury to find . for the defendant . The jury so found , and the plaintiff moved for a new trial . Thos . Earle White , for the motion , cited— Rowe v . Sharp , 1 Smith , 27 . THE COURT . Rule refused . [ Cf ...
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... trial , before HAGENMAN , P. J. , the fol- lowing facts appeared : In 1877 Levi Templin was engaged in the butchering business . He was The Court also charged the jury , inter alia , indebted to his cousin , one Amos Rothermel , as ...
... trial , before HAGENMAN , P. J. , the fol- lowing facts appeared : In 1877 Levi Templin was engaged in the butchering business . He was The Court also charged the jury , inter alia , indebted to his cousin , one Amos Rothermel , as ...
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... trial , before HART , P. J. , the follow- ing facts appeared : - Mathew Taylor , the plaintiff below , is a farmer , living near Washington , Pa . About noon of December 16 , 1879 , accompanied by his wife , he started to town with ...
... trial , before HART , P. J. , the follow- ing facts appeared : - Mathew Taylor , the plaintiff below , is a farmer , living near Washington , Pa . About noon of December 16 , 1879 , accompanied by his wife , he started to town with ...
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... trial of a cause where a question of fact becomes vital , and from the nature of things there is no method known to the law by which such fact can be correctly ascertained , it is time for us to pause and examine our bearings . There ...
... trial of a cause where a question of fact becomes vital , and from the nature of things there is no method known to the law by which such fact can be correctly ascertained , it is time for us to pause and examine our bearings . There ...
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... trial of a contested election so as to legalize the vote . Such construction of the Act does not render the same unconstitutional . The question of costs in a contested election lies in the discretion of the Court which tries the merits ...
... trial of a contested election so as to legalize the vote . Such construction of the Act does not render the same unconstitutional . The question of costs in a contested election lies in the discretion of the Court which tries the merits ...
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Page 236 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 26 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 42 - In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.
Page 11 - It seems to me a clear result of all the authorities that wherever the parties, by their contract, intend to create a positive lien or charge, either upon real or personal property, whether then owned by the assignor or contractor, or not, or if personal property, whether it is then in esse or not, it attaches in equity as a lien or charge upon the particular property, as soon as the assignor or contractor acquires a title thereto, against the latter, and all persons asserting a claim thereto, under...
Page 231 - The total liabilities to any association, of any person, or of any company, corporation, or firm for money borrowed, including in the liabilities of a company or firm the liabilities of the several members thereof, shall at no time exceed onetenth part of the amount of the capital stock of such association actually paid in.
Page 474 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.
Page 477 - That no will shall be valid unless it shall be in writing and executed in manner herein-after mentioned ; (that is to say,) it shall be signed at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction...
Page 8 - ... mortgage property, real or personal, of which he is not possessed at the time, and he receives the consideration for the contract, and afterwards becomes possessed of property answering the description in the contract, there is no doubt that a court of equity would compel him to perform the contract, and that the contract would, in equity, transfer the beneficial interest to the mortgagee or purchaser immediately on the property being acquired.
Page 246 - No man has a right to throw wood or stones into the street at his pleasure. But inasmuch as fuel is necessary, a man may throw wood into the street for the purpose of having it carried to his house, and it may lie there a reasonable time. So, because building is necessary, stones, bricks, lime, sand, and other materials may be placed in the street, provided it be done in the most convenient manner.
Page 54 - That no part of the sum which any special partner shall have contributed to the capital stock shall be withdrawn by him, or paid or transferred to him in the shape of dividends, profits or otherwise, at any time during the continuance of the partnership...