Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Volume 132 |
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... counsel for the appellant urges , citing the recent case of Orser v . City of New York ( 193 N. Y. 537 ) as authority , that every time the stone was shoved 6 inches , or a foot , or 6 feet , to a new position , a new question of con ...
... counsel for the appellant urges , citing the recent case of Orser v . City of New York ( 193 N. Y. 537 ) as authority , that every time the stone was shoved 6 inches , or a foot , or 6 feet , to a new position , a new question of con ...
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... counsel had wholly failed to elicit from the witnesses the testi- mony necessary to present a question of fact on that issue ; but that was due to two things - the unscientific questions asked and the erroneous rulings of the justice ...
... counsel had wholly failed to elicit from the witnesses the testi- mony necessary to present a question of fact on that issue ; but that was due to two things - the unscientific questions asked and the erroneous rulings of the justice ...
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... counsel intentionally refrained from tendering on the trial the issue to which the alleged newly - discovered evidence related . That fact , however , emphasizes the right of the defendant to rely on this appeal upon the point which he ...
... counsel intentionally refrained from tendering on the trial the issue to which the alleged newly - discovered evidence related . That fact , however , emphasizes the right of the defendant to rely on this appeal upon the point which he ...
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... counsel for the respondent expressly disclaims in his brief any attempt to sustain the allowance as one made pursuant to said section of the Code . We are constrained to reverse that part of the judgment appealed from on the ground that ...
... counsel for the respondent expressly disclaims in his brief any attempt to sustain the allowance as one made pursuant to said section of the Code . We are constrained to reverse that part of the judgment appealed from on the ground that ...
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... counsel for the relator is that these appointees are without the unclassified service because they are not appointed by the legislative body , but by the city clerk . This contention is not justified by the words of the Civil Service ...
... counsel for the relator is that these appointees are without the unclassified service because they are not appointed by the legislative body , but by the city clerk . This contention is not justified by the words of the Civil Service ...
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Page 41 - The general rule is, that the master is answerable for every such wrong of the servant or agent as is committed in the course of the service and for the master's benefit, though no express command or privity of the master be proved.
Page 408 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 241 - If the thing stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money due thereupon, or secured to be paid thereby, and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to which is shown thereby, or the sum which might be recovered in the absence thereof, is the value of the thing stolen.
Page 542 - That no debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the bankrupt, or by his defalcation as a public officer, or while acting in any fiduciary character, shall be discharged under this act; but the debt may be proved, and the dividend thereon shall be a payment on account of said debt...
Page 407 - The testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person testifying. Any such person testifying shall not thereafter be liable to indictment, prosecution or punishment for the offense with reference to which his testimony was given, and may plead or prove the giving of testimony accordingly, in bar of such an indictment or prosecution.
Page 824 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present...
Page 73 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation ; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes.
Page 172 - If an action is pending, that the person to be examined is about to depart from the state, or that he is so sick or infirm, as to afford reasonable ground to believe that he will not be able to attend the trial; or that any other special circumstances exist, which render it proper that he should be examined as prescribed in this article.
Page 771 - Works, shall and may be retained by the said parties of the first part until all such suits or claims for damages as aforesaid shall have been settled, and evidence to that effect furnished to the satisfaction of the said Commissioner.
Page 148 - For the existence of a state of mind on the part of the juror, in reference to the case, or to either party ? which satisfies the triers, in the exercise of a sound discretion, that he cannot try the issue impartially and without prejudice to the substantial rights of the party challenging, and which is known in this code as actual bias.