The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 44West Publishing Company, 1903 |
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... creditors . So if he attempt to set apart land which does not derive its chief value from its adaptation to agricultural pur- poses , and which is not situated within a city , town , or village . The word ' pro- vided ' in the section ...
... creditors . So if he attempt to set apart land which does not derive its chief value from its adaptation to agricultural pur- poses , and which is not situated within a city , town , or village . The word ' pro- vided ' in the section ...
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... creditor . While a judgment creditor has thus been held not to be a purchaser for val- ue , it has nevertheless been often held that when such a creditor had extended credit upon the faith of property , title to which was in the debtor ...
... creditor . While a judgment creditor has thus been held not to be a purchaser for val- ue , it has nevertheless been often held that when such a creditor had extended credit upon the faith of property , title to which was in the debtor ...
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... creditors for the time specified . Their only care and solicitude were to pro- tect him who had been or might be overtaken by misfortune , and to save his family from utter impoverishment and destitution . They did not intend to tie the ...
... creditors for the time specified . Their only care and solicitude were to pro- tect him who had been or might be overtaken by misfortune , and to save his family from utter impoverishment and destitution . They did not intend to tie the ...
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... creditor , debt , or payee is specified , it was plainly the intention of the parties to the agreement that , whenever ... creditors of the company , or the nominal obligees named in the bond . The agreement and bond both show that they ...
... creditor , debt , or payee is specified , it was plainly the intention of the parties to the agreement that , whenever ... creditors of the company , or the nominal obligees named in the bond . The agreement and bond both show that they ...
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... creditors at large who joined in the bill ; fourth , to the creditors by petition before the death of Henderson in the order in which their petitions were filed ; fifth , to all the other creditors pro rata . No West Virginia case has ...
... creditors at large who joined in the bill ; fourth , to the creditors by petition before the death of Henderson in the order in which their petitions were filed ; fifth , to all the other creditors pro rata . No West Virginia case has ...
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Page 320 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 35 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 298 - The rolling stock, and all other movable property belonging to any railroad company or corporation in this State, shall be considered personal property, and shall be liable to execution and sale in the same manner as the personal property of individuals, and the General Assembly shall pass no law exempting any such property from execution and sale.
Page 358 - A plain and concise statement of the facts constituting a cause of action, without unnecessary repetition.
Page 150 - English statute of frauds, so far as to require a conveyance of any " estate of inheritance or freehold, or for a term of more than one year, in lands and tenements...
Page 53 - A valuable consideration in the sense of the law may consist either in some right, interest, profit, or benefit accruing to the one party, or some forbearance, detriment, loss, or responsibility given, suffered, or undertaken by the other.
Page 45 - ... access to the navigable part of the river from the front of his lot, the right to make a landing, wharf or pier for his own use or for the use of the public, subject to such general rules and regulations as the legislature may see proper to impose for the protection of the rights of the public, whatever these may be.
Page 81 - ... when during the litigation it appears that the defendant is doing or threatens or is about to do, or is procuring or suffering to be done, some act in violation of the plaintiff's rights respecting the subject of the action, and tending to render the judgment ineffectual, a temporary injunction may be granted to restrain such act.
Page 144 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void.
Page 110 - Whenever 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) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...