The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 53Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1897 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 85
Page 27
... trial that , after the defendant's arrest for bastardy , growing out of the alleged seduction , the witness told him that he could not get out of the charge ; that it would be better for him to tell witness all about it , and he would ...
... trial that , after the defendant's arrest for bastardy , growing out of the alleged seduction , the witness told him that he could not get out of the charge ; that it would be better for him to tell witness all about it , and he would ...
Page 37
... trial of the right of property . The hardware com- pany caused a writ of attachment to be levied on a stock of goods as the property of the defendants in attachment , the Payne Bro- thers . William Gray interposed a claim to them under ...
... trial of the right of property . The hardware com- pany caused a writ of attachment to be levied on a stock of goods as the property of the defendants in attachment , the Payne Bro- thers . William Gray interposed a claim to them under ...
Page 79
... trial court has the oppor- tunity to hear the witnesses and observe their manner of testify- ing , it has an advantage in weighing evidence which is not fur- mished to this court by the record . We will , therefore , forbear making any ...
... trial court has the oppor- tunity to hear the witnesses and observe their manner of testify- ing , it has an advantage in weighing evidence which is not fur- mished to this court by the record . We will , therefore , forbear making any ...
Page 86
... trial , and upon it we concur with the trial court in finding the de- fense made out , and affirm the judgment in favor of plaintiff and in favor of defendant in so far as it relates to lands not men tioned in the Shaw deed . As to the ...
... trial , and upon it we concur with the trial court in finding the de- fense made out , and affirm the judgment in favor of plaintiff and in favor of defendant in so far as it relates to lands not men tioned in the Shaw deed . As to the ...
Page 97
... trial , and conviction for the larceny of a hog , which the accused killed , but never took into his possession . The accused appealed . J. G. Winter , for the appellant . W. C. Fitts , attorney general , for the state . 19 BRICKELL ...
... trial , and conviction for the larceny of a hog , which the accused killed , but never took into his possession . The accused appealed . J. G. Winter , for the appellant . W. C. Fitts , attorney general , for the state . 19 BRICKELL ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action adverse possession agent alleged appellant appellee application assessment attorney authority averment bank bills of lading breach cause cause of action charge claim complainant constitution construction contract contributory negligence conveyance corporation corpus delicti court court of equity covenant creditor damages debt debtor deed defendant delivered delivery demurrer dollars duty entitled equity error evidence execution exercise extended note fact fendant fraud grant grantor held indorsement injury issued judgment jurisdiction jury land legislature liable lien mechanic's lien ment mortgage municipal corporation negligence notice Ohio St opinion owner paid parties payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error possession proceedings purchaser purpose question R. R. Co railway reason received recover rule service of process statute street sufficient suit surety sustained thereof tion trial trust valid verdict witness
Popular passages
Page 133 - Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Page 912 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally — ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself — or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 847 - This entire policy shall be void if the insured has concealed or misrepresented, in writing or otherwise, any material fact or circumstance concerning this insurance or the subject thereof, or if the interest of the insured in the property be not truly stated herein." "This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void * * if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership or if the subject of insurance be a building...
Page 161 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 234 - It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 912 - ... circumstances so known and communicated. But, on the other hand, if these special circumstances were wholly unknown to the party breaking the contract, he, at the most, could only be supposed to have had in his contemplation the amount of injury which would arise generally, and in the great multitude of cases not affected by any special circumstances, from such a breach of contract.
Page 72 - CD, of the city aforesaid, merchant, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, and for my use to ask, demand...
Page 559 - ... to agree upon the manner, and upon the terms and conditions upon which the same may be used or occupied...
Page 328 - The legislature cannot delegate its power to make a law; but it can make a law to delegate a power to determine some fact or state of things upon which the law makes, or intends to make, its own action depend.
Page 233 - It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty. But although it must live and have its being in that state only, yet it does not by any means follow that its existence there will not be recognized in other places ; and its residence in one state creates no insuperable objection to its power of contracting in another.