Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Volume 154New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Hiram Edward Sickels Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1898 |
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Page 99
... : " We see no reason why the same principle ( referring to the rights of creditors in a voluntary assignment as being fixed as of Opinion of the Court , per HAIGHT , J. [ 1897. ] PEOPLE v . COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE L. INs . Co. 99.
... : " We see no reason why the same principle ( referring to the rights of creditors in a voluntary assignment as being fixed as of Opinion of the Court , per HAIGHT , J. [ 1897. ] PEOPLE v . COMMERCIAL ALLIANCE L. INs . Co. 99.
Page 100
... assignment ) shall not be applied to the case of an insolvent corporation which has been dissolved by a decree of the court . The corporation is dead for every purpose . But one duty remains , and that is to distribute its assets among ...
... assignment ) shall not be applied to the case of an insolvent corporation which has been dissolved by a decree of the court . The corporation is dead for every purpose . But one duty remains , and that is to distribute its assets among ...
Page 385
... work , but died on the 21st of November , 1893 , and his legal representatives exe- cuted an assignment of the contract to relator . The amount Opinion of the Court , per BARTLETT , J. [ 49 1897. ] 385 PEOPLE EX REL . DADY v . SUPERVISOR .
... work , but died on the 21st of November , 1893 , and his legal representatives exe- cuted an assignment of the contract to relator . The amount Opinion of the Court , per BARTLETT , J. [ 49 1897. ] 385 PEOPLE EX REL . DADY v . SUPERVISOR .
Page 388
... assignment to relator , and the engineers ' certificate thereunder in relator's favor , are all alleged in general terms , and stand admitted . It is argued that the grading commissioners who made relator's contract with Curran must ...
... assignment to relator , and the engineers ' certificate thereunder in relator's favor , are all alleged in general terms , and stand admitted . It is argued that the grading commissioners who made relator's contract with Curran must ...
Page 402
... assignment . Upon this proposition the defendant must either stand or fall . We are not concerned with any claims of the opera house company . They must be deter- mined in the action brought for that purpose and not in this action . The ...
... assignment . Upon this proposition the defendant must either stand or fall . We are not concerned with any claims of the opera house company . They must be deter- mined in the action brought for that purpose and not in this action . The ...
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Page 49 - Neither the credit nor the money of the State shall be given or loaned to or in aid of any association, corporation or private undertaking. This section shall not, however, prevent the Legislature from making such provision for the education and support of the .blind, the deaf and dumb, and juvenile delinquents, as to it may seem proper. Nor shall it apply to any fund or property now held, or which may hereafter be held, by the State for educational purposes.
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Page 51 - Neither the State nor any subdivision thereof, shall use its property or credit or any public money, or authorize or permit either to be used, directly or indirectly, in aid or maintenance, other than for examination or inspection, of any school or institution of learning wholly or in part under the control or direction of any religious denomination, or in which any denominational tenet or doctrine is taught.
Page 167 - An insane person is one who, at the time of committing the act, labored under such a defect of reason as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or if he did know it, did not know he was doing what was wrong...
Page 600 - No indictment is insufficient, nor can the trial, judgment, or other proceedings thereon be affected, by reason of a defect or imperfection in matter of form, which does not tend to the prejudice of the substantial rights of the defendant, upon the merits.
Page 35 - Nothing in this constitution contained shall prevent the legislature from making such provision for the education and support of the blind, the deaf and dumb, and juvenile delin.quents, as to it may seem proper...
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Page 368 - ... read it, and state the plea of the defendant to the jury, and in cases where it charges a previous conviction, and the defendant has confessed the same, the clerk in reading it shall omit therefrom all that relates to such previous conviction. In all other cases this formality may be dispensed with 2.