Columbia Law Times: A Monthly Review Devoted to Law and Political Science, Volume 4Dennis, 1891 |
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... damages and enforced its judgment , not by compelling the suitor to obey the judgment , but by directing the sheriff to levy on property of the judgment debtor , and realize the amount of the judgment . Whereas a court of equity gave ...
... damages and enforced its judgment , not by compelling the suitor to obey the judgment , but by directing the sheriff to levy on property of the judgment debtor , and realize the amount of the judgment . Whereas a court of equity gave ...
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... damages would be largely a mat- ter of speculation for the jury . A court of equity will seldom compel the specific performance of contracts which consist in doing as distinguished from giving . This is because of the ina- bility of the ...
... damages would be largely a mat- ter of speculation for the jury . A court of equity will seldom compel the specific performance of contracts which consist in doing as distinguished from giving . This is because of the ina- bility of the ...
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... damages for the non - acceptance of a deed . That in equity the vendee is regarded as in the nature of a cestui que trust is evidenced by the following illustration : 1. Vendee can compel transfer of land to him by any one taking the ...
... damages for the non - acceptance of a deed . That in equity the vendee is regarded as in the nature of a cestui que trust is evidenced by the following illustration : 1. Vendee can compel transfer of land to him by any one taking the ...
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... damages in an action brought for specific perform- ance as liberally as have the English courts , by the aid of legislation . And it is generally held that if the subject matter is one over which the court would have jurisdiction to ...
... damages in an action brought for specific perform- ance as liberally as have the English courts , by the aid of legislation . And it is generally held that if the subject matter is one over which the court would have jurisdiction to ...
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... damages for his injury . At the trial the jury found a special verdict , establishing the foregoing facts , and also that the defendant was guilty of culpable negligence in failing to adopt any precautions for the safety of the ...
... damages for his injury . At the trial the jury found a special verdict , establishing the foregoing facts , and also that the defendant was guilty of culpable negligence in failing to adopt any precautions for the safety of the ...
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Page 144 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 86 - ... 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence; 2. When a person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence ; 3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it; 4.
Page 29 - ... a legally qualified practitioner of medicine of the city, town or place where...
Page 115 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Page 146 - State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Page 57 - There is no presumption in this country that every person knows the law; it would be contrary to common sense and reason, if it were so.
Page 115 - Queretaro, and every male naturalized citizen thereof, who shall have become such ninety days prior to any election, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which he claims his vote ninety days, and in the election precinct thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections...
Page 147 - Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 227 - The relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which he shall have demanded in his complaint; but in any other case, the court may grant him any relief consistent with the case made by the complaint and embraced within the issue.