Leading Cases of the Court of Civil Appeals of the State of Tennessee: With Syllabi and Notes, Volume 4Press of Marshall & Bruce Company, 1914 |
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Page 31
... complainant now exists , determined to purchase a lot and erect a church building ; that to and for this purpose complainant agreed to contribute , among numerous other subscribers , the sum of $ 1,000 ; that pur- suant to this agrement ...
... complainant now exists , determined to purchase a lot and erect a church building ; that to and for this purpose complainant agreed to contribute , among numerous other subscribers , the sum of $ 1,000 ; that pur- suant to this agrement ...
Page 39
... complainant sold and delivered to the Leighton - Ambrose Construction Co. , at their special insistence and request , twenty - one cars of coal for $ 698.94 , and that this sum is justly due complainants , and is wholly unpaid . They ...
... complainant sold and delivered to the Leighton - Ambrose Construction Co. , at their special insistence and request , twenty - one cars of coal for $ 698.94 , and that this sum is justly due complainants , and is wholly unpaid . They ...
Page 40
... complainant's indebtedness , and that com- plainants be granted a decree against the Lewisburg & Northern Railroad Co. for the amount due complainant , and if necessary , that an attachment issue for the proper enforcement of their lien ...
... complainant's indebtedness , and that com- plainants be granted a decree against the Lewisburg & Northern Railroad Co. for the amount due complainant , and if necessary , that an attachment issue for the proper enforcement of their lien ...
Page 41
... complainant was permited to amend the same by adding : " Complainant alleges that the railroad company is author- ized and empowered to take a bond from the construction company to indemnify it in case it should be required to pay for ...
... complainant was permited to amend the same by adding : " Complainant alleges that the railroad company is author- ized and empowered to take a bond from the construction company to indemnify it in case it should be required to pay for ...
Page 42
... complainant , and for which a lien is claimed against it , was furnished to and given to a contractor , and that said coal was used by the contractor as fuel for its engine boilers , etc. , said engines and boilers being a part of the ...
... complainant , and for which a lien is claimed against it , was furnished to and given to a contractor , and that said coal was used by the contractor as fuel for its engine boilers , etc. , said engines and boilers being a part of the ...
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Page 531 - The question always is, was there an unbroken connection between the wrongful act and the injury, — a continuous operation? Did the facts constitute a continuous succession of events, so linked together as to make a natural whole, or was there some new and independent cause intervening between the wrong and the injury?
Page 394 - The vital principle is that he who by his language or conduct leads another to do what he would not otherwise have done, shall not subject such person to loss or injury by disappointing the expectations upon which he acted. Such a change of position is sternly forbidden. It involves fraud and falsehood, and the law abhors both.
Page 512 - A negotiable instrument is discharged : 1. By payment in due course by or on behalf of the principal debtor ; 2. By payment in due course by the party accommodated, where the instrument is made or accepted for accommodation; 3. By the intentional cancellation thereof by the holder; 4. By any other act which will discharge a simple contract for the payment of money; 5. When the principal debtor becomes the holder of the instrument at or after maturity in his own right.
Page 501 - The laws of the United States are laws in the several States, and just as much binding on the citizens and courts thereof as the state laws are. "The United States is not a foreign sovereignty, as regards the several States, but is a concurrent and, within its jurisdiction, paramount sovereignty.
Page 498 - Any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act, upon application of any lateral, branch line of railroad, or of any shipper tendering interstate traffic for transportation, shall construct, maintain, and operate upon reasonable terms a switch connection with any such lateral, branch...
Page 499 - Provided, however, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property, wholly within one State, and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.
Page 501 - If an Act of Congress gives a penalty (meaning civil and remedial) to a party aggrieved, without specifying a remedy for its enforcement, there is no reason why it should not be enforced, if not provided otherwise by some Act of Congress, by a proper action in a State Court.
Page 513 - A person secondarily liable on the instrument is discharged: 1. By any act which discharges the instrument; 2. By the intentional cancellation of his signature by the holder; 3. By the discharge of a prior party; 4. By a valid tender of payment made by a prior party; 5. By a release of the principal debtor, unless the holder's right of recourse against the party secondarily liable is expressly reserved; 6.
Page 20 - The Inviolability of the person is as much invaded by a compulsory stripping and exposure as by a blow. To compel any one, and especially a woman, to lay bare the body, or to submit it to the touch of a stranger, without lawful authority, is an indignity, an assault, and a trespass...
Page 512 - primarily" liable on an instrument is the person who by the terms of the instrument is absolutely required to pay the same. All other parties are "secondarily