Albany Law Journal, Volume 15Weed, Parsons & Company, 1877 |
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... as section 399 provides , in the law of Massachusetts , and we are informed by high authority that the rule of their practice works well , This was an action of ejectment to recover certain real 4 THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL . THE NEW CODE. ...
... as section 399 provides , in the law of Massachusetts , and we are informed by high authority that the rule of their practice works well , This was an action of ejectment to recover certain real 4 THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL . THE NEW CODE. ...
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... recover , that he was rightly nonsuited . Ib . NEGOTIABLE PAPER . 1. Holder cannot be compelled by accommodation in- dorser to enforce mortgage against maker in first in- stance . - An indorser , without consideration and solely for the ...
... recover , that he was rightly nonsuited . Ib . NEGOTIABLE PAPER . 1. Holder cannot be compelled by accommodation in- dorser to enforce mortgage against maker in first in- stance . - An indorser , without consideration and solely for the ...
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... recovered , he is discharged by the commencement of proceedings in bankruptcy within four months after the issuing of ... recover from defendant only three times the excess in its charges for carriage on its own road , and not for the ...
... recovered , he is discharged by the commencement of proceedings in bankruptcy within four months after the issuing of ... recover from defendant only three times the excess in its charges for carriage on its own road , and not for the ...
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... recover . The case of Pierce v . Whitcomb , 48 Vt . 127 , in- volved the same question . Here plaintiff and de- fendant were neighboring farmers . Plaintiff went to defendant's late in the evening to buy some oats . Defendant had no ...
... recover . The case of Pierce v . Whitcomb , 48 Vt . 127 , in- volved the same question . Here plaintiff and de- fendant were neighboring farmers . Plaintiff went to defendant's late in the evening to buy some oats . Defendant had no ...
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... recovering possession of it , on the ground that no title passed to him by reason of misdescription in the deed of ... recover of the defendant taxes levied upon his property for the years 1870 and 1871. The defendant contends that the ...
... recovering possession of it , on the ground that no title passed to him by reason of misdescription in the deed of ... recover of the defendant taxes levied upon his property for the years 1870 and 1871. The defendant contends that the ...
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Page 181 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Page 79 - In conferring upon Congress the regulation of commerce, it was never intended to cut the states off from legislating on all subjects relating to the health, life, and safety of their citizens, though the legislation might indirectly affect the commerce of the country. Legislation, in a great variety of ways, may affect commerce and persons engaged in it without constituting a regulation of it within the meaning of the Constitution.
Page 182 - Constitution protects, we find that when private property is "affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only.
Page 216 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State.
Page 181 - ... and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold. To this day, statutes are to be found in many of the states upon some or all these subjects; and we think it has never yet been successfully contended that such legislation came within any of the constitutional prohibitions against interference with private property.
Page 230 - ... provided that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 79 - And it may be said, generally, that the legislation of a state, not directed against commerce or any of its regulations, but relating to the rights, duties, and liabilities of citizens, and only indirectly and remotely affecting the operations of commerce, is of obligatory force upon citizens within its territorial jurisdiction, whether on land or water, or engaged in commerce, foreign or interstate, or in any other pursuit.
Page 316 - All real and personal estate liable to taxation shall be estimated and assessed by the assessors at its full and true value, as they would appraise the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor.
Page 301 - Judges of the court of appeals and justices of the supreme court may be removed by concurrent resolution of both houses of the legislature, if two-thirds of all the members elected to each house concur therein.
Page 349 - From time to time, after full provision has been first made for refunding to the United States any deficiency in redeeming the notes of such association, the Comptroller shall make a ratable dividend of the money so paid over to him by such receiver on all such claims as may have been proved to his satisfaction or adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction...