Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, Volume 6A.L. Bancroft, 1871 |
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Page 38
... charged or in any wise made to appear that there is not a surplus of three thousand dollars after the payment of all such claims ; the form of the denial in the answer being , that there is not that sum of money in the treasury over and ...
... charged or in any wise made to appear that there is not a surplus of three thousand dollars after the payment of all such claims ; the form of the denial in the answer being , that there is not that sum of money in the treasury over and ...
Page 59
... charged to him was unfounded . There was a conflict between Hirschman and Cahill as to whether the accounts kept by plaintiffs contained any charge of this item against defendant , and the only positive proof which could be introduced ...
... charged to him was unfounded . There was a conflict between Hirschman and Cahill as to whether the accounts kept by plaintiffs contained any charge of this item against defendant , and the only positive proof which could be introduced ...
Page 61
... charge of the Imperial stock , though made after its purchase . Respondent Cahill , called in rebuttal , swore that the bill was intended only as a partial bill , and was so made out at the request of appellant ; and to sustain this ...
... charge of the Imperial stock , though made after its purchase . Respondent Cahill , called in rebuttal , swore that the bill was intended only as a partial bill , and was so made out at the request of appellant ; and to sustain this ...
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... charged was in itself innocent . The law gives no encouragement to speculations of this sort . It rejects them at once . Hence , the legal maxim : Causa propinqua non remota spectatur * If there had been no dam , the injury might not ...
... charged was in itself innocent . The law gives no encouragement to speculations of this sort . It rejects them at once . Hence , the legal maxim : Causa propinqua non remota spectatur * If there had been no dam , the injury might not ...
Page 92
... charges that the injuries suffered by the plaintiff were caused by its neglect to perform this duty . The defendant interposed a general demurrer , which being over- ruled , it subsequently answered . The trial resulted in favor of the ...
... charges that the injuries suffered by the plaintiff were caused by its neglect to perform this duty . The defendant interposed a general demurrer , which being over- ruled , it subsequently answered . The trial resulted in favor of the ...
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Page 80 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 415 - When an offense involves the commission of, or an attempt to commit, a private injury, and is described with sufficient certainty in other respects to identify the act, an erroneous allegation as to the person injured, or intended to be injured, is not material.
Page 277 - In case the office of any judge of the court of appeals, or justice of the supreme court, shall become vacant before the expiration of the regular term for which he was elected, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the Governor, until it shall be supplied at the next general election of judges, when it shall be filled by election for the residue of the unexpired term.
Page 249 - ... 1. Actual annexation to the realty, or something appurtenant thereto. 2. Appropriation to the use or purpose of that part of the realty with which it is connected. 3. The intention of the party making the annexation, to make the article a permanent accession to the freehold...
Page 328 - An accessory is he or she who stands by and aids, abets, or assists ; or who, not being present aiding, abetting, or assisting, hath advised and encouraged the perpetration of the crime. He or she who thus aids, abets or assists, advises or encourages, shall be deemed and considered as principal, and punished accordingly.
Page 135 - ... the plaintiff, require the return thereof, upon giving to the sheriff a written undertaking, executed by two or more sufficient sureties, to the effect that they are bound in double the value of the property, as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff, for the delivery thereof to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged, and for the payment to him of such sum as may, for any cause, be recovered against the defendant.
Page 324 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless he be corroborated by such other evidence as...
Page 144 - If the county designated for that purpose in the complaint be not the proper county, the action may, notwithstanding, be tried therein, unless the defendant, before the time for answering expire, demand in writing that the trial be had in the proper county...
Page 213 - States say, that where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision is correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court.
Page 329 - All persons concerned in the commission of a crime, whether it be felony or misdemeanor, and whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, or, not being present, have advised and encouraged its commission...