The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 52Bancroft-Whitney, 1886 |
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... Equity ( 33 ) 36 ; ( 34 ) 38 ; ( 35 ) 40 ; ( 37 ) 45 ; ( 38 ) 48 ; ( 39 ) 51 . New York ( 41 , 42 ) 1 ; ( 43 ) 3 ; ( 44 ) 4 ; ( 45 ) 6 ; ( 46 , 47 ) 7 ; ( 48 ) 8 ; ( 49 , 50 , 51 ) 10 ; ( 52 ) 11 ; ( 53 , 54 ) 13 ; ( 55 ) 14 ; ( 56 , 57 ) ...
... Equity ( 33 ) 36 ; ( 34 ) 38 ; ( 35 ) 40 ; ( 37 ) 45 ; ( 38 ) 48 ; ( 39 ) 51 . New York ( 41 , 42 ) 1 ; ( 43 ) 3 ; ( 44 ) 4 ; ( 45 ) 6 ; ( 46 , 47 ) 7 ; ( 48 ) 8 ; ( 49 , 50 , 51 ) 10 ; ( 52 ) 11 ; ( 53 , 54 ) 13 ; ( 55 ) 14 ; ( 56 , 57 ) ...
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... equity to have the plaintiffs ' property applied in payment of the obligations of the bank , and the statute does not sanction so palpable an injustice . The judgment should be affirmed . All concur . Judgment affirmed . Lowery v ...
... equity to have the plaintiffs ' property applied in payment of the obligations of the bank , and the statute does not sanction so palpable an injustice . The judgment should be affirmed . All concur . Judgment affirmed . Lowery v ...
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... equity to prevent irre- parable mischief and obviate damages for which no adequate remedy exists at law . §§ 636 , 637 and 646 , N. Y. Cons . Act of 1882 ; Story Eq . Jur . , §§ 921 , 924 ; Eden Inj . , chap . 11. Whatever source of ...
... equity to prevent irre- parable mischief and obviate damages for which no adequate remedy exists at law . §§ 636 , 637 and 646 , N. Y. Cons . Act of 1882 ; Story Eq . Jur . , §§ 921 , 924 ; Eden Inj . , chap . 11. Whatever source of ...
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... equity ; if the right be not so entirely personal that a man cannot by any contract place it beyond his con- trol , it is assignable under the statutes of insolvency , or will , on his death , pass to his executors . The reason is ...
... equity ; if the right be not so entirely personal that a man cannot by any contract place it beyond his con- trol , it is assignable under the statutes of insolvency , or will , on his death , pass to his executors . The reason is ...
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... equity may be done . " In this case the right of the public to maintain the continuity of the Springfield , Jackson & Pomeroy railroad precludes the right to sell the section or sections of the railroad upon which these bridges are ...
... equity may be done . " In this case the right of the public to maintain the continuity of the Springfield , Jackson & Pomeroy railroad precludes the right to sell the section or sections of the railroad upon which these bridges are ...
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Page 737 - ... shall not be liable to attachment, levy, or seizure by or under any legal or equitable process whatever, either before or after receipt by the beneficiary.
Page 43 - All deeds of gift, all conveyances, and all transfers or assignments, verbal or written, of goods, chattels, or things in action, made in trust for the use of the person making the same, shall be void as against the creditors, existing or subsequent, of such person.
Page 595 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has the charge or control of any signal points, locomotive engine, or train upon a railway...
Page 20 - ... or as a gymnast, contortionist, rider or acrobat, in any place whatsoever ; or for or in any obscene, indecent or immoral purpose, exhibition or practice whatsoever, or for or in any business, exhibition or vocation injurious to the health, or dangerous to the life or limb of such child ; or who shall cause, procure or encourage any such child to engage therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Page 430 - Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law as they are developed, and to adapt it to the changes of time and circumstances.
Page 429 - In countries where the common law prevails, it has been customary from time immemorial for the legislature to declare what shall be a reasonable compensation under such circumstances, or, perhaps more properly speaking, to fix a maximum beyond which any charge made would be unreasonable The controlling fact is the power to regulate at all.
Page 410 - The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to the new developments of time and circumstances.
Page 136 - It is not easy to define with precision what will, in all cases, constitute an insurable interest, so as to take the contract out of the class of wager policies. It may be stated generally, however, to be such an interest arising from the relations of the party obtaining the insurance, either as creditor of or surety for the assured, or from the ties of blood or marriage to him, as will justify a reasonable expectation of advantage or benefit from the continuance of his life.
Page 483 - ... mortgage property, real or personal, of which he is not possessed at the time, and he receives the consideration for the contract and afterwards becomes possessed of property answering the description in the contract, there is no doubt that a court of equity would compel him to perform the contract and that the contract would, in equity, transfer the beneficial interest to the mortgagee or purchaser immediately on the property being acquired.
Page 595 - ... the workman, or in case the injury results in death, the legal personal representatives of the workman, and any persons entitled in case of death, shall have the same right of compensation and remedies against the employer as if the workman had not been a workman of nor in the service of the employer, nor engaged in his work.