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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... provision speci- fying the classes of action which did survive would be superfluous if conjoined with one enumerating all actions not surviving . Such a construction gives the first section no office to perform , and the courts have ...
... provision speci- fying the classes of action which did survive would be superfluous if conjoined with one enumerating all actions not surviving . Such a construction gives the first section no office to perform , and the courts have ...
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... provision shall not apply to pure skim milk cheese produced from pure skim milk . " The rest of the section subjects to heavy punishments by fine and imprison- ment , " whoever violates the provisions of this section . " The indictment ...
... provision shall not apply to pure skim milk cheese produced from pure skim milk . " The rest of the section subjects to heavy punishments by fine and imprison- ment , " whoever violates the provisions of this section . " The indictment ...
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... provisions fully covering that subject . Chapter 215 of the Laws of 1882 , entitled " An act to regulate the ... provisions of this last act are covered by one of the acts of 1882 above cited , and the pro- visions of the repealed acts ...
... provisions fully covering that subject . Chapter 215 of the Laws of 1882 , entitled " An act to regulate the ... provisions of this last act are covered by one of the acts of 1882 above cited , and the pro- visions of the repealed acts ...
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... provisions of section 6 should be held invalid , there would still be ample protection in the statutes against fraudulent imitations of dairy batter , or sales of such imitations as genuine . It appears to us quite clear that the object ...
... provisions of section 6 should be held invalid , there would still be ample protection in the statutes against fraudulent imitations of dairy batter , or sales of such imitations as genuine . It appears to us quite clear that the object ...
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... provisions before referred to , nor that such is the character of the enactment under which the appellant was convicted . The judgment of the General Term and of the Court of Sessions should be reversed . All concur . Judgment reversed ...
... provisions before referred to , nor that such is the character of the enactment under which the appellant was convicted . The judgment of the General Term and of the Court of Sessions should be reversed . All concur . Judgment reversed ...
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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.