American Law Magazine, Volume 3Rothman., 1844 |
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Page 66
... mortgage to an extent short of its whole value is conveyed away , the grantee pay- ing its full price , satisfied that the remaining portion is ade- quate for the discharge of the incumbrance . The law here would place the grantee ...
... mortgage to an extent short of its whole value is conveyed away , the grantee pay- ing its full price , satisfied that the remaining portion is ade- quate for the discharge of the incumbrance . The law here would place the grantee ...
Page 72
... mortgage . But besides that in that case it does not appear which grantee bought first , the point of inquiry here ... mortgage . The facts were these : A. bought a tract of land and gave a mortgage to secure the purchase money , and ...
... mortgage . But besides that in that case it does not appear which grantee bought first , the point of inquiry here ... mortgage . The facts were these : A. bought a tract of land and gave a mortgage to secure the purchase money , and ...
Page 73
... mortgage , by advertising all the lands covered by it , and the plaintiff filed his bill in chancery to obtain con- tribution from the defendants towards paying off what was due on the mortgage . The defendants alleged in their an- swer ...
... mortgage , by advertising all the lands covered by it , and the plaintiff filed his bill in chancery to obtain con- tribution from the defendants towards paying off what was due on the mortgage . The defendants alleged in their an- swer ...
Page 77
... mortgage not yet due , was discussed and adjudicated , involved also in one of its aspects the point presented in Nailer v . Stanley . It was a scire facias upon a mortgage , and the terre - tenants were all made parties to the suit ...
... mortgage not yet due , was discussed and adjudicated , involved also in one of its aspects the point presented in Nailer v . Stanley . It was a scire facias upon a mortgage , and the terre - tenants were all made parties to the suit ...
Page 78
... mortgage debt . The opinion of judge Huston , therefore , was not that of the court in this respect , as it was not required for the ruling of the case . That Nailer v . Stanley was considered as adjusting the rule of contribution ...
... mortgage debt . The opinion of judge Huston , therefore , was not that of the court in this respect , as it was not required for the ruling of the case . That Nailer v . Stanley was considered as adjusting the rule of contribution ...
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Page 409 - Testament, in witness whereof I, the said Maurice Baum Senr, have to this my last Will and Testament Set my hand and Seal the Day and Year above written.
Page 44 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it. shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 23 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 485 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 322 - ... unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 43 - Malice, in common acceptation, means ill-will against a person ; but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act done intentionally without just cause or excuse.
Page 43 - ... aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 279 - The daughter was unmarried at the date of the will, and at the death of the testator.
Page 453 - Their Lordships are of opinion that, in order to constitute a sound disposing mind, a testator must not only be able to understand that he is by his will giving the whole of his property to one object of his regard, but he must also have capacity to comprehend the extent of his property, and the nature of the claims of others, whom by his will he is excluding from all participation in that property...
Page 433 - ... children, who, being sons, should attain twenty-one, or, being daughters, should attain that age or marry...