Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 12West Publishing Company, 1892 |
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Page 9
... trial court for a new trial for errors in findings of fact , and to amend the record by additional findings , was properly denied . In error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kansas . * Hickman brought suit ...
... trial court for a new trial for errors in findings of fact , and to amend the record by additional findings , was properly denied . In error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Kansas . * Hickman brought suit ...
Page 10
... trial on ac- count of gross and vital errors in the find- ing of facts ; " and also to have the record amended " by allowing certain findings of facts to appear , some of which findings were unavoidably and others accidentally omitted ...
... trial on ac- count of gross and vital errors in the find- ing of facts ; " and also to have the record amended " by allowing certain findings of facts to appear , some of which findings were unavoidably and others accidentally omitted ...
Page 58
... trial . In error to the circuit court of the Unit- ed States for the district of Nebraska . Action by Algernon S. Patrick_against Erwin Davis for the recovery of money . verdict and judgment for plaintiff . De- fendant appeals ...
... trial . In error to the circuit court of the Unit- ed States for the district of Nebraska . Action by Algernon S. Patrick_against Erwin Davis for the recovery of money . verdict and judgment for plaintiff . De- fendant appeals ...
Page 61
... trial before the court without a jury , the par- ties having expressly waived a jury trial , the court made a finding of facts which substantially accorded with the averments of the complaint , and rendered judgment in favor of the ...
... trial before the court without a jury , the par- ties having expressly waived a jury trial , the court made a finding of facts which substantially accorded with the averments of the complaint , and rendered judgment in favor of the ...
Page 62
... trial , and did not dis- cover its falsity until after the rendition of judg- ment and the lapse of the time in which a motion for new trial could have been made ; and that she was guilty of no laches in failing to show or dis- cover ...
... trial , and did not dis- cover its falsity until after the rendition of judg- ment and the lapse of the time in which a motion for new trial could have been made ; and that she was guilty of no laches in failing to show or dis- cover ...
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Page 99 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 220 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 205 - It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form ; but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure. This can only be obviated by adhering to the rule that constitutional provisions for the security of person and property should be liberally construed.
Page 165 - Where the means of knowledge are at hand and equally available to both parties, and the subject of purchase is alike open to their inspection, if the purchaser does not avail himself of these means and opportunities, he will not be heard to say that he has been deceived by the vendor's misrepresentations.
Page 389 - And the powers of the General Government, and of the State, although both exist and are exercised within the same territorial limits, are yet separate and distinct sovereignties, acting separately and independently of each other, within their respective spheres.
Page 209 - Court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State Court...
Page 59 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 339 - ... any convict, lunatic, idiot, or any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge...
Page 13 - States may be sued in respect of any act or transaction of his in carrying on the business connected with such property, without the previous leave of the court in which such receiver or manager was appointed...
Page 69 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.