The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 79Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1901 |
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... charged with several hundred pounds of Judson powder , preparatory to setting off a blast , and were ready to fire ... charge of the blasting . Howes usually gave a general order to all the men to get out of the tunnels during the time ...
... charged with several hundred pounds of Judson powder , preparatory to setting off a blast , and were ready to fire ... charge of the blasting . Howes usually gave a general order to all the men to get out of the tunnels during the time ...
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... charge of a foreman . It was the duty of one of the men on the wharf to give a warning cry when a piece of lumber was placed in the chute , in order to enable those below to get out of the way . The place in which the men below were ...
... charge of a foreman . It was the duty of one of the men on the wharf to give a warning cry when a piece of lumber was placed in the chute , in order to enable those below to get out of the way . The place in which the men below were ...
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... charge . On the fourteenth day of August , 1894 , his resigna- tion was accepted by the court , and an order made and filed settling his account and granting his discharge . This order made no provision as to the care , custody , or ...
... charge . On the fourteenth day of August , 1894 , his resigna- tion was accepted by the court , and an order made and filed settling his account and granting his discharge . This order made no provision as to the care , custody , or ...
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... charge no offense . In commenting on the Bologna case , the justice shows that a statute framed in such general language would not be valid for any purpose under our system of jurisprudence , and he adds : " In the days when the Bologna ...
... charge no offense . In commenting on the Bologna case , the justice shows that a statute framed in such general language would not be valid for any purpose under our system of jurisprudence , and he adds : " In the days when the Bologna ...
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... charged with the duty of preserving the property until final distribution cannot be doubted . He must , if there are ... charge imposed by law , and cannot be immediately delivered to the heir . So perishable property may be attached ...
... charged with the duty of preserving the property until final distribution cannot be doubted . He must , if there are ... charge imposed by law , and cannot be immediately delivered to the heir . So perishable property may be attached ...
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Page 555 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examinations, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...
Page 633 - To justify the state in thus interposing its authority in behalf of the public, it must appear, first, that the interests of the public generally, as distinguished from those of a particular class, require such interference ; and second, that the means are reasonably necessary for the accomplishment of the purpose, and not unduly oppressive upon individuals.
Page 569 - The time within which an act is to be done, as herein provided, shall be computed by excluding the first day, and including the last. If the last day be Sunday, it shall be excluded.
Page 909 - It is undoubtedly settled law that a judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, upon a question directly involved in one suit, is conclusive as to that question in another suit between the same parties. But to this operation of the judgment it must appear, either upon the face of the record or be shown by extrinsic evidence, that the precise question was raised and determined in the former suit.
Page 878 - Any county, city, school district, or other municipal corporation incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall before, or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt, as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 328 - ... this policy shall be valid without such assent for five days thereafter, — or if, without such assent, the situation or circumstances affecting the risk shall, by or with the knowledge, advice, agency, or consent of the insured, be so altered as to cause an increase of such risks...
Page 562 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of New York ; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.
Page 908 - In all cases, therefore, where it is sought to apply the estoppel of a judgment rendered upon one cause of action to matters arising in a suit upon a different cause of action, the inquiry must always be as to the point or question actually litigated and determined in the original action, not what might have been thus litigated and determined. Only upon such matters is the judgment conclusive in another action.
Page 332 - Every person has a right, under the law, as between himself and his fellow subjects, to full freedom in disposing of his own labor or his own capital according to his own will. It follows that every other person is subject to the correlative duty arising therefrom, and is prohibited from any obstruction to the fullest exercise of this right which can be made compatible with the exercise of similar rights by others.
Page 260 - ... kept, used, or allowed on the above described premises, benzine, benzole, dynamite, ether, fireworks, gasoline, greek fire, gunpowder exceeding twenty-five pounds in quantity, naphtha, nitro-glycerine or other explosives, phosphorus or petroleum or any of its products of greater inflammability than kerosene oil of the United States standard...