Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Volume 3Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1880 |
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... benefit . It is also admitted that he has not advanced any money on said shares of stock . It amounts only to this , Washburn agreed with Richards to advance cer- tain money - how much is not shown - for his benefit , and the stock was ...
... benefit . It is also admitted that he has not advanced any money on said shares of stock . It amounts only to this , Washburn agreed with Richards to advance cer- tain money - how much is not shown - for his benefit , and the stock was ...
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... benefit of any citizen aggrieved , or that the contract had been assigned to the plaintiff . The third cause of demurrer , that the declaration does not show that the plaintiff is a party , privy or assignee of the contract , is ...
... benefit of any citizen aggrieved , or that the contract had been assigned to the plaintiff . The third cause of demurrer , that the declaration does not show that the plaintiff is a party , privy or assignee of the contract , is ...
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... benefit the plain- tiff would have derived from the water would have come from the city through its fire department . The most that can be said is , that the company was under obligation to the city to supply the fire plugs with water ...
... benefit the plain- tiff would have derived from the water would have come from the city through its fire department . The most that can be said is , that the company was under obligation to the city to supply the fire plugs with water ...
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... benefit , but the common good . They have refused to hold a city liable for the acts of its police officers although they are appointed by it ; or for the acts or negligence of its agents and employees in charge of patients in a public ...
... benefit , but the common good . They have refused to hold a city liable for the acts of its police officers although they are appointed by it ; or for the acts or negligence of its agents and employees in charge of patients in a public ...
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... benefit of the successful party . Baird v . Turnpike Co. , 1 Lea , 394. " It might be otherwise , " says Judge Cooper in the case last referred to , " if the appointment was not within the competency of the court , as when the contest ...
... benefit of the successful party . Baird v . Turnpike Co. , 1 Lea , 394. " It might be otherwise , " says Judge Cooper in the case last referred to , " if the appointment was not within the competency of the court , as when the contest ...
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Page 423 - By the law of the land, is most clearly intended, the general law; a law, which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 447 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Page 728 - An indictment for libel need not set forth any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the party libeled, of the defamatory matter on which the indictment is founded ; but it is sufficient to state generally, that the same was published concerning him ; and the fact that it was so published, must be established on the trial.
Page 314 - ... proper allegations of the falsity of the matter on which the perjury is assigned; but the indictment or information need not set forth the pleadings, record, or proceedings with which the oath is connected, nor the commission or authority of the court or person before whom the perjury was committed.
Page 423 - That no freeman ought to be taken, imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the law of the land.
Page 449 - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Page 4 - It was held that they could be so taxed. Mr. Justice Nelson, speaking for this Court, said, at pp. 583, 584: " But, in addition to this view, the tax on the shares is not a tax on the capital of the bank. The corporation is the legal owner of all the property of the bank, real and personal; and within the powers conferred upon it by the charter, and for the purposes for which it was created, can deal with the corporate property as absolutely as a private individual can deal with his own.
Page 728 - In an action for libel or slander, it shall not be necessary to state in the complaint any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the plaintiff of the defamatory matter out of which the cause of action arose ; but it shall be sufficient to state generally, that the same was published or spoken concerning the plaintiff; and if such allegation be controverted, the plaintiff shall establish on the trial that it was so published or spoken.
Page 379 - The Legislature shall have no power to suspend any general law for the benefit of any particular individual, nor to pass any law for the benefit of individuals inconsistent with the general laws of the land; nor to pass any law granting to any individual or individuals rights, privileges, immunities Or exemptions, other than such as may be, by the same law, extended to any member of the community who may be able to bring himself within the provisions of such law.
Page 39 - ... person before whom it was taken, had authority to administer it, with proper allegations of the falsity of the matter on which the perjury is assigned; but the...