Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Volume 3Tavel, Eastman & Howell, 1880 |
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... evidence of debt is assigned and transferred by manual delivery to the assignee , and this whether the legal title in the instrument passed by the assignment or not . " So also it was What acts , says Judge Andrews , will complete the ...
... evidence of debt is assigned and transferred by manual delivery to the assignee , and this whether the legal title in the instrument passed by the assignment or not . " So also it was What acts , says Judge Andrews , will complete the ...
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... evidence of a debt or contract to pay . This being so , can the rule of notice find any proper application to the case of assignment of shares of stock ? In the first place this is not like a judgment , open account , or an equity . The ...
... evidence of a debt or contract to pay . This being so , can the rule of notice find any proper application to the case of assignment of shares of stock ? In the first place this is not like a judgment , open account , or an equity . The ...
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... evidence of this property , which , in fact , has only a legal existence , consisting in certain rights evi- denced by the paper , growing out of the fact of his having purchased from the company his shares . There is no analogy between ...
... evidence of this property , which , in fact , has only a legal existence , consisting in certain rights evi- denced by the paper , growing out of the fact of his having purchased from the company his shares . There is no analogy between ...
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... evidence of his security by a transfer of the certificate . In such cases alone will the contest be likely to arise , as the party who intends to trust to the security of such property will always take the assignment . In such a contest ...
... evidence of his security by a transfer of the certificate . In such cases alone will the contest be likely to arise , as the party who intends to trust to the security of such property will always take the assignment . In such a contest ...
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... evidence of the ownership of such property . A holding that would overturn all this should only be made , for the most imperative reasons , or in obedience to a statute enacted by the law mak- ing power of the State . It is proper to ...
... evidence of the ownership of such property . A holding that would overturn all this should only be made , for the most imperative reasons , or in obedience to a statute enacted by the law mak- ing power of the State . It is proper to ...
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action affidavit alleged amount Appeal in error assignment attachment Bamberger Bank bill Blount county bond Burrell Smith cause certiorari Chancellor Chancery Court charge Chattanooga chose in action Circuit Court Circuit Judge claim clerk Code complainant conceded Constitution contract conveyance Cornick costs County Court court of chancery creditors Davidson county debt debtor declared decree deed defendant delivered the opinion demurrer duty election enforce entitled equity execution fact favor filed Fossick Giles county give grand jury grantor Heis held homestead husband indictment interest issued judgment judicial jurisdiction justice Knox county land Legislature levy liable lien ment motion paid parties payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error proceedings purchase money question remedy rule sell Sneed sold statute suit sureties term tion transfer trust void W. A. Knight Ex wife witness writ
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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...