Albany Law Journal, Volume 41Weed, Parsons & Company, 1890 |
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... direction embodied in the letters " C. O. D. , " placed upon a package com- mitted to a carrier , is an order to the carrier to collect the money for the package at the time of its delivery . It is a part of the undertaking of the ...
... direction embodied in the letters " C. O. D. , " placed upon a package com- mitted to a carrier , is an order to the carrier to collect the money for the package at the time of its delivery . It is a part of the undertaking of the ...
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... directions ) , it follows that it was at his risk , and could not impair the right of the plaintiff to re- cover for the amount due him upon the performance of his contract . ** * * As before stated , the point as to who had the title ...
... directions ) , it follows that it was at his risk , and could not impair the right of the plaintiff to re- cover for the amount due him upon the performance of his contract . ** * * As before stated , the point as to who had the title ...
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... directions not to deliver it to the consignee except on payment of the price , he will doubtless be liable for its value if he disregards the directions , because of the to cancel the stamps as the law requires ? The THE ALBANY LAW ...
... directions not to deliver it to the consignee except on payment of the price , he will doubtless be liable for its value if he disregards the directions , because of the to cancel the stamps as the law requires ? The THE ALBANY LAW ...
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... direction , and as the agent , of the con- signor . He transports the package as a carrier , and collects the price ... direction of , a cus- tomer ; and when completed , ready for delivery , he was notified of the fact . At his ...
... direction , and as the agent , of the con- signor . He transports the package as a carrier , and collects the price ... direction of , a cus- tomer ; and when completed , ready for delivery , he was notified of the fact . At his ...
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... direction of the lord chief justice was right . ing a doubt , not for the purpose of creating a doubt , or magnifying an ambiguity , when the circumstances of the case raise no real difficulty . Without attempt- ing to paraphrase the ...
... direction of the lord chief justice was right . ing a doubt , not for the purpose of creating a doubt , or magnifying an ambiguity , when the circumstances of the case raise no real difficulty . Without attempt- ing to paraphrase the ...
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Page 336 - Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (xxii.
Page 258 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal; and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was, when committed.
Page 73 - No corporation shall be created by special laws, or its charter extended, changed or amended, except those for charitable, educational, penal or reformatory purposes, which are to be and remain under the patronage and control of the state, but the general assembly shall provide, by general laws, for the organization of all corporations hereafter to be created.
Page 166 - ... shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly: provided, that the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Page 52 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 166 - ... human sacrifices were a necessary part of religious worship, would it be seriously contended that the civil government under which he lived could not interfere to prevent a sacrifice? Or if a wife religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to prevent her carrying her belief into practice?
Page 249 - State two years and six months, and declared his intention as aforesaid, and every civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United States, and not a member of any tribe...
Page 114 - ... 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose from or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer or of any person in the service of the employer and intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant, were in proper condition; 2.
Page 325 - That the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management, or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 52 - The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.