Southern Reporter, Volume 93West Publishing Company, 1923 Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana. |
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... parties to the contract " ; that it was not agreed by and between the parties , and not their con- templation that " the said leases would be executed and delivered and a test well driven down and operations abandoned , and the oil and ...
... parties to the contract " ; that it was not agreed by and between the parties , and not their con- templation that " the said leases would be executed and delivered and a test well driven down and operations abandoned , and the oil and ...
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... parties of the first part " granted and leased " said lands to the parties of the second part , " for the purpose of mining for petroleum oil , gas , coal , iron , clay , zinc , stone , gold , or silver , and other mineral substances ...
... parties of the first part " granted and leased " said lands to the parties of the second part , " for the purpose of mining for petroleum oil , gas , coal , iron , clay , zinc , stone , gold , or silver , and other mineral substances ...
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... parties to a suit to impress a trust on the as- sets sold , and a bill making them parties , and seeking to subject , if necessary , the stock re- ceived by them to the payment of a debt of the selling corporation , is not multifarious ...
... parties to a suit to impress a trust on the as- sets sold , and a bill making them parties , and seeking to subject , if necessary , the stock re- ceived by them to the payment of a debt of the selling corporation , is not multifarious ...
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... parties of the second part ; that is to say . that the total amount of commission to be paid to parties of the second part is 20 cents per 1,000 feet on lumber shipped , and the payments to be made monthly on or about the 15th of each ...
... parties of the second part ; that is to say . that the total amount of commission to be paid to parties of the second part is 20 cents per 1,000 feet on lumber shipped , and the payments to be made monthly on or about the 15th of each ...
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... parties to this suit . The complainants , cred- itors of the Ensign Company , should be paid from its assets before the stockholders should receive any benefit from the sale of the en- tire property . The creditors have a priority of ...
... parties to this suit . The complainants , cred- itors of the Ensign Company , should be paid from its assets before the stockholders should receive any benefit from the sale of the en- tire property . The creditors have a priority of ...
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Page 191 - The shareholders of every national banking association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts and engagements of such association, to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares.
Page 18 - That every Federal land bank and every national farm loan association, including the capital and reserve or surplus therein and the income derived therefrom, shall be exempt from Federal, State, municipal, and local taxation...
Page 208 - US 263: —'Subject to the two leading prohibitions that their charges shall not be unjust or unreasonable, and that they shall not unjustly discriminate, so as to give undue preference or disadvantage to persons or traffic similarly circumstanced, the Act to Regulate Commerce leaves common carriers as they were at the common law, free to make special contracts looking to the increase of their business, to classify their traffic, to adjust and apportion their rates so as to meet the necessities of...
Page 325 - 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. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.
Page 18 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Page 303 - The essence of a provision forbidding the acquisition of evidence in a certain way is that not merely evidence so acquired shall not be used before the court but that it shall not be used at all.
Page 191 - ... shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate. or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
Page 304 - Amendment is to put the courts of the United States and Federal officials, in the exercise of their power and authority, under limitations, and restraints as to the exercise of such power and authority, and to forever secure the people, their persons, houses, papers, and effects against all unreasonable searches and seizures under the guise of law.
Page 304 - Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution. The efforts of the courts and their officials to bring the guilty to punishment, praiseworthy as they are, are not to be aided by the sacrifice of those great principles established by years of endeavor and suffering which have resulted in their embodiment in the fundamental law of the land.
Page 205 - A person to whom a negotiable receipt has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: (a) Such title to the goods as the person negotiating the receipt to him had or had ability to convey to a purchaser in good faith for value...