Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 10Joel Munsell, 1860 |
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... reference . Dutchess Circuit , Sept. 1854. - The plaintiff was the con- tractor to build the plank road of the defendants . He claims that the company violated the contract , so that he is entitled to recover of them on the quantum ...
... reference . Dutchess Circuit , Sept. 1854. - The plaintiff was the con- tractor to build the plank road of the defendants . He claims that the company violated the contract , so that he is entitled to recover of them on the quantum ...
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... reference to it , and subjected themselves to its terms and conditions . As to these conditions , one word will suffice . The plaintiff has shown himself ready , and even eager to fulfil his obligation , and the defendants earnest to ...
... reference to it , and subjected themselves to its terms and conditions . As to these conditions , one word will suffice . The plaintiff has shown himself ready , and even eager to fulfil his obligation , and the defendants earnest to ...
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... reference at least to their sufficiency in presenting a simple , plain , and broad issue , were rendered somewhat more stringent by the Code than they had heretofore been . But if answers like the one interposed in this case are to be ...
... reference at least to their sufficiency in presenting a simple , plain , and broad issue , were rendered somewhat more stringent by the Code than they had heretofore been . But if answers like the one interposed in this case are to be ...
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... reference to the summons . The com- plaint must be amended , or be stricken out as irregular . The amendment may be made without costs . The defendant asks that the place of trial may be fixed in New - York , as most convenient to ...
... reference to the summons . The com- plaint must be amended , or be stricken out as irregular . The amendment may be made without costs . The defendant asks that the place of trial may be fixed in New - York , as most convenient to ...
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... reference to the judg- ment it appears that the execution is regular , the person.can not be discharged . But the second objection is a serious and , in my judgment , an insuperable one . The complaint states that the plaintiff de ...
... reference to the judg- ment it appears that the execution is regular , the person.can not be discharged . But the second objection is a serious and , in my judgment , an insuperable one . The complaint states that the plaintiff de ...
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Page 248 - ... that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject ; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 381 - A cause of action arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action ; 2.
Page 380 - Lord , was indebted to the plaintiff in pounds, for the price and value of goods then sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant, at his request...
Page 257 - ... action to be continued by or against his representative or successor in interest. In case of any other transfer of interest, the action shall be continued in the name of the original party ; or the court may allow the person to whom the transfer is made to be substituted in the action.
Page 516 - ... the time of his absence shall not be deemed or taken as any part of the time limited for the commencement of such action.
Page 315 - Court, and in what respect he has been misled; and thereupon the Court may order the pleading to be amended, upon such terms as shall be just "Sec.
Page 39 - The defendant may be arrested, as hereinafter prescribed, in the following cases: 1. In an action for the recovery of damages, on a cause of action not arising out of contract, where the defendant is not a resident of the state, or is about to remove therefrom...
Page 63 - No person offered as a witness shall be excluded by reason of his interest in the event of the action.
Page 251 - States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after "he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority...
Page 197 - Where the variance Is not material, as provided in the last section, the Court may direct the fact to be found according to the evidence, or may order an immediate amendment, without costs.