Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Volume 41New York (State). Court of Appeals, Erasmus Peshine Smith, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1870 |
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... held admissible ; in the latter they were held incompetent . The precise dis- tinction by which the latter is distinguished , is that in the latter case the prisoner stood before the coroner as party in fact charged with the crime , and ...
... held admissible ; in the latter they were held incompetent . The precise dis- tinction by which the latter is distinguished , is that in the latter case the prisoner stood before the coroner as party in fact charged with the crime , and ...
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... held . In McMahon's case , it was held by this court that the testimony given upon an inquest by a coroner , upon the body of a deceased person , by a witness who had been arrested by a constable , without warrant , on suspicion of ...
... held . In McMahon's case , it was held by this court that the testimony given upon an inquest by a coroner , upon the body of a deceased person , by a witness who had been arrested by a constable , without warrant , on suspicion of ...
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... Held , that it was void , both from an entire want of consideration for the original bond , for which it was substituted , and on account of the fraud in the original issue of the bonds by the original trustees to them- selves . Held ...
... Held , that it was void , both from an entire want of consideration for the original bond , for which it was substituted , and on account of the fraud in the original issue of the bonds by the original trustees to them- selves . Held ...
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... Held , ( GROVER , MURRAY and DANIELS , JJ . , contra ) , that the defend- ant must be regarded as having acted as a quasi trustee for the plaintiff to the extent of one - third of the surplus over $ 75,000 , in bidding off the lands on ...
... Held , ( GROVER , MURRAY and DANIELS , JJ . , contra ) , that the defend- ant must be regarded as having acted as a quasi trustee for the plaintiff to the extent of one - third of the surplus over $ 75,000 , in bidding off the lands on ...
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... held ; and second , that whenever that condition of things exists , the remainder is held to be vested ; and third , in the case of a grant of a life estate to one and of the remainder to his heirs or to the heirs of another , it is not ...
... held ; and second , that whenever that condition of things exists , the remainder is held to be vested ; and third , in the case of a grant of a life estate to one and of the remainder to his heirs or to the heirs of another , it is not ...
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Page 76 - Future estates are either vested or contingent. They are vested when there is a person in being who would have an immediate right to the possession of the lands upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent estate.
Page 389 - Each stockholder of any company formed under this act, shall be individually liable to the creditors of such company, to an amount equal to the amount unpaid on the stock held by him, for all the debts and liabilities of such company, until the whole amount of the capital stock so held by him shall have been paid to the company...
Page 29 - The term felony, when used in this act, or in any other statute, shall be construed to mean an offence for which the offender, on conviction, shall be liable by law to be punished by death, or by imprisonment in a State Prison.
Page 387 - ... as they may deem proper. If any stockholder shall neglect to pay any installment as required by a resolution of the board of directors, the said board shall be authorized to declare...
Page 112 - Upon claims arising out of the same transaction, or transactions connected with the same subject of action, and not included within one of the foregoing subdivisions of this section.
Page 566 - The damages must be such as may fairly be supposed to have entered into the contemplation of the parties when they made the contract, that is, must be such as might naturally be expected to follow its violation ; and they must be certain, both in their nature and in respect to the cause from which they proceed.
Page 334 - The absolute power of alienation shall not be suspended by any limitation or condition whatever, for a longer period than during the continuance of not more than two lives in being at the creation of the estate, except in the single case mentioned in the next section.
Page 387 - ... properly directed to him at the post-office nearest his usual place of residence, stating that he is required to make such payment at the time and place specified in said notice, and that, if he fails to make the same, his stock and all previous payments thereon will be forfeited...
Page 110 - ... the plaintiff may unite in the same complaint several causes of action, whether they be such as have been heretofore denominated legal or equitable or both where they arise out of : 1.
Page 71 - for and during his natural life, and after his decease to his heirs and their assigns.