The Southern Reporter, Volume 56West Publishing Company, 1912 |
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Page 19
... EVIDENCE - SELF- SERVING EVIDENCE . On a trial for forgery by forging the name of a third person , accused may not show by his testimony that he went voluntarily to the third person's place of business after the alleged for- gery and ...
... EVIDENCE - SELF- SERVING EVIDENCE . On a trial for forgery by forging the name of a third person , accused may not show by his testimony that he went voluntarily to the third person's place of business after the alleged for- gery and ...
Page 20
... evidence called for might have been ap- propriate to rebut evidence of flight if the state had introduced such evidence , yet it is plain that the defendant was not entitled to rebut evidence offered by himself . The prosecution did not ...
... evidence called for might have been ap- propriate to rebut evidence of flight if the state had introduced such evidence , yet it is plain that the defendant was not entitled to rebut evidence offered by himself . The prosecution did not ...
Page 21
... evidence of the witness Sam Jack- WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE . procured from the prosecuting witness $ 75 to | Ala. the possession , but it is larceny where one gains possession of another's personal proper- ty so as to constitute only a bare ...
... evidence of the witness Sam Jack- WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE . procured from the prosecuting witness $ 75 to | Ala. the possession , but it is larceny where one gains possession of another's personal proper- ty so as to constitute only a bare ...
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... evidence in this case , the plaintiff's intestate was guilty of contributory negligence in attempting to alight ... EVIDENCE- HEARSAY . a On cross - examination of prosecutrix , question as to what her mother said when the attorney for ...
... evidence in this case , the plaintiff's intestate was guilty of contributory negligence in attempting to alight ... EVIDENCE- HEARSAY . a On cross - examination of prosecutrix , question as to what her mother said when the attorney for ...
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... evidence in laying a predicate for the impeachment of her testimony could not be brought into the case before she had deposed to something subject to contradiction , and had been afford- ed an opportunity to explain the circumstanc- es ...
... evidence in laying a predicate for the impeachment of her testimony could not be brought into the case before she had deposed to something subject to contradiction , and had been afford- ed an opportunity to explain the circumstanc- es ...
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Page 251 - Where after the commencement of this act personal injury is caused to a workman (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...
Page 306 - And I do hereby bind myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, to warrant and forever defend...
Page 275 - It is a maxim, not to be disregarded, that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit, when the very point is presented for decision.
Page 236 - From the variety of cases relative to judgments being given in evidence in civil suits, these two deductions seem to follow as generally true: first, that the judgment of a Court of concurrent jurisdiction, directly upon the point, is as a plea, a bar, or as evidence, conclusive, between the same parties, upon the same matter, directly in question in another Court...
Page 359 - that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, or to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 143 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 385 - No agent has power In behalf of the Company to make or modify this or any...
Page 462 - Whenever an attempt is made to take private property for a use alleged to be public, the question whether the contemplated use be really public shall be a judicial question, and determined as such without regard to any legislative assertion that the use is public.
Page 6 - It is the duty of the court to instruct the jury as to the law ; and it is the duty of the jury to follow the law, as it is laid down by the court.
Page 449 - This entire policy shall be void if the insured has concealed or misrepresented, in writing or otherwise, any material fact or circumstance concerning this insurance or the subject thereof...