The South Western Reporter, Volume 273West Publishing Company, 1925 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas. |
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... held for jury . Where child was injured by coming in con- tact with electric company's guy wire , which had become charged because wire not belong- ing to company was fastened to guy wire and thrown across high - tension wire , held ...
... held for jury . Where child was injured by coming in con- tact with electric company's guy wire , which had become charged because wire not belong- ing to company was fastened to guy wire and thrown across high - tension wire , held ...
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... held entitled to recover as on implied contract to pay . Niece , rendering extraordinary services to aunt over period of five years and with ex- pectation of compensation therefor , held enti- tled to recover as on implied contract to ...
... held entitled to recover as on implied contract to pay . Niece , rendering extraordinary services to aunt over period of five years and with ex- pectation of compensation therefor , held enti- tled to recover as on implied contract to ...
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... held not excessive . Sentence of defendants to pay a fine of $ 500 and six months in county jail for possession of a still held not excessive . 2. Criminal law 1159 ( 5 ) -Appellate Court may not disturb verdict for excessiveness in ...
... held not excessive . Sentence of defendants to pay a fine of $ 500 and six months in county jail for possession of a still held not excessive . 2. Criminal law 1159 ( 5 ) -Appellate Court may not disturb verdict for excessiveness in ...
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... held not to show ex- press agreement extending time for delivery of pig iron . Evidence held not to show express agree- ( Supreme Court of Missouri , in Banc . May 23. ment extending time stipulated in written con- 1925. ) 1. Appeal and ...
... held not to show ex- press agreement extending time for delivery of pig iron . Evidence held not to show express agree- ( Supreme Court of Missouri , in Banc . May 23. ment extending time stipulated in written con- 1925. ) 1. Appeal and ...
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... held without reversible error . tiff's damage . The contract pleaded in each count was. Where testimony to rebut contention of defendant that failure to procure coke was reason for nondelivery of pig iron , was not part of plaintiff's ...
... held without reversible error . tiff's damage . The contract pleaded in each count was. Where testimony to rebut contention of defendant that failure to procure coke was reason for nondelivery of pig iron , was not part of plaintiff's ...
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Page 162 - This company shall not be liable beyond the actual cash value of the property at the time any loss or damage occurs, and the loss or damage shall be ascertained or estimated according to such actual cash value, with proper deduction for depreciation however caused, and shall in no event exceed what it would then cost the insured to repair or replace the same with material of like kind and quality...
Page 426 - Jurisdiction thereof, which said spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented, or other intoxicating liquor is intended, by any person interested therein, to be received, possessed, sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise, in violation of any law of such State, Territory, or District of the United States, or place noncontiguous to but subject to the Jurisdiction thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Page 325 - It need not have been foreseen or expected, but after the event it must appear to have had its origin in a risk connected with the employment and to have flowed from that source as a rational consequence.
Page 292 - SECTION 1. The judicial power of this State shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such Circuit, Chancery, and other inferior courts as the Legislature shall from time to time ordain and establish, in the Judges thereof, and in Justices of the Peace.
Page 37 - A statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended.
Page 162 - The appraisers shall first select a competent and disinterested umpire; and failing for fifteen days to agree upon such umpire, then, on request of the insured or this Company, such umpire shall be selected by a judge of a court of record in the state in which the property covered is located.
Page 188 - The test to determine whether one who renders service to another does so as a contractor or not is to ascertain whether he renders the service in the course of an independent occupation, representing the will of his employer only as to the result of his work, and not as to the means by which it is accomplished.
Page 352 - Mechanics, material-men, artisans, and laborers of every class shall have a lien upon the property upon which they have bestowed labor or furnished material, for the value of such labor done and material furnished; and the Legislature shall provide, by law, for the speedy and efficient enforcement of such liens.
Page 66 - The maintaining or educating, or the giving of money to a child, without a view to a portion or settlement in life, shall not be deemed an advancement...
Page 55 - York, that he has become wholly and permanently disabled by bodily injury or disease so that he is and will be permanently, continuously and wholly prevented thereby from performing any work for compensation or profit...