Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of Indiana, Volume 121

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Page 35 - But neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any place other than that in which it may be sitting.
Page 18 - In all criminal cases whatever, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts.
Page 35 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 369 - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase; and, in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
Page 35 - Governor, shall be elected ; but in case two or more persons shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for either office, the General Assembly shall, by joint vote, forthwith proceed to elect one of the said persons Governor, or Lieutenant Governor, as the case may be.
Page 46 - Assembly ; or when at any time a vacancy shall have occurred in any other State office, or in the office of judge of any court, the Governor shall fill such vacancy by appointment, which shall expire when a successor shall have been elected and qualified.
Page 567 - Judgment may be given for or against one or more of several plaintiffs, and for or against one or more of several defendants; and it may, when the justice of the case requires it, determine the ultimate rights of the parties on each side, as between themselves.
Page 219 - If a father does any specific act from which it may reasonably be inferred that he has authorized his son to contract a debt, he may be liable in respect of the debt so contracted ; but the mere moral obligation on the father to maintain his child affords no inference of a legal promise to pay his debts...
Page 205 - The taking of the note was no extinguishment of the debt due for the rent. It is a rule well settled and repeatedly recognized in this court that taking a note either of the debtor or of a third person for a pre-existing debt is no payment, unless it be expressly agreed to take the note as payment, and to run the risk of its being paid...
Page 247 - It is contended that the verdict of the jury was not sustained by sufficient evidence...

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