The South Western Reporter, Volume 167West Publishing Company, 1914 - 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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... tion and answer and supporting affidavits introduced in evidence . Upon the hearing the court refused to grant plaintiff's applica- tion for temporary injunction , and dissolved the temporary restraining order thereto- fore granted ...
... tion and answer and supporting affidavits introduced in evidence . Upon the hearing the court refused to grant plaintiff's applica- tion for temporary injunction , and dissolved the temporary restraining order thereto- fore granted ...
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... tion is to fully investigate and ascertain the situation of the witness with respect to the parties and to the subject of litiga- tion , his interest , his motives , his inclina- tion , and prejudices , his means of obtaining a correct ...
... tion is to fully investigate and ascertain the situation of the witness with respect to the parties and to the subject of litiga- tion , his interest , his motives , his inclina- tion , and prejudices , his means of obtaining a correct ...
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... tion , to release his hold on the former before tion than is necessary to advise the defend- more specific detail in stating a cause of ac- he was able to secure a handhold on the rail - ant of the particular grounds upon which ing on ...
... tion , to release his hold on the former before tion than is necessary to advise the defend- more specific detail in stating a cause of ac- he was able to secure a handhold on the rail - ant of the particular grounds upon which ing on ...
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... tion of the will under consideration . The will under consideration gave to the widow of the testator his property for and during her natural life , and at her death to descend three - fourths to his adopted son , and the re- mainder ...
... tion of the will under consideration . The will under consideration gave to the widow of the testator his property for and during her natural life , and at her death to descend three - fourths to his adopted son , and the re- mainder ...
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... tion of the latter that the surety had au- thorized him to make it , and the surety aft- erwards refused to assent to the agreement , the creditor will be at liberty to repudiate it . It is contended by counsel for defendant that the ...
... tion of the latter that the surety had au- thorized him to make it , and the surety aft- erwards refused to assent to the agreement , the creditor will be at liberty to repudiate it . It is contended by counsel for defendant that the ...
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Page 149 - A negotiable promissory note within the meaning of this, act is an unconditional promise in writing made by one person to another signed by the maker engaging to pay on demand, or at a fixed or determined future time, a sum certain- in money to order, or to bearer.
Page 116 - All property shall be taxed according to its value ; that value to be ascertained in such manner as the legislature shall direct, so that the same shall be equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected, shall be taxed higher than any other species of property of equal value.
Page 335 - 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...
Page 249 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence ; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use the proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 139 - ... before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof, within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 114 - Knowledge, learning and virtue, being essential to the preservation of republican institutions, and the diffusion of the opportunities and advantages of education throughout the different portions of the state, being highly conducive to the promotion of this end, it shall be the duty of the general assembly in all future periods of this government, to cherish literature and science.
Page 399 - Commissioners, in addition to the levy made for the maintenance of the schools as hereinbefore provided, to levy annually in its tax levy a rate that will raise a sum that shall be sufficient to pay the interest and create a sinking fund for the payment of the bonds at maturity.
Page 113 - All property, real, personal, or mixed, shall be taxed, but the Legislature may except such as may be held by the State, by counties, cities, or towns, and used exclusively for public or corporation purposes, and such as may be held and used for purposes purely religious, charitable, scientific, literary, or educational, and shall except one thousand dollars...
Page 364 - ... of the State, and exempt from the operation of such laws other portions, sections or counties; and shall have power to pass general and special laws for the inspection of cattle, stock and hides, and for the regulation of bran'ds; provided, that any local law thus passed shall be submitted to the freeholders of the section to be affected thereby, and approved by them before it shall go into effect.
Page 335 - ... in case of any fraud or false swearing by the insured touching any matter relating to this insurance or the subject thereof, whether before or after a loss.