Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon, Volume 5Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, William Henry Holmes, Julius Augustus Stratton, George Henry Burnett, Reuben S. Strahan, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron West Publishing Company, 1876 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... statute governs which happens to be in force when suit is brought . ( 1 Ia . 56 ; 1 How . U. S. 316 ; 1 Kern . 281 ... Statutes of Limitations are statutes of repose . They promote peace and harmony in society ; they close the doors to ...
... statute governs which happens to be in force when suit is brought . ( 1 Ia . 56 ; 1 How . U. S. 316 ; 1 Kern . 281 ... Statutes of Limitations are statutes of repose . They promote peace and harmony in society ; they close the doors to ...
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... Statute of Limitations . The action was commenced in February , 1873 , charging the acts complained of to have been committed in March , 1870 , and the appeal presents the question whether the time for com- mencing the action is barred ...
... Statute of Limitations . The action was commenced in February , 1873 , charging the acts complained of to have been committed in March , 1870 , and the appeal presents the question whether the time for com- mencing the action is barred ...
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... statute is justified by the circumstances and will pro- mote the ends of justice . Conceding that it is within the province of the Legislature to make statutes retroactive when they affect the remedy only , it does not comport with ...
... statute is justified by the circumstances and will pro- mote the ends of justice . Conceding that it is within the province of the Legislature to make statutes retroactive when they affect the remedy only , it does not comport with ...
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... statute , rather than construing it , to make the period of two years commence at the passage of the amendment ... statutes of this kind unless that intention is so clear and positive as by no possi- bility to admit of any other ...
... statute , rather than construing it , to make the period of two years commence at the passage of the amendment ... statutes of this kind unless that intention is so clear and positive as by no possi- bility to admit of any other ...
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... STATUTE -- CONSTRUCTION OF . - The act incorporating the city of Salem pro- hibits the Common Council from creating " any debt or liabilities in any manner " against the city which shall exceed the sum of one thou- sand dollars : Held ...
... STATUTE -- CONSTRUCTION OF . - The act incorporating the city of Salem pro- hibits the Common Council from creating " any debt or liabilities in any manner " against the city which shall exceed the sum of one thou- sand dollars : Held ...
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Page 345 - An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain...
Page 392 - No act shall ever be revised or amended by mere reference to its title ; but the act revised, or section amended, shall be set forth and published at full length.
Page 245 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Page 443 - CD will appear and answer the charge above mentioned, in whatever court it may be prosecuted, and will at all times hold himself amenable to the orders and process of the court...
Page 44 - Every action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest, except that an executor or administrator, a trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by statute, may sue, without joining with him the person for whose benefit the action is prosecuted.
Page 340 - If any of the statements or declarations made in the application for this policy, upon the faith of which this policy is issued, shall be found in any respect untrue, then and in every such case, this policy shall be null and void.
Page 348 - That no lands acquired under the provisions of this act shall in any event become liable to the satisfaction of any debt or debts contracted prior to the issuing of the patent therefor.
Page 27 - Where the variance Is not material, as provided in the last section, the Court may direct the fact to be found according to the evidence, or may order an immediate amendment, without costs.
Page 115 - Time is not generally deemed in equity to be of the essence of the contract, unless the parties have expressly so treated it, or it necessarily follows from the nature and circumstances of the contract.
Page 376 - Every person shall be disqualified from holding office during the term for which he may have been elected, who shall have given or offered a bribe, threat, or reward, to procure his election.