Pittsburgh Legal Journal, Volume 57Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 1910 - Law Containing reports from Pennsylvania judicial districts and other leading decisions. |
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... defendant has secured a contract from the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York to construct a portion of the Catskill Aqueduct , the contract providing for the payment to the defendant of a sum of about $ 4,126,000 , the same ...
... defendant has secured a contract from the Board of Water Supply of the City of New York to construct a portion of the Catskill Aqueduct , the contract providing for the payment to the defendant of a sum of about $ 4,126,000 , the same ...
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... defendant company . SECOND . That Thomas McNally was not authorized individually , or as President of the defendant company , by the Thomas McNally Company or its Board of Directors , or by anyone else having authority so to do , to ...
... defendant company . SECOND . That Thomas McNally was not authorized individually , or as President of the defendant company , by the Thomas McNally Company or its Board of Directors , or by anyone else having authority so to do , to ...
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... defendant company , or that it would be to the damage of the other creditors and stockholders of the defendant company . SIXTEENTH . That the interests of all the creditors and stockholders de- pend largely , if not entirely , on the ...
... defendant company , or that it would be to the damage of the other creditors and stockholders of the defendant company . SIXTEENTH . That the interests of all the creditors and stockholders de- pend largely , if not entirely , on the ...
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... defendant , Charles Donnelly , Jr .; that is to say , the plain- tiffs should pay one - half of the same , and the defendant , Charles Donnelly , Jr. , one - half of the same . A decree should be drawn in accordance with these ...
... defendant , Charles Donnelly , Jr .; that is to say , the plain- tiffs should pay one - half of the same , and the defendant , Charles Donnelly , Jr. , one - half of the same . A decree should be drawn in accordance with these ...
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... defendant and his witnesses do not in- dicate the existence of any fraud , accident , mistake or misunderstanding nor the exercise of undue or any influence by plaintiff over defendant . Eighth . Respondent admits in his answer , and it ...
... defendant and his witnesses do not in- dicate the existence of any fraud , accident , mistake or misunderstanding nor the exercise of undue or any influence by plaintiff over defendant . Eighth . Respondent admits in his answer , and it ...
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Page 193 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Page 496 - The General Assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke, or annul any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the adoption of this Constitution, or any that may hereafter be created, whenever, in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, hi such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators.
Page 106 - In all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to be heard by himself and his counsel, to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to meet the witnesses face to face...
Page 404 - The court shall order the trustee to pay all taxes legally due and owing by the bankrupt to the United States, State, county, district or municipality in advance of the payment of dividends to creditors...
Page 40 - All this is true if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation ; and they that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new.
Page 503 - ... owing debts to the amount of one thousand dollars or over, may be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt upon default or an impartial trial, and shall be subject to the provisions and entitled to the benefits of this Act.
Page 575 - ... a fixed liability, as evidenced by a judgment or an instrument in writing, absolutely owing at the time of the filing of the petition against him, whether then payable or not, with any interest thereon which would have been recoverable at that date or with a rebate of interest upon such as were not then payable and did not bear interest...
Page 403 - ... debts owing to any person who by the laws of the States or the United States is entitled to priority.
Page 105 - Any person who shall, directly or indirectly, offer, give or promise, any money, or thing of value, testimonial, privilege, or personal advantage, to any executive or judicial officer, or member of the General Assembly, to influence him in the performance of any of his public or official duties, shall be guilty of bribery, and be punished in such manner as shall be provided by law.
Page 535 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void ; and form no bar to a recovery sought, even prior to a reversal, in opposition to them.