Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 33Joel Munsell, 1867 - Civil procedure |
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... corporation ; it appearing that the city of New York was seized in fee of the land in all streets in front of the respective lots , in trust , to keep the same open and used as streets , in part by legal proceedings , and in part by ...
... corporation ; it appearing that the city of New York was seized in fee of the land in all streets in front of the respective lots , in trust , to keep the same open and used as streets , in part by legal proceedings , and in part by ...
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... corporation of New York , for the use of the public , it was competent for the legislature , as the sovereign authority of the state , to declare and define the uses and purposes of the trust . And it was therefore held , that the trust ...
... corporation of New York , for the use of the public , it was competent for the legislature , as the sovereign authority of the state , to declare and define the uses and purposes of the trust . And it was therefore held , that the trust ...
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... corporation ordinances . The constitution provides that the legislature may confer upon the board of supervisors powers of local legislation . The granting of such a power to the legislature , naturally involves the supposition that ...
... corporation ordinances . The constitution provides that the legislature may confer upon the board of supervisors powers of local legislation . The granting of such a power to the legislature , naturally involves the supposition that ...
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... corporation to the payment of the interest and principal of the debt then crea- ted ; and they were to continue so pledged until the final redemption of the stock . By the act of 1820 ( chap . 101 ) , that pledge was applied to stock ...
... corporation to the payment of the interest and principal of the debt then crea- ted ; and they were to continue so pledged until the final redemption of the stock . By the act of 1820 ( chap . 101 ) , that pledge was applied to stock ...
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... corporation called " the fire department of the city of New York , " as it existed previously to , and at the time of the act in question , nor the officers elected under the provisions of its charter , nor the firemen who were members ...
... corporation called " the fire department of the city of New York , " as it existed previously to , and at the time of the act in question , nor the officers elected under the provisions of its charter , nor the firemen who were members ...
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Page 556 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose. All...
Page 51 - When private property shall be taken for any public use, the compensation to be made therefor, when such compensation is not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 152 - All real and personal estate liable to taxation shall be estimated and assessed by the assessors at its full and true value, as they would appraise the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor.
Page 16 - In case of any other transfer of interest, the action may be continued in the name of the original party, or the court may allow the person to whom the transfer is made to be substituted in the action.
Page 510 - All county officers whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall bo elected by the electors of the respective counties, or appointed by the Boards of Supervisors, or other county authorities, as the Legislature shall direct.
Page 201 - Failure to exercise that degree of care which a person of ordinary prudence would exercise under similar circumstances.
Page 451 - It is ordered that the paper heretofore filed purporting to be a copy of the last will and testament of said deceased...
Page 143 - That every railroad corporation whose lines of road or any part thereof is open for use shall, within six months after the passage of this act, and every railroad company formed or to be formed, but whose lines are not now open for use...
Page 511 - Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax, shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied ; and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object.
Page 99 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.