The Northeastern Reporter, Volume 26West Publishing Company, 1891 - Law Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio. |
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... duty re- mained unimpaired . It is further contended that the perform- ance of the contract on the part of the railroad company was prevented by the pears that , in the fall of 1882 , he objected to the construction by the company of ...
... duty re- mained unimpaired . It is further contended that the perform- ance of the contract on the part of the railroad company was prevented by the pears that , in the fall of 1882 , he objected to the construction by the company of ...
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... duty to pass off the locomo- tive over the tender and onto the cars , and apply or loosen the brakes . When injured he was attempting to reach the forward car for such purpose , and in pass- ing from the tender stepped with his left ...
... duty to pass off the locomo- tive over the tender and onto the cars , and apply or loosen the brakes . When injured he was attempting to reach the forward car for such purpose , and in pass- ing from the tender stepped with his left ...
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... duty to the public if it has constructed and maintained bridges reasonably safe and convenient for the carriage of such animals and vehicles , and for the sustaining of such loads , as are customarily driven and transported over the ...
... duty to the public if it has constructed and maintained bridges reasonably safe and convenient for the carriage of such animals and vehicles , and for the sustaining of such loads , as are customarily driven and transported over the ...
Page 55
... duty of the plaintiff to pay . In such a case , money ought to be paid into court , so that the defendant may take it out if he chooses . It is not equitable that the plaintiffs , by merely offer- ing to pay what they long before should ...
... duty of the plaintiff to pay . In such a case , money ought to be paid into court , so that the defendant may take it out if he chooses . It is not equitable that the plaintiffs , by merely offer- ing to pay what they long before should ...
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... duty , the declaration must state the nature of such duty , which we have seen may be founded either on a contract between the parties or on the obligation of law arising out of the defendant's particular charac- ter or situation , and ...
... duty , the declaration must state the nature of such duty , which we have seen may be founded either on a contract between the parties or on the obligation of law arising out of the defendant's particular charac- ter or situation , and ...
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Page 7 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 9 - ... to its former state, or to such state as not unnecessarily to have impaired its usefulness.
Page 11 - The legislature shall, by general laws, confer upon the boards of supervisors of the several counties of the state such further powers of local legislation and administration as the legislature may from time to time deem expedient...
Page 340 - Future estates are either vested or contingent. They are vested when there is a person in being who would have an immediate right to the possession of the lands upon the ceasing of the intermediate or precedent estate. They are contingent while the person to whom, or the event upon which, they are limited to take effect, remains uncertain.
Page 405 - That no estate, real or personal, shall hereafter be bequeathed, devised, or conveyed to any body politic, or, to any person in trust for religious or charitable uses, except the same be done by deed or will, attested by two credible, and, at the time, disinterested witnesses, at least one calendar month before the decease of the testator or alienor...
Page 339 - Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof. And also, all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of the said party of the first part, of, in or to the above described premises, and every part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances.
Page 167 - The privilege of the debtor to enjoy the necessary comforts of life, shall be recognized by wholesome laws, exempting a reasonable amount of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud.
Page 113 - The next exception is to the refusal of the court to instruct the jury as requested, that " if they believed the sparks from the * Jennie Brown...
Page 127 - Judgment may be given for or against one or more of several plaintiffs, and for or against one or more of several defendants...
Page 54 - In the nature of things, there is in every transaction a succession of events, more or less dependent upon those preceding, and it is the province of a jury to look at this succession of events or facts, and ascertain whether they are naturally and probably connected with each other by a continuous sequence, or are dissevered by new and independent agencies, and this must be determined in view of the circumstances existing at the time.