Hubbell's Legal Directory for Lawyers and Businessmen ...J.H. Hubbell & Company, 1902 - Lawyers |
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acknowledged affidavit agent amount appeal appointed assignment attachment attorney bills of exchange bond capital stock cause of action cent certificate Chattel Mortgages claim clerk Code commenced commissioner contract conveyance court of record creditors debtor debts deceased decree deed defendant deposition descendants district court divorce dower duly entitled exceeding execution executor or administrator exempt filed foreign corporation garnishment grantor homestead hundred dollars indorsed insolvent instrument interest interrogatories intestate issue judge judgment judgment debtor justice lands letters testamentary levy liable lien marriage married woman mortgagor non-resident notary public notice oath officer owner paid party payment personal property plaintiff possession probate proof purchaser real estate real property register of deeds replevin resident seal sheriff statute stockholders subscribed suit summons sureties sworn taken taxes therein thereof thirty days thousand dollars trust unless widow witness writ
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Page 154 - The cause of action in such case not to be deemed to have accrued until the discovery, by the aggrieved party, of the facts constituting the fraud or mistake.
Page 286 - ... in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive...
Page 402 - On this day of , 19 , before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County and State, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared known to me...
Page 426 - ... over and above all his debts and liabilities, exclusive of property exempt...
Page 434 - The alleged cause of the detention thereof, according to his best knowledge, information and belief. 4. That the same has not been taken for a tax, assessment, or fine, pursuant to a statute...
Page 406 - A mortgage of real property shall not be deemed a conveyance, whatever its terms, so as to enable the owner of the mortgage to recover possession of the real property without a foreclosure and sale.
Page 101 - In pleading a judgment, or other determination, of a court or officer of special jurisdiction, it is not necessary to state the facts conferring jurisdiction, but such judgment or determination may be stated to have been duly given or made. If such allegation be controverted, the party pleading must establish on the trial, the facts conferring jurisdiction.
Page 466 - On this day of , 19 , before me appeared AB, to me personally known, who, being by me duly sworn (or affirmed), did say that he is the president (or other officer or agent of the corporation or association) of (describing the corporation or association), and that...
Page 331 - When the day of maturity falls upon Sunday, or a holiday, the instrument is payable on the next succeeding business day. Instruments falling due on Saturday are to be presented for payment on the next succeeding business day, except that instruments payable on demand may, at the option of the holder, be presented for payment before twelve o'clock noon on Saturday when that entire day is not a holiday.
Page 142 - Kent, or the custom of any borough, or any other particular custom, shall be in writing, and signed by the party so devising the same, or by some other person in his presence, and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed, in the presence of the said devisor, by three or four credible witnesses, or else they shall be utterly void, and of none effect.