The South Western Reporter, Volume 299West Publishing Company, 1928 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas. |
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... received under contract for attorney's fees . Where attorneys had agreed to a division of fees for settling the affairs of an oil corpo- ration , plaintiff attorney held to have waived his right to urge breach of contract by defend- ant ...
... received under contract for attorney's fees . Where attorneys had agreed to a division of fees for settling the affairs of an oil corpo- ration , plaintiff attorney held to have waived his right to urge breach of contract by defend- ant ...
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... received by Wilson from the litigation involving the Oil Fields Corpo- ration and the recovery of its property then in the hands of the receiver ; that the com- pensation received by Wilson as salary was $ 1,000 per month ; that Nugent ...
... received by Wilson from the litigation involving the Oil Fields Corpo- ration and the recovery of its property then in the hands of the receiver ; that the com- pensation received by Wilson as salary was $ 1,000 per month ; that Nugent ...
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... received the sanc- tion of Wilson and the Hutchins firm to use the letter . If Wilson then had doubted the good faith of Nugent and the truth of his statement in regard to the letter , he could have found out all about the matter by in ...
... received the sanc- tion of Wilson and the Hutchins firm to use the letter . If Wilson then had doubted the good faith of Nugent and the truth of his statement in regard to the letter , he could have found out all about the matter by in ...
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... received informa- tion that whisky was being sold there . This was competent in explanation of the reason for the presence of the sheriff at that place . " Sex- ton v . State , 155 Ark . 441 , 244 S. W. 710 . [ 6-8 ] Appellant then ...
... received informa- tion that whisky was being sold there . This was competent in explanation of the reason for the presence of the sheriff at that place . " Sex- ton v . State , 155 Ark . 441 , 244 S. W. 710 . [ 6-8 ] Appellant then ...
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... received . Where jury attempted to return verdict containing patent ambiguity or defect , it was duty of court at time of rendition of verdict to call jury's attention to such ambiguity or defect so that same could be corrected before ...
... received . Where jury attempted to return verdict containing patent ambiguity or defect , it was duty of court at time of rendition of verdict to call jury's attention to such ambiguity or defect so that same could be corrected before ...
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Page 94 - That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, 280 Opinion of the Court.
Page 95 - ... any common carrier, railroad or transportation company, to which such property may be delivered or over whose line or lines such property may pass, and no contract, receipt, rule or regulation shall exempt such common carrier, railroad or transportation company from the liability hereby imposed...
Page 344 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Page 95 - States or within an adjacent foreign country when transported on a through bill of lading, notwithstanding any limitation of liability or limitation of the amount of recovery or representation or agreement as to value in any such receipt or bill of lading, or in any contract, rule, regulation, or in any tariff filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission; and any such limitation, without respect to the manner or form in which it is sought to be made is hereby declared to be unlawful and void...
Page 4 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Page 217 - Congress or works material prejudice to the characteristic features of the general maritime law or interferes with the proper harmony and uniformity of that law in its international and interstate relations.
Page 95 - Columbia to a point in another state or territory, or from a point in a state or territory to a point in the District of Columbia, or from any point in the United States to a point in an adjacent foreign country...
Page 109 - Where the means of knowledge are at hand, and equally available to both parties, and the subject of purchase is alike open to their inspection, if the purchaser does not avail himself of these means and opportunities he will not be heard to say that he has been deceived by the vendor's misrepresentations.
Page 93 - C., is adopted as the opinion of the court. The Judgment of the circuit court is accordingly reversed, and the cause remanded.
Page 95 - ... shall have no other effect than to limit liability and recovery to an amount not exceeding the value so declared or released...