The South Western Reporter, Volume 73West Publishing Company, 1903 - 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 by the city council , and ordered filed on February 13 , 1902 , but the council took no further action thereon . By the witnesses Strange and Brown the plaintiff proved that Harlee , the tax assessor and collector , was a ...
... received by the city council , and ordered filed on February 13 , 1902 , but the council took no further action thereon . By the witnesses Strange and Brown the plaintiff proved that Harlee , the tax assessor and collector , was a ...
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... received from the defend- ant by the Gulf , Colorado & Santa Fé Rail- way Company with reference to the bonding of plaintiff and to his discharge . " The third paper the witness wrote , and the fourth- being the reply - his testimony ...
... received from the defend- ant by the Gulf , Colorado & Santa Fé Rail- way Company with reference to the bonding of plaintiff and to his discharge . " The third paper the witness wrote , and the fourth- being the reply - his testimony ...
Page 75
... received anything of value therefor . That defendants received the mon- ey with full knowledge that it was a trust fund provided for the purpose of acquiring title by and for the reorganized company to the land - the object and end of ...
... received anything of value therefor . That defendants received the mon- ey with full knowledge that it was a trust fund provided for the purpose of acquiring title by and for the reorganized company to the land - the object and end of ...
Page 80
... received by appellant for transmission and delivery to appellee . The amount sued for was $ 1,995.25 . The trial in the court below by a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the full amount claimed in the petition ...
... received by appellant for transmission and delivery to appellee . The amount sued for was $ 1,995.25 . The trial in the court below by a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for the full amount claimed in the petition ...
Page 84
... received on its line , though they might not have developed or been discovered while the cattle were in de- fendant's custody , was erroneous , for failure to limit defendant's liability to such injuries as resulted from its breach of ...
... received on its line , though they might not have developed or been discovered while the cattle were in de- fendant's custody , was erroneous , for failure to limit defendant's liability to such injuries as resulted from its breach of ...
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Page 213 - Nothing can be clearer, both upon principle and authority, than the doctrine that the liability of a surety is not to be extended, by implication, beyond the terms of his contract.
Page 84 - When it appears by the complaint that the plaintiff is entitled to the relief demanded, and such relief, or any part thereof, consists in restraining the commission or continuance of the act complained of, either for a limited period or perpetually; 2.
Page 104 - No misrepresentation made in obtaining or securing a policy of insurance on the life or lives of any person or persons, citizens of this State, shall be deemed material, or render the policy void, unless the matter misrepresented shall have actually contributed to the contingency or event on which the policy is to become due and payable, and whether it so contributed in any case, shall be a question for the jury.
Page 206 - Every estate granted or devised to two or more persons in their own right shall be a tenancy in common, unless expressly declared to be in joint tenancy ; but every estate, vested in executors or trustees as such, shall be held by them in joint tenancy.
Page 210 - Missouri statute provided that "in actions where one of the original parties to the contract or cause of action in issue and on trial is dead . . . the other party to such contract or cause of action shall not be admitted to testify either in his own favor...
Page 81 - ... that such evidence tends to draw away the minds of the jurors from the point in issue, and to excite prejudice and mislead them ; and, moreover, the adverse party having had no notice of such a course of evidence is not prepared to rebut it.
Page 358 - The trustee of the estate of a bankrupt and his successor or successors, if any, upon his or their appointment and qualification, shall in turn be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt...
Page 199 - The evidence, consisting as it does in the mere repetition of oral -statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake ; the party himself either being misinformed or not having clearly expressed his own meaning, or the witness having misunderstood him. It frequently happens, also, that the witness, by unintentionally altering a few of the expressions really used, gives an effect to the statement completely at variance with what the party actually did say.
Page 19 - ... defendant that his life was In danger, or that he was In danger of serious bodily Injury, and thus justify his act.
Page 65 - ... to its former state, or to such state as not to unnecessarily impair its usefulness...