Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 11 |
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... judgment and for a new trial . 4. The Court erred in giving instructions one and two . 5. The Court erred in rendering judgment against defendant . J. DOUGHERTY , for plaintiff in error , made the following points : The indictment is ...
... judgment and for a new trial . 4. The Court erred in giving instructions one and two . 5. The Court erred in rendering judgment against defendant . J. DOUGHERTY , for plaintiff in error , made the following points : The indictment is ...
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... judgment defendant appealed . The Supreme Court reversed that judgment , remanded the case , and a new trial was had , at September term , 1849 , before Under- wood , Judge , and a jury , and verdict and judgment for the de- fendant . A ...
... judgment defendant appealed . The Supreme Court reversed that judgment , remanded the case , and a new trial was had , at September term , 1849 , before Under- wood , Judge , and a jury , and verdict and judgment for the de- fendant . A ...
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... judgment pronounced , immediately after the demurrer was sustained , and the application for a continuance overruled ... judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed , with costs . Judgment affirmed . McDowell vs. Cochran . WILLIAM MCDOWELL ...
... judgment pronounced , immediately after the demurrer was sustained , and the application for a continuance overruled ... judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed , with costs . Judgment affirmed . McDowell vs. Cochran . WILLIAM MCDOWELL ...
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... judgment recovered by the complainant , against the administratrix of the estate of Ad- am Cochran , which estate the bill alleges is insolvent . The bill charges that Adam Cochran entered the land , with his own funds , in the name of ...
... judgment recovered by the complainant , against the administratrix of the estate of Ad- am Cochran , which estate the bill alleges is insolvent . The bill charges that Adam Cochran entered the land , with his own funds , in the name of ...
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... judgment for $ 45 00. From this judgment Young appealed to the Circuit Court . The trial in the Circuit Court came on before Underwood , Judge , and a jury , at the April term , 1849. Verdict and judgment for Silkwood , for the same sum ...
... judgment for $ 45 00. From this judgment Young appealed to the Circuit Court . The trial in the Circuit Court came on before Underwood , Judge , and a jury , at the April term , 1849. Verdict and judgment for Silkwood , for the same sum ...
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Page 173 - It is a maxim not to be disregarded that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit when the very point is presented for decision.
Page 336 - For if Congress have a constitutional power to regulate a particular subject, and they do actually regulate it in a given manner, and in a certain form, it cannot be that the state legislatures have a right to interfere; and, as it were, by way of complement to the legislation of Congress, to prescribe additional regulations, and what they may deem auxiliary provisions for the same purpose.
Page 164 - ... any interest in or concerning them, or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 323 - All deeds, mortgages and other instruments of writing which are authorized to be recorded, shall take effect and be in force from and after the time of filing the same for record, and not before, as to all creditors and subsequent purchasers, without notice; and all such deeds and title papers shall be adjudged void as to all such creditors and subsequent purchasers, without notice, until the same shall be filed for record.
Page 292 - MARCY, delivering the opinion of the court, said: '-The general rule is, that where a statute specifies the time within which a public officer is to perform an official act regarding the rights and duties of others, it will be considered as directory...
Page 133 - And it is a general rule, that whensoever the words of a deed, or of the parties without deed, may have a double intendment, and the one standeth with law and right, and the other is wrongful and against law, the intendment that standeth with law shall be taken.
Page 336 - If Congress have a constitutional power to regulate a particular subject, and they do actually regulate it in a given manner and in a certain form, it cannot be that the state Legislatures have a right to interfere, and as it were, by way of complement to the legislation of Congress, to prescribe additional regulations and what they may deem auxiliary provisions for the same purpose. In such a case, the legislation of Congress, in what it does prescribe, manifestly indicates that it does not intend...
Page 408 - Every person in the actual possession of lands or tenements, under claim and color of title, made in good faith, and who shall for seven successive years continue in such possession, and shall also, during said time, pay all taxes legally assessed on such lands or tenements, shall be held and adjudged to be the legal owner of said lands or tenements, to the extent and according to the purport of his or her paper title.
Page 173 - After bestowing on this subject the most attentive consideration, the court can perceive no reason founded on the character of the parties for introducing an exception which the constitution has not made; and we think that the judicial power, as originally given, extends to all cases arising under the constitution or a law of the United States, whoever may be the parties.
Page 215 - that, where administrations are granted to different persons in different States, they are so far deemed independent of each other that a judgment obtained against one will furnish no right of action against the other, to affect assets received by the latter in virtue of his own administration ; for in contemplation of law there is no privity between him and the other administrator.