Wisconsin Reports, Volume 117Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold, Arnold LeBell Callaghan and Company, 1904 - Law reports, digests, etc Cases determined in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. |
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... existence : Validity : Estoppel . Colbeth v . Colbeth .... 90 Security for costs : Discretion : Dismissal of action . Collins v . City of Janesville .... 415 New trial : Verdict against evidence : Discretion : Credibility of evidence ...
... existence : Validity : Estoppel . Colbeth v . Colbeth .... 90 Security for costs : Discretion : Dismissal of action . Collins v . City of Janesville .... 415 New trial : Verdict against evidence : Discretion : Credibility of evidence ...
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... existence of a lien against said policy in the sum of $ 79.06 , with interest at four per cent . per annum , interest payable semi - annually from the first day of Decem- ber , A. D. 1900 , at the office of the company in the city of ...
... existence of a lien against said policy in the sum of $ 79.06 , with interest at four per cent . per annum , interest payable semi - annually from the first day of Decem- ber , A. D. 1900 , at the office of the company in the city of ...
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... existence of the track is a continual warning ; that the duty to look and listen exists at every opportunity to render it effective , but especially at the last opportunity before entering upon the peril ; also that courts will not deem ...
... existence of the track is a continual warning ; that the duty to look and listen exists at every opportunity to render it effective , but especially at the last opportunity before entering upon the peril ; also that courts will not deem ...
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... existence of the cross - over switch , which by no means con- clusively appears . During all this time of approach , plaint- iff could see , and , indeed , had previous knowledge , that when he got close to the crossing he would have ...
... existence of the cross - over switch , which by no means con- clusively appears . During all this time of approach , plaint- iff could see , and , indeed , had previous knowledge , that when he got close to the crossing he would have ...
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... existence by a mere prohibition against exceeding fifteen miles , contained in sec . 1809a . Nor can we consider any such absurd construction as possibly the mere words of the latter section suggest — as that the limitation of speed is ...
... existence by a mere prohibition against exceeding fifteen miles , contained in sec . 1809a . Nor can we consider any such absurd construction as possibly the mere words of the latter section suggest — as that the limitation of speed is ...
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Page 534 - ... if any change other than by the death of an insured, take place in the interest, title or possession of the subject of insurance (except change of occupants without increase of hazard) whether by legal process or judgment or by voluntary act of the insured, or otherwise...
Page 451 - On this day of 18. ., before me, the subscriber, personally appeared • to me known to be the same persons described in and who executed the above undertaking, and severally acknowledged that they executed the same.
Page 250 - In the construction of a pleading for the purpose of determining its effect, its allegations shall be liberally construed, with a view to substantial justice between the parties.
Page 441 - An express trust may be created for one or more of the following purposes: 1. To sell real property for the benefit of creditors; 2. To sell, mortgage or lease real property for the benefit of annuitants or other legatees, or for the purpose of satisfying any charge thereon; 3.
Page 341 - It is certainly not only a possible but a probable case that a witness, by disclosing a single fact, may complete the testimony against himself, and to every effectual purpose accuse himself as entirely as he would by stating every circumstance which would be required for his conviction.
Page 365 - In the exercise of the police power for the protection of the public the performance of a specific act may constitute the crime regardless of either knowledge or intent, both of which are immaterial on the question of guilt.
Page 525 - Where there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The case must be a strong one, indeed, which would justify a court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest...
Page 525 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of...
Page 147 - ... except where such trust has been created by, or the fund so held in trust has proceeded from, some person other than the defendant...
Page 209 - Where a grant for a valuable consideration shall be made' to one person, and the consideration therefor shall be paid by another, no use or trust shall result in favor of the person by whom such payment shall be made; but the title shall vest in the person named as the alienee in such conveyance, subject only to the provisions of the next section.