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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Page 29
... hold that the word " note " should be deemed to refer only to notes temporarily suspending or fix- ing the due date of premiums , would be to act arbitrarily . In our judgment , looking to the whole contract , we cannot come to any ...
... hold that the word " note " should be deemed to refer only to notes temporarily suspending or fix- ing the due date of premiums , would be to act arbitrarily . In our judgment , looking to the whole contract , we cannot come to any ...
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... hold that when the parties to a contract in- clude in it a self - executing forfeiture clause it must be recog nized and enforced , and that insurance contracts are no ex- ception to such rule . Joliffe v . Madison Mut . Ins . Co. 39 ...
... hold that when the parties to a contract in- clude in it a self - executing forfeiture clause it must be recog nized and enforced , and that insurance contracts are no ex- ception to such rule . Joliffe v . Madison Mut . Ins . Co. 39 ...
Page 38
... hold without submitting the question to un- certain arbitrament by the jury . It has been decided that in approaching a railway crossing one must use his senses of sight and hearing to ascertain whether there is any approach- ing train ...
... hold without submitting the question to un- certain arbitrament by the jury . It has been decided that in approaching a railway crossing one must use his senses of sight and hearing to ascertain whether there is any approach- ing train ...
Page 43
... hold it error that the court omitted to instruct the jury that " any want of ordi- nary care " includes a slight want thereof , in the absence of a specific request . 3. Appellant presents as error the fact that the court sub- mitted to ...
... hold it error that the court omitted to instruct the jury that " any want of ordi- nary care " includes a slight want thereof , in the absence of a specific request . 3. Appellant presents as error the fact that the court sub- mitted to ...
Page 67
... holds unincumbered all the right , title , and interest in and to the said land that he received from the defendant Allen , " on the ground that such finding so added " was actually found by the court , from the undisputed evidence ...
... holds unincumbered all the right , title , and interest in and to the said land that he received from the defendant Allen , " on the ground that such finding so added " was actually found by the court , from the undisputed evidence ...
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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.