Weekly Notes of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the County Courts of Philadelphia, and the United States District and Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Volume 11Kay & Brother, 1882 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... ment . Hoskin v . Woodward , 9 Wright , 44 . Witmer's Appeal , Ibid . , 455 . and if he had the right to sell they had the right to buy , take possession of , and sever the timber from the land on which it was growing . But that ...
... ment . Hoskin v . Woodward , 9 Wright , 44 . Witmer's Appeal , Ibid . , 455 . and if he had the right to sell they had the right to buy , take possession of , and sever the timber from the land on which it was growing . But that ...
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... ment of the alderman , whereupon the defendant | condition in the policy , that the policy would be termi took this writ , assigning for error the entering nated . The agent of the company received the policy from the insured , who was ...
... ment of the alderman , whereupon the defendant | condition in the policy , that the policy would be termi took this writ , assigning for error the entering nated . The agent of the company received the policy from the insured , who was ...
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... ment that they are not interested . The evidence is imperative , and the lack of such affidavit is also shows that it is possible Peck had notice of this error , and that being the case , the absence of any affidavit on his part is ...
... ment that they are not interested . The evidence is imperative , and the lack of such affidavit is also shows that it is possible Peck had notice of this error , and that being the case , the absence of any affidavit on his part is ...
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... ment obtained against the association on its bond will be restricted to the land sold . The Act of June 17 , 1878 ( P. L. 214 ) , validating pur- chases of land by building and loan associations does not render valid such a contract as ...
... ment obtained against the association on its bond will be restricted to the land sold . The Act of June 17 , 1878 ( P. L. 214 ) , validating pur- chases of land by building and loan associations does not render valid such a contract as ...
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... ment was to continue in respect to said money when a suitable opportunity should occur . In as had been agreed upon before that time in re- the mean time he had the right to use it in any spect to other moneys placed by plaintiffs in ...
... ment was to continue in respect to said money when a suitable opportunity should occur . In as had been agreed upon before that time in re- the mean time he had the right to use it in any spect to other moneys placed by plaintiffs in ...
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Page 46 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 298 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 121 - ... the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought ; and the amount so recovered, after deducting the costs not recovered from the defendant, shall be divided amongst the before-mentioned parties in such shares as the jury by their verdict shall find and direct.
Page 121 - That every such Action shall be for the Benefit of the Wife, Husband, Parent, and Child of the Person whose Death shall have been so caused...
Page 188 - No law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extended, or conferred by reference to its title only, but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended, or conferred, shall be reenacted, and published at length.
Page 153 - In determining what is proximate cause, the true rule is that the injury must be the natural and probable consequence of the negligence; such a consequence as, under the surrounding circumstances of the case, might and ought to have been foreseen by the wrongdoer as likely to flow from his act.
Page 94 - After verdict for the plaintiff a motion was made in arrest of judgment, on the ground that the plaintiff was a stranger to the consideration.
Page 347 - And the reason why the law allows this private and summary method of doing one's self justice, is because injuries of this kind, which obstruct or annoy such things as are of daily convenience and use, require an immediate remedy, and cannot wait for the slow progress of the ordinary forms of justice.
Page 242 - To justify a court in pronouncing an act of the legislature unconstitutional and void, either in whole or in part, it must be able to vouch some exception or prohibition clearly expressed or necessarily implied. To doubt is to be resolved in favor of the constitutionality of the act.
Page 62 - I mean the due regulation and domestic order of the kingdom, whereby the individuals of the state, like members of a well-governed family, are bound to conform their general behavior to the rules of propriety, good neighborhood and good manners, and to be decent, industrious and inoffensive in their respective stations.