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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... taken down by the clerk . The defendant failed to pay the amount after repeated demands , and The Act of April 22 , 1850 , § 21 ( P. L. 553 ) , was designed to prohibit the creation of per- petual rents . The provisions of the ground ...
... taken down by the clerk . The defendant failed to pay the amount after repeated demands , and The Act of April 22 , 1850 , § 21 ( P. L. 553 ) , was designed to prohibit the creation of per- petual rents . The provisions of the ground ...
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... taken , which included the old one , previous payments being first deducted , with the addition of ten per cent . interest . Under this statement the learned Judge of the Court below thought that , as Billings had paid to the person or ...
... taken , which included the old one , previous payments being first deducted , with the addition of ten per cent . interest . Under this statement the learned Judge of the Court below thought that , as Billings had paid to the person or ...
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... taken , and I am , therefore , of opinion that the possession of the lease by Mr. Cantrell is the possession of his client Moyer , and , as the latter could not be compelled to produce it , so neither can nor ought Mr. Can- trell to do ...
... taken , and I am , therefore , of opinion that the possession of the lease by Mr. Cantrell is the possession of his client Moyer , and , as the latter could not be compelled to produce it , so neither can nor ought Mr. Can- trell to do ...
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... taken in considera- tion therewith , did raise a constructive trust , has this plaintiff a right to have it declared that the whole property of the defendant is a trust fund for the payment of the plaintiff's debt ? decree and sale ...
... taken in considera- tion therewith , did raise a constructive trust , has this plaintiff a right to have it declared that the whole property of the defendant is a trust fund for the payment of the plaintiff's debt ? decree and sale ...
Page 40
... taken under bill , answer , and replication . The admission in the bill of however , he did not do so , and the existence of insanity of the complainant is true , and the evi- dence already taken proves it . It is a material part of the ...
... taken under bill , answer , and replication . The admission in the bill of however , he did not do so , and the existence of insanity of the complainant is true , and the evi- dence already taken proves it . It is a material part of the ...
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Act of April action affidavit affirmed alleged amount Appeal appellee April 22 assigning for error Assumpsit averred Bank Barr bill bond Casey charge claim common law Common Pleas Commonwealth complainant contract corporation County court of equity creditors damages debt deceased decedent decree deed defendant in error defendant's election entitled equity evidence execution executors facts fendant filed fraud fund garnishees held inter alia interest issue Judge judgment June 16 jurisdiction jury land liable lien March March 20 ment mortgage Norris opinion owner paid parties payment Pennsylvania person petition petitioner Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia County plaintiff in error premises proceedings Quarter Sessions question Railroad Company real estate received recover refused rent road rule scire facias sheriff's sheriff's sale Smith statute subrogation suit taxes testator testimony thereof tion took this writ trial trust verdict WEEKLY NOTES
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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.