Lawyers' Reports Annotated, Book 27Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1905 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 40
... result in an advantage over the other creditors , and " he should be held to the composition . " " His only remedy , " it was said , " against the de- fendants , is upon the composition notes . " Judge Earl , in delivering the opinion ...
... result in an advantage over the other creditors , and " he should be held to the composition . " " His only remedy , " it was said , " against the de- fendants , is upon the composition notes . " Judge Earl , in delivering the opinion ...
Page 41
... result , if we hold that the secret and fraudulent agreement itself is illegal , and is inoperative to confer any rights or ad- vantages upon the creditor . Perfect equality is to be maintained among the creditors . It was thought below ...
... result , if we hold that the secret and fraudulent agreement itself is illegal , and is inoperative to confer any rights or ad- vantages upon the creditor . Perfect equality is to be maintained among the creditors . It was thought below ...
Page 49
... result within ninety days from the time of the injury . On May 1 , 1892 , the insured received injuries such as he ... resulting in death , but this branch of the subject it is not nec- essary to consider . The certificate contains the ...
... result within ninety days from the time of the injury . On May 1 , 1892 , the insured received injuries such as he ... resulting in death , but this branch of the subject it is not nec- essary to consider . The certificate contains the ...
Page 55
... resulting in disability or death . limitation was waived by the company by ac- The limitation clause requires that any ... result of the accident . " It is court has not yet given an opinion upon the admitted that it is competent for the ...
... resulting in disability or death . limitation was waived by the company by ac- The limitation clause requires that any ... result of the accident . " It is court has not yet given an opinion upon the admitted that it is competent for the ...
Page 90
... result in damage . In this case , if said before , this identical question has been the rule contended for by appellant should seldom adjudicated . prevail , if the respondents had failed or neg- lected to keep a watchman for one day ...
... result in damage . In this case , if said before , this identical question has been the rule contended for by appellant should seldom adjudicated . prevail , if the respondents had failed or neg- lected to keep a watchman for one day ...
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Page 154 - The court said there must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is .shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 288 - ... no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty or estate; but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 160 - We feel no hesitation in confining these expressions to those privileges and immunities which are, in their nature, fundamental; which belong, of right, to the citizens of all free governments...
Page 288 - ... uniform in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same.
Page 108 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 390 - 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 267 - ... which each other shall perform his appropriate duty, each is an observer of the conduct of the others, can give notice of any misconduct, incapacity or neglect of duty, and leave the service, if the common employer will not take such precautions, and employ such agents as the safety of the whole party may require. By these means, the safety of each will be much more effectually secured, than could be done by a resort to the common employer for indemnity in case of loss by the negligence of each...
Page 159 - ... every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States who has voluntarily taken up. within said limits, his residence separate and apart from any tribe of Indians therein, and has adopted the habits of civilized life, is hereby declared to be a citizen of the United States...
Page 204 - Any city containing a population of more than three thousand five hundred inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government, consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of this state...
Page 206 - An officer de facto is one whose acts, though not those of a lawful officer, the law, upon principles of policy and justice, will hold valid so far as they involve the interests of the public and third persons, where the duties of the office were exercised : First.