Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Volume 118State of Iowa, 1908 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 318 - That the circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 318 - ... nor shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit except upon foreign bills of exchange, to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of any assignee, or of any subsequent holder...
Page 169 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 205 - The expenses of the family and the education of the children, are chargeable upon the property of both husband and wife, or either of them, and in relation thereto they may be sued jointly or separately.
Page 369 - That the said party of the first part (Union Pacific Railway Co.), in consideration of the sum of one dollar, to It in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and in further consideration of the premises...
Page 360 - What may be deemed ordinary care in one case, may, under different surroundings and circumstances, be gross negligence. The policy of the law has relegated the determination of such questions to the jury, under proper instructions from the court. It is their province to note the special circumstances and surroundings of each particular case, and then say whether the conduct of the parties in that case was such as would be expected of reasonable, prudent men, under a similar state of affairs.
Page 316 - The term is certainly a very comprehensive one, and is understood to apply to any proceeding in a court of justice by which an individual pursues that remedy in a court of justice which the law affords him.
Page 318 - That any suit of a civil nature, at law or in equity, arising under the constitution or laws of the United Slates, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority...
Page 158 - The price fixed by the board need have no relation to the capacity or earning power of the employee, the number of hours which may happen to constitute the day's work, the character of the place where the work is to be done, or the circumstances or surroundings of the employment...
Page 318 - Any other suit of a civil nature at law or in equity, of which the circuit courts of the United States are given jurisdiction by the preceding section...