Cases on Procedure, Annotated: Common Law Pleading |
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Other editions - View all
Cases on Procedure, Annotated: Common Law Pleading Edson R 1874-1959 Sunderland No preview available - 2015 |
Cases on Procedure Annotated: Common Law Pleading (Classic Reprint) Edson R. Sunderland No preview available - 2017 |
Cases on Procedure Annotated: Common Law Pleading (Classic Reprint) Edson R. Sunderland No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
action of assumpsit action of debt action of trespass aforesaid alleged amendment appears assigned assumpsit authority averment bill bond breach brought cause of action chattels Chitty claim common law complained contract count covenant damages declaration defendant defendant pleaded defendant's delivered the opinion demurrer detinue duty entitled error estoppel evidence execution facts fendant filed form of action ground held injury issue Johns joinder judgment jury justice land liable maintain matter ment misjoinder negligence non est factum nonsuit objection overruled owner party payment performance person plain plaintiff plaintiff in error plea in abatement pleader possession principle promise promissory note proof prove quantum meruit question reason recover recovery remedy replevin replication reversed rule says special plea statute sued sufficient suit Supreme Court sustained term thereof tiff tion tort traverse trial trover verdict writ
Popular passages
Page 557 - That no purchase, grant, lease, or other conveyance of lands, or of any title or claim thereto, from any Indian nation or tribe of Indians, shall be of any validity in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty or convention entered into pursuant to the constitution.
Page 558 - ... and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Page 443 - ... 1. By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works, machinery, or plant, connected with or used in the business of the employer which arose from or had not been discovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer or of any person in the service of the employer and intrusted by him with the duty of seeing that the ways, works, machinery, or plant, were in proper condition; 2.
Page 435 - The Defendant falsely and maliciously spoke and published of and concerning the Plaintiff the words following ; "AB is a thief, and stole Mr.
Page 756 - For and in consideration of the sum of one dollar, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, we have this day purchased from John W.
Page 738 - that where one person makes a promise to another for the benefit of a third person, that third person may maintain an action upon it.
Page 118 - AB hath always, from the time of making the said indenture, hitherto well and truly performed, fulfilled and kept, according to the tenor and effect, true intent and meaning of the said indenture, to wit, at, etc.
Page 117 - ... on the 25th day of March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of September, and the 25th day of December, in each and every year, by even and equal portions.
Page 90 - Hilary term, in His Majesty's Court of King's Bench at Westminster, by some attorney of that Court ; and then and there, by a rule to be made of the same Court, to cause yourself to be made defendant in my stead ; otherwise, I shall suffer judgment to be entered against me by default, and you will be turned out of possession.
Page 29 - Qui facit per alium facit per se" renders the master liable for all the negligent acts of the servant in the course of his employment; but that liability does not make the direct act of the servant the direct act of the master. Trespass will not lie against him; case will, in effect, for employing a careless servant, but not trespass, unless, as was said by the Court in Morley v. Gainsford (2 H.Bl. 442), the act was done "by his command...