Albany Law Journal, Volume 38Weed, Parsons & Company, 1889 - Law |
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... contract of insurance , but a contract in merely held that a picture was not a document or restraint of marriage , unlawful and void . The writing . In Re Windsor , 10 Cox C. C. 121 , the court said : " No word is spoken of insurance ...
... contract of insurance , but a contract in merely held that a picture was not a document or restraint of marriage , unlawful and void . The writing . In Re Windsor , 10 Cox C. C. 121 , the court said : " No word is spoken of insurance ...
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... contract giving to a particular person the exclusive right to come upon its premises and solicit patronage from passongers arriving at or leaving the station , and could maintain an action of tort for trespass against the owner of ...
... contract giving to a particular person the exclusive right to come upon its premises and solicit patronage from passongers arriving at or leaving the station , and could maintain an action of tort for trespass against the owner of ...
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... contract that would support the action ; that the contract , if any was made , was made by Conkling on behalf of the bank . No other mind than his met the mind of the agent of the town in making the contract . No other mind than his was ...
... contract that would support the action ; that the contract , if any was made , was made by Conkling on behalf of the bank . No other mind than his met the mind of the agent of the town in making the contract . No other mind than his was ...
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... contract of parties should control , and should not be disregarded in the determination of their rights , if it can be deemed to have entered into the contract with any definite or perceptible purpose . In interpreting their agreements ...
... contract of parties should control , and should not be disregarded in the determination of their rights , if it can be deemed to have entered into the contract with any definite or perceptible purpose . In interpreting their agreements ...
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... contract . Such estimates , taken in connection with a bid of over five times the actual worth for earth - work , and less than 1 % percent of the actual cost of stone - work , thus showing on its face as the lowest , but really nearly ...
... contract . Such estimates , taken in connection with a bid of over five times the actual worth for earth - work , and less than 1 % percent of the actual cost of stone - work , thus showing on its face as the lowest , but really nearly ...
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Page 136 - The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state.
Page 27 - If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, has no real or substantial relation to those objects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental law, it is the duty of the Courts to so adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution.
Page 101 - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page 292 - Of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common-law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it.
Page 98 - Constitution leads to the conclusion that no State has the right to lay a tax on interstate commerce in any form, whether by way of duties laid on the transportation of the subjects of that commerce, or on the receipts derived from that transportation, or on the occupation or business of carrying it on, and the reason is that such taxation is a burden on that commerce, and amounts to a regulation of it, which belongs solely to Congress.
Page 175 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 290 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory ; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office, at all subsequent elections, shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly : Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised...
Page 228 - Labor, who is directed to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to capital; the hours of labor; the earnings of laboring men and women; and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity.
Page 132 - The powers and duties of the respective boards, and of the several officers in this article mentioned, shall be such as now are or hereafter may be prescribed by law.
Page 45 - ... no such company shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to or in favour of any particular person or company, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...