Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States Within the Southern District of Ohio, Volume 2R. Clarke, 1872 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... jury in finding damages to a larger amount , but this is the fault or misfortune of the plaintiff , and does not authorize the jury in finding more than the actual damages proved . Schwarzel v . Holenshade . It has happened , and APRIL ...
... jury in finding damages to a larger amount , but this is the fault or misfortune of the plaintiff , and does not authorize the jury in finding more than the actual damages proved . Schwarzel v . Holenshade . It has happened , and APRIL ...
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... jury may be wholly inadequate . In such a case the instincts of justice would demand of a judge that he should exercise the dis- cretion vested in him by law , in trebling the damages . But when the plaintiff has no claim or merit as an ...
... jury may be wholly inadequate . In such a case the instincts of justice would demand of a judge that he should exercise the dis- cretion vested in him by law , in trebling the damages . But when the plaintiff has no claim or merit as an ...
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... jury were , that the plaintiff was the assignee of the right to make , use , and vend said machine in the counties of Ross , Pike , Pickaway , Scioto , and Fayette , in Ohio , and was largely engaged in the manufacture and sale of the ...
... jury were , that the plaintiff was the assignee of the right to make , use , and vend said machine in the counties of Ross , Pike , Pickaway , Scioto , and Fayette , in Ohio , and was largely engaged in the manufacture and sale of the ...
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... jury may inflict vindictive or exemplary dam- ages , not to recompense the plaintiff , but to punish the de- fendant . " In the present case the jury returned a verdict for what they believed to be the actual damage sustained by the ...
... jury may inflict vindictive or exemplary dam- ages , not to recompense the plaintiff , but to punish the de- fendant . " In the present case the jury returned a verdict for what they believed to be the actual damage sustained by the ...
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... jury in finding damages to a larger amount than they returned , but this was the fault or misfortune of the plaintiff , and did not authorize the jury in finding more than the actual damages proved . Cases may be readily conceived in ...
... jury in finding damages to a larger amount than they returned , but this was the fault or misfortune of the plaintiff , and did not authorize the jury in finding more than the actual damages proved . Cases may be readily conceived in ...
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Page 172 - 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 454 - 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...
Page 325 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Page 172 - When no rate is fixed by the laws of the state or territory or district, the bank may take, receive, reserve, or charge a rate not exceeding seven per centum, and such interest may be taken in advance, reckoning the days for which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt has to run.
Page 172 - Any association may take, receive, reserve, and charge on any loan or discount made, or upon any note, bill of exchange, or other evidences of debt, interest at the rate allowed by the laws of the state, territory, or district where the bank is located, and no more...
Page 295 - States over suits between citizens of different states. In carrying out the provision of the constitution which declares that the judicial power of the United States shall extend to controversies " between citizens of different states," congress, by the judiciary act of September 24, 1789, c.
Page 247 - That if any person being insolvent, or in contemplation of insolvency, within four months before the filing of the petiHaughey v. Albin. tion by or against him, with a view to give a preference to any creditor or person having a claim against him, or who is under any liability for him, procures any part of his property to be attached, sequestered, or seized on execution...
Page 369 - ... cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation, or trade, of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons' burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Page 455 - Proof of all claims which shall be presented in pursuance of said monition shall be made before a commissioner, to be designated by the court, subject to the right of any person interested to question or controvert the same; and, upon the completion of said proofs, the commissioner shall make report of the claims so proven, and upon...
Page 95 - Then upon the best consideration I have been able to give to the question I am of opinion that neither the statute 33 Hen.