The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, Volume 1Bancroft-Whitney, 1871 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... signed by the party to be charged , will not be enforced . Where in pursuance of such an agreement , a purchase was made in the name of Dalone , although G. advanced a portion of the purchase money , a con- ventional trust that could be ...
... signed by the party to be charged , will not be enforced . Where in pursuance of such an agreement , a purchase was made in the name of Dalone , although G. advanced a portion of the purchase money , a con- ventional trust that could be ...
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... signed by the party to be charged there- with . If the case of the appellant rested only upon the alleged agree- ment , he must fail in maintaining his bill upon parol evidence merely . But it has been contended that , upon the ...
... signed by the party to be charged there- with . If the case of the appellant rested only upon the alleged agree- ment , he must fail in maintaining his bill upon parol evidence merely . But it has been contended that , upon the ...
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... signed , sealed and delivered by McNabb in the presence of witnesses , and with all the formalities of the deed , and was duly proved and admitted to record with the deed , of which it formed part , according to the law of South ...
... signed , sealed and delivered by McNabb in the presence of witnesses , and with all the formalities of the deed , and was duly proved and admitted to record with the deed , of which it formed part , according to the law of South ...
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... signed by the said H. C. , and to these presents annexed . " As the proper construction of that assignment , it was held that the general words in the deed did not include property not con- tained in the schedule , to which reference ...
... signed by the said H. C. , and to these presents annexed . " As the proper construction of that assignment , it was held that the general words in the deed did not include property not con- tained in the schedule , to which reference ...
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... signed by the testator , Jonathan Plaine , without date , con- taining directions to the said Diehl , Saylor , Ogle and Wolfe as to the manner in which he desired them to dispose of the property upon the termination of the widowhood of ...
... signed by the testator , Jonathan Plaine , without date , con- taining directions to the said Diehl , Saylor , Ogle and Wolfe as to the manner in which he desired them to dispose of the property upon the termination of the widowhood of ...
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Page 475 - It is not mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge.
Page 59 - The right of a citizen of one State, to pass through or to reside in any other State, for purposes of trade, agriculture, professional pursuits, or otherwise ; to claim the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus ; to institute and maintain actions of any kind in the courts of the State ; to take, hold, and dispose of property, either real or personal ; and an exemption from higher taxes or impositions than are paid by the other citizens of the State...
Page 349 - State authority, at the place where such bank is located and not elsewhere, but not at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State...
Page 572 - ... except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part...
Page 395 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a State not surrendered to the General Government, all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves. Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws, of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, etc., are component parts of this mass.
Page 131 - There was no evidence in the case tending to show "that the brakeman struck the plaintiff in personal resentment of some insult offered him by the plaintiff...
Page 474 - When committed in the lawful defense of such person, or of a wife or husband, parent, child, master, mistress, or servant of such person, when there is reasonable ground to apprehend a design to commit a felony or to do some great bodily injury, and imminent danger of such design being accomplished...
Page 16 - That where any conveyance shall be made of any lands or tenements by which a trust or confidence shall or may arise or result by the implication or construction of law, or be transferred or extinguished by an act...
Page 411 - But the rule of law is clear, that, where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time."* In Freeman v.
Page 398 - It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of government, and may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which it is applicable, to the utmost extent to which the government may choose to carry it.