Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia: (general Term,) at the April and September Terms of 1873 [to the September Term, 1879, Inclusive], Volume 9W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1877 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... sold , and that the proceeds and sale be applied to pay notes and interest , & c . 4. It follows that the contract between these parties as to the notes in question was in writing , under seal , and cannot , therefore , be varied by ...
... sold , and that the proceeds and sale be applied to pay notes and interest , & c . 4. It follows that the contract between these parties as to the notes in question was in writing , under seal , and cannot , therefore , be varied by ...
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... sold . At the time of the transaction there were arrears of over- due interest upon the incumbrance amounting to the sum of $ 1,300 , not known to the purchaser , and this is the subject of the present controversy . The deed of trust ...
... sold . At the time of the transaction there were arrears of over- due interest upon the incumbrance amounting to the sum of $ 1,300 , not known to the purchaser , and this is the subject of the present controversy . The deed of trust ...
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... sold and conveyed to Henry S. Davis , of the said city , two certain squares of ground in said city , the same being num- bered nine hundred and ten ( 910 ) and nine hundred and eleven ( 911 ) in the said city - the said sale and ...
... sold and conveyed to Henry S. Davis , of the said city , two certain squares of ground in said city , the same being num- bered nine hundred and ten ( 910 ) and nine hundred and eleven ( 911 ) in the said city - the said sale and ...
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... sold for the purpose of disbursing the proceeds among the parties interested . A sale was recom- mended by the auditor , and a decree was made in accord- ance therewith , and also appointing Leigh Robinson trustee to make the sale , and ...
... sold for the purpose of disbursing the proceeds among the parties interested . A sale was recom- mended by the auditor , and a decree was made in accord- ance therewith , and also appointing Leigh Robinson trustee to make the sale , and ...
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... sold the house , improvements , and right of possession to Mrs. Emily C. Wright , " and further alleging misinformation as the cause of his disobedience to the order of the court . 2d . The affidavit of Geo . F. Rider that , some time ...
... sold the house , improvements , and right of possession to Mrs. Emily C. Wright , " and further alleging misinformation as the cause of his disobedience to the order of the court . 2d . The affidavit of Geo . F. Rider that , some time ...
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Page 407 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Page 300 - ... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence.
Page 106 - Whenever a patent on application is refused, either by the commissioner of patents or by the supreme court of the district of Columbia upon appeal from the commissioner, the applicant may have remedy by bill In equity; and the court having cognizance thereof, on notice to adverse parties and other due proceedings had...
Page 376 - ... setting forth his place of residence, his inability to pay all his debts in full, his willingness to surrender all his estate and effects for the benefit of his creditors...
Page 152 - And the thing invented or produced, for which a patent is given, is that which gives a peculiar or distinctive appearance to the manufacture, or article to which it may be applied, or to which it gives form. The law manifestly contemplates that giving certain new and original appearances to a manufactured article may enhance its salable value, may enlarge the demand for it, and may be a meritorious service to the public.
Page 511 - ... hereafter created against the State under any agreement or contract made without express authority of law; and all such unauthorized agreements or contracts shall be null and void: Provided, the General Assembly may make appropriations for expenditures incurred in suppressing insurrection or repelling invasion.
Page 395 - The High Contracting Parties hereby engage to consider the decision of the Commissioners as absolutely final and conclusive upon each claim decided upon by them, and to give full effect to such decisions without any objection, evasion, or delay whatsoever.
Page 547 - If there be no express promise, but a promise is to be raised by implication of law from the acknowledgment of the party, such acknowledgment ought to contain an unqualified and direct admission of a previous, subsisting debt, which the party is liable and willing to pay. If there be accompanying circumstances, which repel the presumption of a promise or intention to pay; if the expressions be equivocal, vague, and indeterminate, leading to no certain conclusion, but at best to probable inferences,...
Page 26 - Whenever an application is made for a patent which. in the opinion of the commissioner, would interfere with any pending application...
Page 46 - When carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they be held to the greatest possible care and diligence. And whether the consideration for such transportation be pecuniary or otherwise, the personal safety of the passengers should not be left to the sport of chance or the negligence of careless agents. Any negligence, in such cases, may well deserve the epithet of 'gross.