The American Law Register, Volume 3; Volume 12D.B. Canfield & Company, 1864 - Electronic journals |
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... debt ex- ists , it must necessarily carry with it all accessory and incidental acquisitions , which attach to the franchise , and con- stitute the structure and accessory fix- tures , together with the rolling stock , which , although ...
... debt ex- ists , it must necessarily carry with it all accessory and incidental acquisitions , which attach to the franchise , and con- stitute the structure and accessory fix- tures , together with the rolling stock , which , although ...
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... debt contracted by the wife before marriage survives against her upon the death of her husband , and such holding was undoubtedly correct . It is laid down by Macqueen on Husband and Wife , ( Law Library , 4th se- ries , vol . 34 , p ...
... debt contracted by the wife before marriage survives against her upon the death of her husband , and such holding was undoubtedly correct . It is laid down by Macqueen on Husband and Wife , ( Law Library , 4th se- ries , vol . 34 , p ...
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... debt in equity and conscience , and ought to be repaid . Per SUTHERLAND , J. , in Hammond vs. Hop- ping , 13 Wend . 511 and 512 ; also Miller vs. Hull , 4 Denio 104 ; Chitty on Con . , 9th Am . ed . , 712 and 713 ; 2 Parsons on Con ...
... debt in equity and conscience , and ought to be repaid . Per SUTHERLAND , J. , in Hammond vs. Hop- ping , 13 Wend . 511 and 512 ; also Miller vs. Hull , 4 Denio 104 ; Chitty on Con . , 9th Am . ed . , 712 and 713 ; 2 Parsons on Con ...
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... debt barred by the statute of limitations , or an insolvent discharge , or to pay a debt contracted during in- fancy or coverture and the like , will be a good consideration for an express promise . " In Wilson vs. Burr , 25 Wend . 386 ...
... debt barred by the statute of limitations , or an insolvent discharge , or to pay a debt contracted during in- fancy or coverture and the like , will be a good consideration for an express promise . " In Wilson vs. Burr , 25 Wend . 386 ...
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... debt , which in equity and con- science she ought to pay . In other words , she ought in common honesty to pay for the goods . Her promise so to do was made for value actually received by her personally ; and it was to discharge a moral ...
... debt , which in equity and con- science she ought to pay . In other words , she ought in common honesty to pay for the goods . Her promise so to do was made for value actually received by her personally ; and it was to discharge a moral ...
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Page 459 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 325 - In case of a disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment, the Governor shall have power to adjourn...
Page 331 - Neither House shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than two days, nor to any other place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Page 535 - ... of its capital, after deducting the assessed value of its real estate, and all shares of stock in other corporations actually owned by such company which are taxable upon their capital...
Page 139 - AVhere a remainder shall be limited to the heirs, or iifefwhe'nto heirs of the body of a person to whom a life estate, in the same premises...
Page 334 - Whenever a statute gives a discretionary power to any person, to be exercised by him upon his own opinion of certain facts, it is a sound rule of construction, that the statute constitutes him the sole and exclusive judge of the existence of those facts.
Page 590 - It shall be lawful, for the time to come, for any one to go out of our kingdom, and return safely and securely, by land or by water, saving his allegiance to us...
Page 472 - The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crime shall have been committed...
Page 140 - By section 35 of the same article, it is, also, provided that "expectant estates are descendible, devisable and alienable in the same manner as estates in possession.
Page 32 - P. 249] , and the conclusion there arrived at seems to be correct in general, "that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive rule of law; but can give no original cause of action, if the obligation, on which it is founded, never could have been enforced at law, though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provision.