Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas, at ..., in Law and Equity, Volume 2Budd and Colby, 1841 |
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... evidence , by oyer , by bill of exceptions , or by special verdict . The statement of the evidence in this case , must be regarded as a mere loose paper on the files of the clerk , or the memorandum of the judge of his notes on the ...
... evidence , by oyer , by bill of exceptions , or by special verdict . The statement of the evidence in this case , must be regarded as a mere loose paper on the files of the clerk , or the memorandum of the judge of his notes on the ...
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... evidence upon a bill of exceptions , according to the forms of law , when such was evidently his intention , and when , by the law of the land , the plaintiffs below had no right to recover , it will be an outrage upon justice , and a ...
... evidence upon a bill of exceptions , according to the forms of law , when such was evidently his intention , and when , by the law of the land , the plaintiffs below had no right to recover , it will be an outrage upon justice , and a ...
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... evidence is legitimately before them , and they are absolutely prohibited by most positive and peremptory rules , from noticing the paper appended to the transcript , and purport- ing to be a statement of the evidence signed by the ...
... evidence is legitimately before them , and they are absolutely prohibited by most positive and peremptory rules , from noticing the paper appended to the transcript , and purport- ing to be a statement of the evidence signed by the ...
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... evidence filed . " Pierce v . Adams , 8 Mass . 383 , was a case of the same kind , and the court there said , " It cannot appear to us that the note , a copy of which is sent up with the record , was the note on which the action was ...
... evidence filed . " Pierce v . Adams , 8 Mass . 383 , was a case of the same kind , and the court there said , " It cannot appear to us that the note , a copy of which is sent up with the record , was the note on which the action was ...
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... Evidence 72 . Whatever proceedings or facts the law or the practice of the courts requires to be enrolled , constitute and form a part of the record . Such , for instance , are all judicial writs and process , finding of the jury , and ...
... Evidence 72 . Whatever proceedings or facts the law or the practice of the courts requires to be enrolled , constitute and form a part of the record . Such , for instance , are all judicial writs and process , finding of the jury , and ...
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Page 258 - to issue writs of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 546 - ... defectively or imperfectly stated or omitted, and without which it is not to be presumed that either the judge would direct the jury to give or the jury would have given the verdict, such defect, imperfection, or omission is cured by the verdict...
Page 229 - The general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone — when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth. A situation so solemn and so awful is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath, administered in a court of justice.
Page 284 - No person or persons, belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others, except in the cases herein expressly directed or permitted.
Page 299 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Page 257 - The supreme court, except in cases otherwise directed by this constitution, shall have appellate jurisdiction only, which shall be co-extensive with the state, under such restrictions and regulations, not repugnant to this constitution, as may, from time to time, be prescribed by law...
Page 257 - It is the essential criterion of appellate jurisdiction that it revises and corrects the proceedings in a cause already instituted, and does not create that cause.
Page 266 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Page 615 - Now the general principle on which this species of evidence is admitted is that they are declarations made in extremity, when the party is at the point of death, and when every hope of this world is gone; when every motive to falsehood is silenced, and the mind is induced by the most powerful considerations to speak the truth ; a situation so solemn and so awful is considered by the law as creating an obligation equal to that which is imposed by a positive oath administered in a court of justice.
Page 283 - The powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments; and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy to wit, those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another.