American Law Reports Annotated, Volume 38Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1925 |
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... duty it is to ' discover and prevent fires and to save and pre- serve life and property at fires . ' . . . This is a function which , if performed by the city itself , would be governmental or public . . . It is conceded that , if the ...
... duty it is to ' discover and prevent fires and to save and pre- serve life and property at fires . ' . . . This is a function which , if performed by the city itself , would be governmental or public . . . It is conceded that , if the ...
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... duty to execute . But should such power extend to offenses with respect to which he has no duty or concern ? Does the power of one to pardon the violation of a law which it is not his duty to execute comport with the theory of the ...
... duty to execute . But should such power extend to offenses with respect to which he has no duty or concern ? Does the power of one to pardon the violation of a law which it is not his duty to execute comport with the theory of the ...
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... duty of the landlord , or of the tenant in the upper apartment , to take action to suppress the nuisance in the lower apartment . The district court held that it was the landlord's duty , and rejected his demand for the un- earned rent ...
... duty of the landlord , or of the tenant in the upper apartment , to take action to suppress the nuisance in the lower apartment . The district court held that it was the landlord's duty , and rejected his demand for the un- earned rent ...
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... duty of protection from whatever danger may threaten her , and to permit her to suffer cruelty and wrong at the hands of another , even though that other be his father or his mother , is as great a breach of duty as though they ...
... duty of protection from whatever danger may threaten her , and to permit her to suffer cruelty and wrong at the hands of another , even though that other be his father or his mother , is as great a breach of duty as though they ...
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... duty of the company to warn the plaintiff , as an invitee for hire , of the dangerous condition in order that he might be cognizant of the danger , and a failure to perform this duty would be negli- gence for which the company would be ...
... duty of the company to warn the plaintiff , as an invitee for hire , of the dangerous condition in order that he might be cognizant of the danger , and a failure to perform this duty would be negli- gence for which the company would be ...
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Page 325 - If the property be sold or transferred, or any change take place in the title or possession, whether by legal process or judicial decree or voluntary transfer or conveyance, etc., then and in every such case this policy shall be void;" and also "when property has been sold and delivered, or otherwise disposed of.
Page 225 - Whatever belongs merely to the remedy may be altered according to the will of the state, provided the alteration does not impair the obligation of the contract. But if that effect is produced, it is immaterial whether it is done by acting on the remedy or directly on the contract itself. In either case it is prohibited by the Constitution.
Page 181 - A check of itself does not operate as an assignment of any part of the funds to the credit of the drawer with the bank, and the bank is not liable to the holder, unless and until it accepts or certifies the check.
Page 190 - ... if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership; or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground, not owned by the insured in fee simple...
Page 150 - No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense, not capital, except as provided in section one thousand and forty-six, [referring to the revenue laws] unless the indictment is found, or the information is instituted within three years next after such offense shall have been committed.
Page 528 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing in this Act required...
Page 187 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the Insured now has or shall hereafter make or procure any other contract of insurance, whether valid or not, on property covered In whole or in part by this policy...
Page 330 - The causes must be grave and weighty, and such as show an absolute impossibility that the duties of the married life can be discharged. In a state of personal danger no duties can be discharged; for the duty of self-preservation must take place before the duties of marriage...
Page 612 - To say that a business is clothed with a public interest is not to import that the public may take over its entire management and run it at the expense of the owner. The extent to which regulation may reasonably go varies with different kinds of business.
Page 6 - by right of representation" takes place when the descendants of any deceased heir take the same share or right in the estate of another person that their parents would have taken if living. Posthumous children are considered as living at the death of their parents.