American law reports annotated, Volume 381925 |
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Page 96
... contract , and retain from from the amount collected a sum sufficient to reimburse him for material and la- bor for which he had paid , up to an amount not in excess of 60 per cent of the contract price , and if , in any case , the 60 ...
... contract , and retain from from the amount collected a sum sufficient to reimburse him for material and la- bor for which he had paid , up to an amount not in excess of 60 per cent of the contract price , and if , in any case , the 60 ...
Page 100
... contracts void as against public policy is a dangerous thing . We find a contract here which is not made illegal by any statute , which was not made in re- straint of trade , interferes with none of the functions of govern- ment , which ...
... contracts void as against public policy is a dangerous thing . We find a contract here which is not made illegal by any statute , which was not made in re- straint of trade , interferes with none of the functions of govern- ment , which ...
Page 206
تم - Contracts , § 204 meaning of words . construction On Petition for Rehearing . ― 4. In the absence of a special , fixed , and widely accepted trade meaning , words in a contract are taken in their common and ordinary sense . [ See 6 ...
تم - Contracts , § 204 meaning of words . construction On Petition for Rehearing . ― 4. In the absence of a special , fixed , and widely accepted trade meaning , words in a contract are taken in their common and ordinary sense . [ See 6 ...
Page 207
... contract price of the 1,800 bags and the amount realized from the sale , plus freight , interest , and demur- rage . The defense may be summarized as follows : That when the contract was entered into , and for several months prior ...
... contract price of the 1,800 bags and the amount realized from the sale , plus freight , interest , and demur- rage . The defense may be summarized as follows : That when the contract was entered into , and for several months prior ...
Page 208
... contract price , and that the market steadily de- clined from day to day and from week to week throughout said month , and thereafter declined con- tinually until the end of the year . That as a matter of law it thereby became and was ...
... contract price , and that the market steadily de- clined from day to day and from week to week throughout said month , and thereafter declined con- tinually until the end of the year . That as a matter of law it thereby became and was ...
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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 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 192 - ... 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 532 - 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 227 - 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 327 - 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 332 - 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 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.
Page 159 - The powers of the government of this State are divided into three distinct departments— the Legislative, Executive and Judicial; and no person, or collection of persons, being one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.