Pittsburgh Legal Journal, Volume 63Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 1915 Containing reports from Pennsylvania judicial districts and other leading decisions. |
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... question , as well as the show cases , was made of mahogany . It was seven feet high and extended around each side of the room except at one corner where a small office was made by a glass partition of the same height , which came out ...
... question , as well as the show cases , was made of mahogany . It was seven feet high and extended around each side of the room except at one corner where a small office was made by a glass partition of the same height , which came out ...
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... question were for electric lights , we are unable to see that there is any substantial difference between a ... question , and evidence was given by the plaintiffs of the amount for which these articles were sold by them at auction . The ...
... question were for electric lights , we are unable to see that there is any substantial difference between a ... question , and evidence was given by the plaintiffs of the amount for which these articles were sold by them at auction . The ...
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... question of negligence and that of contributory negligence were questions for the jury and not for the court . The negligence charged against the defendant was its failure to perform a statutory duty , and in cases of that kind questions ...
... question of negligence and that of contributory negligence were questions for the jury and not for the court . The negligence charged against the defendant was its failure to perform a statutory duty , and in cases of that kind questions ...
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... question is Allegheny City vs. Millvale , Etna & Sharpsburg Street Railway Co. , 159 Pa . , 411. That case holds that the Constitution vests absolute dis- cretion in the municipality , and that the local body in granting its consent to ...
... question is Allegheny City vs. Millvale , Etna & Sharpsburg Street Railway Co. , 159 Pa . , 411. That case holds that the Constitution vests absolute dis- cretion in the municipality , and that the local body in granting its consent to ...
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... question of insanity . Habeas corpus . No. 1410 January Term , 1915. C. P. Allegheny County . C. B. Prichard , for petitioner . H. H. Hanna , for respondent . HAYMAKER , J. , December 17 , 1914. - The petition for a writ of habeas ...
... question of insanity . Habeas corpus . No. 1410 January Term , 1915. C. P. Allegheny County . C. B. Prichard , for petitioner . H. H. Hanna , for respondent . HAYMAKER , J. , December 17 , 1914. - The petition for a writ of habeas ...
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Page 298 - The citizens or subjects of each of the High Contracting Parties shall receive, in the territories of the other, the most constant protection and security for their persons and property, and shall enjoy in this respect the same rights and privileges as are or may be granted to native citizens or subjects, on their submitting themselves to the conditions imposed upon the native citizens or subjects.
Page 111 - That if any person or persons shall make, sign, or issue, or cause to be made, signed, or issued, any instrument, document, or paper of any kind or description whatsoever, without the same being duly stamped, for denoting the tax hereby imposed thereon, or without having thereupon an adhesive stamp to denote said tax...
Page 267 - To the sale, dispensing, or distribution of any of the aforesaid drugs by a dealer to a consumer under and in pursuance of a written prescription issued by a physician, dentist, or veterinary surgeon registered under this Act...
Page 163 - Court; and no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different states, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 176 - An Act to provide for the registration of, with collectors of internal revenue, and to impose a special tax upon all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or give away opium or coca leaves, their salts, derivatives, or preparations, and for other purposes...
Page 221 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause; and, whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court : but, if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void.
Page 220 - The writ of injunction shall not be granted by any court of the United States to stay proceedings in any court of a State...
Page 678 - Every person negotiating an instrument by delivery or by a qualified indorsement, warrants: 1. That the instrument is genuine and in all respects what it purports to be; 2. That he has a good title to it; 3. That all prior parties had capacity to contract; 4. That he has no knowledge of any fact which would impair the validity of the instrument or render it valueless.
Page 54 - The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States...
Page 190 - No incorporated company doing the business of a common carrier shall directly or indirectly prosecute or engage in mining or manufacturing articles for transportation over its works; nor shall such company, directly or indirectly, engage in any other business than that of common carriers, or hold or acquire lands, freehold or leasehold, directly or indirectly, except such as shall be necessary for carrying on its business; but any mining or manufacturing company may carry the products of its mines...