Pittsburgh Legal Journal, Volume 63Pittsburgh Legal Journal, 1915 Containing reports from Pennsylvania judicial districts and other leading decisions. |
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... trial was filed , the principal reason assigned in support thereof being that the verdict was excessive in amount ... trial . And now , November 17 , 1914 , for the reasons set forth in the opinion herewith filed , the motion for ...
... trial was filed , the principal reason assigned in support thereof being that the verdict was excessive in amount ... trial . And now , November 17 , 1914 , for the reasons set forth in the opinion herewith filed , the motion for ...
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Commonwealth vs. Filler . Criminal law - Homicide Trial - Misconduct of jury - New trial . A motion for a new trial in a murder case giving as a reason that the jurors while exercising and in charge of the court officer visited , at the ...
Commonwealth vs. Filler . Criminal law - Homicide Trial - Misconduct of jury - New trial . A motion for a new trial in a murder case giving as a reason that the jurors while exercising and in charge of the court officer visited , at the ...
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... trial . " Taylor vs. Com . , 90 Va . , 109 , 17 S. E. , 812 ; Smith vs. State , 26 S. W. , 712. In White vs. White , supra , it was held that " affidavits of jurors are inadmissible to inculpate their fellows or themselves . " This rule ...
... trial . " Taylor vs. Com . , 90 Va . , 109 , 17 S. E. , 812 ; Smith vs. State , 26 S. W. , 712. In White vs. White , supra , it was held that " affidavits of jurors are inadmissible to inculpate their fellows or themselves . " This rule ...
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... trial . It is not alleged that they were taken there through the procurement of any one con- nected with the prosecution ; it is not alleged that any one had had any com- munication with the jury while they were at the Arch ; the ...
... trial . It is not alleged that they were taken there through the procurement of any one con- nected with the prosecution ; it is not alleged that any one had had any com- munication with the jury while they were at the Arch ; the ...
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... trial a verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiff , and this motion followed . The reasons urged in support of the motion are the same as those set up to prevent a recovery at the time of the trial . At that time we were of opinion ...
... trial a verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiff , and this motion followed . The reasons urged in support of the motion are the same as those set up to prevent a recovery at the time of the trial . At that time we were of opinion ...
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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...