The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 2James Cockcroft, David Shephard Garland, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield Edward Thompson Company, 1896 |
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... possession , for only the person having possession of the animals can exercise control over them , and prevent them from doing mischief . It follows that the owner of animals in charge of an agistor is not liable for their trespasses.2 ...
... possession , for only the person having possession of the animals can exercise control over them , and prevent them from doing mischief . It follows that the owner of animals in charge of an agistor is not liable for their trespasses.2 ...
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... possession . 2. Against Owner - Right to Lien - a . Maine , in Weymouth v . Gile , 72 Me . 446 . Here the defendant ... Possession of a Ten- ant . The owner of cattle is not liable for trespasses committed by them while in the possession ...
... possession . 2. Against Owner - Right to Lien - a . Maine , in Weymouth v . Gile , 72 Me . 446 . Here the defendant ... Possession of a Ten- ant . The owner of cattle is not liable for trespasses committed by them while in the possession ...
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... possession of the animals until the. created by the terms of it . Of course , the plaintiff was entitled to her sheep , and the de- fendant had a right of action to recover his pay for keeping them , but the defendant had no lien upon ...
... possession of the animals until the. created by the terms of it . Of course , the plaintiff was entitled to her sheep , and the de- fendant had a right of action to recover his pay for keeping them , but the defendant had no lien upon ...
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... possession of the animals until the charges are paid.1 A full discussion of this branch of the subject will be found ... possession is to be given is fixed by the memorandum . The mention of the time when possession is to be given , and ...
... possession of the animals until the charges are paid.1 A full discussion of this branch of the subject will be found ... possession is to be given is fixed by the memorandum . The mention of the time when possession is to be given , and ...
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... possession of such goods , and the other entices him away in order that the man who has the goods may carry them off , both are guilty of the felony . Rex v . Stand- ley , R. & R. C. C. 305 . Where A enticed the owner of a store a mile ...
... possession of such goods , and the other entices him away in order that the man who has the goods may carry them off , both are guilty of the felony . Rex v . Stand- ley , R. & R. C. C. 305 . Where A enticed the owner of a store a mile ...
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Page 477 - Legislature at the first regular session after the return of every enumeration, that each senate district shall contain as nearly as may be an equal number of inhabitants, excluding aliens, and be in as compact form as practicable, and shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration, and shall at all times, consist of contiguous territory...
Page 261 - ... is required for the execution of the will ; but the will, with such alteration as part thereof, shall be deemed to be duly executed if the signature of the testator and the subscription of the witnesses be made in the margin or on some other part of the will...
Page 303 - among " means intermingled with. A thing which is among others is intermingled with them. Commerce among the States cannot stop at the external boundary line of each State, but may be introduced into the ulterior.
Page 424 - 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 84 - ... every kind of trading or commercial dealing or intercourse, whether by transmission of money or goods, or orders for the delivery of either, between the two countries, directly or indirectly, or through the intervention of third persons or partnerships, or by contracts in any form looking to or involving such transmission, or by insurances upon trade with or by the enemy. Beyond the principle of these cases the prohibition has not been carried by judicial decision.
Page 416 - top' or apex as the highest or terminal point of a vein 'where it approaches nearest the surface of the earth, and where it is broken on its edge, so as to appear to be the beginning or end of the vein.
Page 286 - Ambiguitas patens is never holpen by averment, and the reason is, because the law will not couple and mingle matter of specialty, which is of the higher account, with matter of averment, which is of inferior account in law; for that were to make all deeds hollow, and subject to averments, and so in effect, that to pass without deed, which the law appointeth shall not pass but by deed.
Page 468 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Page 321 - Documents are said to be in proper custody if they are in the place in which, and under the care of the person with whom, they would naturally be ; but no custody is improper if it is proved to have had a legitimate origin, or if the circumstances of the particular case are such as to render such an origin probable.
Page 304 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a State, or between different parts of the same State, and which does not extend to or affect other States.