The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 13Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1890 |
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... duty to pass on the sufficiency of the bond as to amount and solvency . When he accepted and approved it , with these names on it , the contract was complete , and his duties , so far as the execution of the instrument was concerned ...
... duty to pass on the sufficiency of the bond as to amount and solvency . When he accepted and approved it , with these names on it , the contract was complete , and his duties , so far as the execution of the instrument was concerned ...
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... duty on the part of the sheriff to deliver possession was absolute . It was im- material whether possession had actually passed . The bond could have no other effect than to create this right , and corre- sponding duty as to the ...
... duty on the part of the sheriff to deliver possession was absolute . It was im- material whether possession had actually passed . The bond could have no other effect than to create this right , and corre- sponding duty as to the ...
Page 84
... duty of the company to place the structure at such an elevation as that trains , with their customary employees ... duty . - - RAILROAD COMPANIES DUTY TO PROVIDE WARNING SIGNALS FOR PRO- TECTION OF EMPLOYEES . — The question of duty and ...
... duty of the company to place the structure at such an elevation as that trains , with their customary employees ... duty . - - RAILROAD COMPANIES DUTY TO PROVIDE WARNING SIGNALS FOR PRO- TECTION OF EMPLOYEES . — The question of duty and ...
Page 85
... duties as brakeman on the top of a freight train , was struck by the timbers of an overhead bridge , which spanned a ... duty , if reasonably practicable , to place the structure at such an ele- vation as that trains with their customary ...
... duties as brakeman on the top of a freight train , was struck by the timbers of an overhead bridge , which spanned a ... duty , if reasonably practicable , to place the structure at such an ele- vation as that trains with their customary ...
Page 86
... duties rest on the railroad company . The bridge in question was part and parcel of the public highway . The record affords evidence that on the trial be- low the question was considered , whether it was the duty of the defendant ...
... duties rest on the railroad company . The bridge in question was part and parcel of the public highway . The record affords evidence that on the trial be- low the question was considered , whether it was the duty of the defendant ...
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Page 502 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 126 - The powers of the government of the state of California shall be divided into three separate departments: the legislative, the executive, and judicial; and no person charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any functions appertaining to either of the others, except in the cases hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Page 126 - All other officers whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, and all officers whose offices may hereafter be created by law, shall be elected by the people, or appointed, as the Legislature may direct.
Page 552 - ... of this company indorsed hereon, . . . then, and in every such case, this policy shall be void.
Page 172 - ... the possession of one tenant in common is the possession of all...
Page 202 - ... was made with the intent to hinder, delay, and defraud the creditors of said...
Page 717 - ... the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of the title of the defendant.
Page 407 - That the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied, exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.
Page 275 - A married woman, while the marriage relation subsists, may bargain, sell and convey her real and personal property and enter into any contract with reference to the same in the same manner, to the same extent and with like effect as a married man may in relation to his real and personal property.
Page 635 - Is it an interest in the subject on which the power is to be exercised, or is it an interest in that which is produced by the exercise of the power? We hold it to be clear that the interest which can protect a power after the death of a person who creates it, must be an interest in the thing itself. In other words, the power must be engrafted on an estate in the thing. The words themselves would seem to import this meaning. "A power coupled with an interest...