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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Page 52
... plaintiff was ever legally incorporated , nor that the plaintiff had ever ten- dered to the defendants a certificate for their stock , or was ready to issue such certificate . The demurrer was overruled , and the defendants filed ...
... plaintiff was ever legally incorporated , nor that the plaintiff had ever ten- dered to the defendants a certificate for their stock , or was ready to issue such certificate . The demurrer was overruled , and the defendants filed ...
Page 69
... plaintiff . The third interrogatory was , whether the bill had ever been presented to the drawees for payment or acceptance ; and the witness answered that it was sent to them in a letter by one Winston , the plaintiff's attorney ...
... plaintiff . The third interrogatory was , whether the bill had ever been presented to the drawees for payment or acceptance ; and the witness answered that it was sent to them in a letter by one Winston , the plaintiff's attorney ...
Page 92
... plaintiff can contribute to its injurious results : Memphis etc. R. R. Co. v . Copeland , 61 Ala . 376. Charge 3 is not only erroneous as a legal proposi- tion , but the pleading furnishes no field for its operation . Charge 8 ...
... plaintiff can contribute to its injurious results : Memphis etc. R. R. Co. v . Copeland , 61 Ala . 376. Charge 3 is not only erroneous as a legal proposi- tion , but the pleading furnishes no field for its operation . Charge 8 ...
Page 104
... plaintiff thereupon entered into possession of said lot , with the knowledge and consent of Hall , agent as aforesaid , plowed the whole of said lot , and put substantial improvements thereon ; that said Bayles and the plaintiff kept ...
... plaintiff thereupon entered into possession of said lot , with the knowledge and consent of Hall , agent as aforesaid , plowed the whole of said lot , and put substantial improvements thereon ; that said Bayles and the plaintiff kept ...
Page 105
... plaintiff ; that in February , 1883 , said Wicks , as attorney for the Pomona Land and Water Company , wrote the plaintiff a letter notifying him that Hall had acted without authority in making the contract , and that the same was ...
... plaintiff ; that in February , 1883 , said Wicks , as attorney for the Pomona Land and Water Company , wrote the plaintiff a letter notifying him that Hall had acted without authority in making the contract , and that the same was ...
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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...