The Pacific Reporter, Volume 69West Publishing Company, 1902 |
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Page 11
... entered , and where the appeal was from the order sustaining the de- murrer , that the appeal was of no avail be ... entering the " realm of purely speculative inquiry . " The case of Nel- son v . Denny ( Wash . ) 67 Pac . 78 , which ap ...
... entered , and where the appeal was from the order sustaining the de- murrer , that the appeal was of no avail be ... entering the " realm of purely speculative inquiry . " The case of Nel- son v . Denny ( Wash . ) 67 Pac . 78 , which ap ...
Page 13
... entered dismissing the action and taxing costs to the plaintiff . From said judgment , plaintiff appeals . It is assigned as error that the court took the case from the jury and entered judgment of nonsuit ; also that the court erred in ...
... entered dismissing the action and taxing costs to the plaintiff . From said judgment , plaintiff appeals . It is assigned as error that the court took the case from the jury and entered judgment of nonsuit ; also that the court erred in ...
Page 38
... entered into between Marquam and wife and the title company and others on the 30th of August , 1894 , the title company agreed to advance for Marquam , when said loan of $ 300,000 should be consummated , the funds in excess of said loan ...
... entered into between Marquam and wife and the title company and others on the 30th of August , 1894 , the title company agreed to advance for Marquam , when said loan of $ 300,000 should be consummated , the funds in excess of said loan ...
Page 69
... entered a decree reforming the con- veyance set up in the complaint so as to in- clude the property intended to be conveyed thereby , but denying the prayer for its pos- session , and from this decree certain parties appeal . J. D. ...
... entered a decree reforming the con- veyance set up in the complaint so as to in- clude the property intended to be conveyed thereby , but denying the prayer for its pos- session , and from this decree certain parties appeal . J. D. ...
Page 70
... entered either in term time or vacation , and that a judge may exercise out of court all pow- ers conferred on him as judge , in so far as such sections relate to the right of the judge to dis- charge jurors before the commencement of ...
... entered either in term time or vacation , and that a judge may exercise out of court all pow- ers conferred on him as judge , in so far as such sections relate to the right of the judge to dis- charge jurors before the commencement of ...
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Page 171 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 245 - We think that the true rule of law is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land and collects and keeps there anything likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 245 - ... naturally there, harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property, but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour's, should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property. But for his act in bringing it there no mischief could have accrued, and it seems but just that he should at his peril keep it there so that no mischief may accrue, or answer for the natural and anticipated consequences. And upon authority,...
Page 207 - An unconstitutional act is not a law; it confers no rights; it imposes no duties; it affords no protection; it creates no office; it is, in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed.
Page 436 - That only is deemed to have been adjudged in a former judgment which appears upon its face to have been so adjudged, or which was actually and necessarily included therein or necessary thereto.
Page 335 - A statement of the facts constituting the cause of action, in ordinary and concise language...
Page 201 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws...
Page 287 - The General Assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke, or annul any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the adoption of this Constitution, or any that may hereafter be created, whenever, in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators.
Page 118 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 221 - Children under ten years of age, who appear incapable of receiving just impressions of the facts respecting which they are ex-amined, or of relating them truly.