Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 87Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1891 |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action agent agreed agreement alleged amount appears assessment authority bill called cause charge circuit citing claim complainant contract corporation costs council counsel court crossing damages danger death deceased deed defendant defendant's delivered determine directed duty entered entitled error evidence execution fact feet filed follows further give given held highway injury instructions interest issue John judge judgment July June jury Justices knowledge land liable matter Mich Michigan mill mortgage necessary negligence notice opinion owner paid party pass payment person plaintiff possession premises present proceedings proof purchase question Railroad rails Railway reason received record recover reference road rule side Smith statute street suit taken tending testified testimony tion township track train trial verdict witness
Popular passages
Page 18 - That when a suit or proceeding is prosecuted "or defended by the heirs, assigns, devisees, legatees, or personal representatives of a deceased person, the opposite party, if examined as a witness on his own behalf, shall not be admitted to testify at all to matters which, if true, must have been equally within the knowledge of such deceased person...
Page 435 - Company after the expiration of the aforesaid twelve months, the lapse of time shall be taken and deemed as conclusive evidence against the validity of such claim, any Statute of Limitation to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 326 - Merchant, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner following: that is to say— I. I give and bequeath unto " The Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital...
Page 389 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 148 - Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian, employer or other person, who shall be injured in person or property, or means of support, by any intoxicated .person, or in consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any person, shall have a right of action in his or her own name, severally or jointly, against any person or persons who shall, by selling or giving intoxicating liquors, have caused the intoxication, in whole or in part, of such person...
Page 434 - It shall be optional, however, with this company to take all, or any part, of the articles at such ascertained or appraised value, and also to repair, rebuild, or replace the property lost or damaged with other of like kind and quality...
Page 433 - When personal property is damaged, the assured shall forthwith cause it to be put in order, assorting and arranging the various articles, according to their kinds, separating the damaged from the undamaged, and shall cause an inventory to be made and furnished to the company of the whole, naming the quantity, quality, and cost of each article.
Page xliv - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears; to all who ever bore.
Page 434 - ... other vouchers, and exhibit the same for examination at the office of the company, and permit extracts and copies thereof to be made. The assured shall also produce certified copies of all bills and invoices the originals of which have been lost...
Page 230 - No law shall embrace more than one object, which shall be expressed in its title...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 87 |
| Authors | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper |
| Publisher | Phelphs & Stevens, printers, 1891 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 7 May 2008 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |