Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Volume 93H.O. Houghton and Company, 1867 |
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... witnesses would show that they were testifying to the same occasion , and would be clearly competent . So we are of opinion that the conversation of the parties or any declara- tions made at the time are to be regarded as in the nature ...
... witnesses would show that they were testifying to the same occasion , and would be clearly competent . So we are of opinion that the conversation of the parties or any declara- tions made at the time are to be regarded as in the nature ...
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... witnesses ' fees . If the order simultaneously delivered to James , signed by Bligh and ad- dressed to his attorney , may be referred to in determining the construction of the contract contained in the receipt , it has no tendency to ...
... witnesses ' fees . If the order simultaneously delivered to James , signed by Bligh and ad- dressed to his attorney , may be referred to in determining the construction of the contract contained in the receipt , it has no tendency to ...
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... witnesses testified that he said he bought it so as to control it , and to prevent its being occupied in such a way or by such persons as to incommode or annoy him in his home- stead . The demandant herself testified that he bought it ...
... witnesses testified that he said he bought it so as to control it , and to prevent its being occupied in such a way or by such persons as to incommode or annoy him in his home- stead . The demandant herself testified that he bought it ...
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... witnesses and as claimed by her , and drawing all proper and legitimate inferences therefrom , the de . mandant was not entitled to recover ; that the demanded prem- ises were not contiguous to the dwelling - house , not united to the ...
... witnesses and as claimed by her , and drawing all proper and legitimate inferences therefrom , the de . mandant was not entitled to recover ; that the demanded prem- ises were not contiguous to the dwelling - house , not united to the ...
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... witness , who testified that she was married to William B. Carlton in 1847 ; that they lived together for about two years in Dracut in this state , and then for about a year in Lawrence ; that he was of dissipated habits and neglected ...
... witness , who testified that she was married to William B. Carlton in 1847 ; that they lived together for about two years in Dracut in this state , and then for about a year in Lawrence ; that he was of dissipated habits and neglected ...
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Page 59 - There shall be at least two attesting witnesses, each of whom shall sign his name as a witness, at the end of the will, at the request of the testator.
Page 61 - In his presence, and by his express directions, and shall be attested and subscribed in the presence of the testator by three or more competent witnesses.
Page 174 - They cannot be subjected to legal proceedings, at law or in equity, without their consent ; and whoever institutes such proceedings must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress.
Page 256 - ... together with the principal felon, or after the conviction of the principal felon, or may be indicted and convicted of a substantive felony whether the principal felon shall or shall not have been previously convicted, or shall or shall not be amenable to justice, and may thereupon be punished in the same manner as any accessory before the fact to the same felony, if convicted as an accessory, may be punished.
Page 279 - States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 50 - ... by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 52 - ... at the foot or end thereof by the testator, or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and such signature shall be made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two 'or more witnesses present at the same time; and such witnesses shall attest and subscribe the will in the presence of the testator, but no form of attestation shall be necessary.
Page 371 - ... the defense of it, he is no longer regarded as a stranger, because he has the right to appear and defend the action, and has the same means and advantages of controverting the claim as if he was the real and nominal party upon the record.
Page 364 - Infancy is a personal privilege of which no one can take advantage but himself. Voorhees v.
Page 455 - Hardwicke says, in so many words, " the charter of the crown cannot make a charity more or less public, but only more permanent than it would otherwise be...