San Francisco Law Journal, Volume 1Baggett and Scofield, 1878 - 423 pages |
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... land out of the statute of fraud . Admission into possession , ex- penditure of money in meliorations of the estate , payment of increased rent , or the like , have always been required . “ I take it , ” observes Lord Redesdale , " that ...
... land out of the statute of fraud . Admission into possession , ex- penditure of money in meliorations of the estate , payment of increased rent , or the like , have always been required . “ I take it , ” observes Lord Redesdale , " that ...
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... land described in the declaration of homestead , not exceeding $ 5000 in value , to the widow of the deceased ; but the Probate Court ordered such tract to be set apart for her life only . When the declaration of homestead was filed ...
... land described in the declaration of homestead , not exceeding $ 5000 in value , to the widow of the deceased ; but the Probate Court ordered such tract to be set apart for her life only . When the declaration of homestead was filed ...
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... land is thereafter , by the spouses , held in joint tenancy . " One of the necessary incidents of a joint tenancy is the right of survivorship - the jus accrescendi and the provision that , upon the death of one of the spouses , " the ...
... land is thereafter , by the spouses , held in joint tenancy . " One of the necessary incidents of a joint tenancy is the right of survivorship - the jus accrescendi and the provision that , upon the death of one of the spouses , " the ...
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... land warrant , and the complaint averred " that said loca- tion was duly and properly made , and in all respects according to the provis- ions of said Act . " In commenting on the sufficiency of this averment the Court says , " The Act ...
... land warrant , and the complaint averred " that said loca- tion was duly and properly made , and in all respects according to the provis- ions of said Act . " In commenting on the sufficiency of this averment the Court says , " The Act ...
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... land ) , under the terms of the decree of the Probate Court of San Mateo county , to pay the expenses mentioned in that decree , and upon his refusal to do so the defendant here was certainly at liberty , and perhaps it was his abso ...
... land ) , under the terms of the decree of the Probate Court of San Mateo county , to pay the expenses mentioned in that decree , and upon his refusal to do so the defendant here was certainly at liberty , and perhaps it was his abso ...
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Page 102 - A thing is deemed to be affixed to land when it is attached to it by roots, as in the case of trees, vines, or shrubs; or imbedded in it, as in the case of walls; or permanently resting upon it, as in the case of buildings; or permanently attached to what is thus permanent, as by means of cement, plaster, nails, bolts, or screws...
Page 7 - Either husband or wife may enter into any engagement or transaction with the other, or with any other person, respecting property, which either might if unmarried; subject, in transactions between themselves, to the general rules which control the actions of persons occupying confidential relations with each other, as defined by the title on trusts.
Page 315 - IN The Court of Errors and Appeals, OF THE — STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Page 244 - An intervention takes place when a third person is permitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming wha-t is sought by the complaint, or by uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the plaintiff, or by demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the defendant...
Page 233 - ... shall, at the time of entering his appearance in such state court, file a petition for the removal of the cause for trial, into the next circuit court, to be held in the district where the suit is pending...
Page 140 - But it is generally held that, in order to warrant a finding that negligence, or an act not amounting to wanton wrong, is the proximate cause of an injury, it must appear that the injury was the natural and probable consequence of the negligence or wrongful act, and that it ought to have been foreseen in the light of the attending circumstances.
Page 55 - So far as she was employed in transporting goods destined for other states, or goods brought from without the limits of Michigan and destined to places within that state, she was engaged in commerce between the states; and, however limited that commerce may have been, she was, so far as it went, subject to the legislation of Congress.
Page 115 - The publication must be made once a week for three successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the county in which the...
Page 238 - ... was submitted to the court for trial, without the intervention of a jury.
Page 113 - The value of the property at the time of the conversion, with the interest from that time...