San Francisco Law Journal, Volume 1Baggett and Scofield, 1878 - 423 pages |
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... plaintiff . " While it is true that a parol promise to pay the additional interest could not have been enforced under our statute , yet if the plaintiff , without the con- sent of the defendant , in fact received from the makers of the ...
... plaintiff . " While it is true that a parol promise to pay the additional interest could not have been enforced under our statute , yet if the plaintiff , without the con- sent of the defendant , in fact received from the makers of the ...
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... plaintiff , the work was done by the plaintiff , the assessment was issued to the plaintiff , and this action was instituted by the plaintiff ; and if there was a defect in the power attempted to be conferred by the plaintiff upon the ...
... plaintiff , the work was done by the plaintiff , the assessment was issued to the plaintiff , and this action was instituted by the plaintiff ; and if there was a defect in the power attempted to be conferred by the plaintiff upon the ...
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... plaintiff by the deed in question , and it was , therefore , no con- cern of his whether the plaintiff had been rightfully determined to be a bene- ficiary under the Act of 1866 or not . " That was a question " ( as was said here , in ...
... plaintiff by the deed in question , and it was , therefore , no con- cern of his whether the plaintiff had been rightfully determined to be a bene- ficiary under the Act of 1866 or not . " That was a question " ( as was said here , in ...
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... Plaintiff offered to prove certain statements made by the party under whom de- fendant claimed title , admitting that plaintiff's ancestor was the owner of the premises and in possession in his own right . The Court below sustained an ...
... Plaintiff offered to prove certain statements made by the party under whom de- fendant claimed title , admitting that plaintiff's ancestor was the owner of the premises and in possession in his own right . The Court below sustained an ...
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... plaintiff and defendant relied upon posses- ion alone , and no conveyance or writing purporting to be executed by Patrick McFaddin to plaintiff or his ancestor was offered or introduced . The action is maintainable by the heir ...
... plaintiff and defendant relied upon posses- ion alone , and no conveyance or writing purporting to be executed by Patrick McFaddin to plaintiff or his ancestor was offered or introduced . The action is maintainable by the heir ...
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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...