Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, Volume 17Soney & Sage, 1868 |
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... says Chancellor Kent , " two devisees are in possession under an imperfect title , derived from their common ancestor , it is not consistent with good faith , nor with the duty which the con- nection of the parties , as claimants of a ...
... says Chancellor Kent , " two devisees are in possession under an imperfect title , derived from their common ancestor , it is not consistent with good faith , nor with the duty which the con- nection of the parties , as claimants of a ...
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... say is all they can furnish . 1 Halst . Ch . R. 126 , 128 , 134 ; Saxton 393 . The injunction compelling the defendant to insert an aper- ture , would stop his mill and compel him to suspend his business . This injury the court will not ...
... say is all they can furnish . 1 Halst . Ch . R. 126 , 128 , 134 ; Saxton 393 . The injunction compelling the defendant to insert an aper- ture , would stop his mill and compel him to suspend his business . This injury the court will not ...
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... be a sufficient answer to the matters insisted on by way of defence , to say that they cannot avail the defendant at this stage of the VOL . II . с cause . Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures v . Low FEBRUARY TERM , 1864 . 25.
... be a sufficient answer to the matters insisted on by way of defence , to say that they cannot avail the defendant at this stage of the VOL . II . с cause . Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures v . Low FEBRUARY TERM , 1864 . 25.
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... says that he believes that neither the act of incorporation , nor the supple- ments thereto , nor any acts which the society have done , nor all combined , vest the property or ownership of the waters of the Passaic river , or in the ...
... says that he believes that neither the act of incorporation , nor the supple- ments thereto , nor any acts which the society have done , nor all combined , vest the property or ownership of the waters of the Passaic river , or in the ...
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... says , " are the riparian proprietors , and upon plain and acknowledged common law principles , they are entitled to the use of the stream , and have a right to enjoy it without diminution or alteration . Their right is not confined to ...
... says , " are the riparian proprietors , and upon plain and acknowledged common law principles , they are entitled to the use of the stream , and have a right to enjoy it without diminution or alteration . Their right is not confined to ...
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Page 283 - June [1677] all declarations or creations of trusts or confidences of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be manifested and proved by some writing signed by the party who is by law enabled to declare such trust, or by his last will in writing, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Page 38 - A widow shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she shall have lawfully released her right thereto.
Page 55 - But when the covenant extends to a thing which is not in being at the time of the demise made, it...
Page 589 - ' the established inference of law is that a conveyance of land bounded on a public highway carries with it the fee to the center of the road, as part and parcel of the grant.
Page 79 - The two uses are almost, if not wholly, inconsistent with each other, so that taking the highway for a railroad will nearly supersede the former use to which it had been legally appropriated.
Page 309 - But it is a rule which applies universally to all who come within its principle ; which principle is, that no party can be permitted to purchase an interest in property and hold it for his own benefit, where he has a duty to perform in relation to such property which is inconsistent with the character of a purchaser on his own account and for his individual use.
Page 131 - To hold, purchase and convey such real and personal estate, as the purposes of the corporation shall require, not exceeding the amount limited in its charter:
Page 19 - It is not consistent with good faith, nor with the duty which the connection of the parties, as claimants of a common subject, created, that one of them should be able, without the consent of the other, to buy in an outstanding title, and appropriate the whole subject to himself, and thus undermine, and oust his companion.
Page 78 - ... bargain" (again using Madison's word), by which the present peace and quiet of the United States, as well as their future prosperity and greatness, were largely secured, and which was brought about by the sacrifice of the interests of individual citizens, falls within the intent and meaning of the Constitution, which prohibits the taking of private property for public use without just compensation.
Page 186 - ... the foreclosure of the mortgage and the sale of the mortgaged premises; but what deficiency judgment was It that he thus assumed to pay?