Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 60Michigan. 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, 1888 |
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... jury where proof only tends to show special one . BARNUM V. PHENIX , Mortgage - Negotiable paper — If obtained for a valuable consideration , before maturity and in good faith , mortgage security is protected equally with note ...
... jury where proof only tends to show special one . BARNUM V. PHENIX , Mortgage - Negotiable paper — If obtained for a valuable consideration , before maturity and in good faith , mortgage security is protected equally with note ...
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... jury - Private memory of old dates and affairs much less valuable as evidence- Expert testimony - Not competent to show whether leares detached , and refastened in a book , belong thereto - Jury can determine this from an examination of ...
... jury - Private memory of old dates and affairs much less valuable as evidence- Expert testimony - Not competent to show whether leares detached , and refastened in a book , belong thereto - Jury can determine this from an examination of ...
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... jury before exhausting his peremptory challenges- Circuit judge - Discretion in selection of jury - Should see that proper and competent men are selected - Juror failing to appear at adjourned hour and found an hour afterwards playing ...
... jury before exhausting his peremptory challenges- Circuit judge - Discretion in selection of jury - Should see that proper and competent men are selected - Juror failing to appear at adjourned hour and found an hour afterwards playing ...
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... jury -- Not error to refuse to submit to jury upon immaterial , inconclusive , or admitted matters Act 15 , Session Laws 1885 , limits number to five- And each to a short sentence , readily answered by yes or no . PLINE , TOAN V ...
... jury -- Not error to refuse to submit to jury upon immaterial , inconclusive , or admitted matters Act 15 , Session Laws 1885 , limits number to five- And each to a short sentence , readily answered by yes or no . PLINE , TOAN V ...
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... jury oratory . That appellation he ever after bore in Michigan . It was " Charley Stuart " still , and to the last - when he wore the senatorial toga , when his head was bowed and gray in old age . For , though this man achieved the ...
... jury oratory . That appellation he ever after bore in Michigan . It was " Charley Stuart " still , and to the last - when he wore the senatorial toga , when his head was bowed and gray in old age . For , though this man achieved the ...
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