Transcript Appeals ... the File of Opinion in Cases Argued Before the Court of Appeals of the State of New York: 1867Williamson Law Book Company, 1907 |
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... trial . The General Term , on appeal , directed a new trial , unless the Plaintiff would stipulate to accept a reduction of the ver- dict . This the Plaintiff consented to do ; and from the judgment entered accordingly for $ 2,387.57 ...
... trial . The General Term , on appeal , directed a new trial , unless the Plaintiff would stipulate to accept a reduction of the ver- dict . This the Plaintiff consented to do ; and from the judgment entered accordingly for $ 2,387.57 ...
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... trial a witness was asked : " At the time of the death of the deceased , what was she capable of earning ? " This was objected to by the Defendant's counsel on the ground that it was not competent on the question of the worth of this ...
... trial a witness was asked : " At the time of the death of the deceased , what was she capable of earning ? " This was objected to by the Defendant's counsel on the ground that it was not competent on the question of the worth of this ...
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... trial , to be read in this trial . In that case the witness testified that , on the former trial , he acted as counsel for the Defendant , and took very full and particular minutes of one Haight's testimony ; that he intended at the ...
... trial , to be read in this trial . In that case the witness testified that , on the former trial , he acted as counsel for the Defendant , and took very full and particular minutes of one Haight's testimony ; that he intended at the ...
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... trial in this action , as having since that trial died . He testified that he was one of the counsel for Defendant in this action ; was present at the former trial , and took notes of testimony ; he had them there in Court . He says ...
... trial in this action , as having since that trial died . He testified that he was one of the counsel for Defendant in this action ; was present at the former trial , and took notes of testimony ; he had them there in Court . He says ...
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... trial , from which order an appeal was taken by the Plaintiff to this Court ; which appeal was accompanied by a stipulation that in case such order should be affirmed , judgment absolute might be entered against him . The material facts ...
... trial , from which order an appeal was taken by the Plaintiff to this Court ; which appeal was accompanied by a stipulation that in case such order should be affirmed , judgment absolute might be entered against him . The material facts ...
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Page 460 - ... when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.
Page 167 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law : Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln.
Page 335 - A statement of any new matter constituting a defense or counterclaim, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition." See. 171. The counterclaim mentioned in the last section must be one existing in favor of a defendant and against a plaintiff, between whom a several judgment might be had in the action, and arising out of one of the following causes of action: "1.
Page 525 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 129 - This opinion does not deprive the States of any resources which they originally possessed. It does not extend to a tax paid by the real property of the bank, in common with the other real property within the State, nor to a tax imposed on the interest which the citizens of Maryland may hold In this institution, in common with other property of the same description throughout the State.
Page 200 - Saund. 320 a, it is said that "if a day be appointed for payment of money, or part of it, or for doing any other act, and the day is to happen, or may happen, before the thing which is the consideration of the money, or other act...
Page 169 - ... have in view. Your object is to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object — an object, in my judgment, not within the purview of the Constitution or the Act of 1795 — will not be complied with. You have chosen to inaugurate Civil War, and having done so, we will meet it in a spirit as determined as the Administration has exhibited toward the South.
Page 269 - Where it requires the performance of any other act, a certified copy of the judgment may be served upon the party against whom it is given, or...
Page 525 - The wisdom and the discretion of congress, their identity with the people, and the influence which their constituents possess at elections are in this, as in many other instances, — as that, for example, of declaring war, — the sole restraints on which they have relied to secure them from its abuse. They are the restraints on which the people must often rely solely in all representative governments.
Page 414 - ... and of the several and respective heirs of the body and bodies of all and every such son and sons...