Albany Law Journal, Volume 19Weed, Parsons & Company, 1879 |
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Page 208 - say of the player that he mouths his speech, as many players do, or that ' he saws the air too much with his hand,' or that he 'tears a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings ;' but he cannot abuse him as
Page 233 - any thing likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and, if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape. He can excuse himself by showing that the escape
Page 292 - The Legislature, at its first session after the adoption of this Constitution, shall provide for the appointment of three Commissioners, whose duty it shall be to revise, reform, simplify and abridge the rules and practice, pleadings, forms and proceedings of the courts of record of this State, and to report thereon to the Legislature, subject to their adoption
Page 132 - Every national banking association is authorized " to exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking by discounting and
Page 233 - is that the person who, for his own purposes, brings on his land, and collects and keeps there any thing likely to do mischief if it escapes, must keep it in at his peril ; and, if he does not do so, is prima facie answerable for all the damage which is the natural consequence of its escape.
Page 157 - growing out of the nature of well-ordered society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to
Page 133 - be mortgaged to it in good faith by way of security for debts previously contracted. Third, such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings. Fourth,
Page 349 - The suggestion, as a fact, of that which is not true, by one who does not believe it to be true. The positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the party making it, of that which is not true, though he
Page 133 - and by obtaining, issuing and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title. "SEC. 5137. A national banking association may purchase, hold and convey real estate for the following purposes and for no others : First, such as may be
Page 92 - indictment for bigamy under section 5352, Revised Statutes, which, omitting its exceptions, is as follows: " Every person having a husband or wife living, who marries another, whether married or single, in a Territory, or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, is guilty of bigamy, and shall be punished by a fine