The Northeastern Reporter, Volume 38

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West Publishing Company, 1895
 

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Page 114 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 279 - The repeal of a law or any part of It specified in the annexed schedule shall not affect or impair any act done, or right accruing, accrued or acquired...
Page 374 - No act committed by a person while in a state of voluntary intoxication, shall be deemed less criminal by reason of his having been in such condition. But whenever the actual existence of any particular purpose, motive or intent is a necessary element to constitute a particular species or degree of crime, the jury may take into consideration the fact that the accused was intoxicated at the time, in determining the purpose, motive or intent with which he committed the act.
Page 345 - It is a maxim, not to be disregarded, that general expressions, in every opinion, are to be taken in connection with the case in which those expressions are used. If they go beyond the case, they may be respected, but ought not to control the judgment in a subsequent suit when the very point is presented for decision.
Page 166 - The judgment of the appellate court and the decree of the circuit court are reversed, and the cause is remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion, and with leave to both parties to take such further testimony as they may deem advisable.
Page 214 - That the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied, exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.
Page 308 - ... to all the rights of the party to whom such payment shall be made, under all securities held as collateral to the mortgage debt...
Page 216 - NOW KNOW YE, That the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in consideration...
Page 315 - The probate court shall have jurisdiction in probate and testamentary matters, the appointment of administrators and guardians, the settlement of the accounts of executors, administrators, and guardians, and such jurisdiction in habeas corpus, the issuing of marriage...
Page 194 - RULE 2. The bodies of those who have died of Diphtheria, Anthrax, Scarlet Fever, Puerperal Fever, Typhoid Fever, Erysipelas, Measles, and other contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases must be wrapped in a sheet thoroughly saturated with a strong solution of Bi-Chloride of Mercury, in the proportion of one ounce of Bi-Chloride of Mercury to a gallon of water; and encased in an Air-Tight Zinc...

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