Laws of the State of New York Passed at the ... Session of the Legislature, Volume 74New York State Legislature., 1851 |
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act entitled act shall take ACT to amend aforesaid amount annual appointed April 17 assessors board of trustees bonds by-laws canal certificate Chap city of New-York clerk collected collector common council comptroller corporation court damages deem deposit directors district duties eighteen hundred election eleventh avenue enact as follows entitled An act Erie canal exceeding expenses filed fund hereafter hereby amended hereby authorized hundred dollars July 9 June 20 lands liable line or side manner meeting ment nate and Assembly notice Oswego canal owner paid passed April Passed July Passed June payment penalty person or persons plank road prescribed president purchase purpose railroad real estate receive regulations represented represented in Se stockholders street take effect immediately thence therein thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred three-fifths being present tion town treasurer village vote ward warrant Williamsburgh
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Page 897 - ... but the person pledging such stock shall be considered as holding the same, and shall be liable as a stockholder accordingly, and the estates and funds in the hands of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate. or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
Page 81 - The court may determine any controversy between parties before it, when it can be done without prejudice to the rights of others, or by saving their rights; but when a complete determination of the controversy cannot be had without the presence of other parties, the court must then order them to be brought in.
Page 74 - Constable, upon a liability incurred by the doing of an act in his official capacity, and in virtue of his office, or by the omission of an official duty, including the non-payment of money collected upon an execution.
Page 63 - ... to the effect that they are bound, in double the value of the property, as stated in the affidavit of the plaintiff, for the delivery thereof to the plaintiff, if such delivery be adjudged, and for the payment to him of such sum as may, for any cnuse, be recovered against the defendant.
Page 91 - In an action for libel or slander, it shall not be necessary to state in the complaint any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing the application to the plaintiff of the defamatory matter out of which the cause of action arose ; but it shall be sufficient to state generally that the same was published or spoken concerning the plaintiff; and if such allegation be controverted, the plaintiff shall be bound to establish on the trial that it was so published or spoken.
Page 94 - The court may, before, or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect...
Page 936 - ... in its discretion, and upon such terms as may be just, at any time within one year after notice thereof, relieve a party from a judgment, order, or other proceeding, taken against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect...
Page 81 - ... notice to such person and the adverse party, apply to the court for an order to substitute such person in his place, and discharge him from liability to either party, on his depositing in court the amount claimed on the contract, or delivering the property or its value to such person as the court may direct; and the court may, in its discretion, make the order.
Page 73 - Within the age of twenty-one years; or, 2. Insane; or, 3. Imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution upon conviction of a criminal offense, for a term less than for life.
Page 67 - Where it has been usually cultivated or improved ; 2. Where it has been protected by a substantial inclosure ; 3.