Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington, Volume 93Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1917 |
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93 Wash affirmed agreement alcohol alleged amount appellant appellant's assessed cause of action cent charge claim Code commission commissioners complaint concur contract contractor corporation court for King creditors damages deed defendant election entered evidence ex rel fact favor filed fraud fund harbor lines held injury intoxicating issue judgment jury King county lease lien Lumber malt liquor ment MORRIS mortgage negligence operating Opinion Per CHADWICK Opinion Per ELLIS Opinion Per FULLERTON Opinion Per MAIN Opinion Per MOUNT Opinion Per PARKER osteopathy paid Pantages parties payment person plaintiff Port of Seattle purchase purpose question quiet title reason Reported in 160 res judicata respondent respondent's rule Schricker shore lands Spokane Spokane county statute Stevens county superior court sustained term testified thereof tion trial court trustee verdict Warren Smith
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Page 218 - A holder in due course holds the instrument free • from any defect of title of prior parties, and free from defenses available to prior parties among themselves, and may enforce payment of the instrument for the full amount thereof against all parties liable thereon.
Page 266 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers and no others: First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable.
Page 196 - All other property acquired after marriage by either husband or wife, or both, is community property...
Page 173 - No private property shall be taken or damaged for public or private use without just compensation having been first made, or paid into court for the owner...
Page 522 - are nothing more or less than the powers of government inherent in every sovereignty ; * * * that is to say, * * * the power to govern men and things.
Page 377 - An unqualified order or promise to pay is unconditional within the meaning of this act, though coupled with — 1. An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or 2. A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument.
Page 585 - C, together with the time and date when the mortgage is so endorsed; (3) An affidavit is filed with the record of such mortgage to the effect that the mortgage is made in good faith and without any design to hinder, delay, or defraud any existing or future creditor of the mortgagor or any lienor of the mortgaged vessel...
Page 75 - An absolute and unconditional renunciation of his rights against the principal debtor made at or after the maturity of the instrument discharges the instrument. But a renunciation does not affect the rights of a holder in due course without notice. A renunciation must be in writing, unless the instrument is delivered up to the person primarily liable thereon.
Page 588 - ... unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 446 - No ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquor or liquors of whatever kind shall be introduced, under any pretense, into the Indian country. Every person who sells, exchanges, gives, barters, or disposes of any ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquors of any kind to any Indian under charge of any Indian superintendent or agent, or introduces or attempts to...