Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Volume 101 |
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Page 14
... paid for at an agreed price . But this was nothing more than a previ- ous agreement of the amount of damages to be paid , in the event the contract to return was broken . This pre- sents a different question from that of an absolute ...
... paid for at an agreed price . But this was nothing more than a previ- ous agreement of the amount of damages to be paid , in the event the contract to return was broken . This pre- sents a different question from that of an absolute ...
Page 16
... paid by the construction company , had been paid , nor an averment of an offer , or even a readiness or willingness to pay such debts ; the failure of the construction company to perform its part of the contract by paying the debts ...
... paid by the construction company , had been paid , nor an averment of an offer , or even a readiness or willingness to pay such debts ; the failure of the construction company to perform its part of the contract by paying the debts ...
Page 21
... paid . The construction company failed to perform its part of the contract , and rendered the specific performance of the contract by the defendant cor- poration impossible , nor did the bill contain averments that the said debts had ...
... paid . The construction company failed to perform its part of the contract , and rendered the specific performance of the contract by the defendant cor- poration impossible , nor did the bill contain averments that the said debts had ...
Page 82
... paid in cash , should not be paid . - Code of 1876 , § 1807 ; Acts of 1882-83 p . 40 ; 1 Spelling on Corporations , §§ 35 note 1 , 37 , 38 . ( 3. ) The corporation being de facto only , the law of its existence and the rule of its ...
... paid in cash , should not be paid . - Code of 1876 , § 1807 ; Acts of 1882-83 p . 40 ; 1 Spelling on Corporations , §§ 35 note 1 , 37 , 38 . ( 3. ) The corporation being de facto only , the law of its existence and the rule of its ...
Page 88
... paid in cash on demand , at the maturity of the note ; this amount being the total of my subscription to the capital stock of the Alabama Mid- land Railway Company . It is agreed , that said amount , to - wit , $ 500 , matures and ...
... paid in cash on demand , at the maturity of the note ; this amount being the total of my subscription to the capital stock of the Alabama Mid- land Railway Company . It is agreed , that said amount , to - wit , $ 500 , matures and ...
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