Atlantic Reporter, Volume 99West Publishing Company, 1917 |
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Page 37
... deeds pursuant to its provisions , the suit being really for the construction of a deed given by the executors and trustees under the will and the trust deed given by their gran- tee , which deeds touched different property and ...
... deeds pursuant to its provisions , the suit being really for the construction of a deed given by the executors and trustees under the will and the trust deed given by their gran- tee , which deeds touched different property and ...
Page 38
... deed to Frank B. Wilder as trustee for the purposes set forth therein . Under this trust deed Wil- liam L. Wilder was to have the use and occu- pation of the real estate during his lifetime on certain conditions therein stated , also ...
... deed to Frank B. Wilder as trustee for the purposes set forth therein . Under this trust deed Wil- liam L. Wilder was to have the use and occu- pation of the real estate during his lifetime on certain conditions therein stated , also ...
Page 41
... deed of the lot in question , which was duly recorded Octo- ber 20 , 1881 , and it is admitted that the schoolhouse was moved onto a part of the land described in said deed . In 1893 the school districts in all towns in the state were ...
... deed of the lot in question , which was duly recorded Octo- ber 20 , 1881 , and it is admitted that the schoolhouse was moved onto a part of the land described in said deed . In 1893 the school districts in all towns in the state were ...
Page 66
... deed as executed . [ Ed . Note . - For other cases , see Reformation of Instruments , Cent . Dig . § 75. ] 4. REFORMATION OF INSTRUMENTS 32 - DE- FENSES - LACHES . Where a mistake in a deed was pointed out to the grantor's agent before ...
... deed as executed . [ Ed . Note . - For other cases , see Reformation of Instruments , Cent . Dig . § 75. ] 4. REFORMATION OF INSTRUMENTS 32 - DE- FENSES - LACHES . Where a mistake in a deed was pointed out to the grantor's agent before ...
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... deed in accordance with the special prayer fore an examination of her title had been of the bill . By an amendment to the bill completed . The examination of the title dis- made on June 21 , 1902 , Mrs. Smith was closed the fact that ...
... deed in accordance with the special prayer fore an examination of her title had been of the bill . By an amendment to the bill completed . The examination of the title dis- made on June 21 , 1902 , Mrs. Smith was closed the fact that ...
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Page 216 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Page 65 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 122 - ... a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York...
Page 104 - ... in the absence of fraud in the transaction the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive...
Page 341 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Page 307 - July 1, 1898, which provides that "a discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all his provable debts...
Page 423 - While the presumption is, where one has made a will, that he did not intend to die intestate as to any part of his property...
Page 255 - ... action shall survive to the surviving plaintiff or plaintiffs, or against the surviving defendant or defendants, the writ or action shall not be thereby abated: but such death being suggested upon the record, the action shall proceed at the suit of the surviving plaintiff or plaintiffs against the surviving defendant or defendants.
Page 7 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well-ordered civil 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 may be so regulated, that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Page 202 - That, in order to give effect to the will of the people as expressed by their elected representatives, it is necessary that the power of the other House to alter or reject bills passed by this House should be so restricted by Law as to secure that within the limits of a single Parliament the final decision of the Commons shall prevail.