Atlantic Reporter, Volume 99West Publishing Company, 1917 |
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Page 90
... plain mis- take , and the order setting the verdict aside , cannot be disturbed , if there was evidence to justify the finding . Abbott v . Railroad , su- pra . gues . It seems probable that a shock suffi- cient to break glass in an ...
... plain mis- take , and the order setting the verdict aside , cannot be disturbed , if there was evidence to justify the finding . Abbott v . Railroad , su- pra . gues . It seems probable that a shock suffi- cient to break glass in an ...
Page 152
... plain letter of the same contract , the whole charge of $ 11,714.70 in the claim which makes up the $ 32,228.45 was absolutely without any basis of right . A careful examination of the testimony fails to disclose a single statement in ...
... plain letter of the same contract , the whole charge of $ 11,714.70 in the claim which makes up the $ 32,228.45 was absolutely without any basis of right . A careful examination of the testimony fails to disclose a single statement in ...
Page 167
... plain- tiff's husband happened to fall under the wheels of the car and was so injured that he died shortly thereafter . The action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for ed ; it was only by using this car that the the loss of ...
... plain- tiff's husband happened to fall under the wheels of the car and was so injured that he died shortly thereafter . The action was brought by plaintiff to recover damages for ed ; it was only by using this car that the the loss of ...
Page 171
... plain letters , but abbreviated on certain smaller parts . In 1905 defendants purchased the property of the Luzerne Manufacturing Company and continued to conduct the business as copart- ners under that name . A large proportion of the ...
... plain letters , but abbreviated on certain smaller parts . In 1905 defendants purchased the property of the Luzerne Manufacturing Company and continued to conduct the business as copart- ners under that name . A large proportion of the ...
Page 173
... plain- tiff's manufacture , unnecessarily restricts de- fendants in the legitimate conduct of their business . There is no question of violation of patent rights involved in this case . Con- sequently it is not lawful for defendants to ...
... plain- tiff's manufacture , unnecessarily restricts de- fendants in the legitimate conduct of their business . There is no question of violation of patent rights involved in this case . Con- sequently it is not lawful for defendants to ...
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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.