Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Volumen11Tribune Company Press, 1878 |
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... defendant was there defendant . 7th . That plaintiff has not , and defendant is advised and believes it could not , establish its claim and obtain any judgment at law or in equity against this defendant founded on the bonds and claim of ...
... defendant was there defendant . 7th . That plaintiff has not , and defendant is advised and believes it could not , establish its claim and obtain any judgment at law or in equity against this defendant founded on the bonds and claim of ...
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... defendant , consisting of a strip of said land one hundred feet in width , running through said farm , and which is used by said defendant for its railroad , except the ground on which the water grist mill stood , the said land of the ...
... defendant , consisting of a strip of said land one hundred feet in width , running through said farm , and which is used by said defendant for its railroad , except the ground on which the water grist mill stood , the said land of the ...
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... defendant , used on its said railroad , and the spread of fire by the ignition aforesaid to and over the said lands of said plaintiffs , and doing damages thereto . Yet the said defendant , well knowing the premises , but contriving and ...
... defendant , used on its said railroad , and the spread of fire by the ignition aforesaid to and over the said lands of said plaintiffs , and doing damages thereto . Yet the said defendant , well knowing the premises , but contriving and ...
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... defendant . 3d Proposition - The burden of proof is on the plaintiff , and be- fore he can recover in this action , he must satisfy you by a preponderance of evidence that the defendant was guilty of negligence in this matter at issue ...
... defendant . 3d Proposition - The burden of proof is on the plaintiff , and be- fore he can recover in this action , he must satisfy you by a preponderance of evidence that the defendant was guilty of negligence in this matter at issue ...
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... defendant . The writ of error was allowed upon the petition of the defendant . The Hon . Thayer Melvin , Judge of the first judicial circuit , rendered the judgment below . A sufficient statement of the case is given by HAY- MOND ...
... defendant . The writ of error was allowed upon the petition of the defendant . The Hon . Thayer Melvin , Judge of the first judicial circuit , rendered the judgment below . A sufficient statement of the case is given by HAY- MOND ...
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9 Gratt acres action adm'r Admr affidavit aforesaid alleged amount answer appear appellate court appellees August Term Betsall bill of exceptions bond cause chancery charged circuit court claim Code commissioner common law complainant consent Conway counsel court of equity court of Ritchie creditors debt declaration decree deed of trust defendant delivered the opinion demurrer Douglass error et ux Evans evidence ex'r executed executor facts fendant filed Gratt Greenbrier county held Idem indictment injunction interest issue James Jarrett John Judge judgment June Term jurors jury Leigh lien ment motion Moundsville Munf Ohio overruled paid parties payable payment person petition plaintiff plaintiff in error plea Prindle prisoner proof purchase money railroad reason record rendered Ritchie county Samuel sheriff sold Special Term statute suit supersedeas surety testimony thereof Thompson tion to-wit trial verdict West Virginia wife Wirt county witness Wood county
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Página 812 - ... fetter and degrade the State governments by subjecting them to the control of Congress in the exercise of powers heretofore universally conceded to them of the most ordinary and fundamental character; when in fact it radically changes the whole theory of the relations of the State and Federal governments to each other, and of these governments to the people...
Página 770 - all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Página 811 - subject to its jurisdiction" was intended to exclude from its operation children of ministers, consuls, and citizens or subjects of foreign States born within the United States.
Página 748 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Página 813 - We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed, by way of discrimination, against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.
Página 2 - No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for the state and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Página 811 - It is a little remarkable, if this clause was intended as a protection to the citizen of a state against the legislative power of his own state, that the word citizen of the state should be left out when it is so carefully used, and used in contradistinction to citizens of the United States...
Página 816 - ... adds nothing to the rights of one citizen as against another. It simply furnishes an additional guaranty against any encroachment by the States upon the fundamental rights which belong to every citizen as a member of society.
Página 337 - Guilty afterwards pleaded by the said Samuel A. Worcester; whereby the said' Samuel A. Worcester is sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiary of the State of Georgia, ought to be reversed and annulled. And this Court, proceeding to render such Judgment as the said Superior Court of the State of Georgia should have rendered, it is...
Página 801 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.