United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volumen213United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1909 |
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... trial was by a jury , and as one question of law before us is whether a verdict for the plaintiff was war- ranted , the evidence is reported in full . In returning a general verdict for the plaintiff the jury also made special findings ...
... trial was by a jury , and as one question of law before us is whether a verdict for the plaintiff was war- ranted , the evidence is reported in full . In returning a general verdict for the plaintiff the jury also made special findings ...
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... made by the de- fendant was not equitable , or had been based upon erroneous principles , and he had the right to a trial and to make proof of 213 U.S. Opinion of the Court . such allegations , 48 OCTOBER TERM , 1908 .
... made by the de- fendant was not equitable , or had been based upon erroneous principles , and he had the right to a trial and to make proof of 213 U.S. Opinion of the Court . such allegations , 48 OCTOBER TERM , 1908 .
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... trial followed , at which the plaintiff got a judgment . The errors assigned are that the court refused to allow the defendant to file the above plea , and that it rendered judgment for the plaintiff instead of for the defendant . This ...
... trial followed , at which the plaintiff got a judgment . The errors assigned are that the court refused to allow the defendant to file the above plea , and that it rendered judgment for the plaintiff instead of for the defendant . This ...
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... trial . The circumstances are not disclosed , and it may be that the court , in its discretion , consid- ered that it was unjust for the plaintiff to be called upon to meet a new and serious issue at the last moment . Again , the plea ...
... trial . The circumstances are not disclosed , and it may be that the court , in its discretion , consid- ered that it was unjust for the plaintiff to be called upon to meet a new and serious issue at the last moment . Again , the plea ...
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... trial , and it was held by the Texas court that it was not required to give force and effect to the territorial statute under the Constitution and laws of the United States . The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas shows that ...
... trial , and it was held by the Texas court that it was not required to give force and effect to the territorial statute under the Constitution and laws of the United States . The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas shows that ...
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Página 238 - If a bankrupt shall have given a preference within four months before the filing of a petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, and the person receiving it, or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall have had reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a preference, it shall be voidable by the trustee, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.
Página 135 - We think that in all cases of this nature the law has invested courts of justice with the authority to discharge a jury from giving any verdict whenever, in their opinion, taking all the circumstances into consideration, there is a manifest necessity for the act, or the ends of public justice would otherwise be defeated.
Página 237 - ... suffered a judgment to be entered against himself in favor of any person, or made a transfer of any of his property, and the effect of the enforcement of such judgment or transfer will be to enable any one of his creditors to obtain a greater percentage of his debt than any other of such creditors of the same class.
Página 211 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void ; and form no bar to a recovery sought, even prior to a reversal, in opposition to them.
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