Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Volumen38E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers, 1916 |
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Abram D accident action adeemed ademption administrator alimony alleged amount appears assumpsit authority Baker bank bill of exceptions bond cause Central Falls Chapter charge cited claim codicil common law complainant constitute contract corporation cotenant counsel damages death deceased decision defendant defendant's deposit DeWolf district court employee employment entitled equity evidence executors filed findings of fact fraudulent conveyances fund Hayes heirs held highway husband injury insured issue John Winthrop Johnson Joseph Goldstein jurisdiction jury justice liability ment motion negligence opinion overruled paid Parkhurst parties payment person petition petitioner plaintiff present probate court proceedings Providence County question reason recover respondent Rhode Island rule Section slavery statement statute statute of distributions sufficient Superior Court supra sustained Sweetland testator testimony thereof tion town of Warwick train treasurer trespass trial court trustee verdict Vincent widow wife witness Workmen's Compensation Act writ
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Página 566 - And be it further enacted, that every will shall be construed, with reference to the real estate and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Página 118 - In the event of disagreement as to the amount of loss the same shall, as above provided, be ascertained by two competent and disinterested appraisers, the insured and this company each selecting one...
Página 182 - No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity unless all the requirements of this policy shall have been complied with, and unless commenced within twelve months next after inception of the loss.
Página 108 - Value is any consideration sufficient to support a simple contract. An antecedent or pre-existing debt constitutes value; and is deemed such whether the instrument is payable on demand or at a future time.
Página 118 - This company shall not be held to have waived any provision or condition of this policy or any forfeiture thereof by any requirement, act, or proceeding on its part relating to the appraisal...
Página 282 - But this rule cannot be availed of to refine away terms of a contract expressed with sufficient clearness to convey the plain meaning of the parties, and embodying requirements compliance with which is made the condition to liability thereon.
Página 105 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to' some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Página 279 - In the bond it Is expressly asserted by the obligor that the answers to these questions were deemed material. As we have seen, they were material to the risk as a matter of fact, and as a matter of law the obligor relied upon them and had the right to rely upon them, and presumably would not have Issued the policy had the obligee not made answers as It did.
Página 413 - In an action to recover damages for personal injury sustained by an employee in the course of his employment, or for death resulting from personal injury so sustained, it shall not be a defense: 1. That the employee was negligent; 2. That the injury was caused by the negligence of a fellow employee; 3. That the employee had assumed the risk of the injury.
Página 586 - An employee of a subscriber shall be held to have waived his right of action at common law to recover damages for personal injuries if he shall not have given his employer, at the time of his contract of hire, notice in writing that he claimed such right...