Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont: Reported by the Judges of Said Court, Agreeably to a Statute Law of the State, Volumen15 |
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... tion , of cavalry horses , and of militia polls , which are varied from year to year . These exemptions create no permanent rights , any more than the bounty on silk or wolves - laws which confer privileges while the laws exist , but ...
... tion , of cavalry horses , and of militia polls , which are varied from year to year . These exemptions create no permanent rights , any more than the bounty on silk or wolves - laws which confer privileges while the laws exist , but ...
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... tion , that the corporation of the university is a private cor- poration . It may be admitted that an act establishing a bank , a manufacturing company , or any other strictly pri- vate corporation , is in the nature of a grant , and ...
... tion , that the corporation of the university is a private cor- poration . It may be admitted that an act establishing a bank , a manufacturing company , or any other strictly pri- vate corporation , is in the nature of a grant , and ...
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... tion only exempts property to the value of one thousand dollars , still , if the tax is , in part , made upon property exempt by law , the whole tax is void . The important in- quiry , then , is , has the legislature , by any subsequent ...
... tion only exempts property to the value of one thousand dollars , still , if the tax is , in part , made upon property exempt by law , the whole tax is void . The important in- quiry , then , is , has the legislature , by any subsequent ...
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... tion . The reason of this mode of exception is obvious ; for it is conceded by all the books that a single plea need not answer the whole of the counts ; but one plea may be pleaded to a part and another to the residue . One may ...
... tion . The reason of this mode of exception is obvious ; for it is conceded by all the books that a single plea need not answer the whole of the counts ; but one plea may be pleaded to a part and another to the residue . One may ...
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... tion . It professed to answer the whole plea , and prayed judgment of the whole action . In Sterling v . Sherwood , 20 Johns . R. 206 , how the plea commenced does not appear , but it prayed judgment of the whole action , which made it ...
... tion . It professed to answer the whole plea , and prayed judgment of the whole action . In Sterling v . Sherwood , 20 Johns . R. 206 , how the plea commenced does not appear , but it prayed judgment of the whole action , which made it ...
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action admitted adverse possession aforesaid alleged amount answer appear assignment assumpsit attorney auditor authority bill Briggs CALEDONIA chancery CHITTENDEN claim Clayes common law contract conveyance conveyed costs county court court of chancery court of equity court was delivered covenants creditor damages debt debtor declaration decree deed defendant's discharge dollars entitled equity evidence execution fact February fraud GRAND ISLE grant husband indictment interest January Johns Jonathan Seely judgment jurisdiction justice Ketchum land liable March ment mortgage notice objection officer opinion orator paid parol parties payment person Pinney plaintiff plea pleaded possession premises proceedings purchase question received recover rendered resulting trust rule RUTLAND S. R. VOL settlement statute statute of frauds sufficient suit term testimony thereof tion town trespass trial trover trust turnpike University of Vermont verdict void wife WILLIAM HEBARD WINDSOR witness writ
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Página 714 - The decisions on the subject of passengers' baggage turn upon the question : What articles may baggage consist of ? This is a mixed question of law and fact, to be determined by the jury under proper instructions from the court.
Página 258 - It is true that the assignee of a chose in action takes it subject to all the equities to which it was subject in the hands of the assignor...
Página 750 - That private property ought to be subservient to public uses, when necessity requires it ; nevertheless, whenever any person's property is taken for the use of the public, the owner ought to receive an equivalent in money.
Página 23 - It is a cardinal rule of statutory construction that significance and effect shall, if possible, be accorded to every word. As early as in Bacon's Abridgment, sect. 2, it was said that 'a statute ought, upon the whole, to be so construed that, if it can be prevented, no clause, sentence, or word shall be superfluous, void, or insignificant.
Página 307 - ... shall not affect any act done, or any • right accruing or accrued or established, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case before the time when such repeal shall take effect...
Página 719 - Where a man is under a moral obligation, which no court of law or equity can enforce, and promises, the honesty and rectitude of the thing is a consideration.
Página 708 - Is not that very question a question of fact, or a mixed question of law and fact ? Certainly it is.
Página 530 - The resulting trust, not within the Statute of Frauds, and which may be shown without writing, is when the purchase is made with the proper moneys of the cestui que trust, and the deed not taken in his name. The trust results from the original transaction, at the time it takes place, and at no other time; and it is founded on the actual payment of money, and on no other ground.
Página 341 - Now in the case of a sale of goods, if nothing remains to be done on the part of the seller, as between him and the buyer, before the thing purchased is to be delivered, the property in the goods immediately passes to the buyer, and that in the price to the seller...
Página 72 - I am not very well satisfied with the summary mode of getting rid of a statutory provision, by calling it directory. If one positive requirement and provision of a statute may be avoided in that way, we see no reason why another may not.