The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volumen118Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1908 |
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... direct interest in their business or management . These are committed solely to the stockholders , who have a pecuniary stake in the proper conduct of their affairs . By accepting a charter they do not undertake to carry on the business ...
... direct interest in their business or management . These are committed solely to the stockholders , who have a pecuniary stake in the proper conduct of their affairs . By accepting a charter they do not undertake to carry on the business ...
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... direct jurisdiction of this court ( a chan- cery court ) , which was intended to deal only in matters of civil right resting in equity , or where the remedy at law was not sufficiently adequate . . . . I know that the court is in the ...
... direct jurisdiction of this court ( a chan- cery court ) , which was intended to deal only in matters of civil right resting in equity , or where the remedy at law was not sufficiently adequate . . . . I know that the court is in the ...
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... Direct evidence is not essential to prove the con- spiracy . It 180 need not be shown that the parties actually came together and agreed in express terms to enter in and pursue a common design . The existence of the assent of minds ...
... Direct evidence is not essential to prove the con- spiracy . It 180 need not be shown that the parties actually came together and agreed in express terms to enter in and pursue a common design . The existence of the assent of minds ...
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... direct a verdict accordingly , if the agent testifies that he has no recollection of its service . ( p . 55. ) COURTS . The Circuit Court has No Original Jurisdiction to entertain an action on a note for one hundred dollars and interest ...
... direct a verdict accordingly , if the agent testifies that he has no recollection of its service . ( p . 55. ) COURTS . The Circuit Court has No Original Jurisdiction to entertain an action on a note for one hundred dollars and interest ...
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... Direct a Verdict for the plaintiff where a passenger sues a railway company for the loss of her trunk , containing articles of baggage , if the defendant raises no issue as to her right to have the articles transported , and no fact is ...
... Direct a Verdict for the plaintiff where a passenger sues a railway company for the loss of her trunk , containing articles of baggage , if the defendant raises no issue as to her right to have the articles transported , and no fact is ...
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The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value ..., Volumen43 Vista completa - 1895 |
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Página 411 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Página 144 - I ever had, now have or which my heirs, executors or administrators, hereafter can, shall or may have for, upon or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of these presents.
Página 412 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they may think proportioned to the injury resulting from such death to the parties respectively for whom and for whose benefit such action shall be brought...
Página 411 - ... death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Página 327 - State, and whenever on the line thereof, the United States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the commissioner of the general land office...
Página 625 - The privilege of the debtor to enjoy the necessary comforts of life, shall be recognized by wholesome laws, exempting a reasonable amount of property from seizure or sale for the payment of any debt or liability hereafter contracted; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud.
Página 696 - We are of opinion, therefore, on principle as well as authority, that whenever a question arises in a court of law of the existence of a statute, or of the time when a statute took effect, or of the precise terms of a statute, the judges who are called upon to decide it have a right to resort to any source of information which in its nature is capable of conveying to the judicial mind a clear and satisfactory answer to such question; always seeking first for that which in its nature is most appropriate,...
Página 318 - States nearest to the tiers of sections above specified, so much land in alternate sections or parts of sections, designated by odd numbers, as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated...
Página 995 - ... as may fairly be said to have been within the contemplation of the parties when the contract was made as attending the use of the insured property.
Página 225 - But if the grant was for purposes of private advantage and emolument, though the public may derive a common benefit therefrom, the corporation, quoad hoc, is to be regarded as a private company. It stands on the same footing as would any individual or body of persons upon whom the like special franchises had been conferred.