The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States with Notes and References, 60. köideBancroft-Whitney, 1888 |
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Page 96
... operate on any just principle to set in motion the run- ning of the statute of limitations in favor of stockholders . It is true that this state of facts may prove the necessity for calling in unpaid subscriptions for stock in order to ...
... operate on any just principle to set in motion the run- ning of the statute of limitations in favor of stockholders . It is true that this state of facts may prove the necessity for calling in unpaid subscriptions for stock in order to ...
Page 104
... operate to prohibit the levy of taxes on any subject , not susceptible of determinate value . It is contended that if the word " property , " as used in section one of article eleven , be construed as not synonymous with " sub . jects ...
... operate to prohibit the levy of taxes on any subject , not susceptible of determinate value . It is contended that if the word " property , " as used in section one of article eleven , be construed as not synonymous with " sub . jects ...
Page 106
... operate . Different occupations may be taxed at different rates , and some may be altogether exempted ; and the ... operated extensive telegraph lines from places beyond , into and through the State , and intended to make the tax ...
... operate . Different occupations may be taxed at different rates , and some may be altogether exempted ; and the ... operated extensive telegraph lines from places beyond , into and through the State , and intended to make the tax ...
Page 114
... operate to impose a liability not previously existing , they are without opera- tion . The new rule proclaimed by the Constitution imposes a lia- bility for private property injured or destroyed , though not taken , a liability for ...
... operate to impose a liability not previously existing , they are without opera- tion . The new rule proclaimed by the Constitution imposes a lia- bility for private property injured or destroyed , though not taken , a liability for ...
Page 117
... operate to so restrain the power of municipal corporations over the streets , as to subject them on each successive alteration and improvement , to liability for damages , when the same could legally , and should have been assessed on ...
... operate to so restrain the power of municipal corporations over the streets , as to subject them on each successive alteration and improvement , to liability for damages , when the same could legally , and should have been assessed on ...
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Page 119 - ... 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.
Page 630 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious, unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 531 - Now if the special circumstances under which the contract was actually made were communicated by the plaintiffs to the defendants, and thus known to both parties, the damages resulting from the breach of such a contract, which they would reasonably contemplate, would be the amount of injury which would ordinarily follow from a breach of contract under these special circumstances so known and communicated.
Page 141 - the rule of law is clear, that, where one, by his words or conduct, wilfully causes another to believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter, a different state of things, as existing at the same time.
Page 191 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved, that, at the time of committing the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 462 - It must not be forgotten that you are not to extend arbitrarily those rules which say that a given contract is void as being against public policy, because if there is one thing which more than another public policy requires it is that men of full age and competent understanding shall have the utmost liberty of contracting, and that their contracts, when entered into freely and voluntarily, shall be held sacred, and shall be enforced by courts of justice.
Page 554 - That in all elections of directors, and in deciding all questions at meetings of shareholders, each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote on each share of stock held by him. Shareholders may vote by proxies duly authorized in writing ; but no officer, clerk, teller, or book-keeper of such association shall act as proxy; and no shareholder whose liability is past due and unpaid...
Page 834 - Congress shall have the power .... to promote the progress of science, and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Page 112 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 208 - ... the jurors ought to be told in all cases that every man is to be presumed to be sane, and to possess a sufficient degree of reason to be responsible for his crimes, until the contrary be proved to their satisfaction; and that to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of...