The Albany Law Journal: A Monthly Record of the Law and the Lawyers, 8. köideWeed, Parsons, 1874 |
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... thing like a systematic arrangement , to secure copies of all the opinions delivered , or of the more important of them . They have contented themselves with publishing every thing , that they could pick up it is unnecessary to speak ...
... thing like a systematic arrangement , to secure copies of all the opinions delivered , or of the more important of them . They have contented themselves with publishing every thing , that they could pick up it is unnecessary to speak ...
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... thing in the way of rejection or criticism . " We happen to be of the number who believe that there is nothing to be feared from the judges either in sup- pressing decisions worthy of publication , or in forcing unworthy ones upon the ...
... thing in the way of rejection or criticism . " We happen to be of the number who believe that there is nothing to be feared from the judges either in sup- pressing decisions worthy of publication , or in forcing unworthy ones upon the ...
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... thing may be observed with reference to the rights of colored persons in railway cars , steamboats and ships . Any one who purchases a first- class ticket of a railroad company is , at common law , entitled to the accommodations to ...
... thing may be observed with reference to the rights of colored persons in railway cars , steamboats and ships . Any one who purchases a first- class ticket of a railroad company is , at common law , entitled to the accommodations to ...
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... thing short of that degree of skill in his practice , the law will hold him responsible for any injury which may result from its absence . " To the same effect are Simonds v . Hen- ry , 39 Me . 155 ; Patton v . Miggin , 51 id . 595 . LL ...
... thing short of that degree of skill in his practice , the law will hold him responsible for any injury which may result from its absence . " To the same effect are Simonds v . Hen- ry , 39 Me . 155 ; Patton v . Miggin , 51 id . 595 . LL ...
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... thing so important as the making of a judge - young , ambitious men , more familiar with the management of ward caucuses or town -- ― meetings than with the conduct of a cause in court . This is bad enough , but it is not all , nor the ...
... thing so important as the making of a judge - young , ambitious men , more familiar with the management of ward caucuses or town -- ― meetings than with the conduct of a cause in court . This is bad enough , but it is not all , nor the ...
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Page 351 - A child, when adopted, may take the family name of the 'person adopting. After adoption the two shall sustain towards each other the legal relation of parent and child, and have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of that relation.
Page 320 - An officer de facto is one whose acts, though not those of a lawful officer, the law, upon principles of policy and justice, will hold valid so far as they involve the interests of the public and third persons, where the duties of the office were exercised : First.
Page 362 - I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original law.
Page 63 - Aliens who are citizens or subjects of any government which accords to citizens of the United States the right to prosecute claims against such government in its courts...
Page 235 - Territory, or district where the bank is located, and no more, except that where by the laws of any State a different rate is limited for banks of issue organized under State laws, the rate so limited shall be allowed for associations organized or existing in any such State under this title.
Page 223 - Judges shall be the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The first ordinary Judges of the said Court shall be the existing Lords Justices of Appeal in Chancery, the existing salaried Judges of the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council, appointed under the "Judicial Committee Act, 1871...
Page 339 - The detriment caused by the wrongful conversion of personal property is presumed to be : "First — The value of the property at the time of the conversion, with the interest from that time, or, an amount sufficient to indemnify the party injured for the loss which is the natural, reasonable and proximate result of the wrongful act complained of and which a proper degree of prudence on his part would not have averted; and "Second — A fair compensation for * the time and money properly expended...
Page 32 - Court, Register's Court, and a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for each county ; in Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts as the Legislature may, from time to time, establish.
Page 366 - ... by leaving a copy thereof at his or her house or place of abode, in the presence of some one of the family of suitable age and discretion, who shall be informed of the contents thereof...
Page 310 - ... to establish a defense on the ground of insanity it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of 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.