The Eastern Reporter: Containing All the Decisions of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as Soon as They are Filed, with Statement of the Case, 11. köideWilliam Gould, 1887 |
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... agreement of December , 1876 , was made between Thompson and Dougherty , Thompson was no longer the owner of the land . He held the legal title only , and that as trustee for Dougherty , subject to the terms of his contract with ...
... agreement of December , 1876 , was made between Thompson and Dougherty , Thompson was no longer the owner of the land . He held the legal title only , and that as trustee for Dougherty , subject to the terms of his contract with ...
Page 38
... agreement and their privies . Freeman's note to Davis v . Garr , 55 Am . Dec. 398 ; Tyler Usury , 403. One who has for a full consideration on a conveyance of land assumed the payment of a usurious mortgage cannot take advantage of the ...
... agreement and their privies . Freeman's note to Davis v . Garr , 55 Am . Dec. 398 ; Tyler Usury , 403. One who has for a full consideration on a conveyance of land assumed the payment of a usurious mortgage cannot take advantage of the ...
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... agreement to defend against the usury . The substance of Dr. Graham's agreement with Riddle was , to assert the personal right given him by the statute , and thus reduce pro tanto the incumbrance , subject to which the defendants in ...
... agreement to defend against the usury . The substance of Dr. Graham's agreement with Riddle was , to assert the personal right given him by the statute , and thus reduce pro tanto the incumbrance , subject to which the defendants in ...
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... agreement is to make and furnish an arti- cle to the satisfaction of the person for whom it is to be made our authorities declare it is not a compliance with the contract to prove he ought to have been satisfied . It was so held in Gray ...
... agreement is to make and furnish an arti- cle to the satisfaction of the person for whom it is to be made our authorities declare it is not a compliance with the contract to prove he ought to have been satisfied . It was so held in Gray ...
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... agreement formed a copartnership for the purpose of manufacturing iron , etc. , and the same day purchased all the ... agreement made by Bradley , Reis & Co. on the back of the receipt , and agreement of the cashier of the bank with the ...
... agreement formed a copartnership for the purpose of manufacturing iron , etc. , and the same day purchased all the ... agreement made by Bradley , Reis & Co. on the back of the receipt , and agreement of the cashier of the bank with the ...
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Page 334 - ... 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 591 - Every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards (excepting paupers and persons under guardianship), who shall have resided within the Commonwealth one year, and within the town or district, in which he may claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Senators, or Representatives, and who shall have paid...
Page 592 - ... to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Page 774 - it extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the State.
Page 326 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 774 - persons and property are subjected to all kinds of restraints and burdens, in order to secure the general comfort, health, and prosperity of the State ; of the perfect right of the Legislature to do which no question ever was, or upon acknowledged general principles ever can be, made, so far as natural persons are concerned.
Page 787 - And as to my worldly estate, and all the property, real and personal, or mixed, of which I shall die seized and possessed, or to which I shall be entitled at the time of my decease.
Page 284 - The manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage shall be prohibited. The general assembly shall provide by law for carrying this article into effect.
Page 693 - CD, of &.C., my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name...
Page 100 - But debts owing by corporations, like debts owing by individuals, are not property of the debtors in any sense ; they are obligations of the debtors, and only possess value in the hands of the creditors. With them they are property, and in their hands they may be taxed. To call debts property of the debtors is simply to misuse terms.