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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... claims with the assignee of Farr , and that it would be doing great injustice to them to withdraw this large amount ... claim will be paid . It often happens that the fairest promises produce the least percentage . It often happens that ...
... claims with the assignee of Farr , and that it would be doing great injustice to them to withdraw this large amount ... claim will be paid . It often happens that the fairest promises produce the least percentage . It often happens that ...
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... claim . In such case it would be a question between the creditor and his debtor , and wno can doubt but that if it appeared that the debtor had made a fraudulent accession to his assets , and thereby induced his creditors to file their ...
... claim . In such case it would be a question between the creditor and his debtor , and wno can doubt but that if it appeared that the debtor had made a fraudulent accession to his assets , and thereby induced his creditors to file their ...
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... claim of B. and allowed it . Held , the claim was , under the circumstances . one to be adjudicated in the orphans ' court , and the action of the auditor was within the powers of his appointment . One not otherwise interested than as ...
... claim of B. and allowed it . Held , the claim was , under the circumstances . one to be adjudicated in the orphans ' court , and the action of the auditor was within the powers of his appointment . One not otherwise interested than as ...
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... claims against the estate to appear before him and present them . Dr. Axtell was then " bound to appear and claim his debt . " Hammett's Appeal , 83 Penn . St. 392. In order to obtain any part of the fund in the hands of the ...
... claims against the estate to appear before him and present them . Dr. Axtell was then " bound to appear and claim his debt . " Hammett's Appeal , 83 Penn . St. 392. In order to obtain any part of the fund in the hands of the ...
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... claim , the orphans ' court overruled the auditor and rejected the claim for reasons given in the opinion of the learned judge , disposing of the exceptions . Referring to the claim of Dr. Axtell , the appellant , he says : " After ...
... claim , the orphans ' court overruled the auditor and rejected the claim for reasons given in the opinion of the learned judge , disposing of the exceptions . Referring to the claim of Dr. Axtell , the appellant , he says : " After ...
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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.