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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... trial was as to the proper construction of the reservation above recited . The plaintiffs contended that it amounted to a reservation of one - half of the corpus of the " stone coal and other mineral " in situ . The contention of the ...
... trial was as to the proper construction of the reservation above recited . The plaintiffs contended that it amounted to a reservation of one - half of the corpus of the " stone coal and other mineral " in situ . The contention of the ...
Page 47
... trial ; and if the record showed that the court had jurisdic- tion and the proceedings were regular , there could be no reversal . And if points were put and decisions made respecting evidence , during the conduct of the trial , if they ...
... trial ; and if the record showed that the court had jurisdic- tion and the proceedings were regular , there could be no reversal . And if points were put and decisions made respecting evidence , during the conduct of the trial , if they ...
Page 53
... trial produced a receipt signed by the plaintiff ; the plaintiff alleged the receipt to be a forgery . The verdict ... trials the party accused is entitled to the benefit of legal presumption in favor of innocence , which , in doubtful ...
... trial produced a receipt signed by the plaintiff ; the plaintiff alleged the receipt to be a forgery . The verdict ... trials the party accused is entitled to the benefit of legal presumption in favor of innocence , which , in doubtful ...
Page 59
... trial of all criminal cases the defendant may except to any decision of the court , in the same manner as is provided and practiced in civil cases , and in case of nuisance , or forcible entry , or detainer , the Commonwealth also may ...
... trial of all criminal cases the defendant may except to any decision of the court , in the same manner as is provided and practiced in civil cases , and in case of nuisance , or forcible entry , or detainer , the Commonwealth also may ...
Page 70
... trial the defendants alleged that the bond and guaranty was unauthorized and illegal ; that the arrangement by which A. got the money was prohibited by the Constitution and statutes and was against public policy . Held , the plaintiff ...
... trial the defendants alleged that the bond and guaranty was unauthorized and illegal ; that the arrangement by which A. got the money was prohibited by the Constitution and statutes and was against public policy . Held , the plaintiff ...
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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.