Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York: 1871, 46. köideBanks & Brothers, 1872 |
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... principal place of business at Hartford , in said State , and doing business in the State of New York , by agents appointed for that purpose . On the 18th of May , 1866 , it issued a policy of insurance to the plaintiff upon a stock of ...
... principal place of business at Hartford , in said State , and doing business in the State of New York , by agents appointed for that purpose . On the 18th of May , 1866 , it issued a policy of insurance to the plaintiff upon a stock of ...
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... principal who has furnished jointly with a town of the county of Suffolk a substitute whose service constituted a part of the excess of years , for which moneys were received from the State , has a clear legal remedy by action against ...
... principal who has furnished jointly with a town of the county of Suffolk a substitute whose service constituted a part of the excess of years , for which moneys were received from the State , has a clear legal remedy by action against ...
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... principal who furnished jointly with the town , a substitute whose service constituted a portion of such excess . It is claimed by the relator , that he did furnish a substitute jointly with the town of Riverhead , and paid towards such ...
... principal who furnished jointly with the town , a substitute whose service constituted a portion of such excess . It is claimed by the relator , that he did furnish a substitute jointly with the town of Riverhead , and paid towards such ...
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... principal , his heirs or assigns . Although it appears , that the town has paid out for municipal purposes all the money received , yet the liability of the town remains , and can be enforced by action . An action is the appropriate ...
... principal , his heirs or assigns . Although it appears , that the town has paid out for municipal purposes all the money received , yet the liability of the town remains , and can be enforced by action . An action is the appropriate ...
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... principal questions in this case are : 1. Whether a certificate of discharge in bankruptcy , issued under the bankrupt act of 1867 , can be impeached in a State court , on the ground that it was improperly granted ? and , 2. Whether the ...
... principal questions in this case are : 1. Whether a certificate of discharge in bankruptcy , issued under the bankrupt act of 1867 , can be impeached in a State court , on the ground that it was improperly granted ? and , 2. Whether the ...
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Page 635 - In any manner relating thereto, shall hereafter be created, granted, assigned, surrendered or declared, unless by act or operation of law, or by a deed or conveyance in writing, subscribed by the party creating, granting, assigning, surrendering or declaring the same, or by his lawful agent thereunto authorized by writing.
Page 518 - Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river has naturally an equal right to the use of the water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands as it was wont to run (currere solebat) without diminution or alteration.
Page 290 - J., observed that in order for it to apply "there must be reasonable evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 162 - To constitute a conversion of real estate into personal, in the absence of an actual sale, it must be made the duty of, and obligatory upon, the trustees to sell it in any event. Such conversion rests upon the principle that equity considers that as done which ought to have been done. A mere discretionary power of selling produces no such result.
Page 16 - That a discharge duly granted under this act shall, with the exceptions aforesaid, release the bankrupt from all debts, claims, liabilities, and demands which were or might have been proved against his estate in bankruptcy...
Page 592 - Any corporation formed under this act may purchase mines, manufactories or other property necessary for its business, or the stock of any company or companies owning, mining, manufacturing or producing materials or other property necessary for its business, and issue stock to the amount of the value thereof in payment therefor...
Page 519 - ... the common right. The diminution, retardation or acceleration, not positively and sensibly injurious, by diminishing the value of the common right, is an implied element in the right of using the stream at all.
Page 81 - Here was no fraud; no wrong. It was incumbent upon the plaintiff to be satisfied "that the bill drawn upon him was the drawer's hand," before he accepted or paid it; but it was not incumbent upon the defendant to inquire into it.
Page 435 - The proper meaning of a privileged communication is only this ; that the occasion on which the communication was made rebuts the inference prima facie arising from a statement prejudicial to the character of the Plaintiff, and puts it upon him to prove that there was malice in fact — that the Defendant was actuated by motives of personal spite or ill-will, independent of the occasion on which the communication was made.
Page 655 - ... fully and entirely, and without change or diminution, as the same were before held and enjoyed...