Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, 26. köideE. W. Stephens, 1869 |
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Page 25
... allowed to set up any fact dehors the policy , in order to impeach the original validity . " Here was no forfeiture , for the breach of the warranty occurred before the policy ever took effect ; and how could that be void through a ...
... allowed to set up any fact dehors the policy , in order to impeach the original validity . " Here was no forfeiture , for the breach of the warranty occurred before the policy ever took effect ; and how could that be void through a ...
Page 44
... allowed without proper showing . At all events , if the condition is im- proper as a part of the paper , the limitation thereby attempted could not have been enforced . But the defend- ant was not prejudiced thereby , and we cannot be ...
... allowed without proper showing . At all events , if the condition is im- proper as a part of the paper , the limitation thereby attempted could not have been enforced . But the defend- ant was not prejudiced thereby , and we cannot be ...
Page 84
... allowed this amendment at the close of the evidence , and to be filed after verdict , he asks for a reversal of the judgment . We do not stop to inquire whether the amendment was material , - that is , whether the evidence did not ...
... allowed this amendment at the close of the evidence , and to be filed after verdict , he asks for a reversal of the judgment . We do not stop to inquire whether the amendment was material , - that is , whether the evidence did not ...
Page 100
... allowed to prevent fraud and injustice , and has no application to the case before the court . Lucas v . Hart , 5 Iowa , 419 ; 1 Story's Equity , § 391 . Parol evidence is not admissible to show that some matter or point not embraced in ...
... allowed to prevent fraud and injustice , and has no application to the case before the court . Lucas v . Hart , 5 Iowa , 419 ; 1 Story's Equity , § 391 . Parol evidence is not admissible to show that some matter or point not embraced in ...
Page 102
... allowed to controvert the validity of this prior adjudication . They relied upon their defense of adverse possession , running back to a period more than ten years before the commencement of this suit . Plaintiff , to defeat the bar ...
... allowed to controvert the validity of this prior adjudication . They relied upon their defense of adverse possession , running back to a period more than ten years before the commencement of this suit . Plaintiff , to defeat the bar ...
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Page 79 - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present...
Page 587 - Where people understand that they must live together, except for a very few reasons known to the law, they learn to soften by mutual accommodation, that yoke which they know they cannot shake off; they become good husbands and good wives, from the necessity of remaining husbands and wives ; for necessity is a powerful master in teaching the duties which it imposes.
Page 413 - An instrument or writing, being or purporting to be the act of another, by which a pecuniary demand or obligation is or purports to be or to have been created, increased, discharged, or diminished, or in any manner affected...
Page 345 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith ; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 418 - In still other words, the forged instrument, to be the foundation for an indictment, must appear on its face to be good and valid for the purpose for which it was created.
Page 564 - ... upon the order of a court of record of competent jurisdiction, may sell or compound all bad or doubtful debts, and, on a like order, may sell all the real and personal property of such association, on such terms as the court shall direct ; and may, if necessary to pay the debts of sucu association, enforce the individual liability of the stockholders.
Page 296 - A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless it be corroborated by such other evidence as shall tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense ; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.
Page 568 - Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy adverse to the plaintiff, or who is a necessary party to a complete determination or settlement of the question involved therein.
Page 564 - ... the Comptroller of the Currency may forthwith appoint a receiver, and require of him such bond and security as he deems proper. Such receiver, under the direction of the Comptroller, shall take possession of the books...
Page 620 - Forgery is the false making or materially altering with intent to defraud of any writing, which, if genuine, might apparently be of legal efficacy, or the foundation of a legal liability.