The Southwestern Reporter, 207. köideWest Publishing Company, 1919 |
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Page 93
... held that the prop held to be the inception of the title . erty belonged to the community of the first marriage and that the second wife acquired no interest therein . The same conclusion , under an analogous state of facts , is reached ...
... held that the prop held to be the inception of the title . erty belonged to the community of the first marriage and that the second wife acquired no interest therein . The same conclusion , under an analogous state of facts , is reached ...
Page 96
... held , the executors of Zilpah Mullins were not necessary parties to this suit . The inhibition against parties tes- tifying to conversations and transactions with the deceased is limited to actions by or against executors ...
... held , the executors of Zilpah Mullins were not necessary parties to this suit . The inhibition against parties tes- tifying to conversations and transactions with the deceased is limited to actions by or against executors ...
Page 105
... held : " There is noth- ing in the Constitution of Texas restricting the power of the Legislature in reference to the sale of [ intoxicating ] liquor ; " citing the Bell Cases , supra . Giozza v . Tiernan , 148 U. S. 661 , 13 Sup . Ct ...
... held : " There is noth- ing in the Constitution of Texas restricting the power of the Legislature in reference to the sale of [ intoxicating ] liquor ; " citing the Bell Cases , supra . Giozza v . Tiernan , 148 U. S. 661 , 13 Sup . Ct ...
Page 117
... held that as said act of June 24th , supra , authoriz- If the convention and people had intended a second election just after one year , the ed by implication by said section to have de- Legislature could not change that law to nied the ...
... held that as said act of June 24th , supra , authoriz- If the convention and people had intended a second election just after one year , the ed by implication by said section to have de- Legislature could not change that law to nied the ...
Page 118
... held unconstitutional . In Higgins v . Bordages , 88 Tex . 466 , 31 S. W. 52 , 803 , 53 Am . St. Rep . 770 , it was shown that many years before the Constitu- tion had been construed and held as having a certain effect in the case of ...
... held unconstitutional . In Higgins v . Bordages , 88 Tex . 466 , 31 S. W. 52 , 803 , 53 Am . St. Rep . 770 , it was shown that many years before the Constitu- tion had been construed and held as having a certain effect in the case of ...
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Page 254 - 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 10 - To constitute notice of an infirmity in the instrument or defect in the title of the person negotiating the same, the person to whom it is negotiated must have had actual knowledge of the infirmity or defect, or knowledge of such facts that his action in taking the instrument amounted to bad faith.
Page 109 - Rights" is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolate, and all laws contrary thereto, or to the following provisions, shall be void.
Page 473 - That every Will made by a Man or Woman shall be revoked by his or her Marriage (except a Will made in exercise of a Power of Appointment, when the Real or Personal Estate thereby appointed would not in default of such Appointment pass to his or her Heir, Customary Heir, Executor, or Administrator, or the Person entitled as his or her next of Kin, under the Statute of Distributions) . XIX.
Page 45 - Copies of such appointment, certified by said commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof and shall be admitted in evidence with the same force and effect as the original thereof might be admitted.
Page 473 - AND be it further enacted, that no will or codicil, or any part thereof, which shall be in any manner revoked, shall be revived otherwise than by the re-execution thereof, or by a codicil executed in manner herein-before required and showing an intention to revive the same...
Page 151 - Furthermore, in view of other instructions, which specifically directed the jury that the burden of proof was upon the plaintiff to establish a want of ordinary care, there is no room for the belief that the jury could have been misled.
Page 153 - The power of courts to declare a contract void for being in contravention of sound public policy is a very delicate and undefined power, and, like the power to declare a statute unconstitutional, should be exercised only in cases free from doubt.
Page 346 - ... nor shall any such company or any officer, agent, solicitor or representative thereof, pay, allow or give, or offer to pay, allow or give, directly or indirectly as inducement to insurance, any rebate of premium payable on the policy, or any special favor or advantage in the dividends or other benefits to accrue thereon, or any paid employment or contract for services of any kind or any valuable consideration or inducement whatever not specified in the policy contract of insurance...
Page 23 - June all declarations or creations of trusts or confidences of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, shall be manifested and proved by some writing signed by the party who is by law enabled to declare such trust, or by his last will in writing, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.