Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Volume 69 |
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... train by which the box in question was forwarded were lost . This box was placed on board the Erie train at Jersey City on the 6th of October , 1871 , and arrived at Chi- cago on Sunday morning , the 8th of that month , and was there ...
... train by which the box in question was forwarded were lost . This box was placed on board the Erie train at Jersey City on the 6th of October , 1871 , and arrived at Chi- cago on Sunday morning , the 8th of that month , and was there ...
Page 103
... train . In a suit against a railway company to recover for an injury in- flicted by a train of cars , alleged to have belonged to the company , or operated by it , full and undoubted proof of the fact that the company owned the train ...
... train . In a suit against a railway company to recover for an injury in- flicted by a train of cars , alleged to have belonged to the company , or operated by it , full and undoubted proof of the fact that the company owned the train ...
Page 104
Illinois. Supreme Court. Opinion of the Court . switching of trains , and that the deceased at the time was watching for another train a few feet ahead of him to pass , and while so waiting was struck by another train coming from behind ...
Illinois. Supreme Court. Opinion of the Court . switching of trains , and that the deceased at the time was watching for another train a few feet ahead of him to pass , and while so waiting was struck by another train coming from behind ...
Page 105
... train which did the injury was not shown by the evidence to have belonged to appellants . On this question several witnesses testify , and their evidence tended strongly to show that appellants owned , or at least were operating this train ...
... train which did the injury was not shown by the evidence to have belonged to appellants . On this question several witnesses testify , and their evidence tended strongly to show that appellants owned , or at least were operating this train ...
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... trains and some noise and confusion . Under such circumstances we would not expect a party to be able to see and hear ... train there at the rate of ten miles an hour . It was less under control than it would have been at a less rate of ...
... trains and some noise and confusion . Under such circumstances we would not expect a party to be able to see and hear ... train there at the rate of ten miles an hour . It was less under control than it would have been at a less rate of ...
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Page 191 - ... upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith, or some other person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 101 - Questions of power do not depend on the degree to which it may be exercised. If it may be exercised at all, it must be exercised at the will of those in whose hands it is placed.
Page 485 - Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part...
Page 102 - As to the fifth sort of bailment, viz. a delivery to carry or otherwise manage, for a reward to be paid to the bailee, those cases are of two sorts ; either a delivery to one that exercises a public employment, or a delivery to a private person. First, if it be to a person of the first sort, and he is to have a reward, he is bound to answer for the goods at all events.
Page 217 - According to that view, the separate property of a married woman being a creature of equity, it follows, that, if she has a power to deal with it, she has the other power incident to property in general ; namely, the power of contracting debts to be paid out of it ; and inasmuch as her creditors have not the means at law of compelling payment of those debts, a court of equity takes upon itself to give effect to them, not as personal liabilities, but by laying hold of the separate property as the...
Page 454 - Their rights in such cases do not depend upon the actual title or authority of the party with whom they deal directly, but are derived from the act of the real owner, which precludes him from disputing, as against them, the existence of the title or power which, through negligence or mistaken confidence he caused or allowed to appear to be vested in the party making the conveyance.
Page 366 - PROVIDED ALWAYS, and these presents are upon this express condition, that if the said party of the first part, his heirs, executors and assigns, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid nnto the said party of the second part, his executors, administrators or assigns...
Page 212 - eviction ' is now popularly applied to every class of expulsion or amotion. Getting rid thus of the old notion of eviction, I think it may now be taken to mean this — not a mere trespass and nothing more, but something of a grave and permanent character done by the landlord with the intention of depriving the tenant of the enjoyment of the demised premises.
Page 689 - The burden of proof lies on the carrier, and nothing short of an express stipulation by parol or in writing should be permitted to discharge him from duties which the law has annexed to his employment.
Page 87 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws, in any of the following enumerated cases...