The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 125Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1909 |
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... Opinion . Woodcock's Appeal ..... Young v . Hillier ..... Young v . Stein ... • SUBJECT . REPORT . PAGE . Wills ....... 136 Iowa , 165 ... 250 Judgment ..136 Iowa , 128 ... 223 .Wills Wills ..... .... 28 R. I. 290 ... 738 .103 Me . 214 ...
... Opinion . Woodcock's Appeal ..... Young v . Hillier ..... Young v . Stein ... • SUBJECT . REPORT . PAGE . Wills ....... 136 Iowa , 165 ... 250 Judgment ..136 Iowa , 128 ... 223 .Wills Wills ..... .... 28 R. I. 290 ... 738 .103 Me . 214 ...
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... opinion that the ring and watch set apart as exempt to the widow and minor chil- dren are embraced in the phrase " all wearing apparel of the decedent , " employed in the statute . This brings us to the question as to whether the ...
... opinion that the ring and watch set apart as exempt to the widow and minor chil- dren are embraced in the phrase " all wearing apparel of the decedent , " employed in the statute . This brings us to the question as to whether the ...
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... opinion that the words italicized make the statute self - executing . A judgment declaring and enforcing a forfeiture does nothing more than work a forfeiture , and when a breach of condition works a forfeiture there is no office for a ...
... opinion that the words italicized make the statute self - executing . A judgment declaring and enforcing a forfeiture does nothing more than work a forfeiture , and when a breach of condition works a forfeiture there is no office for a ...
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... opinion as to the effect of this section , and it is apparently assumed from this that the lien of the pledge being extinguished , the pledgee can no longer retain posses- sion of the pledged property , even though the debt for which it ...
... opinion as to the effect of this section , and it is apparently assumed from this that the lien of the pledge being extinguished , the pledgee can no longer retain posses- sion of the pledged property , even though the debt for which it ...
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... opinion in Mutual etc. Co. v . Pacific etc. Co. , 142 Cal . 477 , 76 Pac . 67 , as sustaining the views therein enunciated . The opinion in the Conway case fails to show that the claimants had received or were in possession of the ...
... opinion in Mutual etc. Co. v . Pacific etc. Co. , 142 Cal . 477 , 76 Pac . 67 , as sustaining the views therein enunciated . The opinion in the Conway case fails to show that the claimants had received or were in possession of the ...
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Page 885 - The question always is, was there an unbroken connection between the wrongful act and the injury, — a continuous operation? Did the facts constitute a continuous succession of events, so linked together as to make a natural whole, or was there some new and independent cause intervening between the wrong and the injury?
Page 771 - ... or by another will or codicil executed in manner hereinbefore required, or by some writing declaring an intention to revoke the same, and executed in the manner in which a will is hereinbefore required to be executed, or by the burning, tearing, or otherwise destroying the same by the testator, or by some person in his presence and by his direction, with the intention of revoking the same.
Page 156 - ... 1. At a fixed period after date or sight ; or 2. On or before a fixed or determinable future time specified therein; or 3. On or at a fixed period after the occurrence of a specified event, which is certain to happen, though the time of happening be uncertain. An instrument payable upon a contingency is not negotiable, and the happening of the event does not cure the defect.
Page 597 - This is an appeal from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint on the ground that it does not state a cause of action.
Page 423 - Should the Contractor at any time refuse or neglect to supply a sufficiency of properly skilled workmen, or of materials of the proper quality, or fail in any respect to prosecute the work wIth promptness and diligence, or fail in the performance of any of the agreements herein contained, such refusal, neglect or failure being certified by the Architects, the Owner shall be at liberty, after three days...
Page 399 - ... and signed by the party to be charged thereby, or by some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Page 200 - An instrument which contains an order or promise to do any act in addition to the payment of money is not negotiable. But the negotiable character of an instrument otherwise negotiable is not affected by a provision which — 1. Authorizes the sale of collateral securities in case the instrument be not paid at maturity; or 2.
Page 507 - It is not by the office of the person to whom the writ is directed, but the nature of the thing to be done that the propriety or impropriety of issuing a mandamus, is to be determined.
Page 180 - The true rule is, that what is the proximate cause of an injury is ordinarily a question for the jury. It is not a question of science or of legal knowledge. It is to be determined as a fact, in view of the circumstances of fact attending it.
Page 771 - That no Will or Codicil, or any Part thereof, shall be revoked otherwise than as aforesaid, or by another Will or Codicil executed in manner herein-before required, or by some Writing declaring an Intention to revoke the same, and executed in the Manner in which a Will is hereinbefore required to be executed...