The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 164West Publishing Company, 1914 |
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Page 95 - ... to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land, with its appurtenances, to the said Thomas Helm and his heirs forever.
Page 160 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 315 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 295 - All stationery, printing paper, and fuel used in the legislative and other departments of government shall be furnished, and the printing, binding and distributing of the laws, journals, department reports, and all other printing and binding...
Page 115 - And the relation of master and servant exists whenever the employer retains the right to direct the manner in which the business shall be done, as well as the result to be accomplished, or, in other words, "not only what shall be done but how it shall be done.
Page 316 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties, at the time they...
Page 106 - June, 1909 (commencing and ending at twelve o'clock noon, standard time) against disability or death resulting directly and Independently of all other causes from bodily injuries effected solely through external, violent, and accidental means, suicide, (sane or insane) not Included, as follows : * • • Loss of life the principal sum of two thousand dollars.
Page 234 - Board, to be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the consent of the City Council, is hereby established.
Page 314 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 321 - ... by the want of ordinary care and prudence on the part of the plaintiff. It is for you to determine from the evidence whether the plaintiff used ordinary care and prudence...