Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa, Volume 119State of Iowa, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 396 - 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 117 - ... a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings; 16. Words and phrases must be construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language...
Page 175 - The Assistant Attorney General having taken this appeal, it will be presumed, in the absence of a showing to the contrary, that he acted, in so doing, under the supervision and control of the Attorney General.
Page 655 - You are instructed that if you find from the evidence in this case beyond a reasonable doubt...
Page 228 - A policy of Insurance on the life of an individual In the absence of an agreement or assignment to the contrary, shall inure to the separate use of the husband or wife and children of said Individual, independently of his or her creditors; and an endowment policy, payable to the assured on attaining a certain age, shall be exempt from liability for any of his or her debts.
Page 63 - ... a new trial, on the ground that it should have been left to the jury to determine whether...
Page 398 - The connection or relationship of several matters, such as will render them germane to one subject and to each other, can be of various kinds, as, for example, of means to ends, of different subdivisions of the same subject, or that all are designed for the same purpose, or that both are designated by the same term. Neither is it necessary that the connection or relationship should be logical; it is enough that the matters are connected with and related to a single subject in popular signification.
Page 278 - Any corporation, company or person operating a railroad in this State, and using a locomotive engine, or running a train of cars or using any freight, way or other car, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 323 - ... the grounds of exemption from liability are, that the corporation is engaged in the performance of a public service, in which it has no particular interest, and from which it derives no special benefit or advantage in its corporate capacity, but which it is bound to see performed in pursuance of a duty imposed by law for the general welfare of the inhabitants or of the community...
Page 465 - The reviewing courts have very properly held it to be prejudicial error for the district attorney to call the attention of the jury to the fact that the defendant has...