Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Volume 34E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers, 1913 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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action adverse possession aforesaid agreement alleged amount Ann & Hope assessed assessors assumpsit attorney bankrupt bill of exceptions building cause cause of action Central Falls Charlotte Perkins Gilman City claim complainant contract counsel count damages debt deceased decision declaration deed defendant defendant's demurrer District dollars East Greenwich entitled equity error evidence exception is overruled execution executor fact filed final decree garnishee granted held Herbo-Phosa Company highway income insolvent intention Johnson jury justice land Little Compton Lizotte Michael Riley motion notice opinion option paid Parkhurst parties payment personal property petitioner plaintiff possession Probate Court proceedings question real estate reasons of appeal recover refused rendered request residuary respondent Rhode Island rule Sherwood statute suit Superior Court Sweetland testatrix testified testimony therein thereof tion town council trespass trial trust estate verdict wharf William Whipple witness writ
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Page 327 - If fire occur, the insured shall give immediate notice of any loss thereby in writing to this company, protect the property from further damage, forthwith separate the damaged and undamaged personal property, put it in the best possible order, make a complete inventory of the same, stating the quantity and cost of each article and the amount claimed thereon...
Page 636 - ... a bequest of the personal estate of the testator, or any bequest of personal property described in a general manner, shall be construed to include any personal estate, or any personal estate to which such description shall extend (as the case may be), which he may have power to appoint in any manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an execution of such power, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Page 293 - States as a holiday or as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving; (15) a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts...
Page 327 - ... shall render a statement to this company, signed and sworn to by said insured, stating the knowledge and belief of the insured as to the time and origin of the fire; the interest of the insured and of all others in the property; the cash value of each item thereof, and the amount of loss thereon...
Page 394 - Estate to which such Description shall extend (as the Case may be), which he may have Power to appoint in any Manner he may think proper, and shall operate as an Execution of snch Power, unless a contrary Intention shall appear by the Will...
Page 326 - ... the sum for which this company is liable pursuant to this policy shall be payable sixty days after due notice, ascertainment, estimate, and satisfactory proof of the loss have been received by this company in accordance with the terms of this policy.
Page 619 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Page 321 - That, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will, such real estate or interest therein as shall be comprised or intended to be comprised in any devise in such will contained, which shall fail or be void by reason of the death of the devisee in the lifetime of the testator, or by reason of such devise being contrary to law or otherwise incapable of taking effect, shall be included in the residuary devise (if any) contained in such will.
Page 397 - And be it further enacted, That a devise of the land of the testator, or of the land of the testator in any place or in the occupation of any person mentioned in his will, or otherwise described in a general manner, and any other general devise which would describe a...
Page 1 - It is not the mere existence of the power, but its exercise, which is incompatible with the exercise of the same power by the states. It is not the right to establish these uniform laws, but their actual establishment, which is inconsistent with the partial acts of the states.