Atlantic Reporter, Volume 55West Publishing Company, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 245 - Every such action shall be brought by and in the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered in every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin of such deceased person, and shall be distributed to such widow and next of kin in the proportions provided by law, in relation to the distribution of personal property, left by persons dying intestate...
Page 89 - State, county, district, or municipality in which he resides; (2) are liabilities for obtaining property by false pretenses or false representations, or for willful and malicious injuries to the person or property of another...
Page 433 - This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those States which enact it.
Page 240 - Every mortgage or conveyance intended to operate as a mortgage, of goods and chattels, which shall hereafter be made, which shall not be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 303 - America; which sum the said company promises to pay the said , or assigns, at the office of the Company, in the city of New York...
Page 387 - ... must be tried upon principles substantially equitable. Two circumstances always important in such cases are the length of the delay and the nature of the acts done during the interval, which might affect either party and cause a balance of justice or injustice in taking the one course or the other, so far as relates to the remedy.
Page 334 - July 1, 1898, which provides that 'a discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all his provable debts...
Page 345 - There is no doubt that the public acts of a public man may lawfully be made the subject of fair comment or criticism, not only by the press, but by all members of the public. But the distinction cannot be too clearly borne in mind between comment or criticism and allegations of fact, such as that disgraceful acts have been committed, or discreditable language used. It is one thing to comment upon or criticise, even with severity, the acknowledged or proved acts of a public man, and quite another...
Page 193 - ... shall be construed to include any real estate, or any real 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 95 - It shall be deemed an exercise of the police power of the state for the protection of the public welfare...