Lackawanna Jurist, Volume 2Lackawanna Bar Association, 1892 - Law |
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acres action affidavit agreement Alfred Griffin alleged amendment amount answer appear appointed April ARCHBALD assessed assumpsit auditor authority bill bond borough Calvin Spencer City of Scranton claim coal collector Common Pleas contract costs councils Court of Common court of equity Court of Quarter Cramond creditors decedent deed defendant dollars duly duplicates entered entitled equity Eugene Snyder evidence exception execution executor filed finding of fact garnishee GUNSTER issue judgment jury Lackawanna County land lease Letters testamentary license lien Luzerne County ment municipal notice ordinance paid parties payment person petition plaintiff plaintiff in error Pleas of Lackawanna premises present proceedings prothonotary Quarter Sessions question record referee rule Ryan school district scire facias sheriff sheriff's sale Spencer heirs statute streets sufficient sureties sustained taxes Term thereof Timothy Ryan tion township trial viewers Weidner writ Wyoming County Yothers
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Page 67 - So live, that when thy summons comes, to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 47 - No suit or action on this policy for the recovery of any claim shall be sustainable in any court of law or equity unless all the requirements of this policy shall have been complied with, and unless commenced within twelve months next after inception of the loss.
Page 47 - ... if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership; or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground, not owned by the insured in fee simple...
Page 47 - ... within sixty days after the fire, unless such time is extended in writing by this company, 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 99 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Page 279 - No law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extended, or conferred by reference to its title only, but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended, or conferred, shall be reenacted, and published at length.
Page 118 - The officer to whom such warrant shall be delivered, shall execute the same, by arresting the person named therein, and bringing him before the officer issuing such warrant ; and shall keep him in custody until he shall be duly discharged, or committed as hereinafter provided.
Page 104 - State one year, and in the election district where he offers to vote, ten days immediately preceding such election, and within two years paid a State or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least ten days before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector.
Page 418 - ... his business under such surveillance of officers and agents as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, may by regulation require. But the bond required of such manufacturer shall be with sureties satisfactory to the collector of internal revenue, and in a penal sum of not less than five hundred dollars ; and the sum of said bond may be increased from time to time and additional sureties required at the discretion of the collector or under instructions...
Page 155 - Appointed officers, other than judges of the courts of record and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, may be removed at the pleasure of the power by which they shall have been appointed.