The Federal ReporterWest Publishing Company, 1925 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 351 - ... in any manner or for any purpose to an amount exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose...
Page 221 - That a bill in which it is stated that the goods are consigned or destined to a specified person is a straight bill. Sec. 3. That a bill in which it is stated that the goods are consigned or destined to the order of any person named in such bill is an order bill.
Page 224 - This section shall not apply to corporations purchasing such stock solely for investment and not using the same by voting or otherwise to bring about, or in attempting to bring about, the substantial lessening of competition.
Page 480 - Title, and that he is the owner in good faith, and in his own right, of the number of shares of stock required by...
Page 224 - ... If upon such hearing the commission shall be of the opinion that the method of competition in question is prohibited by this Act. it shall make a report in writing in which it shall state its findings as to the facts, and shall issue and cause to be served on such person, partnership, or corporation an order requiring such person, partnership, or corporation to cease and desist from using such method of competition.
Page 482 - Cummings' testimony; and, 2, the giving of the instruction which was excepted to. It is, undoubtedly, true that a case may be presented in which the refusal to direct a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff's...
Page 73 - Any benefit conferred, or agreed to be conferred, upon the promisor, by any other person, to which the promisor is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered, or agreed to be suffered, by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer, as an inducement to the promisor, is a good consideration for a promise.
Page 351 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 72 - ... the rulings of the court in the progress of the trial of the cause, if excepted to at the time, and duly presented by a bill of exceptions, may be reviewed by the supreme court...
Page 114 - To the extent of any interest therein of which the decedent has at any time made a transfer, or with respect to which he has...