 ... within the meaning of the statute. It is not necessary that the defendant should controvert or dispute the claim. It is sufficient that he does not satisfy it. It might be that he could not truthfully dispute it, and yet, if from inability, or, mayhap,...  Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 567by Michigan. Supreme Court, George C. Gibbs, Randolph Manning, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, William Jennison, Elijah W. Meddaugh, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, Hovey K. Clarke, John Adams Brooks, William Dudley Fuller, James M. Reasoner, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, Richard W. Cooper - 1868Full view - About this book
 | William Hough - 1825 - 1028 pages
...Duties of Committee on an [CHAP. tion by a mark, has been adjudged to be a sufficient subscription, within the meaning of the statute. " It is not necessary that the testator should declare the instrument, executed by him, to be his will, or that the witnesses should... | |
 | Admiralty - 1853 - 702 pages
...of importing them into that island was not consummated. Now, in order to constitute an importation, within the meaning of the statute, it is not necessary that the goods should have been actually landed. It is sufficient if they were brought into the harbor with... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 660 pages
...entitled to have the sale set aside. 2. ACTUAL OCCUPATION AND POSSESSION. To constitute actual occupation within the meaning of the statute, it is not necessary that the defendant should reside on the land. The meaning of the terms " actual possession " and " occupation... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 802 pages
...satisfied by» the party against whom it is made, there is a controversy, or dispute, between the parties, within the meaning of the statute. It is not necessary that the defendant should controvert or dispute the claim. It is sufficient that he does not satisfy it. It... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 732 pages
...satisfied by the party against whom it is made, there is a controversy, or dispute, between the parties within the meaning of the statute. It is not necessary that the defendant should controvert or dispute the claim. It is sufficient that he does not satisfy it. It... | |
 | Indiana. Appellate Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 834 pages
...(1907), 75 Kan. 159, 88 Pac. 548, 8 LRA (N. S.) 426, 121 Am. St. 366, note, 384, 12 Ann. Cas. 766. "To constitute a forcible entry within the meaning...would constitute a breach of the peace; but if the en try be obtained by stealth or strategem, or without real violence, and the party entering evinces... | |
 | Henry Gabriel Tardy - Receivers - 1920 - 1282 pages
...satisfied by the party against whom it is made, there is a controversy, or dispute, between the parties within the meaning of the statute. It is not necessary that the defendant should controvert or dispute the claim. It is sufficient that he does not satisfy it. It... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1160 pages
...by [108) the party against whom it is made, there i* a controversy, or dispute, between the parties, within the meaning of the statute. It is not necessary that the defendant should controvert or dispute the claim. It is sufficient that he does not satisfy it. It... | |
 | Commercial law - 1927 - 512 pages
...follow as a logical conclusion from these various cases that,' to be an obstruction to the street, within the meaning of the statute, it is not necessary that the thing charged to be an obstruction rests upon, or is in immediate contact with, the surface of the... | |
 | 1928 - 1622 pages
...must follow as a logical conclusion from these various cases that, to be an obstruction to the street, within the meaning of the statute, it is not necessary that the thing charged to be an obstruction [54 ALR rests upon, or is in immediate contact with, the surface... | |
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