The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and Authority Decided in the Courts of the Several States, from the Earliest Issue of the State Reports to the Year 1869, Volume 28Bancroft-Whitney, 1886 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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action actual adverse possession agreement alleged amount answer appears applied assignment authority bank benefit bill bond cause charge circumstances cited claim common complainant condition consideration considered contract conveyance conveyed court creditors debt decision decree deed defendant delivered demand direct dollars effect entitled equity error evidence execution existence fact fraud fraudulent give given granted ground heirs held hundred insured intended interest Johns judge judgment jury land liable lien limitations loss matter means mortgage necessary notice objection obtained opinion original owner paid party payment performance person plaintiff possession present principle proof proved provision purchase question reason received record recover respect reversed rule sold statute subsequent sufficient suit taken tenant tion trial trust unless verdict whole wife witness writ
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Page 347 - emit,'' is never employed in describing those contracts by which a State binds itself to pay money at a future day for services actually received, or for money borrowed for present use; nor are instruments executed for such purposes, in common language, denominated "bills of credit.
Page 503 - To commit any act injurious to the public health, to public morals, or to trade or commerce, or for the perversion or obstruction of justice, or of the due administration of the laws, Each of them is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Page 548 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
Page 49 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 303 - The owner, who dedicates to public use, as a highway, a portion of his land, parts with no other right than a right of passage to the public over the lands so dedicated. and may exercise all other rights of ownership not inconsistent therewith...
Page 190 - Police regulations may forbid such a use and such modifications of private property as would prove injurious to the citizens generally. This is one of the benefits which men derive from associating in communities.
Page 215 - ... made any pledge, payment, transfer, assignment or conveyance of any part of his property, directly or indirectly, absolutely or conditionally, for the purpose of preferring any creditor or person having a claim against him, or who is or may be under liability for him, or for the purpose of preventing the property from coming into the hands of the assignee, or of being distributed under this act in satisfaction of his debts...
Page 503 - Falsely to move or maintain any suit, action or proceeding; 4. To cheat and defraud any person of any property, by any means which are in themselves criminal, or to obtain money or property by false pretenses or by false promises with fraudulent intent not to perform such promises; 5.
Page 347 - In its enlarged, and perhaps its literal sense, the term "bill of credit" may comprehend any instrument by which a State engages to pay money at a future day ; thus including a certificate given for money borrowed. But the language of the Constitution itself, and the mischief to be prevented, which we know from the history of our country, equally limit the interpretation of the terms. The word "emit...
Page 280 - ... modification, perhaps, under particular circumstances. For instance, in applying the rule to the ancient margin of the river, to ascertain the extent of each proprietor's title on that margin, the general line ought to be taken, and not the actual length of the line on that margin, if it happens to be elongated by deep indentations or sharp projections. In such case, it should be reduced by an equitable and judicious estimate to the general available line of the land upon the river.