The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 84

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West Publishing Company, 1905 - Law reports, digests, etc
 

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Page 29 - J., observed that in order for it to apply "there must be reasonable evidence of negligence, but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen, if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 261 - ... no officer, agent, or representative shall have such power or be deemed or held to have waived such provisions or conditions unless such waiver, if any, shall be written upon or attached hereto, nor shall any privilege or permission affecting the insurance under this policy exist or be claimed by the insured unless so written or attached.
Page 14 - ... when that which the legislature has done comes within the rule that, if a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, has no real or substantial relation to those objects, or is...
Page 215 - What may be deemed ordinary care in one case may, under different surroundings and circumstances, be gross negligence. The policy of the law has relegated the determination of such questions to the jury, under proper instructions from the court. It is their province to note the special circumstances and surroundings of each particular case, and then say whether the conduct of the parties in that case was such as would be expected of reasonable, prudent men under a similar state of affairs.
Page 282 - The case was tried before the court without a jury, and resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff...
Page 215 - When a given state of facts Is such that reasonable men may fairly differ upon the question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter Is for the Jury.
Page 262 - ... are to be understood in their plain, ordinary, and popular sense, unless they have generally, in respect to the subject-matter, as by the known usage of trade or the like, acquired a peculiar sense, distinct from the popular sense of the same words...
Page 108 - BRIBERY is the next species of offences against public justice ; which is when a judge, or other person concerned in the administration of justice, takes any undue reward to influence his behaviour in his office...
Page 421 - ... which render It unconscientious for the holder of the legal title to retain and enjoy the beneficial interest, equity Impresses a constructive trust on the property thus acquired in favor of the one who is truly and equitably entitled to the same, although he may never perhaps have had any legal estate therein...
Page 261 - This policy is made and accepted subject to the foregoing stipulations and conditions, together with such other provisions, agreements, or conditions as may be endorsed hereon or added hereto, and no officer, agent, or other representative of this company shall have power to waive any provision or condition of this policy except such as by the terms of this policy may be the subject of agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto...

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