Lackawanna Jurist, Volume 19Lackawanna Bar Association, 1919 - Law |
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Page 123 - When the transfer is by will or by the intestate laws of this state from any person dying seized or possessed of the property while a resident of the state.
Page 343 - As respects one another, indorsers are liable prima facie in the order in which they indorse; but evidence is admissible to show that as between or among themselves they have agreed otherwise.
Page 262 - Columbia, the person so charged shall, at his own request but not otherwise, be a competent witness. And his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him.
Page 201 - It shall and may be lawful for any sheriff, constable, or other officer of justice, with or without warrant, to seize upon, secure, and remove any device or machinery of any kind, character, or description whatsoever, used and employed for the purpose of unlawful gaming as aforesaid, and to arrest, with or without warrant, any person setting up the same.
Page 38 - Before entering upon the duties of their office, the councilmen shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to support the Constitution of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to perform the duties of their office with fidelity. The oath or affirmation may be taken...
Page 344 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor, or indorscr, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Page 124 - Commonwealth passing from any person who may die seized or possessed of such estates, either by will or under the intestate laws of this State...
Page 326 - It can hardly be doubted that the Legislature, in providing for the ingrafting of these statutory provisions on contracts of hiring, had in mind contracts which were valid in law or, at least, contracts the making of which was not prohibited by express legislative enactment ; for it would be entirely unreasonable to attribute to the Legislature the intention of adding terms to a contract of hiring which it had already prohibited the parties thereto from making.
Page 20 - The damages must be such as may fairly be supposed to have entered into the contemplation of the parties when they made the contract; that is, must be such as might naturally be expected to follow its violation ; and they must be certain, both in their nature and in respect to the cause from which they proceed.
Page 117 - If upon the trial of any person for any misdemeanor it shall appear that the facts given in evidence amount in law to a felony, such person shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such misdemeanor ; and no person tried for such misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for felony on.