Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon, Volume 22

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Page 185 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile, on each side of said railroad line, as said Company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Page 575 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 598 - ... doing, a knowledge and consciousness that the act he is doing is wrong and criminal, and will subject him to punishment.
Page 282 - Every statute, it has been said, which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, or imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability in respect of transactions or considerations already past, must be presumed, out of respect to the Legislature, to be intended not to have a retrospective operation.
Page 199 - In an action for libel or slander, it shall not be necessary to sta-te in the complaint any extrinsic facts for the purpose of showing...
Page 466 - ... within twelve months after the survey thereof by the United States, file with the register of the land office for the district where such land is located a...
Page 282 - Each member shall designate the person or persons to whom the beneficiary fund due at his death shall be paid, who shall, in every instance, be one or more members of his family, or some one related to him by blood, or who shall be dependent upon him.
Page 187 - public lands " are habitually used in our legislation to describe such as are subject to sale or other disposal under general laws.
Page 517 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Page 356 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to enter into any combination, contract, or agreement, expressed or implied, to prevent, by change of time schedule, carriage in different cars, or by other means or devices, the carriage of freight from being continuous from the place of shipment to the place of destination...

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