Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsLittle, Brown, 1866 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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11 Mass 5th Amer action administrator admitted alleged appear assignment assumpsit attachment authority bill bond certiorari Chickering cited claim common law Common Pleas commonwealth consideration contended contrà contract conveyance conveyed Court of Common court of equity Court of Sessions covenant creditors damages debt debtor deceased declaration Dedham Bank deed defendant defendant's delivered the opinion demand dollars entitled entry equity evidence execution executor fact feoffment granted Greenl heirs held indorsed inhabitants insolvent intention interest intestate ISAAC PARKER issue Johns judgment jury justice land legislature liable ment mortgage nonsuit notice objection owners paid parish parties payment person Pick plaintiff plea in abatement pleaded possession principle promise promissory note proved question real estate received recover Revised Stat SAMUEL PUTNAM seised seisin statute sufficient suit tenant testator tion town trespass trial trover trust usury verdict versus void witness writ
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Page 549 - And therefore on a feoffment to A and his heirs, to the use of B and his heirs...
Page 334 - Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 532 - Bedford assizes, a verdict was found for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the Court on the following case. The plaintiffs are the parish officers of Toddington, and the defendants are the parish officers of Milton Bryant.
Page 550 - As, if a feoffment was made to A and his heirs, to the use of (or in trust for) B and his heirs...
Page 334 - The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state; it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this Commonwealth.
Page 444 - MILLER delivered the opinion of the court We are of opinion that the court...
Page 114 - I have any memory of the practice of the courts, that every new item and credit in an account given by one party to the other, is an admission of there being some unsettled account between them, the amount of which is afterwards to be ascertained ; and any act which the jury may consider as an acknowledgment of its being an open account, is sufficient to take the case out of the statute.
Page 118 - ... the cause of action shall be deemed to have accrued, at the time of the last item proved in such account.
Page 222 - ... to perform. This is a defect inherent in all human systems of legislation. The rule that a mere verbal promise, without any consideration, cannot be enforced by action, is universal in its application, and cannot be departed from to suit particular cases in which a refusal to perform such a promise may be disgraceful.
Page 23 - Dobe, or to his assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods, per hhd., with primage and average accustomed.