Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada: Reported by Judges of the Court During the Year ..., Volume 2E.I. Robinson, 1867 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 90 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation ; and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal, excepting such only for municipal, educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes, as may be specially exempted by law.
Page 335 - A judgment rendered against an executor or administrator upon any claim for money against the estate of his testator or intestate...
Page 156 - No law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title; but in such case the act revised or section amended shall be reenacted and published at length...
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Page 29 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 312 - The review upon this writ cannot be extended further than to determine whether the inferior tribunal, board, or officer has regularly pursued the authority of such tribunal, board, or officer.
Page 209 - Now, clearly enough, it is the general rule that the possession of one tenant in common is the possession of all the co-tenants and inures to the benefit of all.
Page 130 - In the construction of a pleading for the purpose of determining its effect, its allegations shall be liberally construed, with a view to substantial justice between the parties.
Page 285 - ... and if sufficient personal property could not be found, then out of the real property belonging to him...
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