Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana ..., Volume 6A. T. Penniman & Company, 1834 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... jury found for the defendant , and by the verdict negatived the identity , for the plaintiff's deed was first in time . A new trial was moved for , on the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence . The judge rejected the ...
... jury found for the defendant , and by the verdict negatived the identity , for the plaintiff's deed was first in time . A new trial was moved for , on the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence . The judge rejected the ...
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... jury , or whether they concluded that Addison intended to sell land in the place mentioned in the first bill of sale , we cannot say , but on the whole , we are of opinion the verdict should not be disturbed . It is , therefore ...
... jury , or whether they concluded that Addison intended to sell land in the place mentioned in the first bill of sale , we cannot say , but on the whole , we are of opinion the verdict should not be disturbed . It is , therefore ...
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... jury . Bruno , a witness testified , that at the first time when the plaintiff visited the defendant's house in search of the box of linens , he described it to Mrs. Delauny , who requested him to look for it . She afterwards said to ...
... jury . Bruno , a witness testified , that at the first time when the plaintiff visited the defendant's house in search of the box of linens , he described it to Mrs. Delauny , who requested him to look for it . She afterwards said to ...
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... jury , who found a verdict for the defendant . The plaintiff appealed . On the trial the judge charged the jury " that if they were of opinion the case of goods described in the petition was deposited by another than the plaintiff with ...
... jury , who found a verdict for the defendant . The plaintiff appealed . On the trial the judge charged the jury " that if they were of opinion the case of goods described in the petition was deposited by another than the plaintiff with ...
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... jury . We think the judgment of the court below , here should dered when the be reversed ; it is absolute for the payment of money , when judgment be ren- petition prays on- ly for a condition- it should , in pursuance of the prayer of ...
... jury . We think the judgment of the court below , here should dered when the be reversed ; it is absolute for the payment of money , when judgment be ren- petition prays on- ly for a condition- it should , in pursuance of the prayer of ...
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Page 179 - that if any person shall knowingly and willfully obstruct or retard the passage of the mail, or of any driver or carrier, or of any horse or carriage carrying the same, he shall, upon conviction, for every such offense pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Page 186 - God, for this present voyage, or whosoever else shall go for master in the said ship, or by whatsoever other name or names the said ship, or the master thereof, is or shall be named or called...
Page 176 - The result is a conviction that the States have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control, the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
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Page 134 - ... was held after long debate not to extend to the surgeon, who opened the vein of a person that fell down in the street with a fit. 5. But, lastly, the most universal and effectual way of discovering the true meaning of a law, when the words are dubious is by considering the reason and spirit of it or the cause which moved the legislator to enact it.
Page 154 - Louisiana, (art. 1 907,) where it is declared that, in commutative contracts, where the reciprocal obligations are to be performed at the same time, or the one immediately after the other ; the party who wishes to put the other in default, must, at the time and place expressed in or implied in the agreement, offer, or perform as the contract requires that which on his part was to be performed, or the opposite party will not be legally put in default.
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