A Treatise on the Statute of Limitations: (21 Jac. I. C. 16.) |
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... trial of the issue in such action , or the jury that shall enquire of the damages , do find or assess the damages under forty shillings , then the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such action shall have and recover only so much costs as the ...
... trial of the issue in such action , or the jury that shall enquire of the damages , do find or assess the damages under forty shillings , then the plaintiff or plaintiffs in such action shall have and recover only so much costs as the ...
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... trial the demandant's ancestor could have been seized of the flats [ part of the demanded pre- mises ] only as they in fact existed at his death , and that none which had been made by Alluvion could be recovered by the pre- sen ...
... trial the demandant's ancestor could have been seized of the flats [ part of the demanded pre- mises ] only as they in fact existed at his death , and that none which had been made by Alluvion could be recovered by the pre- sen ...
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... trial , " right on this point . ' " The law upon this subject seems to be very well settled , when " a man is once seized of land , his seizin is presumed to continue , " until a disseisin is proved . When a man enters on land claim ...
... trial , " right on this point . ' " The law upon this subject seems to be very well settled , when " a man is once seized of land , his seizin is presumed to continue , " until a disseisin is proved . When a man enters on land claim ...
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... trial a verdict was rendered for the Demandant , and up- on a motion for a new trial upon Exceptions taken by the tenant , the COURT said-- " Another exception is , that at the time when " Hovey conveyed to Pray , the Demandant , Hovey ...
... trial a verdict was rendered for the Demandant , and up- on a motion for a new trial upon Exceptions taken by the tenant , the COURT said-- " Another exception is , that at the time when " Hovey conveyed to Pray , the Demandant , Hovey ...
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... trial at bar , held this no evidence to avoid the statute of limitations , there being no entry within twenty years upon , the mines , which are a distinct pos- session , and may be different inheritances ; and therefore di- rected the ...
... trial at bar , held this no evidence to avoid the statute of limitations , there being no entry within twenty years upon , the mines , which are a distinct pos- session , and may be different inheritances ; and therefore di- rected the ...
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Page 497 - April, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, which have not since expired, or been repealed or altered ; and such acts of the Legislature of this State as are now in force, shall be and continue the law of this State, subject to such alterations as the Legislature shall make concerning the same.
Page 4 - ... all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract without specialty...
Page 483 - In every action for the recovery of real property, or the possession thereof, the person establishing a legal title to the property is presumed to have been possessed thereof within the time required by law, and the occupation of the property by any other person is deemed to have been under and in subordination to "the legal title...
Page 527 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 483 - ... years before the commencement of the act in respect to which such action is prosecuted or defense made.
Page 281 - Enactments or either of them, or to deprive any Party of the Benefit thereof, unless such Acknowledgment or Promise shall be made or contained by or in some Writing to be signed by the Party chargeable thereby...
Page 502 - But in conquered or ceded countries, that have already laws of their own, the king may indeed alter and change those laws; but, till he does actually change them, the ancient laws of the country remain, unless such as are against the law of God, as in the case of an infidel country.
Page 493 - Within the age of twenty-one years ; or, 2. Insane ; or, 3. Imprisoned on a criminal charge, or in execution upon conviction of a criminal offence, for a term less than for life ; or, 4.
Page 4 - ... shall be commenced and sued within the time and limitation herein-after expressed, and not after...
Page 484 - ... being a conveyance of the premises in question, or upon the decree or judgment of a competent court, and that there has been a continued occupation and possession of the premises included in such instrument, decree, or judgment, or of some part of such premises, under such claim, for five years, the premises so included shall be deemed to have been held adversely...