Annotated Cases, American and English: Containing the Important Cases Selected from the Current American, Canadian, and English Reports, Thoroughly AnnotatedEdward Thompson Company, 1916 - Law |
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... contract , as authorized by the contract , on receiving a proper architect's certificate , the owner may not take charge of the work , or any part thereof , and the contractor may resist the attempt of the owner to do so ...
... contract , as authorized by the contract , on receiving a proper architect's certificate , the owner may not take charge of the work , or any part thereof , and the contractor may resist the attempt of the owner to do so ...
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... contract reduced to writing makes the oral agreement a lawful alteration of the written contract . [ See Ann . Cas . 1914A 457. ] Effect of Waiver of Stipulation as to Time . Where time of performance of a building contract , made of ...
... contract reduced to writing makes the oral agreement a lawful alteration of the written contract . [ See Ann . Cas . 1914A 457. ] Effect of Waiver of Stipulation as to Time . Where time of performance of a building contract , made of ...
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... contract stood un- completed . " By paragraph ten provision is made for extending the time for the completion of the contract when delay was caused by the owner or by the act of God but extensions were not to be recognized unless a ...
... contract stood un- completed . " By paragraph ten provision is made for extending the time for the completion of the contract when delay was caused by the owner or by the act of God but extensions were not to be recognized unless a ...
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... contract with the un- dersigned , and [ 507 ] to prosecute the said work with promptness and diligence : The plumbing work , the ornamental iron work , the work on the sidewalk arches , the sidewalk work generally , the work on the ...
... contract with the un- dersigned , and [ 507 ] to prosecute the said work with promptness and diligence : The plumbing work , the ornamental iron work , the work on the sidewalk arches , the sidewalk work generally , the work on the ...
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... contract on its part to be performed . ' “ '19 . ... And in this behalf the court finds that plaintiff at the time said notice of September 3d , 1907 , and the copy of said certificate of August 26 , 1907 , were so as aforesaid served ...
... contract on its part to be performed . ' “ '19 . ... And in this behalf the court finds that plaintiff at the time said notice of September 3d , 1907 , and the copy of said certificate of August 26 , 1907 , were so as aforesaid served ...
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Page 341 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold and actually receive the same or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment, or that some note or memorandum in writing of the said bargain be made and signed by the parties to be charged by such contract, or their agents thereunto lawfully authorized.
Page 122 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 341 - ... (2) The provisions of this section apply to every such contract, notwithstanding that the goods may be intended to be delivered at some future time, or may not at the time of such contract be actually made, procured, or provided, or fit or ready for delivery, or some act may be requisite for the making or completing thereof, or rendering the same fit for delivery...
Page 210 - All courts shall be open; and every man, for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered, without sale, denial, or delay.
Page 218 - Commerce among the States consists of intercourse and traffic between their citizens, and includes the transportation of persons and property, and the navigation of public waters for that purpose, as well as the purchase, sale and exchange of commodities.
Page 218 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 442 - If the nature of a thing is such that it is reasonably certain to place life and limb in peril when negligently made, it is then a thing of danger. Its nature gives warning of the consequences to be expected. If to the element of danger there is added knowledge that the thing will be used by persons other than the purchaser and used without new tests, then, irrespective of contract, the manufacturer of this thing of danger is under a duty to make it carefully.
Page 210 - No act hereafter passed shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be so expressed...
Page 298 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted...
Page 210 - No tax shall be levied, except in pursuance of law; and every law imposing a tax, shall state, distinctly, the object of the same, to which only, it shall be applied.