The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority Subsequent to Those Contained in the "American Decisions" [1760-1869] and the "American Reports" [1869-1887] Decided in the Courts of Last Resort of the Several States [1886-1911], Volume 53Abraham Clark Freeman Bancroft-Whitney Company, 1897 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... duty to pay to the debtor of the creditor suing out the garnishment . The other is , the subjection of moneys or effects in the possession or under the control of the garnishee , which it is a legal duty to deliver to the debtor . With ...
... duty to pay to the debtor of the creditor suing out the garnishment . The other is , the subjection of moneys or effects in the possession or under the control of the garnishee , which it is a legal duty to deliver to the debtor . With ...
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... duty , that it is done with reasonable regard to the preservation of life and prevention of great bodily harm or the infliction of un- necessary injury to others , and they will be held responsible for the manner in which the right is ...
... duty , that it is done with reasonable regard to the preservation of life and prevention of great bodily harm or the infliction of un- necessary injury to others , and they will be held responsible for the manner in which the right is ...
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... duty , but was not so at the time of his eviction by the conductor , the de- fendant would not be liable for the result of such subsequent intoxication . It would be a case of self - imposed intoxication , not known to the employés of ...
... duty , but was not so at the time of his eviction by the conductor , the de- fendant would not be liable for the result of such subsequent intoxication . It would be a case of self - imposed intoxication , not known to the employés of ...
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... duty through nonfeasance , for which he would otherwise be liable ; and an agent cannot excuse himself on the plea that his principal is liable . NEGLIGENCE – BUILDING – DUTY TO ERECT SAFE- GUARDS - LIABILITY . — It is the duty of a ...
... duty through nonfeasance , for which he would otherwise be liable ; and an agent cannot excuse himself on the plea that his principal is liable . NEGLIGENCE – BUILDING – DUTY TO ERECT SAFE- GUARDS - LIABILITY . — It is the duty of a ...
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... duty : Wood on Master and Servant , 535 . The second count charges the defendants with neglect in their failure or ... duty , becomes exempt from liability for the same omission of duty , because he was acting as servant or agent . The ...
... duty : Wood on Master and Servant , 535 . The second count charges the defendants with neglect in their failure or ... duty , becomes exempt from liability for the same omission of duty , because he was acting as servant or agent . The ...
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Page 139 - Those rivers must be regarded as public navigable rivers in law which are navigable in fact. And they are navigable in fact when they are used, or are susceptible of being used, in their ordinary condition, as highways for commerce, over which trade and travel are or may be conducted in the customary modes of trade and travel on water.
Page 912 - Where two parties have made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally — ie, according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself — or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 942 - The proposition which these recognized cases suggest, and which is, therefore, to be deduced from them, is that, whenever one person is by circumstances placed in such a position with regard to another that every one of ordinary sense who did think would at once recognize that if he did not use ordinary care and skill in his own conduct with regard to those circumstances he would cause danger of injury to the person or property of the other, a duty arises to use ordinary care and skill to avoid such...
Page 240 - It is very true that a corporation can have no legal existence out of the boundaries of the sovereignty by which it is created. It exists only in contemplation of law, and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 167 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 78 - CD, of the city aforesaid, merchant, my true and lawful attorney, for me, and in my name, and for my use to ask, demand...
Page 847 - This entire policy shall be void if the insured has concealed or misrepresented, in writing or otherwise, any material fact or circumstance concerning this insurance or the subject thereof...
Page 563 - ... to agree upon the manner, and upon the terms and conditions upon which the same may be used or occupied...
Page 163 - A surety is exonerated: 1. In like manner with a guarantor; 2. To the extent to which he is prejudiced by any act of the creditor which would naturally prove injurious to the remedies of the surety or inconsistent with his rights, or which lessens his security; or, 3.
Page 334 - The legislature cannot delegate its power to make a law; but it can make a law to delegate a power to determine some fact or state of things upon which the law makes, or intends to make, its own action depend.