The Southwestern Reporter, Volum 32West Publishing Company, 1896 |
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acres Affirmed alleged amount Appeal from circuit Appeal from district Appeals of Kentucky Appeals of Texas appellant appellant's appellee assignment of error authority averred bank Bexar county bill bills of lading bond cars cause of action charge circuit court Civil Appeals claim complainant conclusions of fact contract county court court of chancery Court of Civil creditors damages debt decree deed of trust defendant's demurrer district court evidence execution fact fendant filed Harris county held homestead husband indictment injury issue Judge jury Kentucky land liable lien ment mortgage motion negligence opinion overruled paid parties payment pellant person petition plaintiffs in error pleadings possession purchase question railroad Railway Company record recover rendered reversed sheriff sold statute suit sureties sustained Tenn testimony thereof tiff tion tract trial verdict wife witness
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Side 407 - ... equity will support assignments not only of choses in action and of contingent interests and expectancies, but also of things which have no present actual or potential existence, but rest in mere possibility; not indeed as a present positive transfer, operative in presenti, for that can only be of a thing in esse, but as a present contract to take effect and attach as soon as the thing comes in esse.
Side 373 - ... unless the same be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Side 67 - Justice told the jury that there were two questions for their consideration : First, whether the plaintiff had given value for the bill, of which there could be no doubt ; and, secondly, whether he took it under circumstances which ought to have excited the suspicion of a prudent and careful man.
Side 244 - ... such books and inventory securely locked in a fireproof safe at night, and at all times when the store mentioned in the within policy is not actually open for business, or in some secure place not exposed to a fire which would destroy the house where such business is carried on...
Side 83 - A statement of the acts constituting the offense, in ordinary and concise language, and in such manner as to enable a person of common understanding to know what is intended.
Side 83 - That the act or omission charged as the offense, is stated with such a degree of certainty as to enable the court to pronounce judgment upon a conviction, according to the right of the case.
Side 62 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Side 264 - ... but other officers of towns or cities shall be elected by the qualified voters therein, or appointed by the local authorities thereof, as the General Assembly may, by a general law, provide; but when elected by the voters of a town or city, their terms of office shall be four years, and until their successors shall be qualified.
Side 25 - ... the expense incurred by the Owner in finishing the work, such excess shall be paid by the Owner to the Contractor ; but if such expense shall exceed such unpaid balance, the Contractor shall pay the difference to the Owner . The expense incurred by the Owner as herein provided, either for furnishing materials or for finishing the work, and any damage incurred through such default, shall be audited and certified by the Architect, whose certificate thereof shall be conclusive upon the parties.
Side 117 - It is a well-settled rule of construction of grants by the Legislature to corporations, whether public or private, that only such powers and rights can be exercised under them as are clearly comprehended within the words of the act or derived therefrom by necessary implication, regard being had to the objects of the grant. Any ambiguity or doubt arising out of the terms used by the Legislature must be resolved in favor of the public.