Albany Law Journal, Volum 1Weed, Parsons & Company, 1870 |
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Side 23
... witness . - A person is not liable for slander on account of words spoken by him as a witness , if in response to questions asked him , he spoke the words alleged without malice . The rule in such case is , that what was said pertinent ...
... witness . - A person is not liable for slander on account of words spoken by him as a witness , if in response to questions asked him , he spoke the words alleged without malice . The rule in such case is , that what was said pertinent ...
Side 35
... witness , are so unable to divest themselves of. The limits of the Southern District are confined to the city of New ... witnesses are made needlessly burden- some by reason of the great distance many of them are compelled to travel to ...
... witness , are so unable to divest themselves of. The limits of the Southern District are confined to the city of New ... witnesses are made needlessly burden- some by reason of the great distance many of them are compelled to travel to ...
Side 40
... , made by such proprietors to per- sons purchasing of them such adjoining lots - no dedica- tion to the public use being claimed . Orton v . Henry , 23 Wis . 2. Opinion of witness . - In an action for 40 THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL .
... , made by such proprietors to per- sons purchasing of them such adjoining lots - no dedica- tion to the public use being claimed . Orton v . Henry , 23 Wis . 2. Opinion of witness . - In an action for 40 THE ALBANY LAW JOURNAL .
Side 41
... witness for defendant ( not an expert ) , " What was the condition of the wall at the time you examined it ? " held , not to call for witness's opinion as to the character of the work , but to be admissible . 23 Wis . 3. On sale of ...
... witness for defendant ( not an expert ) , " What was the condition of the wall at the time you examined it ? " held , not to call for witness's opinion as to the character of the work , but to be admissible . 23 Wis . 3. On sale of ...
Side 45
... witnesses in their own style . It was not a bad reply , that made by a witness in the Grenville - Murray perjury case . One of the counsel , after pressing a witness who had given information to tell him what certain persons had said ...
... witnesses in their own style . It was not a bad reply , that made by a witness in the Grenville - Murray perjury case . One of the counsel , after pressing a witness who had given information to tell him what certain persons had said ...
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Side 73 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Side 50 - I said, there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.
Side 346 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Side 108 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Side 326 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Side 120 - The rule of the common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.
Side 53 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor : suit the action to the word, the word to the action, with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Side 165 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Side 133 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
Side 324 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.