Wisconsin Reports: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Volume 41 |
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Page 277 - A conspiracy, it is said,f consists not merely in the intention of two or more, but in the agreement of two or more, to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means.
Page 427 - No mortgage of personal property hereafter made shall be valid against any other person than the parties thereto, unless possession of the mortgaged property be delivered to and retained by the mortgagee, or unless the mortgage be recorded by the clerk of the town where the mortgagor resides.
Page 300 - Every person who shall administer to any woman pregnant with a quick child any medicine, drug or substance whatever, or shall use or employ any instrument or other means, with intent thereby to destroy such child, unless the same shall have been necessary to preserve the life of such mother, or shall have been advised by two physicians to be necessary for such purpose, shall, in case the death of such child or of such mother be thereby produced, be deemed guilty of manslaughter.
Page 308 - ... where the death of the deceased is the subject of the charge, and the circumstances of the death the subject of the dying declarations (2).
Page 111 - But we are not aware of any case in which it has been held that a party, after disclaiming any intention to claim a reward, could recover it.
Page 322 - ... if the assured shall have, or shall hereafter make any other insurance on the property hereby insured, or any part thereof, without the consent of the Company written hereon...
Page 362 - Fourthly, where a manufacturer or a dealer contracts to supply an article which he manufactures or produces, or in which he deals, to be applied to a particular purpose, so that the buyer necessarily trusts to the judgment or skill of the manufacturer or dealer, there is in that case an implied term or warranty that it shall be reasonably fit for the purpose to which it is to be applied.
Page 565 - Territory for preliminary examination, charged with the commission of any crime therein, and where it appears from the evidence that a crime has .been committed, and that there is probable cause to believe the accused guilty thereof...
Page 595 - It shall be the duty of the directors and clerk of each school district to make diligent effort to see that this law is enforced in their respective districts. "SEC. 75. Justices of the peace shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the circuit court in all prosecutions under this act.
Page 45 - ... could not have avoided the injury by the exercise of ordinary care and diligence.