Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, Volume 9Fielding Lucas, Jr., Lucas and Deaver, Print., 1840 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... proof of a compliance with those acts is unnecessary . 3. Because , although the bond was executed after the 1st January , 1832 , yet it is binding on the defendants , as the said act of assembly do not declare bonds taken after that ...
... proof of a compliance with those acts is unnecessary . 3. Because , although the bond was executed after the 1st January , 1832 , yet it is binding on the defendants , as the said act of assembly do not declare bonds taken after that ...
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... proof whatever of such assent , and as such conduct would have resulted in a forfei- ture of her property the presumptions are all the other way . Looking to the consequences of assent , the court should require express proof , and not ...
... proof whatever of such assent , and as such conduct would have resulted in a forfei- ture of her property the presumptions are all the other way . Looking to the consequences of assent , the court should require express proof , and not ...
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... proof by the witness , and should have been testi- fied to by him . As the letters are produced they have no greater efficacy than unsworn declarations , and we think were properly rejected by the court . The fourth bill of exceptions ...
... proof by the witness , and should have been testi- fied to by him . As the letters are produced they have no greater efficacy than unsworn declarations , and we think were properly rejected by the court . The fourth bill of exceptions ...
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... proof ; that whether such demand was made is a matter of fact to be found by the jury , upon consideration of all the circum- stances and proofs in the cause . The plaintiffs excepted to the further instruction . 2d EXCEPTION . In ...
... proof ; that whether such demand was made is a matter of fact to be found by the jury , upon consideration of all the circum- stances and proofs in the cause . The plaintiffs excepted to the further instruction . 2d EXCEPTION . In ...
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... proof , the plaintiffs again read in evidence the deed of Lewis Duvall of the 28th of July , 1815 , to them , and the deeds of the 9th of February , 1825 , and 5th of July , 1827 , and also offered proof that no payments were made by ...
... proof , the plaintiffs again read in evidence the deed of Lewis Duvall of the 28th of July , 1815 , to them , and the deeds of the 9th of February , 1825 , and 5th of July , 1827 , and also offered proof that no payments were made by ...
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Page 403 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
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Page 401 - Public corporations are to be governed according to the laws of the land, and the government has the sole right, as trustee of the public interest, to inspect, regulate, control, and direct the corporation, its funds and franchises.
Page 410 - That the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government ought to be forever separate and distinct from each other, and no person exercising the functions of one of said departments shall assume or discharge the duties of any other.
Page 172 - We are of opinion, that there is no error in the judgment of the court below, and that it ought to be affirmed.
Page 502 - It is a point settled, that if the name of a party appears in the memorandum, and is applicable to the whole substance of the writing, and is put there by him or by his authority, it is immaterial in what part of the instrument the name appears, whether at the top, in the middle, or at the bottom.
Page 401 - An eleemosynary corporation is a private charity, constituted for the perpetual distribution of the alms and bounty of the founder. In this class are ranked hospitals for the relief of poor, sick, and impotent persons, and colleges and academies established for the promotion of learning and piety, and endowed with property, by public and private donations, (c) Civil corporations * 275 are established * for a variety of purposes, and they are either public or private.