The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 26John Houston Merrill, Thomas Johnson Michie, Charles Frederic Williams, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1894 - Law |
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... established general time - table , or is his duty done when he has , beforehand , provided rules , minute , explicit and efficient , and made them known to his servants , which , if observed and followed by all concerned , will bring ...
... established general time - table , or is his duty done when he has , beforehand , provided rules , minute , explicit and efficient , and made them known to his servants , which , if observed and followed by all concerned , will bring ...
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... established doctrines of the common law , that seisin in deed , either by possession of the land and perception of profits , or by construction of law , is indispensable to enable the demandant to maintain his suit . " In Morrison v ...
... established doctrines of the common law , that seisin in deed , either by possession of the land and perception of profits , or by construction of law , is indispensable to enable the demandant to maintain his suit . " In Morrison v ...
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... established rule , that a party is to recover upon the strength of his own title only . A pos- session , prior in point of time to that of the tenant who has himself no Actual posses- one and not against another.1 This is sometimes ...
... established rule , that a party is to recover upon the strength of his own title only . A pos- session , prior in point of time to that of the tenant who has himself no Actual posses- one and not against another.1 This is sometimes ...
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... established , will show that there is hardly a single de- cision resting upon it exclusively , which allows the defendant to retain possession . In many cases , the doc- trine is put forth as a dictum or as an alternative ground of the ...
... established , will show that there is hardly a single de- cision resting upon it exclusively , which allows the defendant to retain possession . In many cases , the doc- trine is put forth as a dictum or as an alternative ground of the ...
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... established between the parties . " 1 II . DISTINGUISHED FROM CONTRACTS AND CRIMES .-- A tort may be distinguished from a contract , in that a contract involves the agreement of at least two parties , whereas a tort , as such , involves ...
... established between the parties . " 1 II . DISTINGUISHED FROM CONTRACTS AND CRIMES .-- A tort may be distinguished from a contract , in that a contract involves the agreement of at least two parties , whereas a tort , as such , involves ...
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Page 546 - ... and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases.
Page 533 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 547 - By the Constitution a treaty is placed on the same footing, and made of like obligation, with an act of legislation. Both are declared by that instrument to be the supreme law of the land, and no superior efficacy is given to either over the other. When the two relate to the same subject, the courts will always endeavor to construe them so as to give effect to both, if that can be done without violating the language of either; but if the two are inconsistent, the one last in date will control the...
Page 490 - ... when the question is one of a common or general interest, of many persons, or when the parties are numerous, and it is impracticable to bring them all before the 'court, one or more may sue or defend for the benefit of all.
Page 366 - That nothing in this act shall prevent, lessen, impeach, or avoid any remedy at law or in equity which any party aggrieved by any wrongful use of any trade-mark might have had if the provisions of this act had not been passed.
Page 250 - The learned judge, after saying that "the office of a trade-mark is to point out distinctively the origin or ownership of the article to which it is affixed, or, in other words, to give notice who was the producer...
Page 467 - But when the trade-mark is affixed to articles manufactured at a particular establishment, and acquires a special reputation in connection with the place of manufacture, and that establishment is transferred either by contract or operation of law to others, the right to the use of the trade-mark may be lawfully transferred with it. "Its subsequent use by the person to whom the establishment is transferred, is considered as only indicating that the goods to which it is affixed are manufactured at...
Page 545 - It is the declared will of the people of the United States that every treaty made by the authority of the United States shall be superior to the Constitution and laws of any individual State, and their will alone is to decide. If a law of a State contrary to a treaty is not void, but voidable only, by a repeal or nullification by a State legislature, this certain consequence follows. — that the will of a small part of the United States may control or defeat the will of the whole.
Page 367 - ... and thereupon the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause one or more copies of the same to be transmitted to each collector or other proper officer of customs.
Page 418 - Similarity, not identity, is the usual recourse when one party seeks to benefit himself by the good name of another. What similarity is sufficient to effect the object has to be determined in each case by its own circumstances. We may say, generally, that a similarity which would be likely to deceive or mislead an ordinary unsuspecting customer is obnoxious to the law.