Atlantic Reporter, Volume 5West Publishing Company, 1886 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... death of the former treas- urer , or his refusal to make the oath , it could not be made by some other person having knowledge of the facts ; but we do decide that a mere statement from the books , without the oath of any one that the ...
... death of the former treas- urer , or his refusal to make the oath , it could not be made by some other person having knowledge of the facts ; but we do decide that a mere statement from the books , without the oath of any one that the ...
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... death of Mr. Beard left the family in very desti- tute circumstances . They had a lot of about ten acres of land , three acres of which were tillable ; the rest covered with stumps , logs , and bushes , and practically without fences ...
... death of Mr. Beard left the family in very desti- tute circumstances . They had a lot of about ten acres of land , three acres of which were tillable ; the rest covered with stumps , logs , and bushes , and practically without fences ...
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... death , and Marwood H. Bailey , Mary E. Worthington , Samuel B. Bailey , Jr. , Melbourne Bailey , and Helena C. Bailey , the appellants in this cause , and Jennie E. Coleman . The testator appointed his wife and James W. Paul and John ...
... death , and Marwood H. Bailey , Mary E. Worthington , Samuel B. Bailey , Jr. , Melbourne Bailey , and Helena C. Bailey , the appellants in this cause , and Jennie E. Coleman . The testator appointed his wife and James W. Paul and John ...
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... death of A. , A. will take an estate for life by implica- tion , ( Gardner v . Sheldon , Vaughan , 259 ; ) in implying estates tail , ( Eichelber- ger v . Barnitz , 9 Watts , 447 ; Machell v . Weeding , 8 Sim . 4 ; ) in implying ...
... death of A. , A. will take an estate for life by implica- tion , ( Gardner v . Sheldon , Vaughan , 259 ; ) in implying estates tail , ( Eichelber- ger v . Barnitz , 9 Watts , 447 ; Machell v . Weeding , 8 Sim . 4 ; ) in implying ...
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... death . Of course , no one imagined or claimed that the gift of the principal of these securities to the heirs after her death was all of the estate which " the heirs " were to have ; and it is without question that the shares of the ...
... death . Of course , no one imagined or claimed that the gift of the principal of these securities to the heirs after her death was all of the estate which " the heirs " were to have ; and it is without question that the shares of the ...
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Page 121 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no ^ flesh while the world standeth, * lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 759 - P. 249), and the conclusion there arrived at seems to be correct in general, "that an express promise can only revive a precedent good consideration, which might have been enforced at law through the medium of an implied promise, had it not been suspended by some positive rule of law ; but can give no original right of action, if the obligation on which it is founded never could have been enforced at law, though not barred by any legal maxim or statute provision.
Page 549 - ... or any other words which may import either a want or failure of issue of any person in his lifetime or at the time of his death, or an indefinite failure of his issue, shall be construed to mean a want or failure of issue in the lifetime or at the time of the death of such person, and not an indefinite failure of his issue, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will, by reason of such person having a prior estate tail, or of a preceding gift, being, without any implication arising from...
Page 744 - The General Assembly shall have the power to alter, revoke, or annul any charter of incorporation now existing and revocable at the adoption of this Constitution, or any that may hereafter be created, whenever, in their opinion it may be injurious to the citizens of this Commonwealth, in such manner, however, that no injustice shall be done to the corporators.
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Page 689 - A gift to a general public use, which extends to the poor as well as the rich.
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Page 104 - Motion is made to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that it was not taken within the time limited by law for appealing. The act governing the subject provides that an appeal from an order or decree of the orphans...