The Southern Reporter, Volume 11West Publishing Company, 1893 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 10
... evidence , the court will presume that there was other evidence sufficient to support the judgment appealed from . 2. Acts 1888-89 , p . 797 , § 7 , to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil cases in the cir- cuit court of ...
... evidence , the court will presume that there was other evidence sufficient to support the judgment appealed from . 2. Acts 1888-89 , p . 797 , § 7 , to regulate the practice and proceedings in civil cases in the cir- cuit court of ...
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... EVIDENCE . 1. Plaintiffs brought an action for damages for the pollution of a stream by a factory . The defense was uninterrupted use of the stream for 20 years . There was evidence that , within less than 5 years from action brought ...
... EVIDENCE . 1. Plaintiffs brought an action for damages for the pollution of a stream by a factory . The defense was uninterrupted use of the stream for 20 years . There was evidence that , within less than 5 years from action brought ...
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... evidence suggests no other plausible theory on which the accident can be ac- FENNER , J. The petition alleges , in sub - pened . The only evidence on that point stance , that Matthew D. Ryan was em- ployed as brakeman on one of the ...
... evidence suggests no other plausible theory on which the accident can be ac- FENNER , J. The petition alleges , in sub - pened . The only evidence on that point stance , that Matthew D. Ryan was em- ployed as brakeman on one of the ...
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... evidence offered by these de- fendants , and did not consider said evi- dence in arriving at their verdict , " etc. Prefatory to the foregoing conclusion is the statement " that the said verdict is clearly contrary to the law and the ...
... evidence offered by these de- fendants , and did not consider said evi- dence in arriving at their verdict , " etc. Prefatory to the foregoing conclusion is the statement " that the said verdict is clearly contrary to the law and the ...
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... evidence that about the time the accident occurred there was considerable leakage on defendant's line of wires , and this is urged as evidence of neglect on the part of defendant , be- cause it showed defective insulation . But the ...
... evidence that about the time the accident occurred there was considerable leakage on defendant's line of wires , and this is urged as evidence of neglect on the part of defendant , be- cause it showed defective insulation . But the ...
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Page 27 - It is a most general rule that no allegation which is descriptive of the identity of that which is legally essential to the claim or charge can ever be rejected.
Page 266 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer who has the charge or control of any signal, points, locomotive engine, or train upon a railway...
Page 100 - The obligation of a contract consists in its binding force on the party who makes it. This depends on the laws in existence when it is made ; these are necessarily referred to in all contracts, and forming a part of them as the measure of the obligation to perform them hy the one party, and the right acquired by the other.
Page 229 - The Legislature is invested with full power to pass laws for the correction of abuses and to prevent unjust discrimination and excessive charges by persons and corporations engaged as common carriers in transporting persons and property, or performing other services of a public nature; and shall provide for enforcing such laws by adequate penalties or forfeitures.
Page 295 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Page 384 - In all cases in which an action of account would be the proper remedy at law, and in all cases where a trustee is a party, the jurisdiction of a court of equity is undoubted. It is the appropriate tribunal.
Page 96 - The power of taxation, however vast in its character and searching in its extent, is necessarily limited to subjects within the jurisdiction of the State. These subjects are persons, property, and business.
Page 75 - The general rule, therefore, is, that a lunatic or a person affected with insanity is admissible as a witness if he have sufficient understanding to apprehend the obligation of an oath, and to be capable of giving a correct account of the matters which he has seen or heard in reference to the questions at issue ; and whether he have that understanding is a question to be determined by the court, upon examination of the party himself, and any competent witnesses who can speak to the nature and extent...
Page 39 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the Constitution, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth and of the subjects of the same.
Page 337 - ... 1. Actual annexation to the realty, or something appurtenant thereto. 2. Appropriation to the use or purpose of that part of the realty with which it is connected. 3. The intention of the party making the annexation, to make the article a permanent accession to the freehold...