Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania: With Some Select Cases at Nisi Prius, and in the Circuit Courts, Volume 3J. Campbell, 1871 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... EXECUTOR , 158 . " Either the words said to have been uttered by that venerable Judge ( Yeates ) must have been spoken in very great haste , or there must have been an inaccuracy i the report . " Cope v . Smith's Executors , 8 S. and R ...
... EXECUTOR , 158 . " Either the words said to have been uttered by that venerable Judge ( Yeates ) must have been spoken in very great haste , or there must have been an inaccuracy i the report . " Cope v . Smith's Executors , 8 S. and R ...
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... executors v . Gibson , Shorthouse et al . v . rews , Carroll's lessee v . strong's lessee v . Morgan , old et al . Respublica v . 263 , 417 Funk v . inson et al . Shaw v . B llie , Kennedy v . rd , Gripes ' lessee v . 1 , Crousillat v ...
... executors v . Gibson , Shorthouse et al . v . rews , Carroll's lessee v . strong's lessee v . Morgan , old et al . Respublica v . 263 , 417 Funk v . inson et al . Shaw v . B llie , Kennedy v . rd , Gripes ' lessee v . 1 , Crousillat v ...
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... executors v . Erb's lessee v . Underwood , Evans , Fox v . v . Evans , - Evert et al . v . Young , F Faulkner , Eddy's lessee v . Fell , Shewell v . Feree v . Meyley et al . commis'rs , Ferguson et al . , Porter's lessee v . Field and ...
... executors v . Erb's lessee v . Underwood , Evans , Fox v . v . Evans , - Evert et al . v . Young , F Faulkner , Eddy's lessee v . Fell , Shewell v . Feree v . Meyley et al . commis'rs , Ferguson et al . , Porter's lessee v . Field and ...
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... executors , Dehuff v . - 584 Turbett v . Turbett's executor's , Robinson , assignee v . Beall et al . 267 Turner , Wolff v . Romans v . Robertson , Row , Willis ' lessee v . Runkle v . Meyer et al . Russel et al . Bank U. S. v . S ...
... executors , Dehuff v . - 584 Turbett v . Turbett's executor's , Robinson , assignee v . Beall et al . 267 Turner , Wolff v . Romans v . Robertson , Row , Willis ' lessee v . Runkle v . Meyer et al . Russel et al . Bank U. S. v . S ...
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... executors of the testator , and they insist on retain- ing the amount against his assignee of the legacy . This may be given in evidence on the plea of payment , against the equitable assignee of the bond . DEBT on bond conditioned for ...
... executors of the testator , and they insist on retain- ing the amount against his assignee of the legacy . This may be given in evidence on the plea of payment , against the equitable assignee of the bond . DEBT on bond conditioned for ...
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Page 516 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence: And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 97 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man: and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 299 - No member of Congress from this State, nor any person holding or exercising any office or appointment of trust or profit under the United States, shall at the same time hold or exercise any office in this State to which a salary, fees, or perquisites shall be attached. The General Assembly may, by law, declare what offices are incompatible.
Page 304 - Legislature ; and the military shall, in all cases and at all times, be in strict subordination to the civil power. SEC. 25. That no soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Page 414 - ... of this inquisition at the parish aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, unlawfully and injuriously...
Page 271 - A distinction is, however, made between a condition in deed and a limitation, which Littleton denominates also a condition in law. For when an estate is so expressly confined and limited by the words of its creation, that it cannot endure for any longer time than till the contingency happens upon which the estate is to fail, this is denominated a limitation...
Page 299 - The judicial power of this commonwealth shall be vested in a supreme court, in courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, in a court of common pleas, orphans' court, register's court, and a court of quarter sessions of the peace, for each county; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may, from time to time establish.
Page 360 - No person shall, for the same offence, be twice put in jeopardy of his life or limb, nor shall any man's property be taken or applied to public use without the consent of his representatives, and without just compensation being previously made to him.
Page 36 - ... and for default of such issue to the princess Anne of Denmark, and the heirs of her body ; and for default of such issue to the heirs of the body of the said Prince of Orange.
Page 360 - ... no part of the property of any individual can with justice be taken from him or applied to public uses without his own consent or that of the representative body of the people.