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Page 1053
... direct the jury as to what would be a reasonable time under the circumstances , 95 though it is doubtful whether it would be so held at the present time . § 1324. Reasonable Time for Ascertaining whether Recovery and Repair possible ...
... direct the jury as to what would be a reasonable time under the circumstances , 95 though it is doubtful whether it would be so held at the present time . § 1324. Reasonable Time for Ascertaining whether Recovery and Repair possible ...
Page 1067
... direct proof , they are circumstances of more or less force , according to the facts of each case , tending to estab- lish it . Acts of an unequivocal nature on the part of both the owner and the public , may establish it in a very ...
... direct proof , they are circumstances of more or less force , according to the facts of each case , tending to estab- lish it . Acts of an unequivocal nature on the part of both the owner and the public , may establish it in a very ...
Page 1081
... direct a verdict for de- fendant obligor , if there is no ex- planation . Bowers v . Rineard , 209 Pa . 545 , 58 Atl . 912. But in the ab- sence of indications of falsity he who assails the instrument must 11 10 Heffner v . Wenrich , 32 ...
... direct a verdict for de- fendant obligor , if there is no ex- planation . Bowers v . Rineard , 209 Pa . 545 , 58 Atl . 912. But in the ab- sence of indications of falsity he who assails the instrument must 11 10 Heffner v . Wenrich , 32 ...
Page 1122
... direct a verdict for the plaintiff . The court said : " The defend- ant has the legal presumption in her favor that her son was intended as the grantee ; and whether it has been overcome by parol proof , we think should have been left ...
... direct a verdict for the plaintiff . The court said : " The defend- ant has the legal presumption in her favor that her son was intended as the grantee ; and whether it has been overcome by parol proof , we think should have been left ...
Page 1214
... direct and positive testi- mony , since this , in many cases , would be impossible ; but it may be inferred from the facts which go to establish a want of prob- able cause . Actual malice may be inferred by the jury from the want of ...
... direct and positive testi- mony , since this , in many cases , would be impossible ; but it may be inferred from the facts which go to establish a want of prob- able cause . Actual malice may be inferred by the jury from the want of ...
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Page 1481 - The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, and shall extend to all cases at law, without regard to the amount in controversy; but a jury trial may be waived by the parties in all cases in the manner prescribed by law.
Page 1481 - The right of trial by jury shall be secured to all, and remain inviolate forever; but a jury trial may be waived by the parties, in all civil cases, in the manner to be prescribed by law.
Page 1482 - The trial by jury, in all cases in which it has been heretofore used, shall remain inviolate forever. But a jury trial may be waived by the parties in all civil cases, in the manner to be prescribed by law.
Page 1798 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 1054 - ... for the court and not a question of fact for the jury.
Page 1484 - That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.
Page 1480 - In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has heretofore been otherways used and practised, the parties have a right to a trial by jury; and this method of procedure shall be held sacred, unless, in causes arising on the high seas, and such as relate to mariners' wages, the legislature shall hereafter find it necessary to alter it.
Page 1739 - It is that state of the case, which, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction, to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge.
Page 1301 - The court said there must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is .shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as, in the ordinary course of things, does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendant, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 1250 - The judge has to say whether any facts have been established by evidence from which negligence may be reasonably inferred ; the jurors have to say whether, from those facts, when submitted to them, negligence ought to be inferred.