Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Volume 25Tribune Company Press, 1885 |
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... circuit court a writ of error was allowed by a judge of this Court . M. H. Dent , for plaintiff in error . GREEN , JUDGE : The only question involved in this case is : Are sections 9 and 15 of chapter 93 of the Acts of 1882 ...
... circuit court a writ of error was allowed by a judge of this Court . M. H. Dent , for plaintiff in error . GREEN , JUDGE : The only question involved in this case is : Are sections 9 and 15 of chapter 93 of the Acts of 1882 ...
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... county court before the adoption of the amendment of our constitution taking from the county court the right to try civil suits and transferring suits then pending in such courts to the circuit courts ; and the county court made an ...
... county court before the adoption of the amendment of our constitution taking from the county court the right to try civil suits and transferring suits then pending in such courts to the circuit courts ; and the county court made an ...
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... court . On February 9 , 1881 , the clerk of the circuit court of Pleasants county issued a summons against Elizabeth Raw- son and Sarah A. Rawson , late guardian , requiring them to appear before the judge of the circuit court of Pleasants ...
... court . On February 9 , 1881 , the clerk of the circuit court of Pleasants county issued a summons against Elizabeth Raw- son and Sarah A. Rawson , late guardian , requiring them to appear before the judge of the circuit court of Pleasants ...
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... clerk of the circuit court of the county , to which office all process outstanding at the time this article goes into operation shall be returned ; and the clerk shall have the same power and shall perform the same duties in relation to ...
... clerk of the circuit court of the county , to which office all process outstanding at the time this article goes into operation shall be returned ; and the clerk shall have the same power and shall perform the same duties in relation to ...
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West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker. that till after the passage of this act the clerk of the circuit court of Pleasants county had no authority to issue the sum- mons , which he issued on February 9 , 1881. It seems ...
West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker. that till after the passage of this act the clerk of the circuit court of Pleasants county had no authority to issue the sum- mons , which he issued on February 9 , 1881. It seems ...
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Página 22 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Página 334 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Página 54 - Nothing can be clearer, both upon principle and authority, than the doctrine that the liability of a surety is not to be extended, by implication, beyond the terms of his contract.
Página 356 - The provision of the Constitution never has been understood to embrace other contracts than those which respect property, or some object of value, and confer rights which may be asserted in a court of justice.
Página 446 - Duress, in its more extended sense, means that degree of constraint or danger, either actually inflicted or threatened and impending, which is sufficient, in severity or in apprehension, to overcome the mind and will of a person of ordinary firmness.* Opinion of the court.
Página 340 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Página 454 - His business will not admit such a course. He prefers, rather, to accept any bill of lading, or sign any paper the carrier presents; often, indeed, without knowing what the one or the other contains. In most cases, he has no alternative but to do this, or abandon his business.
Página xlvi - It Is a finality as to the claim or demand In controversy, concluding parties and those in privity with them, not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim or demand, but as to any other admissible matter which might have been offered for that purpose.
Página 356 - That the framers of the constitution did not intend to restrain the States in the regulation of their civil institutions, adopted for internal government, and that the instrument they have given us is not to be so construed, may be admitted.
Página 9 - The protection against unwise or oppressive legislation, within constitutional bounds, is by an appeal to the justice and patriotism of the representatives of the people. If this fail, the people in their sovereign capacity can correct the evil; but courts cannot assume their rights.