Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ..., Volume 5Edward O. Jenkins, 1849 |
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... action . A very numerous and very important class of persons - the as- signees of choses in action , would be without a remedy in a Court of Law . I do not know that it has ever been questioned , that the person holding the legal title ...
... action . A very numerous and very important class of persons - the as- signees of choses in action , would be without a remedy in a Court of Law . I do not know that it has ever been questioned , that the person holding the legal title ...
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... action , or writ . It seems to have no reference to the relations of the parties , except in the exceptions named . It says not one word about adverse possession or color of title . It lays a plain burden upon the plaintiff , and ...
... action , or writ . It seems to have no reference to the relations of the parties , except in the exceptions named . It says not one word about adverse possession or color of title . It lays a plain burden upon the plaintiff , and ...
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... action for it within sev- en years from its accrual - that the question could not arise under the Statute , whether the defendant's possession was adverse or not - but that the only question that could arise , is , has the plain- tiff ...
... action for it within sev- en years from its accrual - that the question could not arise under the Statute , whether the defendant's possession was adverse or not - but that the only question that could arise , is , has the plain- tiff ...
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... action was brought by Matthew Wright , the defendant in error , against Henry H. Brown , as principal , and Charlton Y. Perry as his security , upon a promisory note , of which , the follow- ing is a copy : 66 $ 867 .---- By the twenty ...
... action was brought by Matthew Wright , the defendant in error , against Henry H. Brown , as principal , and Charlton Y. Perry as his security , upon a promisory note , of which , the follow- ing is a copy : 66 $ 867 .---- By the twenty ...
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... action of debt upon a judgment obtained in the State of Alabama , to which the defendant pleaded the Statute of Limitations . The only facts necessary to be understood , are em- bodied in the decision of the Court . The Court below ...
... action of debt upon a judgment obtained in the State of Alabama , to which the defendant pleaded the Statute of Limitations . The only facts necessary to be understood , are em- bodied in the decision of the Court . The Court below ...
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Página 535 - 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 207 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Página 405 - the objection that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant.
Página 84 - ... it must appear that the danger was so urgent and pressing that in order to save his own life, or to prevent his receiving great bodily harm, the killing of the other was absolutely necessary ; and it must appear also that the person killed was the assailant, or that the slayer had really and in good faith endeavored to decline any further struggle before the mortal blow was given.
Página 337 - With respect to all verbal admissions, it may be observed that they ought to be received with great caution. The evidence, consisting as it does in the mere repetition of oral -statements, is subject to much imperfection and mistake ; the party himself either being misinformed or not having clearly expressed his own meaning, or the witness having misunderstood him. It frequently happens, also, that the witness, by unintentionally altering a few of the expressions really used, gives an effect to the...
Página 194 - And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Página 406 - If, from the plaintiff's own stating or otherwise, the cause of action appears to arise ex turpi causa or the transgression of a positive law of this country, there the Court says he has no right to be assisted. It is upon that ground the Court goes; not for the sake of the defendant, but because they will not lend their aid to such a plaintiff.
Página 94 - A bare fear of any of these offenses, to prevent which the homicide is alleged to have been committed, shall not be sufficient to justify the killing. It must appear that the circumstances were sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person, and that the party killing really acted under the influence of those fears, and not in a spirit of revenge.
Página 577 - ... were intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government, unrestrained by the established principles of private rights and distributive justice.
Página 94 - Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being in the peace of the State, by a person of sound memory and discretion, with malice aforethought, either express or implied.