Atlantic Reporter, Volume 99West Publishing Company, 1917 |
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... FACT . When a person is in the habit of doing a thing in a particular way , it is permissible to show that fact , provided it is the best evidence · 5. WILLS 489 ( 3 ) - CONSTRUCTION — For other cases see same topic and KEY - NUMBER in ...
... FACT . When a person is in the habit of doing a thing in a particular way , it is permissible to show that fact , provided it is the best evidence · 5. WILLS 489 ( 3 ) - CONSTRUCTION — For other cases see same topic and KEY - NUMBER in ...
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... fact that she did not know the meaning of the word " heirs " could not be considered by the court in determining whether she intended to include her husband's nephews and nieces among his heirs . [ Ed . Note . - For other cases , see ...
... fact that she did not know the meaning of the word " heirs " could not be considered by the court in determining whether she intended to include her husband's nephews and nieces among his heirs . [ Ed . Note . - For other cases , see ...
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... fact , and whether it exists is a question of fact to be decided like all such questions by weight of competent evidence . The question therefore , and the only question , raised by the nephews ' and nieces ' exception to the finding ...
... fact , and whether it exists is a question of fact to be decided like all such questions by weight of competent evidence . The question therefore , and the only question , raised by the nephews ' and nieces ' exception to the finding ...
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... fact is , as judi- in ascertaining who take the property passing cially understood , they were not his heirs . by this clause , in addition to the words she Can the usual meaning or sense of that term used , are the facts that most of ...
... fact is , as judi- in ascertaining who take the property passing cially understood , they were not his heirs . by this clause , in addition to the words she Can the usual meaning or sense of that term used , are the facts that most of ...
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... fact which it tends to prove can- not be used for any useful purpose . The evi- dence may be admissible to prove the fact , but the fact is immaterial . Much confusion in discussing the cases upon this subject is avoided by bearing this ...
... fact which it tends to prove can- not be used for any useful purpose . The evi- dence may be admissible to prove the fact , but the fact is immaterial . Much confusion in discussing the cases upon this subject is avoided by bearing this ...
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Página 216 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process ; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Página 65 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use, shall make just compensation for property taken, injured, or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways, or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury, or destruction.
Página 122 - ... a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The Society of the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York...
Página 104 - ... in the absence of fraud in the transaction the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive...
Página 341 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Página 307 - July 1, 1898, which provides that "a discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all his provable debts...
Página 423 - While the presumption is, where one has made a will, that he did not intend to die intestate as to any part of his property...
Página 255 - ... action shall survive to the surviving plaintiff or plaintiffs, or against the surviving defendant or defendants, the writ or action shall not be thereby abated: but such death being suggested upon the record, the action shall proceed at the suit of the surviving plaintiff or plaintiffs against the surviving defendant or defendants.
Página 7 - We think it is a settled principle, growing out of the nature of well-ordered civil society, that every holder of property, however absolute and unqualified may be his title, holds it under the implied liability that his use of it may be so regulated, that it shall not be injurious to the equal enjoyment of others having an equal right to the enjoyment of their property, nor injurious to the rights of the community.
Página 202 - That, in order to give effect to the will of the people as expressed by their elected representatives, it is necessary that the power of the other House to alter or reject bills passed by this House should be so restricted by Law as to secure that within the limits of a single Parliament the final decision of the Commons shall prevail.