Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, Volume 3state, 1849 |
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... valid consideration for entering into the recognisance . The recognisance stood by itself before the court , unaided , unsupported , without explanation . The differ- ence between these cases , and the one now before the court is plain ...
... valid consideration for entering into the recognisance . The recognisance stood by itself before the court , unaided , unsupported , without explanation . The differ- ence between these cases , and the one now before the court is plain ...
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... valid one . The judgment against Conner was obtained long after the receivership ceased , and was for moneys ab- stracted by him before he became receiver , and for cotton diverted to his own purpose , received after the termination of ...
... valid one . The judgment against Conner was obtained long after the receivership ceased , and was for moneys ab- stracted by him before he became receiver , and for cotton diverted to his own purpose , received after the termination of ...
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... valid ; but in order to made it so , it was necessary to have shown the existence of the judgment attached , the absence of Erwin , and the mandate of Beale . Of these facts the record contains no evidence . We are , therefore , of ...
... valid ; but in order to made it so , it was necessary to have shown the existence of the judgment attached , the absence of Erwin , and the mandate of Beale . Of these facts the record contains no evidence . We are , therefore , of ...
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... valid judgment , and in accordance with the terms of the contract . But such is not the construction put upon it by the laws of Mississippi . After a very elaborate argument at bar , the court construe the obligation thus , p . 495 , of ...
... valid judgment , and in accordance with the terms of the contract . But such is not the construction put upon it by the laws of Mississippi . After a very elaborate argument at bar , the court construe the obligation thus , p . 495 , of ...
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... valid as if done under a formal and sufficient authority . It is urged by the plaintiff that these subsequent acts do not affect his rights , as acquired under a different state of things , in reference to which he was called upon to ...
... valid as if done under a formal and sufficient authority . It is urged by the plaintiff that these subsequent acts do not affect his rights , as acquired under a different state of things , in reference to which he was called upon to ...
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Página 314 - 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 686 - Upon a review of the cases which are reported, this court is of opinion that a letter written within a reasonable time before or after the date of a bill of exchange, describing it in terms not to be mistaken, and promising to accept it, is, if shown to the person who afterward takes the bill on the credit of the letter, a virtual acceptance, binding the person who makes the promise.
Página 344 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slave-holding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude.
Página 389 - Upon the authority of these cases, and of others which are to be found in the books, as well as upon general principles, this court is of opinion that, in a case of fraud, of trust, or of contract, the jurisdiction of a court of chancery is sustainable wherever the person be found, although lands not within the jurisdiction of that court may be affected by the decree.
Página 110 - It appears to me that, upon principle, unless the plaintiff has been deprived of some particular use of his property of which the other party was apprised, and which he may be thus said to have directly prevented, the rights of the parties are fixed at the time of the illegal act, be it refusal to deliver or actual conversion, and the damages should be estimated as at that time.
Página 211 - States; and such discharge and certificate, when duly granted, shall in all courts of justice be deemed a full and complete discharge of all debts, contracts and other engagements of such bankrupt which are provable under this act...
Página 494 - ... a confession forced from the mind by the flattery of hope or by the torture of fear comes in so questionable a shape, when it is to be considered as the evidence of guilt, that no credit ought to be given to it, and therefore it is rejected.
Página 49 - A party is not to cast himself upon an obstruction which has been made by the fault of another, and avail himself of it, if he do not himself use common and ordinary caution to be in the right.
Página 49 - ... one person being in fault will not dispense with another's using ordinary care for himself Two things must concur to support this action. An obstruction in the road by the fault of the defendant, and no want of ordinary care to avoid it on the part of the plaintiff.
Página 389 - But where the question changes its character, where the defendant in the original action is liable to the plaintiff, either in consequence of contract, or as trustee, or as the holder of a legal title acquired by any species of mala fides practiced on the plaintiff, the principles of equity give a court jurisdiction wherever the person may be found, and the circumstance, that a question of title may be involved in the inquiry, and may even constitute the essential point on which the case depends,...