Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of New York: From January Term 1799 to January Term 1803, Both Inclusive: Together with Cases Determined in the Court for the Correction of Errors During that Period, Volume 1Banks, Gould, 1846 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... amount insured . According to Grotius and Bynkershoeck , instruments of war are alone considered as contraband of war by the gen- eral maritime law of nations ; and when going to a port blockaded , or a place besieged , are liable to ...
... amount insured . According to Grotius and Bynkershoeck , instruments of war are alone considered as contraband of war by the gen- eral maritime law of nations ; and when going to a port blockaded , or a place besieged , are liable to ...
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... amount to more than the sum of 200 dollars , and the plaintiff con- cludes with stating his damages at 25 dollars only . IN error on certiorari . It was specially assigned and relied upon , as error in this case , that the declaration ...
... amount to more than the sum of 200 dollars , and the plaintiff con- cludes with stating his damages at 25 dollars only . IN error on certiorari . It was specially assigned and relied upon , as error in this case , that the declaration ...
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... amount of the bet payable in thirty days , which was deposited with a stakeholder , and afterwards delivered to the winner , who endorsed it , after it became due ; it was held that the en- dorser took the note subject to the defence ...
... amount of the bet payable in thirty days , which was deposited with a stakeholder , and afterwards delivered to the winner , who endorsed it , after it became due ; it was held that the en- dorser took the note subject to the defence ...
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... amount to constructive notice ; to the endorsee , of the equities existing between the parties . But where such a note was transferred five months after its date ; and there were several payments endorsed prior to its transfer , one of ...
... amount to constructive notice ; to the endorsee , of the equities existing between the parties . But where such a note was transferred five months after its date ; and there were several payments endorsed prior to its transfer , one of ...
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... amount of it is , that if a bill after acceptance and non - payment , comes back to the hands of the drawer , it ceases to be a bill , so that an ac- tion cannot be sustained on it against the acceptor . If this be true , then the ...
... amount of it is , that if a bill after acceptance and non - payment , comes back to the hands of the drawer , it ceases to be a bill , so that an ac- tion cannot be sustained on it against the acceptor . If this be true , then the ...
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Page 216 - Within the age of twenty-one years ; or, 2. Insane ; or, 3. Imprisoned on a...
Page 157 - Every mortgage or conveyance intended to operate as a mortgage of goods and chattels which shall hereafter be made which shall not be accompanied by an immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued change of possession...
Page 400 - ... for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is...
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Page iv - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 475 - The last class of contracts, implied by reason and construction of law, arises upon this supposition, that every one who undertakes any office, employment, trust or duty, contracts with those who employ or entrust him, to perform it with integrity, diligence, and skill. And, if by his want of either of those qualities any injury accrues to individuals, they have therefore their remedy in damages by a special action on the case.
Page 146 - This evidence was overruled, and a verdict was thereupon taken for the defendants. The plaintiff moved for a new trial, on the ground that the evidence last mentioned ought to have been admitted.
Page 164 - Payment of any Debt or Debts), shall be thereby given or made, such Devise, Legacy, Estate, Interest, Gift, or Appointment shall, so far only as concerns such Person attesting 'the Execution of such Will, or the Wife or Husband of such Person, or any Person claiming under such Person or Wife or Husband, be utterly null and void...
Page 157 - ... or subsequent purchasers in good faith ; and shall be conclusive evidence of fraud, unless it shall be made to appear, on the part of the persons claiming under such sale or assignment, that the same was made in good faith, and without any intent to defraud such creditors or purchasers.
Page 340 - The only difference between policies of assurance and other instruments in this respect, is, that the greater part of the printed language of them, being invariable and uniform, has acquired, from use and practice, a known and definite meaning, and that the words superadded in writing, subject indeed always to be governed in point of construction by the language and terms with which they are accompanied, are entitled, nevertheless, if there...