The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 45West Publishing Company, 1904 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 367 - Near this spot Are deposited the Remains Of one Who Possessed Beauty Without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man Without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning flattery If inscribed over Human Ashes, Is but a just tribute to the Memory of "Boatswain," a Dog Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 18, 1808.
Page 102 - No court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act.
Page 282 - ... if the interest of the insured be other than unconditional and sole ownership; or if the subject of insurance be a building on ground not owned by the insured in fee simple...
Page 168 - ... the recorder of the county in which the property is situated, a notice of the pendency of the action...
Page 294 - ... the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant...
Page 301 - The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden Administrator of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits...
Page 92 - Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances of the situation, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done.
Page 145 - ... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence; where these are wanting, the court is passive and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced...
Page 123 - ... uniform in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same.
Page 359 - By failing to appear at the trial. 2. By written consent, in person or by attorney, filed with the clerk. 3. By oral consent in open court, entered in the minute § 267.