The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All the Railroad Cases in the Courts of Last Resort in America and EnglandLawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson Edward Thompson Company, 1882 Covers cases decided [1879?]-1895. |
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... interest , paya- ble annually , at the rate of seven per cent . per annum , after Jan- uary 1 , 1865 , and the principal was payable July 1 , 1894. These bonds were numbered consecutively , from 1 to 1200. To secure the payment of these ...
... interest , paya- ble annually , at the rate of seven per cent . per annum , after Jan- uary 1 , 1865 , and the principal was payable July 1 , 1894. These bonds were numbered consecutively , from 1 to 1200. To secure the payment of these ...
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... interest past due , de- fault of payment thereof , and the insolvency of the company ; alleging that the principal of all the bonds had become due , and asking foreclosure , and for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the ...
... interest past due , de- fault of payment thereof , and the insolvency of the company ; alleging that the principal of all the bonds had become due , and asking foreclosure , and for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the ...
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... interest , at any time within three years . It is recited in this agreement , that it was under- stood that General Wager Swayne is to proceed , under the instructions of said Field , Jessup , Terry and Humphreys , to take such legal ...
... interest , at any time within three years . It is recited in this agreement , that it was under- stood that General Wager Swayne is to proceed , under the instructions of said Field , Jessup , Terry and Humphreys , to take such legal ...
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... interest . Preliminary to the discussion of these questions , I shall refer to some of the plain , and , I think , well recognized , rules governing courts of chancery in administering such funds . The power to do so is an extraordinary ...
... interest . Preliminary to the discussion of these questions , I shall refer to some of the plain , and , I think , well recognized , rules governing courts of chancery in administering such funds . The power to do so is an extraordinary ...
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... interest in , the fund . The court , so to speak , is a mere naked bailee , charged with legal duties , but not invested with the slightest ownership of , or interest in , the prop- erty , beyond a mere right to , and the control of ...
... interest in , the fund . The court , so to speak , is a mere naked bailee , charged with legal duties , but not invested with the slightest ownership of , or interest in , the prop- erty , beyond a mere right to , and the control of ...
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Страница 280 - ... where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to* believe in the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief, so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
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