Select Cases and Other Authorities on the Law of Property, Volume 1Charles W. Sever and Company, 1905 - Personal property |
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... agreed that where a man , a dog , or a cat escape quick out of the ship , that such ship , nor barge , nor anything within them shall be adjudged wreck , but the goods shall be saved and kept by view of the sheriff , coroner , or king's ...
... agreed that where a man , a dog , or a cat escape quick out of the ship , that such ship , nor barge , nor anything within them shall be adjudged wreck , but the goods shall be saved and kept by view of the sheriff , coroner , or king's ...
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... agreed and adjudged , that as we are to take notice of a sentence in the admiralty here , see Ladbroke v . Crickett , 2 Term Rep . 649 , so ought we of those abroad in other nations , and we must not set them at large again , for ...
... agreed and adjudged , that as we are to take notice of a sentence in the admiralty here , see Ladbroke v . Crickett , 2 Term Rep . 649 , so ought we of those abroad in other nations , and we must not set them at large again , for ...
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... agreed to by the parties , from which it appeared , that in 1836 the defendant , being the owner of the machine in question , lent it to one Freeman , to use in his business as a clothier , who was to pay a yearly rent therefor , and in ...
... agreed to by the parties , from which it appeared , that in 1836 the defendant , being the owner of the machine in question , lent it to one Freeman , to use in his business as a clothier , who was to pay a yearly rent therefor , and in ...
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... agreed upon . On the 10th of March , 1842 , the plaintiffs gave their note to the sheriff for the grain , allowing him fifty cents per bushel ; and Tymason afterwards accepted the note as so much paid upon the fi . fa . The whisky in ...
... agreed upon . On the 10th of March , 1842 , the plaintiffs gave their note to the sheriff for the grain , allowing him fifty cents per bushel ; and Tymason afterwards accepted the note as so much paid upon the fi . fa . The whisky in ...
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... agreed . A man cannot generally be deprived of his property except by his own volun- tary act or by operation of law ; and if unauthorized parties have be- stowed expense or labor upon it that fact cannot constitute a bar to his ...
... agreed . A man cannot generally be deprived of his property except by his own volun- tary act or by operation of law ; and if unauthorized parties have be- stowed expense or labor upon it that fact cannot constitute a bar to his ...
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Page 374 - June (1677) all declarations or creations of trusts or confidences of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, shall be manifested and proved by some writing signed by the party who is by law enabled to declare such trust, or by his last will in writing, or else they shall be utterly void and of none effect.
Page 650 - Cartwright and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life, and from and immediately after her decease to...
Page 547 - The common law of England is not to be taken, in all respects, to be that of America. Our ancestors brought with them its general principles, and claimed it as their birthright; but they brought with them and adopted only that portion which was applicable to their condition.
Page 334 - ... the will of the giver according to the form in the deed of gift manifestly expressed shall be from henceforth observed, so that they to whom the land was given under such condition shall have no power to aliene the land so given, but that it shall remain unto the issue of them to whom it was given after their death, or shall revert unto the giver or his heirs if issue fail, either by reason that there is no issue at all, or if any issue be, it fail by death, the heir of such issue failing.
Page 47 - But our law, to guard against fraud, gives the entire property, without any account, to him whose original dominion is invaded, and endeavored to be rendered uncertain without his own consent.
Page 369 - That where any person or persons stand or be seised, or at any time hereafter shall happen to be seised, of and in any honors, castles, manors, lands, tenements, rents, services, reversions, remainders or other hereditaments, to the use, confidence or trust of any other person or persons...
Page 440 - ... that they were so intended lying on those who assert that they have ceased to be chattels; and that, on the contrary, an article which is affixed to the land, even slightly, is to be considered...
Page 441 - The only question therefore is, whether the machines when fixed were parcel of the freehold; and this is a question of fact, depending on the circumstances of each case, and principally on two considerations; first, the mode of annexation to the soil or fabric of the house, and the extent to which it is united to them, whether it can easily be removed integre, salve, et commode, or not, without injury to itself or the fabric of the building...
Page 546 - The general rule of the common law certainly is that whatever is once annexed to the freehold becomes part of it, and cannot afterward be removed, except by him who is entitled to the inheritance.
Page 264 - Trial in the Superior Court, without -a jury, before Blodgett, J., who allowed a bill of exceptions, in substance as follows : The...