Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Svazek 14Tribune Company Press, 1881 |
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1878 Special Term acres aforesaid Alderson alleged amount answer appears appellants appellee April attachment authority Bank of Virginia Barrett bill of exceptions bond Branson Campbell Campbell's adm'r cattle cause circuit court claim Code commissioner common carrier counsel court of equity creditors cross-bill debts deceased declarations decree deed of trust defendant delivered the opinion demurrer error evidence ex'r explosion fact father filed fire Fream French Gratt heirs held husband Janney John Alderson John Chalfant John H judge judgment jury Kanawha county land lease Leigh liable lien lis pendens Ludington McCarty ment Munf paid paper-writing parties Perry person plaintiff possession purchase Putney question Railroad reason record rendered Ritchie county Ruffner says settlement sold statute suit supersedeas sustained Syllabus testator therein thereof Thomas Campbell tion Tolly tract Vinal and Vinal Warden West Virginia wife Wood county
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Strana 524 - The plaintiff in ejectment must recover upon the strength of his own title. Winn v. Whitehouse. 96 Ark. 42, 131 8. W. 70. d. A plaintiff in ejectment must rely upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of his adversary's.
Strana 196 - Provided also, that no special contract between such company and any other parties respecting the receiving, forwarding, or delivering of any animals, articles, goods, or things as aforesaid shall be binding upon or affect any such party unless the same be signed by him or by the person delivering such animals, articles, goods, or things respectively for carriage...
Strana 423 - If it be said that a benefit results to the local public of a town by establishing manufactures, the same may be said of any other business or pursuit which employs capital or labor. The merchant, the mechanic, the innkeeper, the banker, the builder, the steamboat owner are equally promoters of the public good, and equally deserving the aid of the citizens by forced contributions. No line can be drawn in favor of the manufacturer which would not open the coffers of the public treasury to the importunities...
Strana 899 - ... specific performance of it, as it is for a court of law to give damages for a breach of it.
Strana 17 - ... the difference between the contract price and the market value at the time and place of delivery.
Strana 194 - This ticket is issued subject to the owner's undertaking all risks of conveyance whatsoever, as the company will not be responsible for any injury or damage (however caused) occurring to horses or carriages, while travelling, or in loading or unloading...
Strana 419 - Nor can a court declare a statute unconstitutional and void, solely on the ground of unjust and oppressive provisions, or because it is supposed to violate the natural, social, or political rights of the citizen, unless it can be shown that such injustice is prohibited or such rights guaranteed or protected by the constitution.
Strana 205 - We have already adverted to the tendency of judicial opinion adverse to the distinction between gross and ordinary negligence. Strictly speaking, these expressions are indicative rather of the degree of care and diligence which is due from a party and which he fails to perform, than of the amount of inattention, carelessness, or stupidity which he exhibits.
Strana 524 - It is contended that the court erred in refusing to set aside the verdict and...
Strana 944 - ... of that sound and reasonable discretion which governs itself as far as it may by general rules and principles ; but, at the same time, which withholds or grants relief, according to the circumstances of each particular case, when these rules and principles will not furnish any exact measure of justice between the parties.