Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Τόμος 174 |
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56 South action adverse possession Affirmed Alabama alleged amended appeal appellee authority avers bill Birmingham breach cause charge cited claim Code Company complainant Constitution contract convey conveyance corporation count court erred court of equity creditors damages deceased decree deed defendant defendant's demurrer detinue Dickens discharge DOWDELL entitled equity error evidence executed fact Fike filed Fort Deposit fraud Hooper & Co injury intent intestate jeopardy Jim Jones Jones judge judgment jurisdiction jury Justices concur Knights of Pythias land lien mandamus MAYFIELD MCCLELLAN ment mortgage negligence opinion owner parties payment person plaintiff plea pleading possession probate proof purchase money question Railway reason recover refused remanded respondent Reversed rule SIMPSON Smith Southern statute statute of frauds sufficient suit supra testify testimony thereof tion track tract trial court ultra vires vendee vendor verdict void witness Woodworking Machine
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Σελίδα 479 - Innumerable issues of law and of fact that would be raised thereby, and the defense being conducted by 110 different attorneys, or the parties deprived of the right to have the counsel of their choice — a worse confusion could scarcely be imagined. It could be likened unto the confusion of tongues at the building of the Tower of Babel.
Σελίδα 283 - Court may be removed from office for wilful neglect of duty, corruption in office, incompetency, or intemperance in the use of intoxicating liquors or narcotics to such an extent, in view of the dignity of the office and importance of its duties, as unfits the officer for the discharge of such duties...
Σελίδα 437 - ... any interest in or concerning them, or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person thereunto...
Σελίδα 420 - Dissenting. under any other similar circumstances which render it unconscientious for the holder of the legal title to retain and enjoy the beneficial interest, equity impresses a constructive trust on the property thus acquired in favor of the one who is truly...
Σελίδα 52 - ... the security which the public have for the faithful, sound and conscientious exercise of this discretion, rests, in this, as in other cases, upon the responsibility of the judges, under their oaths of office. We are aware, that there is some diversity of opinion and practice on this subject, in the American courts ; but, after weighing the question with due deliberation, we are of opinion, that such a discharge constitutes no bar to further proceedings, and gives no right of exemption to the...
Σελίδα 216 - ... and the damages recovered are not subject to the payment of the debts or liabilities of the testator or intestate, but must be distributed according to the statute of distributions. Such action must be brought within two years from and after the death of the testator or intestate.
Σελίδα 333 - The plan or scheme indicated on the map or plat is regarded as a unity, and it is presumed as it well may be, that the public ways add value to all the lots embraced in the general scheme or plan, certainly as every one knows, lots with convenient cross streets are of more value than those without, and it is fair to presume that the original owner would not have donated land for public ways unless it gave value to the lots. So, too, it is just to presume that the purchasers paid the added value,...
Σελίδα 340 - The authorities all require that the parol evidence of the mistake and of the alleged modification must be most clear and convincing, — in the language of some judges, 'the strongest possible...
Σελίδα 470 - community of right," or of " interest in the subject-matter," among these individuals, but where there is and because there is merely a community of interest among them in the questions of law and fact involved in the general controversy, or in the kind and form of relief demanded and obtained by or against each individual member of the numerous body.
Σελίδα 183 - the obligation to do justice rests upon all persons, natural and artificial, and if a county obtains the money or property of others without authority, the law, independent of any statute, will compel restitution or compensation.