Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Volumen21 |
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action Adm'r administrator admitted alleged amount answer appear assumpsit attachment attorney Atwood's Heirs authority bill of exceptions bond Branch Bank cause Chancellor Chancery charged the jury Circuit Court claim Clay's common law complainant contract court erred court of equity creditors death debt declaration decree deed defendant in error demurrer detinue dollars entitled equity Eslava evidence execution executor facts favor filed fraud garnishee grantor guardian husband intended interest issue J. B. MARTIN John Joshua Kennedy judgment jurisdiction Ladiga land legal title levy liability manumission ment Michan misjoinder Mobile mortgage ne exeat negroes objection paid party payment person plaintiff in error plea possession Probate proceedings proof proved purchase question record recover refused rendered rule settlement sheriff slaves sold statute sued suit sustained term testator tion trial trust void wife Willis Lang witness writ
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Página 774 - It is well settled by the decisions of this court that the property of the shareholders in their shares and the property of the corporation in its capital stock are distinct property interests, and, where that is the legislative intent clearly expressed, that both may be taxed
Página 40 - ... and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Página 450 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Página 587 - And now it is laid down, (e) that a slave or negro, the instant he lands in England, becomes a freeman ; that is, the law will protect him in the enjoyment of his person, and his property. Yet, with regard to any right which the master may have lawfully acquired to the perpetual service of John or Thomas, this will remain exactly in the same state as *before...
Página 267 - It makes no difference in reason or law into what other form, different from the original, the change may have been made, whether it be into that of promissory notes for the security of the money which was produced by the sale of the goods of the principal, as in Scott v. Surman, Willes, 400, or into other merchandize, as in Whitecomb v. Jacob, Salk.
Página 587 - Kngland was in 1697, when it was held that negroes "being usually bought and sold among merchants, as merchandise, and also being infidels, there might be a property in them sufficient to maintain trover.
Página 873 - Stewart, supra, it was held that if a devise be to one and his children, and he has children at the date of the will and at the death of the testator, the parent and children living at the death of the testator take jointly under the will.
Página 663 - Yet the said defendant (although often requested, so to do), hath not as yet paid the said sum...
Página 508 - Nor is the seisin sufficient when the husband takes a conveyance in fee, and at the same time mortgages the land back to the grantor, or to a third person, to secure the purchase money in whole or in part.
Página 90 - That for the most part conditions have conditional words in their frontispiece, and do begin therewith; and that amongst these words there are three words that are most proper, which in and of their own nature and efficacy, without any addition of other words of reentry in the conclusion of the condition, do make the estate conditional, as proviso, ita quod, and sub conditione.