Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Volume 37E. L. Freeman Company, State Printers, 1915 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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accord and satisfaction action agent agreement Albert Greene alimony alleged amount appears assessed assessors assumpsit authority bidder bill of exceptions Chapter charge cited claim complainant construction contract corporation court of equity death deceased decision decree defendant defendant's devise divorce dower embezzlement entitled equity evidence executors fact fee simple filed follows further Goffe heirs heirs-at-law held indictment intention interest intestate Johnson judgment jurisdiction jury justice land mortgage motion notice offence opinion overruled owner paid parcels Parkhurst parties payment Perry Tiffany personal estate personal property petition petitioner plaintiff present probate court Providence purchaser question real estate record respondent Rhode Island Rhode Island Avenue rule says Section statute suit Superior Court supra Sweetland testimony theatre therein thereof tion town council town of Warwick town treasurer trial trust trustee in bankruptcy underdrain verdict Vincent vote West Warwick witness words
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Page 436 - ... shall in turn be vested by operation of law with the title of the bankrupt, as of the date he was adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 522 - ... prepare, make oath to, and file in court within ten days, unless further time is granted, after the adjudication if an involuntary bankrupt, and with the petition if a voluntary bankrupt, a schedule of his property, showing the amount and kind of property, the location thereof, its money value in detail, and a list of his creditors, showing their residences, if known (if unknown that fact to be stated...
Page 509 - Every bidding is nothing more than an offer on one side, which is not binding on either side till it is assented to. But according to what is now contended for, one party would be bound by the offer, and the other not, which can never be allowed.
Page 90 - The defendant duly filed its motion for a new trial on the ground that the damages awarded by the jury were excessive.
Page 259 - That no person shall at any time be allowed to vote in the election of the city council of the city of Providence, or upon any proposition to impose a tax, or for the expenditure of money in any town or city, unless he shall within the year next preceding have paid a tax assessed upon his property therein, valued at least at one hundred and thirty-four dollars.
Page 509 - The auctioneer is the agent of the vendor, and the assent of both parties is necessary to make the contract binding ; that is signified on the part of the seller, by knocking down the hammer, which was not done here till the defendant had retracted. An auction is not unaptly called locus pcenitentice.
Page 119 - That in case of willful neglect, refusal, or false statement by such executor, administrator, or trustee, as aforesaid, he shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding one thousand dollars, to be recovered with costs of suit. Any tax paid under the provisions of sections twenty-nine and thirty shall be deducted from the particular legacy or distributive share on account of which the same is charged.
Page 312 - The decree for the payment of $8840 was for a fixed sum already due, and the judgment of the court below was properly restricted to that. The provision of the payment for alimony in the future was subject to the discretion of the Court of Chancery of New Jersey, which might at any time alter it, and was not a final judgment for a fixed sum.
Page 516 - If the directors of any such company shall declare and pay any dividend, when the company is insolvent, or any dividend the payment of which would render it insolvent, they shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted so long as they shall respectively continue in office...
Page 28 - ... is liable to the same extent and in the same manner as the person from whom he made the purchase, and is bound to do that which his vendor had agreed to perform.