American Law Reports Annotated, Volume 24Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1923 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 607 - Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce...
Page 208 - Insurance is authorized to write, policies so providing — "(a) In case of death, permanent disability which prevents the person injured from performing any and every kind of duty pertaining to his occupation...
Page 640 - A man is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his acts.
Page 635 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 444 - The rule that a penal statute is to be strictly construed does not apply to this Code or any of the provisions thereof, but all such provisions must be construed according to the fair import of their terms, to promote justice and effect the objects of the law.
Page 220 - Disability" as that term is used in this policy means incapacity because of injury proximately caused by the risks insured against herein which necessarily and continuously prevents the insured from performing any and every kind of duty pertaining to his occupation at the time of injury.
Page 619 - Was the employee at the time of the injury engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so closely related to it as to be practically a part of it?
Page 393 - ... statement or account which he shall know to be false in any material particular, with intent to deceive or defraud any member, shareholder, or creditor of such body corporate or public company, or with intent to induce any person to become a shareholder or partner therein, or to intrust or advance any property to such body corporate or public company, or to enter into any security for the benefit thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 579 - Bastards also shall be capable of inheriting or of transmitting inheritance on the part of their mother, in like manner as if they had been lawfully begotten of such mother.
Page 587 - Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.