Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee, During the Years 1839 [to 1851]: 1846/1847J. Geo. Harris, 1847 |
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Página 74
... contract of purchase of the land in question from one Wheelock for the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars , four hundred and upwards of which he paid to Wheelock , and the balance he agreed to pay to one Allen , to whom Wheelock had ...
... contract of purchase of the land in question from one Wheelock for the sum of five hundred and fifty dollars , four hundred and upwards of which he paid to Wheelock , and the balance he agreed to pay to one Allen , to whom Wheelock had ...
Página 86
... contract rejects the suppo- sition of a partnership in the purchase of the mules . If there were a secret contract of partnership between Roddy and Stockton , the evidence from which it is sought to be inferred is not satisfactory , and ...
... contract rejects the suppo- sition of a partnership in the purchase of the mules . If there were a secret contract of partnership between Roddy and Stockton , the evidence from which it is sought to be inferred is not satisfactory , and ...
Página 88
... contract . The material facts in the record , are shortly as follows : Before the passage of the act of 1837 , to dispose of the lands in the Ocoee District , Col. James White , of Abingdon , Virginia , had purchased from some Indian ...
... contract . The material facts in the record , are shortly as follows : Before the passage of the act of 1837 , to dispose of the lands in the Ocoee District , Col. James White , of Abingdon , Virginia , had purchased from some Indian ...
Página 90
... contract be permitted to stand ? We think it cannot . The great inadequacy of price , taken in connection with the complainant's ignorance , weakness of in- tellect , and confidence in the defendant Legg , furnish a suffi- cient ground ...
... contract be permitted to stand ? We think it cannot . The great inadequacy of price , taken in connection with the complainant's ignorance , weakness of in- tellect , and confidence in the defendant Legg , furnish a suffi- cient ground ...
Página 96
... contract for his freedom , which our laws recognize , and he can take a bequest of his freedom , and by the same will he can take personal or real estate . A will must take effect on the death of the testator , and yet a devise of ...
... contract for his freedom , which our laws recognize , and he can take a bequest of his freedom , and by the same will he can take personal or real estate . A will must take effect on the death of the testator , and yet a devise of ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
action aforesaid alledged amount answer appears assignment assumpsit Attorney Bank bill of indictment bond Caperton cause Chancellor Chancery Court charge Circuit Court claim Clerk complainant contract conveyance County Court Court of Chancery court of equity creditors Davidson county debt debtor deceased declaration decree deed of trust defendant in error delivered the opinion dollars Dotson endorser entitled equity evidence Ex'r execution executor facts favor fendant filed fraud fraudulent heirs husband intended issue John Judge judgment jurisdiction jury land levied liability lien Malinda Williams ment mortgage negroes nolle prosequi non est factum offence owner paid parties payment person plaintiff in error plea pleaded possession prisoner probate proof proved purchaser question rendered rent says sheriff slave sold Spiers statute of limitations suit surety Tennessee term testator tion trial TURLEY validity verdict void wife William witness Yerg
Passagens conhecidas
Página 146 - No person or persons, belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others, except in the cases herein expressly directed or permitted.
Página 170 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to annul, destroy, or impair any lawful rights of married women, or minors, or any liens, mortgages, or other securities on property, real or personal, which may be valid by the laws of the States respectively, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the second and fifth sections of this act.
Página 170 - All persons whatsoever, residing in any State, District or Territory of the United States, owing debts which shall not have been created in consequence of a defalcation as a public officer...
Página 251 - Columbia, laborer, not having the fear of God before his eyes, but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the devil...
Página 253 - ... that he had not formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner at the bar.
Página 96 - Ford.] after the image of the Creator. He has mental capacities, and an immortal principle in his nature, that constitute him equal to his owner, but for the accidental position in which fortune has placed him.
Página 540 - Cases in which the guaranty or promise is collateral to the principal contract, but is made at the same time, and becomes an essential ground of the credit given to the principal or direct debtor. Here, as we have already seen, is not, nor need be, any other consideration than that moving between the creditor and original debtor.
Página 621 - Have you heard anything of this case, so as to make up your mind? " " Do you feel any bias or prejudice for or against the prisoner at the bar? " Parker, J., Selfridge's Trial. Pamphlet, p. 9. " Have you formed and expressed an opinion of the guilt or innocence of the prisoner?
Página 538 - I have already alluded, is when the promise to pay the debt of another arises out of some new and original consideration of benefit or harm moving between the newly contracting parties.
Página 622 - It seems now conceded, that when the court can pronounce the contract to be to the infant's prejudice, it is void, and when to his benefit, as for necessaries, it is good ; and when the contract is of an uncertain nature, as to benefit or prejudice, it is voidable at the election of the infant.