Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Volume 6H.O. Houghton and Company, 1864 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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action admitted aforesaid afterwards agreed alleged appears assumpsit assured authority bill bill of exchange blockade Boston bound BOXBOROUGH brigantine Buckfield cargo cause claim common law Common Pleas commonwealth considered construction contended contract conveyance Court Court of Sessions creditor damages debt declaration deed defendant demand discharge disseisin dollars effect endorsed entitled error evidence execution executor facts fence fraud freight GEORGE THATCHER Henry Newhall Hinsdale holden inhabitants intention interest ISAAC PARKER issue judge judgment jury justice land liable MARINE INSURANCE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY master ment mortgage notice opinion owner paid parties payable payee payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error pleaded policy of insurance port principle promise promissory note proved question received recover remedy replevin scire facias seised seisin selectmen sentence ship slaves statute sufficient surety tenant term testator tion total loss town trial trustee underwriters verdict versus vessel voyage writ
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Page 182 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 91 - ... takings at sea, arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes, that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises, and ship, &c, or any part thereof.
Page 346 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law : And no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.(!) IV.
Page 312 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Page 211 - And whenever the public exigencies require, that the property of any individual should be appropriated to public uses, he shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor.
Page 20 - Commonwealth for the space of one year next preceding, having a freehold estate within the same town, of the annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds, shall have a right to vote in the choice of a Representative or Representatives for the said town.
Page 339 - And all moneys paid by the subject to the support of public worship and of the public teachers aforesaid shall, if he require it, be uniformly applied to the support of the public teacher or teachers of his own religious sect...
Page 149 - The cardinal point Is, what was the Intention of the parties as derived from the deed Itself? When that Is discovered, It ought to be carried Into effect, If It can be done consistently with the rules of law.
Page 139 - December 16, 1856, a verdict was taken for the plaintiffs by consent, subject to the opinion of the court upon a case to be made.
Page 174 - The insurer, in estimating the price at which he is willing to indemnify the trader against all risks, must have under his consideration the nature of the voyage to be performed, and the usual course and manner of doing it. Everything done in the usual course must have been foreseen, and in contemplation at the time he engaged ; he, took the risk upon a supposition that what was usual or necessary should be done.