Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Volume 104 |
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adverse possession affirmed agent agreement alleged April Term attorney Carhartt cause of action charge CHIEF JUSTICE GARY Circuit Court Circuit Judge cite Civil Code claim complaint Constitution construction contract corporation Court was delivered damages death debt deceased deed defendant appeals defendant's duty Easterling Edgefield Edgefield county election error estoppel evidence exception facts fee simple fraud GAGE Greenville heirs highway Honor erred injury intention issue jury JUSTICE FRASER JUSTICE HYDRICK JUSTICE WATTS land liability ment Messrs mortgage motion negligence nonsuit November Term old county opinion overruled paid parties payment person petition plaintiff possession presiding Judge question railroad reason refused respondent reversed rule S. C. Eq South Carolina square miles statute statute of frauds Strob submitted surety sustained tenant testator testified testimony thereof tion trial trustee usurious verdict waiver witness
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Página 366 - That any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company receiving property for transportation from a point in one State to a point in another State shall issue a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it...
Página 100 - ... take the share which his, her, or their parent would have taken if such parent had survived and attained the age of twenty-one years.
Página 347 - Where the language of a statute, in its ordinary meaning and grammatical construction, leads to a manifest contradiction of the apparent purpose of the enactment, or to some inconvenience or absurdity, hardship or injustice, presumably not intended, a construction may be put upon it, which modifies the meaning of the words, and even the structure of the sentence.
Página 474 - ... beneficiary, and, from time to time, have the same changed in accordance with the laws, rules or regulations of the society, and no beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest in the said benefit until the same has become due and payable upon the death of the said member: Provided, that any society may, by its laws, limit the scope of beneficiaries within the above classes.
Página 506 - The constitutional provision there alluded to did not create those rights, which it called privileges and immunities of citizens of the States. It threw around them in that clause no security for the citizen of the State in which they were claimed or exercised. Nor did it profess to control the power of the State governments over the rights of its own citizens.
Página 293 - As men, whose intentions require no concealment, generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said.
Página 500 - That in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief benefit, or indemnity that may have been paid to the injured employee, or the person entitled thereto, on account of the injury or death for which said action was brought.
Página 82 - If the action be one in which the defendant might have been arrested, as provided in section one hundred and seventy-nine and section one hundred and eighty-one, an execution against the person of the judgment debtor may be issued to any county within the jurisdiction of the court, after the return of an execution against his property unsatisfied in whole or in part.
Página 506 - Its sole purpose was to declare to the several states, that whatever those rights, as you grant or establish them to your own citizens, or as you limit or qualify, or impose restrictions on their exercise, the same, neither more nor less, shall be the measure of the rights of citizens of other states within your jurisdiction.
Página 48 - ... policy for the space of two years shall be deemed and taken to have waived any right they may have had to dispute the truth of the application for insurance, or that the assured person had made false representations, and the said application and representations shall be deemed and taken to be true.