Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Band 11Tribune Company Press, 1878 |
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... verdict by the jury , moved the court for a new trial . The grounds specified upon which the motion for a new trial was grounded are the following , viz : " First - Because said verdict is contrary to law . Second - Said verdict is ...
... verdict by the jury , moved the court for a new trial . The grounds specified upon which the motion for a new trial was grounded are the following , viz : " First - Because said verdict is contrary to law . Second - Said verdict is ...
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... verdict must be for the defendant . 3d Proposition -- The burden of proof is on the plain- tiff , and before he can recover in this action , he must satisfy you by a preponderance of evidence that the de- fendant was guilty of ...
... verdict must be for the defendant . 3d Proposition -- The burden of proof is on the plain- tiff , and before he can recover in this action , he must satisfy you by a preponderance of evidence that the de- fendant was guilty of ...
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... verdict for the plaintiffs , the defendant , by its counsel , filed a motion to set aside said verdict for the reasons in said motion set forth . And afterwards , and before the close of said term of court , said motion came on to be ...
... verdict for the plaintiffs , the defendant , by its counsel , filed a motion to set aside said verdict for the reasons in said motion set forth . And afterwards , and before the close of said term of court , said motion came on to be ...
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... verdict of the jury was authorized by evidence before them , and that the court did not err in refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury as rendered by the court , upon the ground that it was contrary to the law and evidence ; nor ...
... verdict of the jury was authorized by evidence before them , and that the court did not err in refusing to set aside the verdict of the jury as rendered by the court , upon the ground that it was contrary to the law and evidence ; nor ...
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... a remark to , or in the presence of the jury , in reference to mat- ters of fact , which might in any degree influence them in their verdict . Writ of error operating as a supersedeas to a judg- 54 SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
... a remark to , or in the presence of the jury , in reference to mat- ters of fact , which might in any degree influence them in their verdict . Writ of error operating as a supersedeas to a judg- 54 SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
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Seite 812 - ... fetter and degrade the State governments by subjecting them to the control of Congress in the exercise of powers heretofore universally conceded to them of the most ordinary and fundamental character; when in fact it radically changes the whole theory of the relations of the State and Federal governments to each other, and of these governments to the people...
Seite 770 - all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.
Seite 811 - subject to its jurisdiction" was intended to exclude from its operation children of ministers, consuls, and citizens or subjects of foreign States born within the United States.
Seite 748 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Seite 813 - We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed, by way of discrimination, against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.
Seite 2 - No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for the state and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Seite 811 - It is a little remarkable, if this clause was intended as a protection to the citizen of a state against the legislative power of his own state, that the word citizen of the state should be left out when it is so carefully used, and used in contradistinction to citizens of the United States...
Seite 816 - ... adds nothing to the rights of one citizen as against another. It simply furnishes an additional guaranty against any encroachment by the States upon the fundamental rights which belong to every citizen as a member of society.
Seite 337 - Guilty afterwards pleaded by the said Samuel A. Worcester; whereby the said' Samuel A. Worcester is sentenced to hard labor in the penitentiary of the State of Georgia, ought to be reversed and annulled. And this Court, proceeding to render such Judgment as the said Superior Court of the State of Georgia should have rendered, it is...
Seite 801 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.