Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, Volume 6Geo. Johnston, Printer, 1852 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 206 - ... one person being in fault will not dispense with another's using ordinary care for himself Two things must concur to support this action. An obstruction in the road by the fault of the defendant, and no want of ordinary care to avoid it on the part of the plaintiff.
Page 464 - And lastly I hereby constitute and appoint my sons George Ewens & John Ewens to be the executors of this my last will and testament...
Page 465 - AB, as well for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which he hath and beareth unto the said...
Page 360 - No goods or chattels whatsoever, lying or being in or upon any messuage, lands or tenements, which are or shall be leased for life or lives, term of years, at will or otherwise...
Page 43 - Blossburg coal company, the sum of tion. fifty dollars for every share of stock set opposite to our respective names, in such manner and proportions, and at such times, as shall be determined by the president and managers of the said coal company, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly of this commonwealth, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Blossburg coal company.
Page 88 - Company, sustaining any loss or damage by fire, are forthwith to give notice to the Company, at their office in Adelaide Place, London, and as soon as possible after, are to deliver in as particular an account of their loss or damage as the nature of the case will admit of...
Page 399 - Procedure ; and this may and should be done in keeping with "the established rule, . . . aptly stated in an early Maryland case" (McQuillin on Municipal Ordinances, see. 139, p. 222), where it is said that "it is not essential to the validity of an ordinance, executing powers conferred by the legislature, that it should state, or indicate, the power in execution of which the ordinance is passed. If it state no particular power as its basis, judicial courtesy requires that we should regard it as emanating...
Page 426 - In contempt of our said Lord the King and his laws, to the evil example of all others in the like case offending, and against the peace of our said Lord the King, his crown and dignity.
Page 313 - ... hence, do therefore make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say -- First and principally I commit my Soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executors herein after named and after my Debts and funeral charges are paid, I devise and bequeath as follows...
Page 426 - JS on the day and year aforesaid, and on divers other days* and times between that day and the day of the taking of this inquisition, at the...