Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, 第 100 卷

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第 322 頁 - The only security against the abuse of this power is found in the structure of the government itself. In imposing a tax the legislature acts upon its constituents. This is, in general, a sufficient security against erroneous and oppressive taxation.
第 974 頁 - It is the duty of the court to instruct the jury as to the law ; and it is the duty of the jury to follow the law, as it is laid down by the court.
第 384 頁 - When carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they be held to the greatest possible care and diligence.
第 55 頁 - Mental pain or anxiety the law cannot value, and does not pretend to redress when the unlawful act complained of causes that alone; though, where a material damage occurs and is connected with it, it is impossible a jury in estimating it should altogether overlook the feelings of the party interested.
第 655 頁 - The present capacity of taking effect in possession, if the possession were to become vacant, and not the certainty that the possession will become vacant before the estate limited in remainder determines, universally distinguishes a vested remainder from one that is contingent.
第 718 頁 - A motion for a continuance is addressed to the sound discretion of the court, under all the circumstances of the case : and although an appellate court will supervise the action of an inferior court on such a motion.
第 95 頁 - But to the application of this prineiple, with respect to the title of property, it must appear (1) that the party making the admission by his declarations or conduct was apprised of the true state of his own title ; (2) that he made the admission with the express intention to deceive, or with such careless and culpable negligence as to amount to constructive fraud...
第 92 頁 - ... (1) There must have been a false representation, or a concealment of material facts; (2) the representation must have been made with knowledge of the facts; (3) the party to whom it was made, must have been ignorant of the truth of the matter; (4) it must have been made with the intention that the other party should act upon it; (5) the other party must have been induced to act upon it.
第 224 頁 - A discharge in bankruptcy shall release a bankrupt from all of his provable debts...
第 253 頁 - No marriage solemnized before any person professing to be a justice of the peace or a minister of the gospel, shall be deemed or adjudged to be void, nor shall the validity thereof be in any way affected, on account of any want of jurisdiction or authority...

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