Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the State of New York

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Gould, Banks & Gould, 1862

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Sida 647 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
Sida 652 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Sida 658 - Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul: Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! "All that we know is, nothing can be known.
Sida 529 - For the purpose of constituting an adverse possession by a person claiming title, not founded upon a written instrument, judgment, or decree, land is deemed to have been possessed and occupied in the following cases only: 1.
Sida 174 - The defendant may demur to the complaint within the time required in the summons to answer, when it appears upon the face thereof, either— 1. That the court has no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant, or the subject of the action ; or, 2.
Sida 275 - ... that an agent employed to sell cannot make himself the purchaser, nor, if employed to purchase, can he be himself the seller.
Sida 481 - ... specifying its width and location, courses and distances, and the names of the owners and occupants of the land through which it is proposed to be laid out.
Sida 122 - Whenever the act done takes effect as. to some purposes, and is void as to persons who have an interest in impeaching it, the act is not a nullity, and therefore, in a legal sense, is not utterly void, but merely voidable.
Sida 132 - The legislature shall not sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any of the canals of the state ; but they shall remain the property of the state and under its management forever.
Sida 625 - Upon this ground, therefore, as well as that before considered, the judgment of the Supreme Court must be reversed; and there must be a new trial, with costs to abide the event.

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