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Warner Vs. Texas and Pacific Ry. Co.
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- Nov 30, 1896
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Warner v. TexasSearch
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Pacific Ry. Co. - 164 U.S. 418 (1896) U.S. Supreme Court Warner v. TexasSearch
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Pacific Ry. Co., 164 U.S. 418 (1896) Warner v. TexasSearch
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as he needs it, is not within the statute of frauds as an agreement not to be performed within a year. Packet Co. v. SicklesSearch
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Bason v. HughartSearch
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Francam v. FosterSearch
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Peter v. ComptonSearch
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s.c., Holt 326, cited by Lord Holt in Smith v. WestallSearch
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And Mr. Justice Wilmot said that the rule laid down in 1 Salk. 280, above quoted, was the true rule. Fenton v. EmblersSearch
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to have adopted the known and settled construction which it had received by judicial decisions in England. Tucker v. OxleySearch
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Pennock v. DialogueSearch
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in England and America, although it may in a few instances have been warped or misapplied. The decision in Boydell v. DrummondSearch
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and could not have entitled the publishers to demand immediate payment of the whole subscription. In Wells v. HortonSearch
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The present case is clearly distinguishable from Boydell v. DrummondSearch
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In Souch v. StrawbridgeSearch
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of which is of necessity extended beyond the space of a year. That appears clearly from the case of Boydell v. DrummondSearch
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performed within a year and there is no express stipulation to the contrary, the statute does not apply. In Murphy v. O'SullivanSearch
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to maintain and clothe a man during his life was not required to be in writing. In the recent case of McGregor v. McGregorSearch
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the true doctrine on the subject was that laid down by Chief Justice Tindal in the passage above quoted from Souch v. StrawbridgeSearch
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There has been a decision which for 200 years has been accepted as the leading case on the subject. In Peter v. ComptonSearch
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And each of the three judges took occasion to express approval of the decision in Murphy v. O'SullivanSearch
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above cited, and to disapprove the opposing decision of Hawkins, J., in Davey v. ShannonSearch
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ed.) c. 13, that we shall refer to but few of them other than those cited by counsel in the case at bar. In Peters v. WestboroughSearch
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to be within the statute. Mr. Justice Wilde, in Page 164 U. S. 426 delivering judgment, after quoting Peter v. ComptonSearch
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Fenton v. EmblersSearch
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and Boydell v. DrummondSearch
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The decision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee in Deaton v. TennesseeSearch
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Coal Co., 12 Heisk. 650, cited by the defendant in error, is opposed to the weight of authority. In Roberts v. RockbottomSearch
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In Blanding v. SargentSearch
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In Hinckley v. SouthgateSearch
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In Linscott v. McIntireSearch
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In Herring v. ButtersSearch
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receive in consideration thereof all the proceeds of the land except the two acres first seeded down. In Broadwell v. GetmanSearch
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In Pitkin v. LongSearch
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its nature and terms, it was not to be performed by the company within one year from the making thereof. In Kent v. KentSearch
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In Saunders v. KasterbineSearch
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each, which would necessarily postpone performance by either party beyond the year. In Railway Co. v. WhitleySearch
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a railroad, which might have ceased within a year. And a like decision was Page 164 U. S. 430 made in Sweet v. DeshaSearch
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of this clause of the statute of frauds first came before this Court at December term, 1866, in Packet Co. v. SicklesSearch
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Ellicott v. PetersonSearch
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Wall. 72 U. S. 594 -596. And reference was made to Birch v. LiverpoolSearch
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B. & C. 392, and Dobson v. CollisSearch
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because it was not to be performed within a year, although it was defeasible within that period. In Packet Co. v. SicklesSearch
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by pushing the work, might have fully completed it before November, 1870. Page 164 U. S. 432 McPherson v. CoxSearch
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Walker v. JohnsonSearch
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decisions of the supreme court of the state are in accord with the current of decisions elsewhere. In Thouvenin v. LeaSearch
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Thomas v. HammondSearch
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Railway v. WoodSearch
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