Court : South Africa Supreme Court of Appeal
..... i agree with the trial judge that it was a cowardly act to trap this young woman in his car and then shoot her five times. ..... khumalo j found that there were no substantial and compelling circumstances justifying a departure from the minimum sentence prescribed under s 51(1) of the criminal procedure amendment act 105 of 1997, and sentenced him to life imprisonment. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : Supreme Court of India
..... the appellant alleged that due to rash and negligent act of the respondents no.1 & 2, deceased-ammini died. ..... although no rash or negligent act is noticed on the part of the respondents, the fact remains that the deceased-ammini was doing the household work for the respondents no.1 & 2 and working as per the instructions of the respondents at the relevant time. ..... the accused, acted in a negligent manner in not taking reasonable care of their washing machine and caused the death of deceased-ammini due to electric shock.6. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : US Supreme Court
..... of the franklin circuit court, shortly after which the said injunction was reinstated by the order of the honorable caleb wallace, one of the judges of the court of appeals of the state of kentucky, issued under the act of the general assembly of that state passed at their december session in the year 1807. .....
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..... if he was landlord of the premises and the other parties were in possession under him, if he was in the perception of the rents and profits, if he resisted the plaintiff's title and possession and cooperated in the acts of the tenants for this purpose, the evidence was proper for the jury as proof of his being a co-trespasser. ..... the question then is generally whether it is competent for the plaintiff to maintain an action for mesne profits against any person who is in possession of the land by means of his tenants and who by his acts, commands, or cooperation aids in the expulsion of the plaintiff and in withholding possession from him. ..... all persons who aid in or command or procure a trespass are themselves deemed in law to be trespassers, whether they are actually present or do the act through the instrumentality of their agents and servants. ..... in an action for mesne profits who was not in any sense, a party to the ejectment by establishing the title against him and showing his connection as landlord with the tenant in possession and his adoption of the acts of the latter. .....
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..... woodworth, of hyde park, in the northern district of new york, as he is administrator of william woodworth, late of the city of new york, gentleman, deceased, and as he is grantee of certain exclusive privileges under and pursuant to an act of congress, as is hereinafter fully set forth; james g. .....
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..... to meet this evidence, it is suggested for the united states that the assembly never acted on sales of land made by the governor of mission property, and this may be true, but the grant to santillan was not a sale of the mission ..... the titulo given to the party is merely a certificate by the governor of the acts that have been done in the regular course of official procedure towards the disposal of a part of the ..... that he was appointed government secretary as successor of covarrubias, and came into office on the 1st day of may, 1846, and continued to act as secretary until the country was conquered in july following. ..... for that purpose they were taken possession of by colonel fremont, and after some delay and some exposure, they were eventually delivered to captain halleck, of the united states army, at monterey, then acting secretary of state under the military governor of california. ..... it is in form an ordinary colonization grant, made according to the act of 1824 and the regulations of 1828, and under their authority; nor can the recital in it -- that santillan shall pay the debts of the mission -- affect ..... and in addition, moreno proves that whilst he acted as secretary to governor pico, he never sent to the departmental assembly any expediente or grant of lands ..... 346 behalf of the claimant, "whilst acting as secretary, did you ever see a paper purporting to be a petition of jose prudencia santillan for a grant of the land of the ex-mission of dolores, or any other paper in relation .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : US Supreme Court
..... 489 professing to act as its agent, entered into two written indentures with the bailey company, through its general agent, for the privilege of using their patent. ..... officers was used instead of the corporate seal and though no record may be found authorizing the officer to make the contract, if other evidence proves that he had such authority or that the company ratified his act afterwards. 2. .....
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..... 73 the whole 100,000 muskets, but the court is unable to adopt that theory, as it is quite clear that he could not have acted with any such motives consistent with good faith towards the war department, as he must have known that the chief of ordnance supposed when he, the claimant, returned the written contract duly executed, that ..... these facts the court of claims, as a conclusion of law, decided: that the original contract between the parties for the purchase and sale of 100,000 springfield muskets was changed and modified by the voluntary act of the parties in the written contract, 25th of june, 1862, and that the petition of the claimant should be dismissed. ..... held that such execution was his voluntary act, and that the original contract for the 100,000 muskets was thus changed and modified. .....
Tag this Judgment!Court : US Supreme Court
..... patents for a machine will not be sustained if the claim is for a result, the established rule being that the invention, if any, within the meaning of the patent act, consists in the means or apparatus by which the result is obtained, and not merely in the mode of operation, independent of the mechanical devices employed; nor will a patent be held valid for a principle or for an idea, or any other ..... by the use of a point vibrating in unison with the needle, and acting on the upper surface of the cloth in connection with a notch or an elastic surface or pad below the cloth, a crease will be made whose ridge is below the cloth; and by the use of one, two, or more of these up or down ..... 292 as springs are also provided, so that the marking point and the marking notch are raised from the cloth, except when acted on by the arm of the apparatus. ..... intentional infringement is alleged by the complainants, and the burden is upon them to prove the allegation, as the charge imputes a wrongful act to the respondents. .....
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..... williard, esquire, one of the justices of the peace for said county of berrien, came the above-named ash-kum, an indian chief, and acknowledged the above-written indenture by him subscribed to be his free act and deed, and desired that the same might be recorded as such according to law. ..... " in this connection, the defendant proved by parol that willard was an acting justice of the peace of berrien county at the date of the certificate of acknowledgment, and they also put in evidence a certificate of the secretary of state of michigan, of which the following is a copy: "state of michigan" "office of the secretary of state, ss. " "i, e. g. d. ..... willard was, at the time of taking such acknowledgment, an acting justice of the peace in and for said county of berrien. ..... the making of the certificate was an official act, done under the sanction of an official oath, and is presumptively true. ..... that was given in this case, and in addition it was shown that he was acting as a justice of the peace at the time. ..... it was sufficient that he was acting under color of right. .....
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