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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ...required) and accept as correct the view of the United States court in remanding to the State court. The demurrer to the plea in abatement was properly sustained. The power to permit a plea in abatement to be amended exists and should be exercised in proper cases, but we are not willing to reverse a judgment merely because of its denial, when not informed of the nature of the proposed amendment and why the plea was not made suflicient at the outset, or why the demurrer was not eonfessed and leave to amend sought without waiting the judgment of the court upon it. On sustaining a demurrer to a plea in abatement, the proper judgment is respondeat ouster. The party may be allowed to amend, but presumably the action of the court below is correct, and he who complains of it must show the contrary. This is not shown in these cases. 'The motion to quash the attachment in one of the cases was properly overruled. The afiidavit was a substantial compliance with the statute, and that is all that is required. Had it been defective it would have been amendable, and we do not perceive that the mover could have taken anything by the motion. Mortgages--Purchase Money Notes--Vendor's Lien--Subrogation. Appellee filed both an original and a supplemental cross-bill. In In the first he claimed that his mortgage, though executed by E. alone, was valid because mortgagor was owner of the land. By the second he insisted that Mrs. E. could not enforce the payment of purchasemoney notes given by E. for the land, and which were valid in the hands of A. & Co. by transfer from E., on the ground that Mrs. E. was the real purchaser of the land in controversy, and for this reason the purchase of said notes by her from A. & Co. operated as a payment thereof...

Excerpt from Mississippi Decisions, Vol. 1: Containing the Unreported Opinions of the Supreme Court of Mississippi This series of Reports contain all the unreported opinions of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from the earliest time down to 1885 a period covered by the Mississippi Reports from Walker's Report to volume 65. We publish no case heretofore in print. Thinking it might be of some convenience, we have included as foot notes to each case a Digest Annotation, the work of Hon. Wm. Hemingway, and in the General Digest to the full series, these cases will be referred to under elaborate cross-references. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation, now in its Fourth Edition, upholds a single and consistent system of citation for all forms of legal writing. Clearly and attractively presented in an easy-to-use format, edited by Darby Dickerson, a leading authority on American legal citation, the ALWD Citation Manual is simply an outstanding teaching tool. Endorsed by the Association of Legal Writing Directors, (ALWD), a nationwide society of legal writing program directors, the ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation, features a single, consistent, logical system of citation that can be used for any type of legal document complete coverage of the citation rules that includes: - basic citation - citation for primary and secondary sources - citation of electronic sources - how to incorporate citations into documents - how to quote material and edit quotes properly - court-specific citation formats, commonly used abbreviations, and a sample legal memorandum with proper citation in the Appendices two-color page design that flags key points and highlights examples Fast Formatsquick guides for double-checking citations and Sidebars with facts and tips for avoiding common problems diagrams and charts that illustrate citation style at a glance The Fourth Edition provides facsimiles of research sources that a first-year law student would use, annotated with the elements in each citation and a sample citation for each flexible citation options for (1) the United States as a party to a suit and (2) using contractions in abbreviations new rules addressing citation of interdisciplinary sources (e.g., plays, concerts, operas) and new technology (e.g., Twitter, e-readers, YouTube video) updated examples throughout the text expanded list of law reviews in Appendix 5 Indispensable by design, the ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation, Fourth Edition, keeps on getting better