Case law

Brown v. Commonwealth

78 Pa. 122 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 10, 1875

Commonwealth, 1 Wright 108 ; Girts v. Commonwealth, 10 Harris 351. … The day of mere technicality is past, and courts should look more at substantial justice than artificial nicety ; Commonwealth v. Keenan, 17 P. F. Smith 206; Girts v.

Crosier v. Brown

66 W. Va. 273 · West Virginia Supreme Court · Nov 16, 1909

Coalter v. Hunter, 4 Rand. 58 ; Stokes &c. v. Upper Appomatox Co., 3 Leigh 318 ; Walton v. Knight, 62 W. Va. 223 . … They adjusted another matter, and Crosier paid one Williams four dollars for Brown upon an agreement that he might pass over the land. He resumed doing so until 1907. This oral consent could not give title. Pifer v.

Rockwell v. . Brown

36 N.Y. 207 · New York Court of Appeals · Mar 5, 1867

It does not refer to the time when Hopkins had the conversation with Brown at Underwood's, testified to. 3. That it is immaterial. Neither of these grounds are tenable. … The ruling of the referee falls within the doctrine laid down by this court in Pendleton v. Empire Stone Dressing Company ( 19 N.Y., 13 , 18 ).

Brown v. . Richardson

20 N.Y. 472 · New York Court of Appeals · Dec 5, 1859

Brown was to be regarded as the assignor of a thing in action and not as the mere indorser of a promissory note. Bichardson therefore, at the time he was offered, was no doubt a competent witness. … Brown was not to be regarded as the assignor of a thing in action within the meaning of the Code.

Rosevelt v. . Brown

11 N.Y. 148 · New York Court of Appeals · Jun 5, 1854

In the case of Adderly v. … In the case of Worrall v.

Foulk v. Brown

2 Watts 209 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 15, 1834

Insurance Company of Pennsylvania v. Hewes, 5 Binn. 608 . … But in Morrow v.

Brown v. Foster

113 Mass. 136 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Sep 15, 1873

McCarren v. McNulty, 7 Gray, 139 . When an express contract like that shown in the present case was proved to have been made between parties, it was not competent to control it by evidence of a usage. … Dickinson v. Gay, 7 Allen, 29 , 31. The evidence admitted was of this description. Exceptions sustained.

Brown v. State

703 N.E.2d 1010 · Indiana Supreme Court · Dec 3, 1998

See also Corley v. … Carroll v. Statesman Ins.

Brown v. People

17 Mich. 429 · Michigan Supreme Court · Oct 23, 1868

.— Deshon v. Merchants Ins. Co. 11 Metc. 199 ; 1 Greenlf. Ev. § 469; Starkie Ev. p. 187; Rex v. Parker, 3 Doug. 242 ; Berkeley-Peerage Case, 2 Phill. Ev. 4th Ed. ( Cowen & Hill’s notes) p. 974, note 2; Robb. v. … Co. v. Van Steinburg, 17 Mich. 99 , and we think the evidence in this case was inadmissible, for reasons similar to those we then assigned.

Brown v. . N.Y.C.R.R.

32 N.Y. 597 · New York Court of Appeals · Jun 5, 1865

Since the trial of this action, the decisions of this court, in Chapman v. The New Haven R.R. Co . ( 19 N.Y., 341 ), and Colegrove v. N.Y. N.H.R.R. Co . ( 20 N.Y., 492 ), have been published. … The fact of making complaint in such cases is admissible. ( Caldwell v. Murphy, 1 Duer, 233 ; S.C., 1 Kern., 416, 419, per DENIO, J.; 1 Greenl. Ev., § 102; Aveson v. Kinnard, 6 East, 188; Bacon v.

Brown v. State

159 Idaho 496 · Idaho Supreme Court · Dec 22, 2015

Brown contends that State v. Flegel, 151 Idaho 525, 261 P.3d 519 (2011), and State v. … State v. Jakoski, 139 Idaho 352, 355-56, 79 P.3d 711, 714-15 (2003). Because Mr. Brown has not challenged the judgment in this case, we affirm that judgment.

Ward v. Brown

53 W. Va. 227 · West Virginia Supreme Court · Apr 18, 1903

Colter’s Executor v. Brown, 1 Grat. 18; Dower v. Church, 21 W. Va. 23; Lamberts v. Cooper’s Execu tors, 29 Grat. 66; Connolly v. Connolly, 32 Grat. 657; Kerr v. Lunsford, 31 W. Va. 659 ; Coffman v. Hedrick, 32 W. … Brown v. Miller's Exr's., 45 W. Va. 211 ; Doan v. Mercantile Trust Co., 160 N. Y. 497 ; Everitt v. Everitt, 29 N. Y. 39 ; Hatch v. Bassett, 52 N. Y. 359 ; Power v. Cassidy, 79 N. Y. 602 ; Underwood v. Curtis, 127 N.

Gilman v. Brown

115 Wis. 1 · Wisconsin Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1902

Racine v. J. I. Case Plow Co. 56 Wis. 539 , 14 N. W. 599 ; Racine v. Emerson, 85 Wis. 80 , 55 N. W. 177 . … Co. v. Bohannon, 85 Va. 293, 297 , 7 S. E. 236 ; Montgomery v. Locke, 72 Cal. 75, 77 , 13 Pac. 401 ; Mitchell v. Billingsley, 17 Ala. 391, 393 ; Wallace v. Goodall 18 N. H. 439; Whibbeck v. N. Y. C. R.

Dawley v. . Brown

79 N.Y. 390 · New York Court of Appeals · Jan 13, 1880

(Crary v. Goodman, 22 N. Y., 170 .) Now there is nothing in this case to show that Brown claimed any title adverse to that of Culver, the grantor of the plaintiff. … In Barrows v.

Brown v. Boulden

18 Tex. 431 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1857

Brown v. State

101 Tex. Crim. 639 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Oct 28, 1925

(Brown v. State, No. 8717). One of the exact points upon which a reversal of that judgment was predicated also appears in the present record. … Brown v. State, 95 Tex. Crim. Rep. 343, 254 S. W. 995 ; James v. State, 88 Tex. Crim. Rep. 656, 228 S. W. 941 ; Bennett v. State, 47 Tex. Crim. Rep. 52, 81 S. W. 30 .

Brown v. State

716 S.W.2d 939 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Feb 26, 1986

See Brown v. State, 668 S.W.2d 470 (Tex.App.—Dallas 1984). Justice Stephens agreed with the reversal based on the court's charge, but dissented to the court’s action on the other two contentions. … Tripplett v. State, 686 S.W.2d 342 (Tex.App.— Houston [1st] 1985), held that a pending order of deferred adjudication was inadmissible, rejecting the decision by the Dallas Court of Appeals in the instant case, Brown v.

Brown v. Commonwealth

76 Pa. 319 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 2, 1874

In Dyott v. … That a bill of indictment may be sent up to the grand jury by the attorney-general, or now, by the district attorney, with the sanction of the court, is shown in McCullough v. Commonwealth, 17 P. F. Smith 30.

Brown v. Griswold

109 Wis. 275 · Wisconsin Supreme Court · Feb 26, 1901

Kemp v. Seely, 47 Wis. 687 ; Cramer v. IIanaford, 53 Wis. 85, 88; IIill v. Am. S. Co. 107 Wis. 19, 28, 34 . … Maldaner v. Smith, 102 Wis. 30, 41 ; Hamilton v. Menominee Falls Q. Co. 106 Wis. 352 ; Hill v. Am. S. Co., supra. We proceed, therefore, to an examination of the evidence. Mr.

Bassett v. Brown

105 Mass. 551 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 15, 1870

This was in form and in legal effect a conveyance of the title to Brown. … In August 1867 he first took measures towards rescinding his conveyance to Brown.