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  • Wright v. . Brown

    116 N.C. 26 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 5, 1895

    It has been held, as far back as McDonald v. McDonald, 5 Jones Eq., 211 , followed by the cases of Masten v. Marlow, 65 N. C., 695 , Bodenhamer v. Welch, 89 N. … The second taker is fixed by the will, which makes this ease stronger for the defendant Brown than that case was for the defendant Hackett. Tbe case of Starnes v. Hill, 112 N.

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  • Brown v. Story

    94 Ga. 288 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Aug 14, 1894

    Story, therefore, acquired no title and no equity as against Brown by his purchase from Bedgood. It was contended, however, *289 that Story was protected by a deed subsequently made by Brown to Bedgood. … from Brown to Bed-good, without a complete delivery thereof, would afford no protection.

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  • People v. Brown

    312 Ill. 63 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 14, 1924

    Justice Dunn delivered the opinion of the court: At the March term, 1922, of the circuit court of Hardin county the grand jury returned an indictment against William Brown, charging that he “feloniously, willfully and maliciously … Klawanski v. People, 218 Ill. 481 .

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  • McGuire v. Brown

    106 Cal. 660 · California Supreme Court · Apr 2, 1895

    (Sturr v. Beck, 133 U. S. 547 -49, citing Chotard v. Pope, 12 Wheat. 588 ; Hastings etc. R. R. Co. v. Whitney, 132 U. S. 357 .) … Brown’s claims as a homestead settler were subordinate to those interests and his land was subject to a servitude for the support of the same. (De Necochea v. Curtis, 80 Cal. 397 ; Wells v. Mantes, 99 Cal. 583 .)

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  • Brown v. State

    254 Ind. 504 · Indiana Supreme Court · Aug 10, 1970

    Leaver v . State (1968), 250 Ind. 523 , 237 N. E. 2d 368 . … Alderson v. State (1929), 201 Ind. 359 , 168 N. E. 481 ; Turner v. State (1968), 249 Ind. 533 , 233 N. E. 2d 473 ; Knapp v. State (1932), 203 Ind. 610 , 181 N. E. 517 .

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  • Brown v. Driggers

    60 Ga. 114 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Jan 15, 1878

    Driggers and children, to set aside a deed made by Mark Driggers and wife to Brown, for a tract of land alleged to be the homestead of the family. … The jury, under charge of the court, found for complainants ; a decree was entered accordingly, and Brown moved for a new trial. The motion was overruled and he excepted. The case turns on a single point.

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  • Brown v. Crockett

    8 La. Ann. 30 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan 15, 1853

    In Burbeehaux v. … See DeKerlegand v. Robins, 1 Annual, 227. Parker v. Moore, 2 Annual, 1017. Judgment affirmed with costs.

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  • Brown v. Commonwealth

    98 Va. 366 · Supreme Court of Virginia · Jun 21, 1900

    Brown is a merchant in the county of Branklin, and has -the license required by law for the privilege of doing business as a merchant in that county. … Supervisors v. Tallent, 96 Va. 723 .

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  • Litson v. Brown

    26 Ind. 489 · Indiana Supreme Court · May 15, 1866

    Brown, the appellee, sued Litson, the appellant, for board, clothing, washing and care furnished by him to Ann Litson, the wife of the appellant, from the 1st of November, 1864, to the 16th of October, 1865. … See Chitty on Con., p. 171, et seq.; 1 Parsons on Con., title “Married Women,” § 3, p. 345; Liddlow v. Willmot, 2 Stark. R. 86; Dixon v. Hurrell, 8 Car. & P. 717. Walker and Matthews, for appellant.

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  • Orr v. Brown

    5 Ga. 400 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Aug 15, 1848

    The only charge which implicates Brown, the purchaser at sheriff’s sale, is that he “ threw doubts upon the title of the defendant in execution.” What did he do at the sale? … There is no issuable fact, charged by the complainant, in relation to the conduct of Brown at the sale.

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  • Brown v. Mailhot

    89 N.H. 240 · Supreme Court of New Hampshire · Jan 4, 1938

    Fraser v. Railway, 84 N. H. 107; Niemi v. Railroad, 87 N. H. 1. … Dando v. Brobst, 318 Pa. St. 325. As in Fraser v. Railway, supra, the plaintiff “gave an impossible account of his conduct. ...

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  • Rogers v. Brown

    15 Okla. 524 · Supreme Court of Oklahoma · Sep 6, 1905

    (Frame v. Ryel. 14 Okla. 536 .) … (Blankenship, Receiver, v. Power Co. 4 Okla. 242 .)

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  • Brown v. Moran

    534 A.2d 180 · Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Dec 9, 1987

    State v. Brown, 468 A.2d 914 (R.I. 1983). Following remand, this court affirmed petitioner’s conviction. State v. Brown, 488 A.2d 1217 (R.I. 1985). … State v. Burke, 529 A.2d 621 (R.I. 1987).

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  • King v. Brown

    102 R.I. 42 · Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Mar 28, 1967

    I. 758, 219 A.2d 471 ; McLeod v. Fleetwood Motor Sales Inc., 83 R. I. 447; Lombardi v. Rao, 88 R. I. 226. … I., 92 A. 554 , Allen & Reed v. Russell, 33 R. I. 422, Jackvony v. Colaluca, 29 R. I. 441; or to return a writ, DiMauro v. Samson, 88 R. I. 222, National Casket Co. v. Montgomery, 52 R.

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    332 Pa. Super. 35 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 27, 1984

    Testimony by appellant’s mother and the custodian of records for the Philadelphia Board of Education confirmed much of the psychologist’s testimony. … Brown was next to Mr. Wharton, when Mr.

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  • People v. Brown

    17 N.Y.3d 863 · New York Court of Appeals · Oct 13, 2011

    facts in a light most favorable to the People, there is a valid line of reasoning and permissible inferences from which a rational jury could have found the elements of the crime proved beyond a reasonable doubt” (People v … of the evidence at the Appellate Division and the order of that court “ ‘manifests] a lack of application of that review power’ ... we must reverse and remit for a proper assessment of the weight of the evidence” (People v

    Cited 7 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    231 N.J. 526 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Dec 8, 2017

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  • Disputesuite, LLC v. Scoreinc.com

    216 Cal. Rptr. 3d 109 · California Supreme Court · Apr 6, 2017

    Frog Creek Partners, LLC v. … (Presley of Southern California v. Whelan, supra, at p. 963; see Mustachio v.

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  • Brown v. Schintz

    202 Ill. 509 · Illinois Supreme Court · Apr 24, 1903

    Costly v. McGowan, 174 Ill. 76 ; Johnson v. Johnson, 187 id. 86 . … (Munn v. Burch, 25 Ill. 21 ; Brown v. Leckie, 43 id. 497 ; Wyman v. Fort Dearborn Nat. Bank, 181 id. 279, and cases cited.)

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  • State v. Brown

    235 Md. 401 · Court of Appeals of Maryland · Jul 2, 1964

    Snead v. State, 234 Md. 63 . *406 It was shown in the instant case that Officer Buchanan saw Brown hand the envelope, later found to contain heroin, to Holman. … Brown was an indigent, and under the rule laid down in Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U. S. 12 (1956), he was entitled to a free transcript. In Pearlman v.

    Cited 16 timesPublished

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