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  • Brown v. . Curtiss

    2 N.Y. 225 · New York Court of Appeals · May 5, 1849

    Brown's note; and we have no right to turn that contract into one of a different kind. This is so plain a principle that it would seem to be enough to mention it, without saying any thing more. … I have contended earnestly, though not always with success, for this doctrine. ( Seabury v. Hungerford, 2 Hill, 80 ; Miller v. Gaston, id . 188; Manrow v. Durham, 3 id . 587; Leggett v. Raymond, 6 id . 639.)

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Thayer

    212 Mass. 392 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Jun 19, 1912

    Carroll v. Boston Elevated Railway, 200 Mass. 527, 533 . Thomson v. Pentecost, 206 Mass. 505, 510 . Commonwealth v. Brayman, 136 Mass. 438 . Parker v. Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co. 109 Mass. 449, 451 . … Commonwealth v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 133 Mass. 383 . Kelley v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 135 Mass. 448 . Brooks v.

    Cited 46 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    304 Mo. 78 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jun 5, 1924

    “Moonshine business” is defined in State v. Tuten, 42 S. E. (N. … [State v. Hicks, 178 Mo. 445 .] III.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • Lee v. Brown

    148 So. 2d 321 · Louisiana Court of Appeal · Dec 18, 1962

    Johnson v. Brown, La.App. 3 Cir., 134 So.2d 388 ; Washington v. Administrator, La.App. 2 Cir., 125 So.2d 27 ; Huddleston v. Brown, La.App. 2 Cir., 124 So.2d 225 ; King v. Brown, La.App. 2 Cir., 115 So.2d 405 . … Miller v. F. W. Woolworth Co., 359 Mich. 342 , 102 N. W.2d 728 (1960); Ault v. Unemployment Compensation Board, 398 Pa. 250 , 157 A.2d 375 ; Phillips v.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    449 Mass. 747 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Aug 29, 2007

    Brown gave Bobbitt $280 cash, 12 and the two men boarded a bus to travel from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston to the Bob Smith’s Sporting Goods store in downtown Boston. … v.

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  • State v. Brown

    113 Wash. 2d 520 · Washington Supreme Court · Mar 1, 1990

    The jury found Brown not guilty as to count 1, but guilty as to count 2, the theft of $400. The Court of Appeals affirmed Brown's conviction, State v. Brown, 47 Wn. … Luce v. United States, 469 U.S. 38, 43 , 83 L. Ed. 2d 443 , 105 S. Ct. 460 (1984). Finally, we turn to Brown's remaining issue.

    Cited 147 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Commonwealth

    77 Ky. 398 · Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Dec 9, 1878

    (Terrell v. Commonwealth, 13 Bush, 246 .) In Kennedy v. Commonwealth, ante page 340; Frazier v. … Brown said: Am not related to the accused; have known him since 1849; had business with him and frequent chats.

    Cited 30 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    2010 Ohio 4546 · Ohio Court of Appeals · Sep 27, 2010

    [Cite as State v. Brown, 2010-Ohio-4546.] … Xenia v.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    306 N.C. 151 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jul 13, 1982

    Brown testified that he was in Moore County jail as a prisoner at the time defendant was placed in the jail. Brown asked defendant what he was charged with and defendant said that he was charged with a double homicide. … Here the trial court obviously deemed Brown’s testimony to be relevant and to have probative value.

    Cited 148 timesPublished
  • Loomis v. Brown

    16 Barb. 325 · New York Supreme Court · Jul 4, 1853

    (See Brown v. Ricketts, 2 John. Ch. Rep. 283 ; Brinkerhoff v. Brown, 6 Id. 139; Fellows v. Fellows, 4 Cowen, 682; Fish v. Howland, 1 Paige, 20 ; Egberts v. Wood, 3 Id. 517.) The cases of Fellows v. … Fellows and Brinkerhoff v. Brown, are pertinent to show that the subject matter is identical in this case, with the point of litigation in those cases.

    Cited 25 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Farran

    3 Ohio 140 · Ohio Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1827

    Before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace within and for said county, personally appeared David.Brown, and Catharine Brown, his wife, who having been made acquainted with the contents, and being examined separate

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    494 Pa. 380 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Jul 2, 1981

    School Board of Richmond, 416 U.S. 696, 711 , 94 S.Ct. 2006, 2016 , 40 L.Ed.2d 476 (1974); Thorpe v. Housing Authority, 393 U.S. 268 , 89 S.Ct. 518 , 21 L.Ed.2d 474 (1969); Ziffrin, Inc. v. … Commonwealth v. Brown, 473 Pa. 562 , 375 A.2d 1260 (1977). This case was reassigned to the writer on February 13, 1981. . Notes of Testimony at 497. . Notes of Testimony at 522-23, 547.

    Overruled on other grounds by Commonwealth v. Geschwendt, 500 Pa. 120 (1982)Cited 39 timesPublished
  • Brown v. . Coble

    76 N.C. 391 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Jan 5, 1877

    There is no allegation that the payment was fraudulently made as in Dockery v. French, 73 N. C. 420 . 2. … It is in. a certain County, on a certain stream and is that piece of land of which John Brown died seized and possessed.

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  • Brown v. Burrus

    8 Mo. 26 · Supreme Court of Missouri · Jul 15, 1843

    Brown, the appellant, Nathaniel Ford, and Robert Brown, for seizing and taking away a negro girl slave, named Nancy. … Some evidence was given against the defendants, Ford and Brown, in the court below.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Buzan

    24 Ind. 194 · Indiana Supreme Court · May 15, 1865

    It was in Tucker v.

    Cited 40 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    986 So. 2d 270 · Mississippi Supreme Court · Jun 26, 2008

    Brown v. State, 986 So.2d 308 , 2006 Miss. App. LEXIS 924 (Miss.Ct.App. Dec. 12, 2006). … Brown v. State, 200 Miss. 881 , 27 So.2d 838, 841 (1946) (overruling Brown v. State, 98 Miss. 786 , 54 So. 305 (1911)). In this case, the record does not indicate where these individuals were at the time of trial.

    Abrogated in part by O'Connor v. State, 2013 Miss. LEXIS 353 (2013)Cited 32 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Stark

    205 A.D.2d 725 · Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Jun 27, 1994

    Accordingly, it should then have submitted that issue to the jury for a special finding (see, Loucas v A & A Trucking Co., 134 AD2d 326, 327 ; Quaglio v Tomaselli, 99 AD2d 487 ). … West, 189 AD2d 866 ; DeSisto v New York City Tr.

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    261 Ind. 619 · Indiana Supreme Court · Mar 29, 1974

    See Brown v. State (1971), 255 Ind. 594 , 265 N. E. 2d 699 . In that appeal, the defendant did not raise the issue of the sufficiency of the evidence. *621 *620 I. … Brown v. State (1973), 261 Ind. 169 , 301 N. E. 2d 189 ; Emery v. State (1973), 261 Ind. 211 , 301 N. E. 2d 369 .

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    24 N.Y.2d 168 · New York Court of Appeals · Mar 6, 1969

    As we said in People v. … Y. 153, 163 ; see, also, People v. Steinhardt, 9 N Y 2d 267; People v. Jackson , 7 N Y 2d 142; People v. Marks, 6 N Y 2d 67; People v. Ochs, 3 N Y 2d 54; People v. Lovello, 1 N Y 2d 436; People v.

    Cited 69 timesPublished
  • Mulheirn v. Brown

    322 Pa. 171 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Mar 23, 1936

    In Polonofsky v. … The condition of the roadway was obvious to him and he was bound to have it in contemplation in operating his car: Griffith v. V. A. Simrell & Son Co., 304 Pa. 165 ; Cook v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished

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