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  • People v. Brown

    32 A.D.2d 760 · Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Jun 17, 1969

    (People v. Boddie, 28 A D 2d 724.) None of the modifications of the verdict suggested by the People in their brief would be proper, as we believe that, under all the circumstances, a new trial should be held.

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  • Brown v. Beecher

    120 Pa. 590 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Oct 1, 1888

    Nor does the contract of February 3, 1882, import a sale of all the oil, gas and other minerals in the land, absolutely; the cases of Caldwell v. Fulton, 31 Pa. 476 ; Sanderson v. … Brown, subject to the payment of the partnership debts; it was Marsh’s right to insist upon this, and this gives rise to the equity of the partnership creditors. The case is similar in most respects to Chamberlain v.

    Cited 23 timesPublished
  • Platt v. Brown

    30 Conn. 336 · Supreme Court of Connecticut · Feb 15, 1862

    In Jackson v. … The object intended in these cases is to give the plaintiff a full indemnity for his injury, which, as was remarked in the case of Bushnell v.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • State v. Adrian Hazard

    68 A.3d 479 · Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Jun 19, 2013

    Brown, 486 A.2d at 600. … See Brown, 486 A.2d at 600 .

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Duke v. . Brown

    96 N.C. 127 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Feb 5, 1887

    In the recent case of Riggsbee v. Durham, 94 N. … We have at the present Term, in Southerland v. Goldsboro, modifying somewhat the definition given by Rodman, J., in R. R. Co. v. Commissioners of Caldwell, 72 N.

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  • Brown v. State

    82 Ga. 224 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Nov 12, 1888

    Brown was convicted in the court below, upon the following agreed statement of facts: “Defendant had paid the State and county tax; and had a license from the town council of the town of Stone Mountain, to sell domestic wines … Rep. 83 ; Metropolitan Board of Excise vs. Barrie, 34 N. Y. 657 ; Calder vs. Kurby, 5 Gray, 597 . 2. As to the second point, we think the rule is contrary to the one insisted on before us.

    Cited 17 timesPublished
  • Jehly v. Brown

    327 P.3d 351 · Colorado Court of Appeals · Mar 27, 2014

    T11 In Wright v. … See Brickell v.

    Cited 13 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    322 So. 2d 211 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Nov 3, 1975

    322 So.2d 211 (1975) STATE of Louisiana v. Quenton N. BROWN. No. 56480. Supreme Court of Louisiana. November 3, 1975. Rehearing Denied December 5, 1975. *213 Thomas L. Mahfouz, Morgan City, for defendant-appellant. … See State v. Crook, 253 La. 961 , 221 So.2d 473 ; State v. Dell, 258 La. 1024 , 249 So.2d 118 ; State v. White, 254 La. 389 , 223 So.2d 843 ; State v. Bellam, 225 La. 445 , 73 So.2d 311 .

    Cited 33 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Commonwealth

    138 Va. 807 · Supreme Court of Virginia · Apr 10, 1924

    He gave one dollar to Washington Brown and he and Brown and Stith then ■continued the crap game. … In the case of State v. Reese, 27 W.

    Cited 15 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Wright

    194 Mass. 540 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 1, 1907

    Brown v. Wright, 168 Mass. 506 . … They rely in support of this contention on Harvard Unitarian Society v. Tufts, 151 Mass. 76 , Pendergast v.

    Cited 24 timesPublished
  • People v. Brown

    145 A.D.3d 1483 · Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · Dec 23, 2016

    Viewing the evidence in light of the elements of the crimes as charged to the jury (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 349 [2007]), we conclude that the verdict is not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Bleakley … We perceive no basis to disturb the jury’s credibility determinations (see People v Brown, 140 AD3d 1740, 1740 [2016]). The sentence is not unduly harsh or severe.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    332 S.W.3d 282 · Missouri Court of Appeals · Jan 19, 2011

    Leonard Brown (“Defendant”) was convicted after a bench trial of the class B felony of possessing more than five grams of marijuana with the intent to distribute it. … [Terry v. Ohio,] 392 U.S. [1, 21-22, 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968) ]. State v. Schroeder, 330 S.W.3d 468, 473 (Mo. banc 2011).

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Dennis v. Brown

    93 So. 2d 584 · Supreme Court of Florida · Mar 13, 1957

    DENNIS, d/b/a Allapattah Home & Auto Supply, and National Surety Corporation, Petitioners, v. U.L. BROWN, Florida Industrial Commission, and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Respondents. … Brown, for temporary total disability. In 1949, Brown, the respondent claimant, was seriously injured in the course of his employment with petitioner Dennis.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Burns v. Brown

    248 S.W.2d 1019 · Court of Appeals of Texas · May 7, 1952

    Phoenix Refining Co. v. Tips, 125 Tex. 69 , 81 S.W.2d 60, 62 . In Hawkins v. … Brown, at the time he executed the will was -acting ■under the undue influence of J. T. Brown, and the burden was on them to‘ prove it. Long v. Long, 133 Tex. 96 , 125 S.W.2d 1034 ; Burkett v.

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  • Sweet v. Brown

    125 So. 2d 261 · Louisiana Court of Appeal · Dec 19, 1960

    125 So.2d 261 (1960) Lester SWEET, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Richard E. BROWN, Administrator, Division of Employment Security, Department of Labor, State of Louisiana, Defendant and Appellee. No. 150. … "In Guillory v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    177 So. 2d 532 · District Court of Appeal of Florida · Aug 4, 1965

    177 So.2d 532 (1965) STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Willie BROWN, Appellee. No. 5793. District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District. August 4, 1965. Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert R. … Johnson v. State, Fla.App. 1964, 166 So.2d 798 ; Kaminski v. State, 1956, Fla., 63 So.2d 339 . The court, however, in the Johnson v. State case, supra, quoted with approval the case of State v.

    Cited 21 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Willis

    67 Cal. 235 · California Supreme Court · Jul 30, 1885

    In Biddel v. Brizzolara, 64 Cal. 362 , it was held that under the provisions of our statute (Code Civ. … Justice Kent, in La Guen v. La Gouverneaur, 1 Johns. Cas. 504 , 1 Am. Dec. 121 , “ is bound to take care of his own rights, and to vindicate them in due season, and in proper order.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Maynard v. Brown

    276 Ga. App. 229 · Court of Appeals of Georgia · Nov 4, 2005

    Brown filed his petition for adoption of C. M. … Kennedy v. Brown, 239 Ga. 286, 288 (2) ( 236 SE2d 632 ) (1977).

    Cited 12 timesPublished
  • Leach v. Brown

    156 Tex. 66 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 18, 1956

    A brief history of this case is as follows: By original petition the petitioner sued only her oil, gas and mineral lessees, Herman Brown and Anderson-Pritchard Oil Corporation, for recovery of $4,910.51, alleged to be due … See Pure Oil Company v. Clark, Texas Com. App., 56 S.W. 2d 853 ; Black v. Black, Tex. Civ. App., 2 S.W. 2d 331 , no writ history; Keith v. Keith, Tex. Civ. App., 286 S.W. 534 , no writ history; Buckholts State Bank v.

    Cited 36 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Lawrence

    204 Ga. 788 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Jan 10, 1949

    Mayor &c. of Athens v. Gerdine, 202 Ga. 197 ( 42 S. E. 2d, 567 ). … See Wiley v. Douglas, 168 Ga. 660 (2) ( 148 S. E. 735 ); Traylor v. Gormley, 177 Ga. 186 (3) ( 169 S. E. 850 ). Judgment reversed. All the Justices concur, except Duckworth, C. J., who dissents.

    Cited 31 timesPublished

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