 | New York (State). Courts, Francis Blaine Delehanty (Reporter), Austin B. Griffin (Reporter), Robert George Scherer (Reporter), Edward Jordan Dimock (Reporter), Joseph Albert Lawson (Reporter), Charles Cook Lester (Reporter), William Van Rensselaer Erving (Reporter), Louis J. Rezzemini (Reporter) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 942 pages
...based on the peculiar phraseology of the entire will," (107 XT 540), and again, at pages 289-290, " It is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule in cases of this kind. We have on the one hand the general principle that where the gift is absolute,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1256 pages
...Delatield v. Barlow, 107 NY 540, 14 N. Б. 498." And again at pages 289, 290, 160 NY, and page 743, 54 NE: "It Is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule In cases of this kind. We have on the one hand the general principle that where the gift is absolute,... | |
 | Henry William Wolff - Agricultural cooperative credit associations - 1907 - 328 pages
...the more readily people know that they can get out, the more willingly are they likely to come in. On this matter it is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule. In the United Kingdom, as observed, the law settles this question for us, and there will be few to object.... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1909 - 766 pages
...of the accommodation. Overcrowding poorly ventilated dormitories has frequently to be complained of It is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule in regard to the number of beds that should be permitted in each room ; but there is a general regulation... | |
 | Herman Arthur Harbold - 1910 - 692 pages
...the sexual function should be abstained from for two months following plastic repair of the vagina. It is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule in this connection. It is, however, probable that in most instances complete repair is conserved if this... | |
 | John Franklin Robb - Forms (Law) - 1922 - 474 pages
...the Examiner. The First Assistant Commissioner, in granting the petition, stated in part as follows: It is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule in cases of thfs character and the Examiner should be governed by the statute, rules and decisions and... | |
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It is difficult to lay down a hard and fast rule in cases of this kind. We have on the one hand the general principle that where the gift is absolute, and the time of payment only postponed, time, not being of the substance of the gift, but relating only... 