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OPINION OF THE COURT Sullivan, J. This CPLR article 78 proceeding presents a challenge to a determination by the Fire Commissioner of the City of New York finding petitioner guilty of insubordination to a superior officer. Petitioner, an acting lieutenant at the time of the incidents which are the subject of this proceeding, joined the fire department in 1963 and has spent the bulk of his

635 F.Supp.2d 893 (2009) Lisa BEEKMAN, Plaintiff, v. NESTLE PURINA PETCARE COMPANY, Defendant. No. C07-3079-MWB. United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Central Division. June 25, 2009. *897 Jill M. Zwagerman, Fiedler & Newkirk, P.L.C., Des Moines, IA, Thomas Andrew Newkirk, Newkirk Law Firm PLC, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintif

CODY, Justice. Plaintiffs are a partnership consisting of three persons who, under the name of Petroleum Management Company, are and at all material times were engaged in the oil business generally inclusive of geological consultant work, maintaining their office in Houston. On March 16, 1953, plaintiffs, in the district court of Harris County, brought this suit against defendant, a New Jersey investment corporation, which maint

PER CURIAM. In a previous opinion in this case, we reversed the judgment of the District Court and remanded for a prompt jury trial on the merits of plaintiff’s civil rights claims. We reversed solely because of the District Court’s error in not letting the case be tried before a jury. Hildebrand v. Board of Trustees, 607 F.2d 705 (6th Cir. 1979). The plain

Cary Beekman, a native of Ohio, some time after reaching manhood, came to this state and settled in Grays Harbor county, where he died, a bachelor, intestate, leaving real and personal property. In the course of the administration of his estate, one Blanch M. Fisher appeared by a petition, alleging that she was an illegitimate daughter of the deceased, Cary Beekman, and that he had, in writing, before a competent witness, acknowledged her to be his daughter; and that she was the only child of

Braley, J. The defendant, who owns two lots of land on one of which he has built and occupies a dwelling house, was erecting on the other lot a greenhouse to be used exclusively in. connection with his home, when the plaintiff, an adjoining owner and householder, brought suit to restrain its erection on the ground that the greenhouse was prohibited by certain equitable restrictions created for the benefit and protection of the

As to paragraph 5, it is argued that the trustees may never obtain a flattering offer for the "Social Register" from persons who will conduct it upon the same lines, and who can be relied on to maintain the standard established by the testator, or that such offer may not be obtained within a period of lives in being and twenty-one years thereafter, and that the trust is void as opposed to the rule against perpetuities, because the trustees are directed and charged with a positive obligation t

Long, J. The bill in this cause was filed to remove a cloud from the title to premises which complainant claims to own in fee. It appears that on September 14, 1859, Samuel D. Beekman and wife executed and delivered an instrument in writing, in the form of a warranty deed, to George Blumberg, conveying 20 acres of land for the consideration of $700 mentioned therein. The deed contained the following condition:

GIBSON, Circuit Judge. On August 1, 1965 about noon the plaintiff Charles W. Owens, while operating his motorcycle on U. S. Highway 218, approximately 2% miles south of LaPorte City, Iowa, in Benton County, was hit or sideswiped in his own southbound lane by a 1962 GMC pickup truck owned by the defendant Century “21” Shows and opera

Cockrell, J. This is an action in ejectment brought by Viola P. Beekman, joined by her husband, for the recovery of certain lands lying in Pasco county together with mesne profits and damages for strip and waste by reason of turpentining the trees. Pleas of not guilty and *327not in possession were interposed, as also pleas upon equitable grounds and a special plea settin

879 F.Supp. 775 (1995) Girdell BARNEY, Kathleen Heller, Lewis Hutchinson, Ruth Wlodek, Richard Lee, and David A. Ethridge, Plaintiffs, v. James K. HAVEMAN, Director of the Michigan Department of Mental Health, Martha Bibbs, Personnel Director of the State of Michigan, Peter Ellsworth, Chair of the Michigan Civil Service Commission, Laurence Deitch, Member of the Michigan Civil Service Commission, John Pirich, Member of the Michigan Civil Service

HOLLAND, Justice: This is an appeal from a final judgment entered by the Court of Chancery in a proceeding that arises from a 2011 acquisition by MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc. (“M & F” or “MacAndrews & Forbes”) — a 43% stockholder in M & F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”) — of the remaining common stock of MFW (the “Merger”). From the outset, M & F’s proposal to take MFW private was made contingent upon two s

By the Court.—Freedman, J. It is the settled law of this State that the legal ownership of land mortgaged, is not, as in England, vested in the mortgagee, subject to be defeated by the performance of the condition. The mortgage is a mere lien or security for debt, and not, in any sense, a title. The debt, in the *151eye of the law, is the principal, and the landed securit

Campbell, J. This bill was filed to prevent defendant Fletcher from interfering with or taking legal or other measures to get possession of certain logs which came into complainant’s possession by the misconduct of one Keating, who, having agreed to furnish a quantity of logs, cut a large amount from lands belonging — some to Fletcher, some to him in common with other parties including complainants, and some to other defendants i

206 Mich. App. 161 (1994) 520 N.W.2d 682 KENTWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOLS v. KENT COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Docket No. 149882. Michigan Court of Appeals. Submitted November 4, 1994, at Grand Rapids. Decided July 5, 1994, at 9:50 A.M. Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett (by John Patrick White), for the plaintiff.<

BoakdmaN J.: By the verdict of the jury it is determined that the defendants lent Walrath, a deceased partner of plaintiff, the $200 set up by *503way of counter-claim, for the use of the partnership of plaintiff and Walrath. The evidence of such loan consists of the declarations and admissions of the deceased Walrath made to two persons by the name of Ackerman. If th

447 N.W.2d 628 (1989) 233 Neb. 705 Patricia J. WICKER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jack Calvin Wicker, Deceased, Appellant, v. CITY OF ORD, a Nebraska Political Subdivision, et al., Appellees. No. 88-105. Supreme Court of Nebraska. November 3, 1989. *630 Peter B. Beekman of

Navarro v Joy Constr. Corp. (2025 NY Slip Op 04816) Navarro v Joy Constr. Corp. 2025 NY Slip Op 04816 Decided on August 28, 2025 Appellate Division, First Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

By the Court.—Freedman, J. It is the settled law of this State that the legal ownership of land mortgaged, is not, as in England, vested in the mortgagee, subject to be defeated by the performance of the condition. The mortgage is a mere lien or security for debt, and not, in any sense, a title. The debt, in the eye of the law, is the principal, and the landed se*76curity mer