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Britton V. Turner
''Britton v. Turner'', 6 N.H. 481 (1834), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of New Hampshire that marked one of the first appearances of the contract law A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to tran ... concept of guilty party restitution. Factual background The plaintiff made a one-year employment contract with the defendant for labor for one year, from some time in March 1831 to some time in March 1832. The employment contract specified that the plaintiff would be paid $120 at the end of the contract period. The plaintiff voluntarily left his employment on December 27, 1831. The defendant refused to pay the plaintiff, and the jury in the Court of Common Pleas awarded the plaintiff $95. The defendant appealed the jury verdict. Decision The Supreme Court of New Hamps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William M
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Green (judge)
Samuel Green may refer to: * Samuel Green (printer) (1614–1702), American printer *Samuel Green (organ builder) (1740–1796), English organ builder *Samuel Green (criminal) (1796–1822), American serial killer and robber *Samuel Green (freedman) (c. 1802–1877), American freed slave, jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' *Samuel Swett Green (1837–1918), founder of the American Library Association * Samuel Green (Klansman) (1890–1949), Ku Klux Klan leader in the 1940s * Samuel Green (poet) (born 1948), Poet Laureate, 2007-9, of the State of Washington *Samuel Green (politician) South Carolina Representative and Senator *Samuel Abbott Green (1830–1919), mayor of Boston *Samuel Adams Green (1940–2011), art director *Samuel Fisk Green (1822–1884), American medical missionary *Samuel Gosnell Green (1822–1905), English Baptist minister and author *Samuel Green (priest) (1882–1929), British Army chaplain * Samuel L. Green Jr. (1927–2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Parker (jurist)
Joel Parker (January 25, 1795 – August 17, 1875) was an American jurist from New Hampshire. Biography Joel Parker was born at Jaffrey, New Hampshire on January 25, 1795. He studied at Groton Academy, and later Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1811. After studying law, he practiced at Keene. From 1824 to 1826, he was a member of the New Hampshire Legislature. He was appointed an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 1833 and became chief justice in 1838. He held this post until his resignation in 1848. He studied at Groton Academy, In 1840 he was chairman of the committee on the revision of the New Hampshire statutes. From 1847 to 1857, he was professor of medical jurisprudence at Dartmouth. In 1848 he became a professor at the Harvard Law School, where he served until his death. Conservative in politics, he opposed during the American Civil War the exercise by President Abraham Lincoln of what he deemed unconstitutional powers. Joel Parker die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Gookin Upham
Nathaniel Gookin Upham was a prominent judge in Concord, New Hampshire. He served as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court for ten years. He later became the President of the Concord Railroad. Late in his life, he served in the state legislature and occasionally called upon to mediate disputes between the United States and foreign nations. Biography Nathaniel Gookin Upham was born on January 8, 1801, as the second child of Nathaniel Upham. The Gookin family were early settlers to the United States, first arriving in 1635. The elder Gookin was a prominent businessman who would later serve three terms in the United States House of Representatives. Nathaniel Gookin's elder brother was Thomas Cogswell Upham, who would become a distinguished professor at Bowdoin College. Nathaniel Gookin Upham studied at Exeter Academy. He was accepted at Dartmouth College in 1816, where he graduating with honors in 1820. Upham returned to Rochester, New Hampshire, Rochester to study l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
