Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 514 páginas |
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Página 358 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Página 384 - ... legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt...
Página 415 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances.
Página 209 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.
Página 89 - This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent to have required to be enforced by all those arguments which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found is necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
Página 67 - THIS INDENTURE, made this day of , in the year One thousand, nine hundred and , between of , the party of the first part...
Página 288 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Página 392 - States are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts and...
Página 402 - States the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Página 430 - The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it; that must be a matter of opinion, and can only be a test of expediency.