Jurisdiction, Practice, and Peculiar Jurisprudence of the Courts of the United StatesBenjamin Robbins Curtis, George Ticknor Curtis Little, Brown,, 1880 - 298 páginas |
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... interest or an increase of the amount for which judgment is rendered by reason of costs , will not raise the sum demanded above two thousand dollars . This was settled in the case of Walker v . The United States , 4 Wallace , 163.1 But ...
... interest or an increase of the amount for which judgment is rendered by reason of costs , will not raise the sum demanded above two thousand dollars . This was settled in the case of Walker v . The United States , 4 Wallace , 163.1 But ...
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... interests may depend upon a decision by the Supreme Court in a suit brought to recover back a sum of money paid to a collector , although that sum of money may in itself be small ; because the Supreme Court may in that case settle that ...
... interests may depend upon a decision by the Supreme Court in a suit brought to recover back a sum of money paid to a collector , although that sum of money may in itself be small ; because the Supreme Court may in that case settle that ...
Página 79
... interest at law , but it is not at all difficult to suppose that one of two joint parties may have a distinct interest in equity , con- trolled by a decree , and in that case he alone may take the appeal . This was settled in the case ...
... interest at law , but it is not at all difficult to suppose that one of two joint parties may have a distinct interest in equity , con- trolled by a decree , and in that case he alone may take the appeal . This was settled in the case ...
Página 97
... interests were to be regarded , they made what was known at that time as the District of Maine , which was a part of Massachusetts , a district by itself . They also made a separate judicial district of Ken- tucky , which at that time ...
... interests were to be regarded , they made what was known at that time as the District of Maine , which was a part of Massachusetts , a district by itself . They also made a separate judicial district of Ken- tucky , which at that time ...
Página 107
... interest in it , he may have that title adjudi- cated upon by the Circuit Court within whose ter- ritorial jurisdiction the property is , by means of a notice given to the person in the manner here pro- vided , although that person is ...
... interest in it , he may have that title adjudi- cated upon by the Circuit Court within whose ter- ritorial jurisdiction the property is , by means of a notice given to the person in the manner here pro- vided , although that person is ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 8 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States...
Página 10 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority...
Página 199 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Página 171 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Página 9 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 84 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party ; or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Página 218 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Página 146 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Página 116 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Página 181 - And the sound and true rule is, that if the contract when made was valid by the laws of the state, as then expounded by all the departments of its government, and administered in its courts of justice, its validity and obligation cannot be impaired by any subsequent act of the legislature of the state or decision of its courts altering the construction of the law.