Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Fourth Circuit; Most of Them Since Chief Justice Waite Came Upon the Bench; and of Selected Cases in Admiralty and Bankruptcy, Decided in the District Courts of that Circuit. With an Appendix to the Second Volume, Containing the Rules in Admiralty and Bankruptcy;, of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Rules of the Circuit Court for that District, Etc., Etc, Volumen1W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1877 |
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... contract any new debt or pecuniary obliga- tion in behalf of the State , except to supply a casual deficit , or for suppressing invasion or insurrection , unless it shall in the same bill levy a special tax to pay the interest annually ...
... contract any new debt or pecuniary obliga- tion in behalf of the State , except to supply a casual deficit , or for suppressing invasion or insurrection , unless it shall in the same bill levy a special tax to pay the interest annually ...
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... contracts , and in which State laws place all adults who are in debt , but sui juris , as to deeds of gift . The word " fraud " occurs but once in this Section 5128 , and then not as implying moral or actual fraud , but only as imply ...
... contracts , and in which State laws place all adults who are in debt , but sui juris , as to deeds of gift . The word " fraud " occurs but once in this Section 5128 , and then not as implying moral or actual fraud , but only as imply ...
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... contract as to it , which was had between M. Slaughter and W. P. Conway , either tacitly or ex- pressly , on the day it was signed . The transaction of the 20th of July , 1875 , is stated by Con- way , Gordon & Garnett , in their answer ...
... contract as to it , which was had between M. Slaughter and W. P. Conway , either tacitly or ex- pressly , on the day it was signed . The transaction of the 20th of July , 1875 , is stated by Con- way , Gordon & Garnett , in their answer ...
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... contracts made with honest intent and purpose . The validity of the present deed depends upon the meaning and intent of the first clause of the 35th section of the General Bankruptcy Act . The object of that section is to invalidate ...
... contracts made with honest intent and purpose . The validity of the present deed depends upon the meaning and intent of the first clause of the 35th section of the General Bankruptcy Act . The object of that section is to invalidate ...
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... contracts , not because they are so in morals , mala in se , but because they were the source of frauds . The object of the statute was to prevent the many abuses which arose from the former legality of those contracts , and it was ...
... contracts , not because they are so in morals , mala in se , but because they were the source of frauds . The object of the statute was to prevent the many abuses which arose from the former legality of those contracts , and it was ...
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Página 258 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Página 550 - We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed, by way of discrimination, against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.
Página 427 - 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 252 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Página 545 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Página 284 - ... uniform in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same.
Página 506 - ... by subjecting them to the control of Congress, in the exercise of powers heretofore universally conceded to them of the most ordinary and fundamental character; when in fact it radically changes the whole theory of the relations of the State and Federal governments to each other and of both these governments to the people; the argument has a force that is irresistible, in the absence of language which expresses such a purpose too clearly to admit of doubt. We are convinced that no such results...
Página 534 - No pleading of a party, nor any discovery or evidence obtained from a party or witness by means of a judicial proceeding in this or any foreign country, shall be given in evidence, or in any manner used against him or his property or estate, in any court of the United States, in any criminal proceeding, or for the enforcement of any penalty or forfeiture...
Página 315 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant...
Página 486 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...