Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: With Notes, and a Digest, Volumen14Little, Brown, 1864 |
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... construction of the act of 1807 ; and furnishes no ground for a writ of error to this court . Another point has been raised in the argument here , on the part of the plaintiffs in error . It is contended that the proviso in the act of ...
... construction of the act of 1807 ; and furnishes no ground for a writ of error to this court . Another point has been raised in the argument here , on the part of the plaintiffs in error . It is contended that the proviso in the act of ...
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... construction to conveyances prior to that time , to guard against the inconvenience and hardship , if not in- justice of that tenancy . Whether this estate was purchased by the Mayburry's , for the purpose of manufacturing iron , for ...
... construction to conveyances prior to that time , to guard against the inconvenience and hardship , if not in- justice of that tenancy . Whether this estate was purchased by the Mayburry's , for the purpose of manufacturing iron , for ...
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... construction of this article , it will be admitted that the last member of the sentence cannot refer to any of the enumerated cessions , notorious as public property , or that it must be confined to the terms , " other buildings in ...
... construction of this article , it will be admitted that the last member of the sentence cannot refer to any of the enumerated cessions , notorious as public property , or that it must be confined to the terms , " other buildings in ...
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... construction in Kentucky and Ohio , conveys the legal title , but leaves all equities open . Bouldin and Wife v . Massie's Heirs and others , 7 Wheat . 149 . The controversy in this case does not arise from adverse entries , but between ...
... construction in Kentucky and Ohio , conveys the legal title , but leaves all equities open . Bouldin and Wife v . Massie's Heirs and others , 7 Wheat . 149 . The controversy in this case does not arise from adverse entries , but between ...
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... construction of all laws involved in cases be- fore them , according to their own views ; and though a construction by the treasury depart- ment , of an act of congress affecting its business , is treated with respect , yet it is neces ...
... construction of all laws involved in cases be- fore them , according to their own views ; and though a construction by the treasury depart- ment , of an act of congress affecting its business , is treated with respect , yet it is neces ...
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Página 316 - ... 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 471 - ... could not be foreseen what new changes and modifications of power might be indispensable to effectuate the general objects of the charter ; and restrictions and specifications, which at the present might seem salutary, might, in the end, prove the overthrow of the system itself. Hence its powers are expressed in general terms, leaving to the legislature, from time to time, to adopt its own means to effectuate legitimate objects, and to mould and model the exercise of its powers, as its own wisdom...
Página 170 - 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 62 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another, in any civil action before a Circuit or District Court. And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...
Página 228 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by His Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities, in the said territories ceded by His Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of His Catholic Majesty.
Página 302 - Not more than two complete townships to be given perpetually for the purposes of a University, to be laid off by the purchaser or purchasers, as near the center as may be, so that the same shall be of good land, to be applied to the intended object by the legislature of the State.
Página 145 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Página 32 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.
Página 425 - ... or arrested, doth, under the laws of the state or territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labour to the person claiming him or her. it shall be the duty of such judge or magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent or attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labour to the state or territory from which he or she fled.
Página 62 - That the circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds...