United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 249U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 |
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... alleged to be due to the Mercantile Bank . On issue joined before a jury , the court , after refusing a request of the Harriman National Bank for a peremptory instruction directing a verdict in its favor , granted a re- quest of like ...
... alleged to be due to the Mercantile Bank . On issue joined before a jury , the court , after refusing a request of the Harriman National Bank for a peremptory instruction directing a verdict in its favor , granted a re- quest of like ...
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... allegations were part of plaintiffs ' case , and involved a construction and application of § 2332 , and hence the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals was reviewable in this court by appeal . Pp . 20-23 . In determining ...
... allegations were part of plaintiffs ' case , and involved a construction and application of § 2332 , and hence the judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals was reviewable in this court by appeal . Pp . 20-23 . In determining ...
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... alleged the facts in that regard attempted to prove them ; ( 3 ) a presumption cannot flow from a record not au- thorized by law ; ( 4 ) when the only step proven - the record - appears on its face to have been taken contrary to law ...
... alleged the facts in that regard attempted to prove them ; ( 3 ) a presumption cannot flow from a record not au- thorized by law ; ( 4 ) when the only step proven - the record - appears on its face to have been taken contrary to law ...
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... Wash- ington and Arizona , and it was so averred . The predecessors of appellees ( so run the allegations ) on April 18 , 1875 , discovered a vein or lode of mineral- 12 . Opinion of the Court . bearing rock in 20 OCTOBER TERM , 1918 .
... Wash- ington and Arizona , and it was so averred . The predecessors of appellees ( so run the allegations ) on April 18 , 1875 , discovered a vein or lode of mineral- 12 . Opinion of the Court . bearing rock in 20 OCTOBER TERM , 1918 .
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... alleged that they were in the actual , open , exclusive and uninterrupted possession of the Elm Orlu , working the ... allegations as grounds of suit and recovery - and made the suit one involving the construc- tion and application of ...
... alleged that they were in the actual , open , exclusive and uninterrupted possession of the Elm Orlu , working the ... allegations as grounds of suit and recovery - and made the suit one involving the construc- tion and application of ...
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Page 446 - ... 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...
Page 442 - States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 512 - These provisions are universal in their application, to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality ; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws.
Page 342 - On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been Issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year.
Page 496 - In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive names, and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced. Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations or...
Page 534 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to use on its line any locomotive engine in moving interstate traffic...
Page 298 - railroad" as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 50 - When a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight...
Page 50 - The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Page 545 - If a bankrupt shall have given a preference within four months before the filing of a petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, and the person receiving it, or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall have had reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a preference, it shall be voidable by the trustee, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.