Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, Volume 5Callaghan, 1876 |
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... brought into court . They are no more than if the defendant came into court in his own proper per- son and acknowledged judgment ore tenus . 7. It is competent to the defendant to move that these judg- ments be vacated . 8. The court ...
... brought into court . They are no more than if the defendant came into court in his own proper per- son and acknowledged judgment ore tenus . 7. It is competent to the defendant to move that these judg- ments be vacated . 8. The court ...
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... brought before 1 Massie's Heirs vs. Graham's Administor's , 3 McLean's Reports , 41 ; Wi- ser vs. Blachly , 2 Johnson's Chancery Reports , 488 ; Story's Equity Plead- ings , §833 . • Phillips vs. Mariner . the court . To obviate this ...
... brought before 1 Massie's Heirs vs. Graham's Administor's , 3 McLean's Reports , 41 ; Wi- ser vs. Blachly , 2 Johnson's Chancery Reports , 488 ; Story's Equity Plead- ings , §833 . • Phillips vs. Mariner . the court . To obviate this ...
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... brought directly to the notice of the court , the complainants would be required to account for the third note in some way , or the decree would have ordered a portion of the proceeds of sale to it . If that note is not in the hands of ...
... brought directly to the notice of the court , the complainants would be required to account for the third note in some way , or the decree would have ordered a portion of the proceeds of sale to it . If that note is not in the hands of ...
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... brought by these plaintiffs against the defendants in the circuit court for Green county in this state , before this suit was commenced ; and that the said former suit was , at the time of commencing this suit , and still is , pending ...
... brought by these plaintiffs against the defendants in the circuit court for Green county in this state , before this suit was commenced ; and that the said former suit was , at the time of commencing this suit , and still is , pending ...
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... brought by him and then pending in Ohio against A and B , praying damages for its breach or other equitable relief , held , good plea in abatement . It was here contended that the plea of another suit was only applicable where the ...
... brought by him and then pending in Ohio against A and B , praying damages for its breach or other equitable relief , held , good plea in abatement . It was here contended that the plea of another suit was only applicable where the ...
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Page 46 - L. 78) declares, that the Circuit Courts of the United States 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...
Page 75 - In all cases where the rules prescribed by this Court, or by the Circuit Court, do not apply, the practice of the Circuit Court shall be regulated by the present practice of the High Court of Chancery in England, so far as the same may reasonably be applied consistently with the local circumstances and local convenience of the district where the 'Court is held, not as positive rules, but as furnishing just analogies to regulate the practice.
Page 400 - When the action is between herself and her husband, she may sue or be sued alone; 3.
Page 502 - ... its shareholders or creditors; and all payments of money to either, made after the commission of an act of insolvency, or in contemplation thereof, made with a view to prevent the application of its assets in the manner prescribed by this chapter, or with a view to the preference of one creditor to another, except in payment of its circulating notes, shall be utterly null and void...
Page 37 - ... shall be exempt from forced sale on execution, or any other final process from a court, for any debt contracted after the adoption of this constitution.
Page 381 - It is true that a statute, containing a prohibition and a penalty, makes the act which it punishes unlawful, and the same may be implied from a penalty without a prohibition ; but it does not follow that the unlawfulness of the act was meant by the legislature to avoid a contract made in contravention of it. When the statute is silent, and contains nothing from which the contrary can be properly inferred, a contract in contravention of it is void.
Page 324 - That no debt created by the fraud or embezzlement of the bankrupt, or by his defalcation as a public officer, or while acting in any fiduciary character, shall be discharged under this act...
Page 502 - suits, actions, and proceedings by and against any association under this act may be had in any circuit, district, or territorial court of the United States held within the district in which such association may be established.
Page 501 - ... to take any captured vessel, any arms or munitions of war or other material...
Page 448 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within their respective districts as well as upon the high seas...