United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ...Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1886 |
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Page 44
... held , that the Legislature may declare the right to carry on any business or occupation to be a privilege , to be purchased from the State on such con- ditions as the statute law may prescribe , and that it is illegal to carry on such ...
... held , that the Legislature may declare the right to carry on any business or occupation to be a privilege , to be purchased from the State on such con- ditions as the statute law may prescribe , and that it is illegal to carry on such ...
Page 51
... held ( and it is stated that the Su- preme Court of Tennessee , on appeal , affirmed its ruling ) , that this privilege tax , as to such of the cars as passed and repassed through the State , and did not abide in it , was not amenable ...
... held ( and it is stated that the Su- preme Court of Tennessee , on appeal , affirmed its ruling ) , that this privilege tax , as to such of the cars as passed and repassed through the State , and did not abide in it , was not amenable ...
Page 53
... the liability of the State on ac- count thereof , and the desire of the State to withdraw them and thus relieve itself . It then proceeded to require that all Statement of Facts . such bonds then held by the HAGOOD v . SOUTHERN . 53 333.
... the liability of the State on ac- count thereof , and the desire of the State to withdraw them and thus relieve itself . It then proceeded to require that all Statement of Facts . such bonds then held by the HAGOOD v . SOUTHERN . 53 333.
Page 54
... held by the financial agent of the State , as security for advances of money made to the railroad company by the State , should be delivered up and cancelled , releasing the railroad company from all liability on account of such ...
... held by the financial agent of the State , as security for advances of money made to the railroad company by the State , should be delivered up and cancelled , releasing the railroad company from all liability on account of such ...
Page 55
... held by Wesley as collateral security for his advance . Other bonds of said railroad company guaranteed by the State , by like exchanges , were surrendered by other holders , who re- ceived and held corresponding amounts of said revenue ...
... held by Wesley as collateral security for his advance . Other bonds of said railroad company guaranteed by the State , by like exchanges , were surrendered by other holders , who re- ceived and held corresponding amounts of said revenue ...
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Page 234 - ... the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding,
Page 575 - No contract or order, or any interest therein, shall be transferred by the party to whom such contract or order is given to any other party, and any such transfer shall cause the annulment of the contract or order transferred, so far as the United States are concerned. All rights of action, however, for any breach of such contract by the contracting parties, are reserved to the United States.
Page 35 - All property shall be taxed according to its value; that value to be ascertained in such manner as the legislature shall direct, so that the same shall be equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected, shall be taxed higher than any other species of property of equal value.
Page 246 - In jail, unless where he is In custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; or is In custody for an act done or omitted in pursuance of a law of the United States...
Page 158 - If the States may tax one instrument, employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they may tax any and every other instrument. They may tax the mail; they may tax the mint; they may tax patent rights; they may tax the papers of the custom house ; they may tax judicial process ; they may tax all the means employed by the government, to an excess which would defeat all the ends of government. This was not intended by the American people. They did not design to make their government dependent...
Page 721 - Any carrier or party liable on account of loss of or damage to any of said property shall have the full benefit of any insurance that may have been effected upon or on account of said property, so far as this shall not avoid the policies or contracts of insurance: Provided, That the carrier reimburse the claimant for the premium paid thereon.
Page 316 - Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses, and Misfortunes, that have or shall come to the Hurt, Detriment, or Damage of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof...
Page 579 - States no witness shall be excluded in any action on account of color, or in any civil action because he is a party to or interested in the issue tried : Provided, 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 \vith, or statement by, the testator, intestate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to...
Page 431 - ... if the suit is one in which there can be a final determination of the controversy, so far as it concerns him, without the presence of the other defendants as parties in the cause...
Page 340 - That if, in any suit commenced in a circuit court, or removed from a state court to a circuit court of the United States, it shall appear to the satisfaction of said circuit court, at any time after such suit has been brought or removed thereto, that such suit does not really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy properly within the jurisdiction of said circuit court...