United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 42U.S. Government Printing Office, 1843 |
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... matter in hand , he would , at the suggestion of several of his brethren , state to their Honours , that very melancholy tidings had just reached this city , which might make it an appropriate tribute to departed worth , to suspend the ...
... matter in hand , he would , at the suggestion of several of his brethren , state to their Honours , that very melancholy tidings had just reached this city , which might make it an appropriate tribute to departed worth , to suspend the ...
Page xxv
... matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of two thousand dollars , exclusive of costs ; this- to be made appear by affidavit , on to opposite party , or their Counsel in Georgia . Rule as to affidavits to be mutual . XIV . - AUGUST 12 ...
... matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of two thousand dollars , exclusive of costs ; this- to be made appear by affidavit , on to opposite party , or their Counsel in Georgia . Rule as to affidavits to be mutual . XIV . - AUGUST 12 ...
Page xxxiv
... matters of law in such charge to which he excepts ; and that such matters of law , and those only , be in- serted in the bill of exceptions , and allowed by the Court . XXXIX . - JANUARY TERM , 1833 . 1. It is ordered by the Court ...
... matters of law in such charge to which he excepts ; and that such matters of law , and those only , be in- serted in the bill of exceptions , and allowed by the Court . XXXIX . - JANUARY TERM , 1833 . 1. It is ordered by the Court ...
Page xlii
... matters in the suits , to and in which they are parties and solicitors . And notice to the solicitors shall be deemed notice to the parties for whom they appear and whom they repre- sent , in all cases where personal notice on the ...
... matters in the suits , to and in which they are parties and solicitors . And notice to the solicitors shall be deemed notice to the parties for whom they appear and whom they repre- sent , in all cases where personal notice on the ...
Page xlvi
... matter of the bill may be decreed by the court at the next ensuing term thereof accordingly , if the same can be done without an answer , and is proper to be decreed ; or the plaintiff , if he requires any discovery or answer to enable ...
... matter of the bill may be decreed by the court at the next ensuing term thereof accordingly , if the same can be done without an answer , and is proper to be decreed ; or the plaintiff , if he requires any discovery or answer to enable ...
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Page 93 - This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this court, that the decree of the said Circuit Court...
Page 232 - On consideration whereof,. it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Circuit Court in this cause be, and the same is hereby, reversed...
Page xxviii - Court among the Circuits, agreeably to the act of Congress in such case made and provided, and that such allotment be entered of record, viz. : For the First Circuit, HORACE GRAY, Associate Justice.
Page lv - Rule provides, that in all cases where it shall appear to the Court, that persons who might otherwise be deemed necessary or proper parties to the suit, cannot be made parties by reason of their being out of the jurisdiction of the Court, or incapable otherwise of being made parties, or because their joinder would oust the jurisdiction of the Court as to the parties before the Court, the Court may, in their discretion, proceed in the cause without making such persons parties ; and. in such cases,...
Page 166 - Pet. 416 ; and that nothing can call a court of chancery into activity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence ; and where these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing; and, therefore, from the beginning of equity jurisdiction, there was always a limitation of suit in that court.
Page lvi - ... in the same manner and to the same extent as the executors or administrators in suits concerning personal estate represent the persons beneficially interested in such personal estate, and in such cases it shall not be necessary to make the persons beneficially interested under the...
Page xxv - Process of subpoena, issuing out of this court, in any suit in equity, shall be served on the defendant sixty days before the return day of the said process; and if the defendant, on such service of the subpoena, shall not appear at the return day, the complainant shall be at liberty to proceed ex parte.
Page xlviii - The prayer for process of subpoena in the bill shall contain the names of all the defendants named in the introductory part of the bill, and if any of them are known to be infants under age, or otherwise under guardianship, shall state the fact, so that the court may take order thereon as justice may require, upon the return of the proces.
Page 191 - ... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence.
Page 200 - That every person or corporation who has, or shall have, purchased or constructed any newly invented machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, prior to the application by the inventor or discoverer for a patent, shall be held to possess the right to use, and vend to others to be used, the specific machine, manufacture, or composition of matter so made or purchased, without liability therefor to the inventor, or any other person interested in such invention...