United States Reports: ... and Rules Announced at ...Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1889 |
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... reference to business done in that State , had the power to lease its rail- road to the defendant company ; and , Second . Whether the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company , the defendant in the action , organized under the laws of the ...
... reference to business done in that State , had the power to lease its rail- road to the defendant company ; and , Second . Whether the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company , the defendant in the action , organized under the laws of the ...
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... made valid by the assent of every one of the share- holders , nor can it by any partial performance become the foundation of a right of action . " Opinion of the Court . Reference was also made in 22 OCTOBER TERM , 1888 .
... made valid by the assent of every one of the share- holders , nor can it by any partial performance become the foundation of a right of action . " Opinion of the Court . Reference was also made in 22 OCTOBER TERM , 1888 .
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... Reference was also made in the same opinion to the case of The York & Maryland Line Railroad Co. v . Winans , 17 How . 30 , which held that a corporation which has undertaken to con- struct and operate a railroad cannot , by alienating ...
... Reference was also made in the same opinion to the case of The York & Maryland Line Railroad Co. v . Winans , 17 How . 30 , which held that a corporation which has undertaken to con- struct and operate a railroad cannot , by alienating ...
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... reference is made to the act of October 22 , 1880 , by which the legislature granted to the " Oregonian Railway Company , Limited , the right of way and station grounds over the state lands , and terminal facilities upon the public ...
... reference is made to the act of October 22 , 1880 , by which the legislature granted to the " Oregonian Railway Company , Limited , the right of way and station grounds over the state lands , and terminal facilities upon the public ...
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... reference to leases was omitted , it is argued that the general power of leasing one road by another wherever situated , without reference to its competition with roads owned by navigation companies , amounts to a restoration of the ...
... reference to leases was omitted , it is argued that the general power of leasing one road by another wherever situated , without reference to its competition with roads owned by navigation companies , amounts to a restoration of the ...
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Page 221 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty, or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Page 426 - The general rule is, that the master is answerable for every such wrong of the servant or agent as is committed in the course of the service and for the master's benefit, though no express command or privity of the master be proved.
Page 348 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 605 - America has chosen to be, in many respects and to many purposes, a nation ; and for all these purposes her government is complete ; to all these objects it is competent. The people have declared that, in the exercise of all powers given for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory.
Page 633 - An act to promote the development of the mining resources of the United States...
Page 592 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 303 - States, in cases where they apply;" and § 914 declares that "the practice, pleadings and forms and modes of proceeding in civil causes, other than equity and admiralty causes, in the Circuit and District Courts, shall conform, as near as may be, to 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 696 - 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.
Page 604 - The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 597 - Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants or from curiosity, together with their body and household servants, and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their own free will and accord, and shall be accorded all the rights, privileges, immunities, and exemptions which are accorded to the citizens and subjects of the most favored nation.