Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volumes 70-73LEXIS Law Pub., 1901 First series, books 1-43, includes "Notes on U.S. reports" by Walter Malins Rose. |
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... ground set forth in the affidavit of Mr. Carey . The court sustained the objection and denied the petition . Blossom appealed to this court . Mr. M. H. Carpenter , for appellant : A decree for a sale " to effect a partition , or to pay ...
... ground set forth in the affidavit of Mr. Carey . The court sustained the objection and denied the petition . Blossom appealed to this court . Mr. M. H. Carpenter , for appellant : A decree for a sale " to effect a partition , or to pay ...
Page 49
... ground for dismissal was supplied by act of Con- gress of February 27 , 1865 , which was held valid and effectual by this court1 at the last term . This ground , therefore , must be regard- ed as untenable . The first ground is equally ...
... ground for dismissal was supplied by act of Con- gress of February 27 , 1865 , which was held valid and effectual by this court1 at the last term . This ground , therefore , must be regard- ed as untenable . The first ground is equally ...
Page 50
... ground that a controversy con- cerning the possessory right to a mining claim , existing under the express sanction of the ter- ritorial legislature and the implied sanction of the national government , does not relate to a subject ...
... ground that a controversy con- cerning the possessory right to a mining claim , existing under the express sanction of the ter- ritorial legislature and the implied sanction of the national government , does not relate to a subject ...
Page 57
... ground for condemning the cargo , if not the vessel also . Did the court err , then , in refusing the claim- ants cost and damages ? If the cargo or vessel should have been con- demned , of course the claimants cannot com- plain of a ...
... ground for condemning the cargo , if not the vessel also . Did the court err , then , in refusing the claim- ants cost and damages ? If the cargo or vessel should have been con- demned , of course the claimants cannot com- plain of a ...
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... ground of breach of the blockade ? 1. It is a self - evident proposition that , in or- der to justify a seizure and condemnation of property as prize of war for breach of a block- ade , the blockade must in point of fact be ex- isting ...
... ground of breach of the blockade ? 1. It is a self - evident proposition that , in or- der to justify a seizure and condemnation of property as prize of war for breach of a block- ade , the blockade must in point of fact be ex- isting ...
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Page 373 - The Constitution of the United States is a law 'for rulers and people equally in war and in peace and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 235 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 244 - Every incorporated or other bank, and every person, firm, or company having a place of business where credits are opened by the deposit or collection of money or currency, subject to be paid or remitted upon draft, check, or order, or where money is advanced or loaned on stocks, bonds, bullion, bills of exchange, or promissory notes, or where stocks, bonds, bullion, bills of exchange, or promissory notes are received for discount or for sale, shall be regarded as a bank or as a banker...
Page 373 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Page 373 - The question remains whether the plaintiff has made out his title; for he must recover (if at all) upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversaries.
Page 373 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 373 - ... and as no power is left but the military, it is allowed to govern by martial rule until the laws can have their free course.
Page 373 - Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the time of the commission of the offense, in order to convict the offender.
Page 373 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal; and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was, when committed.
Page 185 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.