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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Page 52
... brought suit on the second note in the circuit court of Rock county . These plaintiff's were not parties to that suit in Rock county , and it is not in any way binding on them . So far as they have a lien on the money , and have a right ...
... brought suit on the second note in the circuit court of Rock county . These plaintiff's were not parties to that suit in Rock county , and it is not in any way binding on them . So far as they have a lien on the money , and have a right ...
Page 54
... brought suit against the maker , who pleaded in abatement the attachment , which plea was sustained , although the two suits were not in the name of the same parties . In that case the note was transferred to one of the firm to whom the ...
... brought suit against the maker , who pleaded in abatement the attachment , which plea was sustained , although the two suits were not in the name of the same parties . In that case the note was transferred to one of the firm to whom the ...
Page 56
... brought suit against him , the court will not order him to pay the money into court pending such suit , there being no proof of collusion or danger of loss . MILLER , J. - In this bill , Charles Windt is made a party defendant . He is ...
... brought suit against him , the court will not order him to pay the money into court pending such suit , there being no proof of collusion or danger of loss . MILLER , J. - In this bill , Charles Windt is made a party defendant . He is ...
Page 60
... brought on the revived judgment . MILLER , J. - The summons was served on John Brachen . The suit is upon a record of a judgment rendered in the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County , Pennsylvania , by the plaintiff's testator ...
... brought on the revived judgment . MILLER , J. - The summons was served on John Brachen . The suit is upon a record of a judgment rendered in the Court of Common Pleas of Huntingdon County , Pennsylvania , by the plaintiff's testator ...
Page 75
... brought by an original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill . In 2 Mitford's Equity Pleadings , 64 ( Lord Redesdale ) . Mitford's Equity Pleadings , 65 . 1 Tappan vs. Smith . Daniells ' Chancery Pleading and Practice 1863. ] 75 ...
... brought by an original bill in the nature of a supplemental bill . In 2 Mitford's Equity Pleadings , 64 ( Lord Redesdale ) . Mitford's Equity Pleadings , 65 . 1 Tappan vs. Smith . Daniells ' Chancery Pleading and Practice 1863. ] 75 ...
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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...