United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 249U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 |
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... held , where tax - bills were issued for street improvements under the authority of Art . VI , § 14 , of the charter of the City of St. Louis , that the one - fourth levied and assessed under the front - foot rule is valid and ...
... held , where tax - bills were issued for street improvements under the authority of Art . VI , § 14 , of the charter of the City of St. Louis , that the one - fourth levied and assessed under the front - foot rule is valid and ...
Page 73
... held not to involve the provisions of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 , Arts . VIII and XIII , providing that the cession shall not impair property rights previously acquired , and that rights of property secured by copyrights and patents ...
... held not to involve the provisions of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 , Arts . VIII and XIII , providing that the cession shall not impair property rights previously acquired , and that rights of property secured by copyrights and patents ...
Page 80
... held title to the land , made and delivered a deed for the same to the plaintiff in error , Whitehead , which deed was filed for record in the office of the 20th Recording Dis- 79 . Opinion of the Court . trict at Ryan 80 0 OCTOBER TERM ...
... held title to the land , made and delivered a deed for the same to the plaintiff in error , Whitehead , which deed was filed for record in the office of the 20th Recording Dis- 79 . Opinion of the Court . trict at Ryan 80 0 OCTOBER TERM ...
Page 86
... Held , that the provisions of § 2 have a reasonable rela- tion to the enforcement of the tax provided by § 1 ( which is clearly unobjectionable ) , and do not exceed the power of Congress . P. 94 . 246 Fed . Rep . 958 , reversed . THE ...
... Held , that the provisions of § 2 have a reasonable rela- tion to the enforcement of the tax provided by § 1 ( which is clearly unobjectionable ) , and do not exceed the power of Congress . P. 94 . 246 Fed . Rep . 958 , reversed . THE ...
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... held to be within the proper scope of the legis- lative power . In re Kollock , supra ; McCray v . United States , supra ; Nicol v . Ames , 173 U. S. 509 ; Felsenheld v . United States , 186 U. S. 126 ; United States v . 132 Packages ...
... held to be within the proper scope of the legis- lative power . In re Kollock , supra ; McCray v . United States , supra ; Nicol v . Ames , 173 U. S. 509 ; Felsenheld v . United States , 186 U. S. 126 ; United States v . 132 Packages ...
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Page 446 - ... where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States...
Page 442 - States have full title, not reserved, sold, granted, or otherwise appropriated, and free from preemption, or other claims or rights, at the time the line of said road is definitely fixed, and a plat thereof filed in the office of the Commissioner of the General Land Office...
Page 512 - These provisions are universal in their application, to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality ; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws.
Page 342 - On each claim located after the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been Issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year.
Page 496 - In the case of mixtures or compounds which may be now or from time to time hereafter known as articles of food, under their own distinctive names, and not an imitation of or offered for sale under the distinctive name of another article, if the name be accompanied on the same label or brand with a statement of the place where said article has been manufactured or produced. Second. In the case of articles labeled, branded, or tagged so as to plainly indicate that they are compounds, imitations or...
Page 534 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to use on its line any locomotive engine in moving interstate traffic...
Page 298 - railroad" as used in this act shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease; and the term "transportation" shall include all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage.
Page 50 - When a nation is at war many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight...
Page 50 - The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Page 545 - If a bankrupt shall have given a preference within four months before the filing of a petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, and the person receiving it, or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall have had reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a preference, it shall be voidable by the trustee, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.