Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 8; Volume 75W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1870 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... limited means of remunera- tion , that procured him ' many clients of this description ; and for many he went through with repeated and arduous conflicts , without money . In the conducting of his case , he was not apt to trouble him ...
... limited means of remunera- tion , that procured him ' many clients of this description ; and for many he went through with repeated and arduous conflicts , without money . In the conducting of his case , he was not apt to trouble him ...
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... limited in this coun- try to tide waters , but extended to the lakes and the waters connecting them ; the previous act of 1845 ( 5 Stat . at Large , 726 ) , entitled “ An act extending the jurisdiction of the District Courts to certain ...
... limited in this coun- try to tide waters , but extended to the lakes and the waters connecting them ; the previous act of 1845 ( 5 Stat . at Large , 726 ) , entitled “ An act extending the jurisdiction of the District Courts to certain ...
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... limited to tide waters was a mis- * The Thomas Jefferson , 10 Wheaton , 428 ; The Steamboat Orleans , 11 Peters , 175 . 5 Stat . at Large , 726 . 12 Howard , 443 . Statement of the case . take , and that the 16 [ Sup . Ct . THE EAGLE .
... limited to tide waters was a mis- * The Thomas Jefferson , 10 Wheaton , 428 ; The Steamboat Orleans , 11 Peters , 175 . 5 Stat . at Large , 726 . 12 Howard , 443 . Statement of the case . take , and that the 16 [ Sup . Ct . THE EAGLE .
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... limited by the act of 1845. In Allen v . Newberry , * Nelson , J. , speaking also for the court , says , that " the act confines the jurisdic- tion to cases mentioned in it . " And in The Hine v . Trevor , t Miller , J. , says , that ...
... limited by the act of 1845. In Allen v . Newberry , * Nelson , J. , speaking also for the court , says , that " the act confines the jurisdic- tion to cases mentioned in it . " And in The Hine v . Trevor , t Miller , J. , says , that ...
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... limited to cases of " contract and tort , arising in , upon , or concerning steamboats , and other vessels , of twenty tons burden and upwards , enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade , and at the time employed in the business of ...
... limited to cases of " contract and tort , arising in , upon , or concerning steamboats , and other vessels , of twenty tons burden and upwards , enrolled and licensed for the coasting trade , and at the time employed in the business of ...
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Page 389 - 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, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
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Page 170 - States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively...
Page 172 - 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.
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Page 14 - It follows that the decree of the Circuit Court must be REVERSED, and the cause remanded, for further hearing and decree, in conformity with this opinion.
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