Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Volume 7Gilbert Book Company, 1885 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 103
... established the county seat of Mahoning county at Canfield , but it was provided that the county seat should be considered permanently established only on the execution of a bond by the citizens of Canfield in the sum of $ 5,000 , to be ...
... established the county seat of Mahoning county at Canfield , but it was provided that the county seat should be considered permanently established only on the execution of a bond by the citizens of Canfield in the sum of $ 5,000 , to be ...
Page 106
... established . In that case , both had been done and both were sustained . The reasoning of the court was substantially the same with ours touching the eighth section of the act of 1846 here in question . Elwell v . Tucker , 1 id . , 285 ...
... established . In that case , both had been done and both were sustained . The reasoning of the court was substantially the same with ours touching the eighth section of the act of 1846 here in question . Elwell v . Tucker , 1 id . , 285 ...
Page 107
... established " at the designated place . We are , therefore , to consider what is the meaning of the phrase " permanently established . " Domicile is acquired by residence and the animus manendi , the intent to remain . A permanent ...
... established " at the designated place . We are , therefore , to consider what is the meaning of the phrase " permanently established . " Domicile is acquired by residence and the animus manendi , the intent to remain . A permanent ...
Page 111
... established for the security of property and to decide on human rights , if it might claim to itself the power of judging in its own case , yet there are certain great principles of justice whose authority is universally acknowledged ...
... established for the security of property and to decide on human rights , if it might claim to itself the power of judging in its own case , yet there are certain great principles of justice whose authority is universally acknowledged ...
Page 135
... established in a court of justice ; and this con- tinued to be the case , till the adoption of the new constitution , previous to the admission of Texas as a state of the Union , in 1845 ( 5 Stats . at Large , 797 ) . The eleventh ...
... established in a court of justice ; and this con- tinued to be the case , till the adoption of the new constitution , previous to the admission of Texas as a state of the Union , in 1845 ( 5 Stats . at Large , 797 ) . The eleventh ...
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Page 152 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, 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 254 - Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former are expressly prohibited by the declarations prefixed to some of the state constitutions, and all of them are prohibited by the spirit and scope of these fundamental charters. Our own experience has taught us nevertheless, that additional fences against these dangers ought not to be omitted. Very...
Page 610 - 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 costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 650 - 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 603 - Of all crimes and offenses cognizable under the authority of the United States.
Page 638 - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 596 - The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority...
Page 678 - It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations, if any other possible construction remains, and consequently can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations as understood in this country.
Page 20 - ... all cases where any person may be restrained of his or her liberty in violation of the constitution, or of any treaty or law of the United States...
Page 218 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.