United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 17; Volume 107Little, Brown, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... reference to appeals from the Court of Claims , be , and the same is hereby , made applicable to appeals in all cases here- tofore or hereafter decided by that court under the jurisdiction conferred by the act of June 16 , 1880 , c ...
... reference to appeals from the Court of Claims , be , and the same is hereby , made applicable to appeals in all cases here- tofore or hereafter decided by that court under the jurisdiction conferred by the act of June 16 , 1880 , c ...
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... reference to it . After the ver- dict , a motion for a new trial was made on two grounds , first , that the damages were excessive , and , second , " that since the trial evidence vital to the case has been discovered . " That motion ...
... reference to it . After the ver- dict , a motion for a new trial was made on two grounds , first , that the damages were excessive , and , second , " that since the trial evidence vital to the case has been discovered . " That motion ...
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... reference to the doctrines of commercial law and general ju- risprudence : and when contracts and transactions have been entered into and rights have accrued thereon under a particular state of the decisions of the State tribunals , or ...
... reference to the doctrines of commercial law and general ju- risprudence : and when contracts and transactions have been entered into and rights have accrued thereon under a particular state of the decisions of the State tribunals , or ...
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... references to the legis- lation of the American colonies and the States on the subject . 3. Quære , Is it not exclusively the province of Congress to determine whether a charge or duty , under an inspection law , is or is not excessive ...
... references to the legis- lation of the American colonies and the States on the subject . 3. Quære , Is it not exclusively the province of Congress to determine whether a charge or duty , under an inspection law , is or is not excessive ...
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... reference to its marks and numbers as previously recorded ; that , under sect . 14 of that act , the in- spector shall mark with a marking - iron , on the side of each hogshead , its warehouse number and weight , and on each head its ...
... reference to its marks and numbers as previously recorded ; that , under sect . 14 of that act , the in- spector shall mark with a marking - iron , on the side of each hogshead , its warehouse number and weight , and on each head its ...
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Page 112 - When any civil suit or criminal prosecution is commenced in any state court, for any cause whatsoever, against any person who is denied or cannot enforce in the judicial tribunals of the State, or in the part of the State where such suit or prosecution is pending, any right secured to him by any law providing for the equal civil rights of citizens of the United States...
Page 260 - 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 745 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Page 562 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 690 - 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 214 - That suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States, in any case where plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law.
Page 266 - ... to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted...
Page 798 - Nothing is more material to the obligation of a contract than the means of its enforcement. The ideas of validity and remedy are inseparable, and both are parts of the obligation which is guaranteed by the Constitution against impairment; The obligation of a contract "is the law which binds the parties to perform their agreement.
Page 489 - ... all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof...
Page 535 - ... per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July of each year, at the...