Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Second Circuit: Comprising the Districts of New-York, Connecticut, and VermontR. Donaldson, 1827 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 113
This sum of one thousand dollars was accordingly paid to the captors , as also
five hundred and forty - two dollars and twenty - one cents for Court and law
charges ; to raise which , in specie , as no other money would be received , and
also ...
This sum of one thousand dollars was accordingly paid to the captors , as also
five hundred and forty - two dollars and twenty - one cents for Court and law
charges ; to raise which , in specie , as no other money would be received , and
also ...
Page 122
The Amiable Nancy . lante parties making it , and those who are now to be
charged with it , that it must be considered as ... necessarily consequent on it , or
too uncertain , if they are to form a proper charge against the owners of the
Scourge .
The Amiable Nancy . lante parties making it , and those who are now to be
charged with it , that it must be considered as ... necessarily consequent on it , or
too uncertain , if they are to form a proper charge against the owners of the
Scourge .
Page 267
LIVINGSTON , J . charged the jury as follows : A very solemn and important office
now devolves on you , no less than that of deciding ... To this charge , the
prisoner has pleaded not guilty , and for trial has put himself on a jury of his
country .
LIVINGSTON , J . charged the jury as follows : A very solemn and important office
now devolves on you , no less than that of deciding ... To this charge , the
prisoner has pleaded not guilty , and for trial has put himself on a jury of his
country .
Page 388
... the cargo ; crediting the defendant with the monies paid at Batavia , and the
proceeds of seven hundred piculs of coffee , deducting therefrom the sum paid
for insurance , and rejecting all the other charges in the account of Samuel
Williams .
... the cargo ; crediting the defendant with the monies paid at Batavia , and the
proceeds of seven hundred piculs of coffee , deducting therefrom the sum paid
for insurance , and rejecting all the other charges in the account of Samuel
Williams .
Page 547
John Willard et al . warrant , must be charged to such appropriation in the books
of the proper officer in the Treasury ... The other charge of advances to Baldwin is
twenty - nine thousand seven hundred and thirty - two dollars forty - two cents ...
John Willard et al . warrant , must be charged to such appropriation in the books
of the proper officer in the Treasury ... The other charge of advances to Baldwin is
twenty - nine thousand seven hundred and thirty - two dollars forty - two cents ...
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Page 42 - ... 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...
Page 428 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 58 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void; and form no bar to a recovery sought, even prior to a reversal, in opposition to them.
Page 447 - The several courts vested with jurisdiction of cases arising under the patent laws shall have power to grant injunctions according to the course and principles of courts of equity...
Page 398 - 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...
Page 700 - ... shall also have exclusive original cognizance of all seizures on .land, or other waters than as aforesaid, made, and of all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred, under the laws of the United States.
Page 564 - We receive the construction given by the courts of the nation as the true sense of the law, and feel ourselves no more at liberty to depart from that construction than to depart from the words of the statute. On this principle, the construction given by this court to the constitution and laws of the United States is received by all as the true construction ; and on the same principle, the construction given by the courts of the several States to the legislative acts of those States, is received as...
Page 211 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 649 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 13 - Land of New England beginning at a certain place called or known by the name of St Croix next adjoining to New...
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| Title | Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Second Circuit: Comprising the Districts of New-York, Connecticut, and Vermont Volume 1 of Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States, for the Second Circuit, Comprising the Districts of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) |
| Authors | Elijah Paine, United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) |
| Editors | Elijah Paine, Thomas Whitney Waterman |
| Publisher | R. Donaldson, 1827 |
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