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 457
In such case it is not the possession alone , but that it is accompanied with the
claim of the fee which gives this effect , by construction of law , to the acts of the
party . But such effect is limited to the claim actually made , and a claim of a
different ...
In such case it is not the possession alone , but that it is accompanied with the
claim of the fee which gives this effect , by construction of law , to the acts of the
party . But such effect is limited to the claim actually made , and a claim of a
different ...
Page 537
The only remaining question is , as to the effect of the discharge of Minturn and
Champlin from imprisonment by the Secretary of the Treasury , under the act of
Congress of the 6th of June , 1798 . This act , although it authorizes the discharge
...
The only remaining question is , as to the effect of the discharge of Minturn and
Champlin from imprisonment by the Secretary of the Treasury , under the act of
Congress of the 6th of June , 1798 . This act , although it authorizes the discharge
...
Page 567
But an original suit is required to be brought ; and if this is done , and the dissent
entered within the time limited by the act , the award has no effect upon the rights
of the parties . That these commissioners were acting in the character of ...
But an original suit is required to be brought ; and if this is done , and the dissent
entered within the time limited by the act , the award has no effect upon the rights
of the parties . That these commissioners were acting in the character of ...
Page 661
This resolution was communicated to the Cashier and carried into effect on the
30th day of the same month : Held , that ... did not take effect instanter on the 27th
, but on the 30th , when it was made known to the Cashier ; and that until then he
...
This resolution was communicated to the Cashier and carried into effect on the
30th day of the same month : Held , that ... did not take effect instanter on the 27th
, but on the 30th , when it was made known to the Cashier ; and that until then he
...
Page 667
Or when did the suspension take effect ; whether on the 27th of October when the
resolution was passed , or on the 30th when it was made known to Magill ? The
jury having found that the embezzlement was before the 30th , any neglect on ...
Or when did the suspension take effect ; whether on the 27th of October when the
resolution was passed , or on the 30th when it was made known to Magill ? The
jury having found that the embezzlement was before the 30th , any neglect on ...
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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...