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 28
Now this practice , which we have on such high authority , together with the forms
of the writs which were used , is considered as furnishing better evidence of the
ancient common law of England than any of the modern decisions which have ...
Now this practice , which we have on such high authority , together with the forms
of the writs which were used , is considered as furnishing better evidence of the
ancient common law of England than any of the modern decisions which have ...
Page 168
But be this as it may , the universal usage on this subject , and the entire absence
of any adjudged cases , are at least primâ facie evidence of its legality . The
practice of our own merchants during the late war , it is well known , was in ...
But be this as it may , the universal usage on this subject , and the entire absence
of any adjudged cases , are at least primâ facie evidence of its legality . The
practice of our own merchants during the late war , it is well known , was in ...
Page 513
With respect to the certificates , the 41st section of the act expressly declares ,
that it is to accompany each chest , as evidence that the same has been lawfully
imported , and the marking is by the officers of inspection , who are under the ...
With respect to the certificates , the 41st section of the act expressly declares ,
that it is to accompany each chest , as evidence that the same has been lawfully
imported , and the marking is by the officers of inspection , who are under the ...
Page 551
Upon the reference the complainants exhibited their charges , claiming the
invoice cost of the shipment , with interest from the 5th of August , 1811 ; and in
support of their charges , offered in evidence the decree and proceedings in the
Court ...
Upon the reference the complainants exhibited their charges , claiming the
invoice cost of the shipment , with interest from the 5th of August , 1811 ; and in
support of their charges , offered in evidence the decree and proceedings in the
Court ...
Page 585
This evidence was not admitted . W . Slosson , S . B . RUGGLES , and C . C . King
for the plaintiffs . T . A . Emmer and J . P . Hall for the defendants , insisted and
desired the Court to charge the juryThat , as it appeared by the deposition of ...
This evidence was not admitted . W . Slosson , S . B . RUGGLES , and C . C . King
for the plaintiffs . T . A . Emmer and J . P . Hall for the defendants , insisted and
desired the Court to charge the juryThat , as it appeared by the deposition of ...
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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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