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
... reason for insisting on a similar mode of promulgating acts of Congress by
proclamation , it is abundantly sufficient , were any authority necessary , to show
that in some Ship Cotton Planter . way or other some notification must NEW -
YORK ,
... reason for insisting on a similar mode of promulgating acts of Congress by
proclamation , it is abundantly sufficient , were any authority necessary , to show
that in some Ship Cotton Planter . way or other some notification must NEW -
YORK ,
Page 162
... not think it necessary or proper on that ground to reverse the judgment of the
District Court . It is considered . rather as an objection of form , and cured by the
32d section of the judiciary act . Whether the Messrs . Barings might have urged ...
... not think it necessary or proper on that ground to reverse the judgment of the
District Court . It is considered . rather as an objection of form , and cured by the
32d section of the judiciary act . Whether the Messrs . Barings might have urged ...
Page 167
Nay , it may often be necessary for the subjects of the one to remit monies to
those of the other , as the best and safest way of disposing of funds which they
may have abroad , and which may arise from their commerce with neutral nations
.
Nay , it may often be necessary for the subjects of the one to remit monies to
those of the other , as the best and safest way of disposing of funds which they
may have abroad , and which may arise from their commerce with neutral nations
.
Page 173
This is a new mode of enforcing national law ; and this case might without
difficulty , were it necessary , be distinguished from the cases in which common
law courts will give no remedy for monies which have been paid , as the
consideration of ...
This is a new mode of enforcing national law ; and this case might without
difficulty , were it necessary , be distinguished from the cases in which common
law courts will give no remedy for monies which have been paid , as the
consideration of ...
Page 183
... it seems reasonable that those who have been negligent should suffer , and
not an innocent purchaser . , Some rule of this kind appears the more necessary
in a case where it is so difficult , if not impossible , to ascertain either the
existence ...
... it seems reasonable that those who have been negligent should suffer , and
not an innocent purchaser . , Some rule of this kind appears the more necessary
in a case where it is so difficult , if not impossible , to ascertain either the
existence ...
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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...