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 1R. Donaldson, 1827 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 74
... payment of his own wages and perquisites , before any of it should be applied to extinguish the disburse- ments made ... pay him for all disbursements he had made , and that the ba- lance due him was not so large as his claim for wages ...
... payment of his own wages and perquisites , before any of it should be applied to extinguish the disburse- ments made ... pay him for all disbursements he had made , and that the ba- lance due him was not so large as his claim for wages ...
Page 75
... payment on account of his own wages , and thus revive a credit against the owners for these advances on this point the evidence is conclusive . Nor is it less so that the sums paid by the libellant to two of the ma- riners , who sued ...
... payment on account of his own wages , and thus revive a credit against the owners for these advances on this point the evidence is conclusive . Nor is it less so that the sums paid by the libellant to two of the ma- riners , who sued ...
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... payments were authorized to be made by instalments . In some states the interest which had accrued during the war ... pay in the precious metals , afforded any security to the creditor . The Courts of Justice . in many of the states had ...
... payments were authorized to be made by instalments . In some states the interest which had accrued during the war ... pay in the precious metals , afforded any security to the creditor . The Courts of Justice . in many of the states had ...
Page 98
... payment of the debt ; but from personal confine- ment , on condition of making payment as far as he is able ? The Court has proceeded on a belief , that most , if not all , of the states had been in the habit of extending their ...
... payment of the debt ; but from personal confine- ment , on condition of making payment as far as he is able ? The Court has proceeded on a belief , that most , if not all , of the states had been in the habit of extending their ...
Page 107
... payment . The Court having already expressed its opinion on the inap- plicability of the lex loci contractus to all cases of this kind , will only add , that this rule has performed its office , when a construction is given to the ...
... payment . The Court having already expressed its opinion on the inap- plicability of the lex loci contractus to all cases of this kind , will only add , that this rule has performed its office , when a construction is given to the ...
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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...