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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There may be a difference in name , but there is none in reality , between an ex
post facto law , which Congress cannot pass , and one whose operation is to be
so universal and instantaneous . The position that the law intends every person
to ...
There may be a difference in name , but there is none in reality , between an ex
post facto law , which Congress cannot pass , and one whose operation is to be
so universal and instantaneous . The position that the law intends every person
to ...
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Storey . where he was discharged under the insolvent law of that state , of the 3d
of April , 1811 , which was passed after the making of the notes . Held that his
discharge was a good bar to the action . LIVINGSTON , J . This is an action
brought ...
Storey . where he was discharged under the insolvent law of that state , of the 3d
of April , 1811 , which was passed after the making of the notes . Held that his
discharge was a good bar to the action . LIVINGSTON , J . This is an action
brought ...
Page 99
Storey . passed . In May , 1761 , another passed requiring the assent of three -
fourths of the creditors in value , which expired in 1770 . From that time until 1784
no general system was in force , but many acts were occasionally passed for the
...
Storey . passed . In May , 1761 , another passed requiring the assent of three -
fourths of the creditors in value , which expired in 1770 . From that time until 1784
no general system was in force , but many acts were occasionally passed for the
...
Page 235
This act passed March 2d , 1799 . The first act regulating the collection of duties
and containing a similar provision , passed 1st September , 1789 . Both these
laws require of the Court , where the prosecution is depending , to hear and ...
This act passed March 2d , 1799 . The first act regulating the collection of duties
and containing a similar provision , passed 1st September , 1789 . Both these
laws require of the Court , where the prosecution is depending , to hear and ...
Page 236
As this act was the first of the kind which had been passed , and not until the law
for the collection of duties had been in force for several years , during which
period many seizures for forfeitures had been made , it very properly contained a
...
As this act was the first of the kind which had been passed , and not until the law
for the collection of duties had been in force for several years , during which
period many seizures for forfeitures had been made , it very properly contained a
...
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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 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 | United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit), Elijah Paine |
| Editors | Elijah Paine, Thomas Whitney Waterman |
| Publisher | R. Donaldson, 1827 |
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