United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 161United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1896 - Courts |
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... ground is shown for equitable relief , by injunction , by account of profits , or otherwise , the plaintiff should be left to his action at law for damages . Upon a suit in equity by the patentee of an improvement in caisson gates ...
... ground is shown for equitable relief , by injunction , by account of profits , or otherwise , the plaintiff should be left to his action at law for damages . Upon a suit in equity by the patentee of an improvement in caisson gates ...
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... ground of each of which was that the only caisson gate that the defendants had any relation with was not made by them , and was not used by them for their own benefit , but was made and used by the United States in a dry dock at a navy ...
... ground of each of which was that the only caisson gate that the defendants had any relation with was not made by them , and was not used by them for their own benefit , but was made and used by the United States in a dry dock at a navy ...
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... ground upon which profits are recovered is that they are the benefits which have accrued to the defendants from their wrongful use of the plaintiff's invention , and for which they are liable , ex aequo et bono , to the like extent as a ...
... ground upon which profits are recovered is that they are the benefits which have accrued to the defendants from their wrongful use of the plaintiff's invention , and for which they are liable , ex aequo et bono , to the like extent as a ...
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... ground for equitable relief , by injunction , by account of profits , or otherwise , being shown , the proper rem- edy of the plaintiff against the defendants for such damages is by action at law . Elizabeth v . Pavement Co. , and Root ...
... ground for equitable relief , by injunction , by account of profits , or otherwise , being shown , the proper rem- edy of the plaintiff against the defendants for such damages is by action at law . Elizabeth v . Pavement Co. , and Root ...
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... ground that there was an adequate and complete remedy by a suit against the United States as upon implied contract . But the court does not proceed dis- tinctly on that ground . If the plaintiff cannot sue the United States to recover ...
... ground that there was an adequate and complete remedy by a suit against the United States as upon implied contract . But the court does not proceed dis- tinctly on that ground . If the plaintiff cannot sue the United States to recover ...
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Page 4 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 594 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,...
Page 348 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance ' of such a claim,...
Page 617 - This can only be obviated by adhering to the rule that constitutional provisions for the security of person and property should be liberally construed. A close and literal construction deprives them of half their efficacy, and leads to gradual depreciation of the right, as if it consisted more in sound than in substance. It is the duty of the courts to be watchful for the constitutional rights of the citizen, and against any stealthy encroachments thereon.
Page 610 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Page 635 - It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form; but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure.
Page 531 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a state, or between different parts of the same state, and which does not extend to or affect other states.
Page 509 - A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offence in respect of which his surrender is demanded is one of a political character...
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Page 126 - In any case in which the jurisdiction of the court is in issue: in such cases the question of jurisdiction alone shall be certified to the Supreme Court from the court below for decision.