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... action was upon a simple contract ; but the agreement here is under seal , and the ac- tion is an action of debt founded on the bond given to secure the performance of the agree- ment ; and it is an elementary rule , that a bond or ...
... action was upon a simple contract ; but the agreement here is under seal , and the ac- tion is an action of debt founded on the bond given to secure the performance of the agree- ment ; and it is an elementary rule , that a bond or ...
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... action . Mr. Lovett's proposition included an undertaking on the part of the United States to make good this loss ; but his proposition was not accepted , and the case stands as if it had bever been made . The obligations of the Unit ...
... action . Mr. Lovett's proposition included an undertaking on the part of the United States to make good this loss ; but his proposition was not accepted , and the case stands as if it had bever been made . The obligations of the Unit ...
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... action was prosecuted , requires the Court of Claims to find , among other things , the amount of the loss which had been sustained . This is essential . In the finding of facts set up in this record , the amount of the loss does not ...
... action was prosecuted , requires the Court of Claims to find , among other things , the amount of the loss which had been sustained . This is essential . In the finding of facts set up in this record , the amount of the loss does not ...
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... action of its own officer , the en gineer , who was also , by the terms of the con tract , authorized by the parties ... action of the en- gineer , as binding the City , the further fact of their acceptance and use of the wells . Wheth ...
... action of its own officer , the en gineer , who was also , by the terms of the con tract , authorized by the parties ... action of the en- gineer , as binding the City , the further fact of their acceptance and use of the wells . Wheth ...
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... action was , therefore , well brought . If it had been in debt , damages would have been awarded for the deten- tion of the debt sued for . The action not being in debt , the same amount was properly included in the mass of the damages ...
... action was , therefore , well brought . If it had been in debt , damages would have been awarded for the deten- tion of the debt sued for . The action not being in debt , the same amount was properly included in the mass of the damages ...
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Page 359 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 195 - It is a finality as to the claim or demand in controversy, concluding parties and those in privity with them, not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim or demand, but as to any other admissible matter which might have been offered for that purpose.
Page 408 - ... there must be some actual or threatened exercise of power possessed, or believed to be possessed, by the party exacting or receiving the payment over the person or property of another, from which the latter has no other means of immediate relief than by making the payment.
Page 87 - A person has no property, no vested interest, in any rule of the common law. That is only one of the forms of municipal law, and is no more sacred than any other. Rights of property which have been created by the common law cannot be taken away without due process; but the law itself, as a rule of conduct, may be changed at the will, or even at the whim, of the legislature, unless prevented by constitutional limitations. Indeed, the great office of statutes is to remedy defects in the common law...
Page 156 - House, but may be amended or rejected by the other; and on the final passage of all bills they shall be read at length, and the vote shall be by yeas and nays upon each bill separately, and shall be entered on the Journal ; and no bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of the members elected to each House.
Page 84 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 141 - A process is a mode of treatment of certain materials to produce a given result. It is an act, or a series of acts, performed upon the subject-matter to be transformed and reduced to a different state or thing.
Page 212 - But to this operation of the judgment it must appear, either upon the face of the record or be shown by extrinsic evidence, that the precise question was raised and determined in the former suit.
Page 83 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Page 92 - That government can scarcely be deemed to be free, where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon the will of a legislative body, without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require, that the rights of personal liberty and private property should be held sacred.