Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Fourth Circuit; Most of Them Since Chief Justice Waite Came Upon the Bench; and of Selected Cases in Admiralty and Bankruptcy, Decided in the District Courts of that Circuit. With an Appendix to the Second Volume, Containing the Rules in Admiralty and Bankruptcy;, of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Rules of the Circuit Court for that District, Etc., Etc, Volume 1W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1877 - Admiralty |
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... question presented for our determination is whether upon such facts the relief asked for can be granted . The use of the special tax fund to pay the general expenses of the State government was in violation of the Constitution and ...
... question presented for our determination is whether upon such facts the relief asked for can be granted . The use of the special tax fund to pay the general expenses of the State government was in violation of the Constitution and ...
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... question for our determination , therefore , is not whether the State should provide the means and require the treasurer to replace this fund , but whether it has so done . When the order to use the $ 150,000 was made , the treasurer ...
... question for our determination , therefore , is not whether the State should provide the means and require the treasurer to replace this fund , but whether it has so done . When the order to use the $ 150,000 was made , the treasurer ...
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... question here of actual fraud or of moral wrong - doing . The transaction of the 20th of July , 1875 , was between men of the highest character , socially and in their pecuniary dealings . There is but one question in the case , which ...
... question here of actual fraud or of moral wrong - doing . The transaction of the 20th of July , 1875 , was between men of the highest character , socially and in their pecuniary dealings . There is but one question in the case , which ...
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... question whether this writing was properly acknowledged or not , which was so ably and elaborately argued at bar , is only a secondary one in the case . The primary question is , when did this writing become a deed as between the ...
... question whether this writing was properly acknowledged or not , which was so ably and elaborately argued at bar , is only a secondary one in the case . The primary question is , when did this writing become a deed as between the ...
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... question in this case is , whether the writing of the 20th of July , 1875 , signed and acknowledged by M. Slaughter , and delivered by him to W. P. Conway , with the understanding that it was to be cancelled on the payment of the notes ...
... question in this case is , whether the writing of the 20th of July , 1875 , signed and acknowledged by M. Slaughter , and delivered by him to W. P. Conway , with the understanding that it was to be cancelled on the payment of the notes ...
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Page 258 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 550 - We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed, by way of discrimination, against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.
Page 427 - 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 252 - The United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war...
Page 545 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 284 - ... uniform in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same.
Page 506 - ... by subjecting them to the control of Congress, in the exercise of powers heretofore universally conceded to them of the most ordinary and fundamental character; when in fact it radically changes the whole theory of the relations of the State and Federal governments to each other and of both these governments to the people; the argument has a force that is irresistible, in the absence of language which expresses such a purpose too clearly to admit of doubt. We are convinced that no such results...
Page 534 - No pleading of a party, nor any discovery or evidence obtained from a party or witness by means of a judicial proceeding in this or any foreign country, shall be given in evidence, or in any manner used against him or his property or estate, in any court of the United States, in any criminal proceeding, or for the enforcement of any penalty or forfeiture...
Page 315 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant...
Page 486 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...