Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Volume 2Callaghan, 1876 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... constitution of the United States , from obtaining judgment on their bonds by suit against the state , in a court of the United States , does not authorize a court of equity , by decree , to compel the state officers to levy and collect ...
... constitution of the United States , from obtaining judgment on their bonds by suit against the state , in a court of the United States , does not authorize a court of equity , by decree , to compel the state officers to levy and collect ...
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... constitution of the state of Louisiana , adopted in 1864 , and of article CXI of the constitution adopted in 1868 , which provide , " that whenever the legislature shall contract a debt exceeding in amount $ 100,000 , unless in case of ...
... constitution of the state of Louisiana , adopted in 1864 , and of article CXI of the constitution adopted in 1868 , which provide , " that whenever the legislature shall contract a debt exceeding in amount $ 100,000 , unless in case of ...
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... constitution of the United States , in that it impaired the obligation of the said contracts made by the state of Lousiana with complainant and other holders of the bonds of the state ; that said act No. 3 of the year 1874 purported at ...
... constitution of the United States , in that it impaired the obligation of the said contracts made by the state of Lousiana with complainant and other holders of the bonds of the state ; that said act No. 3 of the year 1874 purported at ...
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... constitution of the United States . But this fact may prove that there is no remedy for the com- plainants in the United States courts . It certainly does not fol- low that because there are obstacles to the adoption of the plain legal ...
... constitution of the United States . But this fact may prove that there is no remedy for the com- plainants in the United States courts . It certainly does not fol- low that because there are obstacles to the adoption of the plain legal ...
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... constitution , or a statute of the United States , when such ex- ecution would violate the rights of complainant . But no case has yet decided that a circuit court of the United States can com- pel the executive and administrative ...
... constitution , or a statute of the United States , when such ex- ecution would violate the rights of complainant . But no case has yet decided that a circuit court of the United States can com- pel the executive and administrative ...
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Page 124 - And when in any suit mentioned in this section there shall be a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different states, and which can be fully determined as between them, then either one or more of the defendants actually interested in such controversy may remove said suit into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district.
Page 345 - THAT whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances...
Page 173 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Page 343 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 19 - Bonds," and the faith and credit of this state are hereby pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal thereof.
Page 438 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another, in any civil action before a Circuit or District Court. And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...
Page 341 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or...
Page 116 - States, he or they may make and file a petition in such suit in such state court before or at the term at which said cause could be first tried, and before the trial thereof...
Page 427 - Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 580 - When a creditor has a mortgage or pledge of real or personal property of the bankrupt, or a lien thereon for securing the payment of a debt owing to him from the bankrupt, he shall be admitted as a creditor only for the balance of the debt after deducting the value of such property, to be ascertained by agreement between him and the assignee, or by a sale thereof, to be made in such manner as the court shall direct...