United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 144United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1892 - Courts |
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Page 66
... purchase of leather for the manufacture of boots and shoes at the Eastern Branch , and charged the same as so paid out in his accounts . In payment of that advance Tilton , October 13 , 1879 , sent to Butler a sight draft for $ 9838 ...
... purchase of leather for the manufacture of boots and shoes at the Eastern Branch , and charged the same as so paid out in his accounts . In payment of that advance Tilton , October 13 , 1879 , sent to Butler a sight draft for $ 9838 ...
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... purchased of him by them . Tilton sent it together with his receipt for $ 5162 , to Carney . The receipt was in these words : Togus , Me . , Oct. 13 , 1879. Receipt for money this day received from Gen. B. F. Butler , acting treasurer ...
... purchased of him by them . Tilton sent it together with his receipt for $ 5162 , to Carney . The receipt was in these words : Togus , Me . , Oct. 13 , 1879. Receipt for money this day received from Gen. B. F. Butler , acting treasurer ...
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... purchased eighty of these last - named bonds , and paid cash therefor , which money was applied by the company in the ... purchase of the entrance canal by way of Portage River into Portage Lake with the franchises appertaining thereto ...
... purchased eighty of these last - named bonds , and paid cash therefor , which money was applied by the company in the ... purchase of the entrance canal by way of Portage River into Portage Lake with the franchises appertaining thereto ...
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... purchased by John- ston & Co. and Ayer & Co. , $ 500,000 of the issue being sold at the rate of seventy - five cents on the dollar , and the re- mainder at the rate of sixty cents on the dollar , though twenty- five per cent discount ...
... purchased by John- ston & Co. and Ayer & Co. , $ 500,000 of the issue being sold at the rate of seventy - five cents on the dollar , and the re- mainder at the rate of sixty cents on the dollar , though twenty- five per cent discount ...
Page 82
... purchased by Wilson and Man , as trustees , for the benefit of the parties to the said fraudulent decree ; that a company should be organized , under the laws of Michigan , for the pur- pose of taking and holding the property formerly ...
... purchased by Wilson and Man , as trustees , for the benefit of the parties to the said fraudulent decree ; that a company should be organized , under the laws of Michigan , for the pur- pose of taking and holding the property formerly ...
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