The American Law Register, Volume 2; Volume 11D.B. Canfield & Company, 1863 - Electronic journals |
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... statute , c . 82 , § 2 . If by such default injustice was done to the defendant , he can on petition have a review ; but there can be no error in following the provisions of the statute . The mere fact that a defendant is non compos ...
... statute , c . 82 , § 2 . If by such default injustice was done to the defendant , he can on petition have a review ; but there can be no error in following the provisions of the statute . The mere fact that a defendant is non compos ...
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... statute , by the plaintiff ; for who else could make it ? Not the defendant surely ; for he is supposed to be wholly ignorant of the existence of the suit . " Again , " the statute is against the common law , ( by which personal notice ...
... statute , by the plaintiff ; for who else could make it ? Not the defendant surely ; for he is supposed to be wholly ignorant of the existence of the suit . " Again , " the statute is against the common law , ( by which personal notice ...
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... statutes , that if the Bank of the Common- wealth has invested a part of its capital paid in , in a stock which is ... statute , and resting upon the general grant of power contained in the Constitution , we are of opinion that the ...
... statutes , that if the Bank of the Common- wealth has invested a part of its capital paid in , in a stock which is ... statute , and resting upon the general grant of power contained in the Constitution , we are of opinion that the ...
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... statute of the State of New York of 1860 , entitled " An act in relation to capital punishment , and to provide for ... statutes providing for the punishment of murder , and on the other , to be itself unconstitutional in establishing a ...
... statute of the State of New York of 1860 , entitled " An act in relation to capital punishment , and to provide for ... statutes providing for the punishment of murder , and on the other , to be itself unconstitutional in establishing a ...
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... statute in regard to writs of error in criminal cases , only authorizes a new trial on reversal of the judgment ... statutes or 44 KUCHLER vs. THE PEOPLE .
... statute in regard to writs of error in criminal cases , only authorizes a new trial on reversal of the judgment ... statutes or 44 KUCHLER vs. THE PEOPLE .
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Page 228 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 340 - ex majore cautela" and in anticipation of such astute objections, passing an act "approving, legalizing, and making valid all the acts, proclamations, and orders of the President, &c., as if they had been issued and done under the previous express authority and direction of the Congress of the United States.
Page 231 - That the circuit courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds...
Page 756 - The general government, and the States, although both exist within the same territorial limits, are separate and distinct sovereignties, acting separately and independently of each other, within their respective spheres. The former in its appropriate sphere is supreme; but the States within the limits of their powers not granted, or, in the language of the Tenth Amendment, "reserved," are as independent of the general government as that government within its sphere is independent of the States.
Page 231 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Page 338 - The Constitution confers on the President the whole executive power. He is bound to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. He is Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the United States. He has no power to initiate or declare a war, either against a foreign nation or a domestic State.
Page 616 - The sovereignty of a State extends to everything which exists by its own authority or is introduced by its permission ; but does it extend to those means which are employed by Congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States?
Page 231 - And any attachment of the goods or estate of the defendant, by the original process, shall hold the goods or estate so attached to answer the final judgment, in the same manner as by the laws of such State they would have been holden to answer final judgment, had it been rendered by the court in which the suit was commenced.
Page 339 - WHEREAS we are happily at peace with all sovereigns, powers, and states : And whereas hostilities have unhappily commenced between the government of the United States of America and certain States styling themselves the Confederate States of America...
Page 41 - If the states may tax one instrument employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they may tax any and every other instrument. They may tax the mail; they may tax the mint; they may tax patent rights; they may tax the papers of the custom-house; they may tax judicial process; they may tax all the means employed by the government, to an excess which would defeat all the ends of government.