The Federal Reporter, Volume 38West Publishing Company, 1889 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... libelant M. , freight payable on amount delivered . It was unladen into libelant's lighter along - side , and weighed in transit by a custom - house weigher . This weight could only be obtained at the custom house after the returns were ...
... libelant M. , freight payable on amount delivered . It was unladen into libelant's lighter along - side , and weighed in transit by a custom - house weigher . This weight could only be obtained at the custom house after the returns were ...
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... libelant William D. Marvel or assigns ; freight be- ing paid by the receiver at the rate of 11 shillings sterling per ton of 20 cwt . delivered , as per margin , with primage accustomed . " Among the conditions of the bill of lading is ...
... libelant William D. Marvel or assigns ; freight be- ing paid by the receiver at the rate of 11 shillings sterling per ton of 20 cwt . delivered , as per margin , with primage accustomed . " Among the conditions of the bill of lading is ...
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... libelant did not know how much he had a right to demand , nor the consignee how much he was required to pay . All costs and expenses incident to the premature bringing of the suit must therefore fall upon the libelants . One Thousand ...
... libelant did not know how much he had a right to demand , nor the consignee how much he was required to pay . All costs and expenses incident to the premature bringing of the suit must therefore fall upon the libelants . One Thousand ...
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therefore be borne by the libelants . The refusal of the tender prevents the libelants from benefiting by the fact that ... libelant , apprehending that his suit might be held to be premature , had , after the tender , again arrested the ...
therefore be borne by the libelants . The refusal of the tender prevents the libelants from benefiting by the fact that ... libelant , apprehending that his suit might be held to be premature , had , after the tender , again arrested the ...
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... libelant is not ordinarily responsible for the detention of a vessel or other property while in the custody of the law under valid pro- ceedings in rem , though the libel is ultimately dismissed on the merits , has been repeatedly ...
... libelant is not ordinarily responsible for the detention of a vessel or other property while in the custody of the law under valid pro- ceedings in rem , though the libel is ultimately dismissed on the merits , has been repeatedly ...
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Page 450 - ... 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, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 370 - 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 456 - It exists only in contemplation of law and by force of the law; and where that law ceases to operate, and is no longer obligatory, the corporation can have no existence. It must dwell in the place of its creation, and cannot migrate to another sovereignty.
Page 458 - Every railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State, under the laws or authority thereof, shall have and maintain a public office or place in this State for the transaction of its business, where transfers of stock shall be made...
Page 398 - ... receiving any list of taxes from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, give notice to each person liable to pay any taxes stated therein, to be left at his dwelling or usual place of business, or to be sent by mail, stating the amount of such taxes and demanding payment thereof. If such person does not pay the taxes, within ten days after the service or the sending by mail of such notice, it shall be the duty of the collector or his deputy to collect the said taxes with a penalty of five per...
Page 133 - Whenever, through inadvertence, accident, or mistake, and without any fraudulent or deceptive intention, a patentee has claimed more than that of which he was the original or first inventor or discoverer...
Page 56 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 20 - ... all purchases and sales, both for cash and credit, together with the last inventory of said business; and further covenants and agrees to keep such books and inventory securely locked in a fire-proof safe at night...
Page 455 - 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 133 - ... assigns, whether of the whole or any sectional interest therein, may, on payment of the fee required by law, make disclaimer of such parts of the thing patented as he shall not choose to claim...