Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: With Notes, and a Digest, Volume 14Little, Brown, 1864 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... proceedings in this case shall be in conformity with the existing practice of this court . " At the June term of the circuit court , in the year 1839 , a motion was made to set aside and vacate that order ; and that the complain- ant ...
... proceedings in this case shall be in conformity with the existing practice of this court . " At the June term of the circuit court , in the year 1839 , a motion was made to set aside and vacate that order ; and that the complain- ant ...
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... proceeding was unknown to the practice of the court . This court says no such rule appears on the record . But we think ... proceedings should be conformable to the provisions of the code of practice in Louisiana , and the acts of the ...
... proceeding was unknown to the practice of the court . This court says no such rule appears on the record . But we think ... proceedings should be conformable to the provisions of the code of practice in Louisiana , and the acts of the ...
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... proceedings in equity causes , at the February term , 1822. That the proceedings of the district judge , and the orders made by him in this cause , ( the very order now in question , ) were not in conformity with those rules , and with ...
... proceedings in equity causes , at the February term , 1822. That the proceedings of the district judge , and the orders made by him in this cause , ( the very order now in question , ) were not in conformity with those rules , and with ...
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... proceedings fair . If salvors collude with the master to defraud the owners , by means of an arbitration , they ... proceeding in admiralty , originally instituted in the superior court of Monroe county , in the southern district of ...
... proceedings fair . If salvors collude with the master to defraud the owners , by means of an arbitration , they ... proceeding in admiralty , originally instituted in the superior court of Monroe county , in the southern district of ...
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... proceedings which took place in the superior court , nor the amendments and alterations which were afterwards made by both parties in the territorial court of appeals . The pleadings and proceedings are imperfect and irreg- ular in both ...
... proceedings which took place in the superior court , nor the amendments and alterations which were afterwards made by both parties in the territorial court of appeals . The pleadings and proceedings are imperfect and irreg- ular in both ...
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Page 316 - ... 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 471 - ... could not be foreseen what new changes and modifications of power might be indispensable to effectuate the general objects of the charter ; and restrictions and specifications, which at the present might seem salutary, might, in the end, prove the overthrow of the system itself. Hence its powers are expressed in general terms, leaving to the legislature, from time to time, to adopt its own means to effectuate legitimate objects, and to mould and model the exercise of its powers, as its own wisdom...
Page 170 - 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 62 - 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 228 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by His Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities, in the said territories ceded by His Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of His Catholic Majesty.
Page 302 - Not more than two complete townships to be given perpetually for the purposes of a University, to be laid off by the purchaser or purchasers, as near the center as may be, so that the same shall be of good land, to be applied to the intended object by the legislature of the State.
Page 145 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Page 32 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.
Page 425 - ... or arrested, doth, under the laws of the state or territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labour to the person claiming him or her. it shall be the duty of such judge or magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent or attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labour to the state or territory from which he or she fled.
Page 62 - 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...