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... witness , Patrick Hamill , who was present at the survey , says : " I don't think the line is more than from three to ten feet from the building ; I don't know that Morrison knew where the lines of The Trap ' were previous to that time ...
... witness , Patrick Hamill , who was present at the survey , says : " I don't think the line is more than from three to ten feet from the building ; I don't know that Morrison knew where the lines of The Trap ' were previous to that time ...
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... witnesses , nor is it anywhere referred to or mentioned in the report , or in any manner certified or authenticated by the referee , as the testimony upon which he acted ; and of course there is no evidence that it is all the testimony ...
... witnesses , nor is it anywhere referred to or mentioned in the report , or in any manner certified or authenticated by the referee , as the testimony upon which he acted ; and of course there is no evidence that it is all the testimony ...
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... witness and the defendant was the brook running into this pond ; and the houses occupied by the witness and the defendant were on the opposite sides of the brook and but a few rods distant therefrom . The witness testified as follows ...
... witness and the defendant was the brook running into this pond ; and the houses occupied by the witness and the defendant were on the opposite sides of the brook and but a few rods distant therefrom . The witness testified as follows ...
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... witnesses in any case where a white person was a party , and had prohib- ited , under heavy pains and penalties , the further emigration of that race into the state , intended to provide for the education of the children of that race in ...
... witnesses in any case where a white person was a party , and had prohib- ited , under heavy pains and penalties , the further emigration of that race into the state , intended to provide for the education of the children of that race in ...
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... Witnesses were introduced by the plaintiff tending to show that the debtor was insolvent when he gave the bond or note with the warrant to confess judgment , and that the debtor gave it to secure a preference to the creditor over his ...
... Witnesses were introduced by the plaintiff tending to show that the debtor was insolvent when he gave the bond or note with the warrant to confess judgment , and that the debtor gave it to secure a preference to the creditor over his ...
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Page 225 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Page 116 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 145 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 223 - Every such action shall be brought by and In the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person...
Page 85 - ... shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United 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...
Page 62 - ... 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...
Page 554 - Ed. 552), nor within the meaning of the first clause of section 2 of article 4 of the constitution of the United States, which declares that "the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens In the several states.
Page 470 - ... any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by him subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury...
Page 76 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 50 - All men have certain natural, essential, and inherent rights, among which are the enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and, in a word, of seeking and obtaining happiness.