United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 174United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1899 - Courts |
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... decision of this case mainly turns upon the scope and effect of the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States . It may therefore be convenient , before par- ticularly examining the acts of Congress now in question , to ...
... decision of this case mainly turns upon the scope and effect of the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States . It may therefore be convenient , before par- ticularly examining the acts of Congress now in question , to ...
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... decision , and in point of fact by way of direction to the jury . " 2 Hale Hist . Com . Law , ( 5th ed . ) 147 , 156 . See also 1 Hale P. C. 33 . The Supreme Court of Ohio held that the provision of arti- cle 1 , section 19 , of the ...
... decision , and in point of fact by way of direction to the jury . " 2 Hale Hist . Com . Law , ( 5th ed . ) 147 , 156 . See also 1 Hale P. C. 33 . The Supreme Court of Ohio held that the provision of arti- cle 1 , section 19 , of the ...
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... decision in Emerick v . Harris , a similar decision was made by the Supreme Court of North Carolina . In the constitution of that State of 1776 , it was declared that " in all controversies at law , respecting property , the ancient ...
... decision in Emerick v . Harris , a similar decision was made by the Supreme Court of North Carolina . In the constitution of that State of 1776 , it was declared that " in all controversies at law , respecting property , the ancient ...
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... decisions made by the Circuit Court of the United States of the District of Columbia soon after the passage of the act of Congress of 1823. But the reasons assigned for those decisions are unsatisfactory and incon- clusive . Such decisions ...
... decisions made by the Circuit Court of the United States of the District of Columbia soon after the passage of the act of Congress of 1823. But the reasons assigned for those decisions are unsatisfactory and incon- clusive . Such decisions ...
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... decision in any of those States that holds such a statute to be unconstitutional in any respect . The legislature , in distributing the judicial power between courts of record , on the one hand , and justices of the peace or other ...
... decision in any of those States that holds such a statute to be unconstitutional in any respect . The legislature , in distributing the judicial power between courts of record , on the one hand , and justices of the peace or other ...
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Page 481 - No Indian nation or tribe, within the territory of the United States, shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty...
Page 101 - But neither the amendment — broad and comprehensive as it is — nor any other amendment was designed to interfere with the power of the State, sometimes termed its police power, to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education, and good order of the people...
Page 399 - ... shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 364 - To exercise by its board of directors or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt...
Page 700 - Every proprietor of lands on the banks of a river has naturally an equal right to the use of the water which flows in the stream adjacent to his lands, as it was wont to run (currere solebat), without diminution or alteration. No proprietor has a right to use the water to the prejudice of other proprietors, above or below him, unless he has a prior right to divert it, or a title to some exclusive enjoyment. He has no property in the water itself, but a simple usufruct while it passes along. 'Aqua...
Page 505 - 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 483 - Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any State or Territory...
Page 760 - Any telegraph company now organized, or which may hereafter be organized under the laws of any state, shall have the right to construct, maintain and operate lines of telegraph through and over any portion of the public domain of the United States...
Page 755 - What the company is entitled to demand, in order that it may have just compensation, is a fair return upon the reasonable value of the property at the time it is being used for the public.
Page 592 - States; or (5) admitted in writing his inability to pay his debts and his willingness to be adjudged a bankrupt on that ground.