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Page 84
... decree an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit , by which the decree of the Circuit Court was affirmed . 51 U. S. App . 271. Whereupon plaintiff took an appeal to this court . Mr. Rowland Cox for ...
... decree an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit , by which the decree of the Circuit Court was affirmed . 51 U. S. App . 271. Whereupon plaintiff took an appeal to this court . Mr. Rowland Cox for ...
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... volume . For the reasons above stated , this act is not the legitimate subject of a copyright . The decree of the court below must therefore be Affirmed . Opinion of the Court . WHITE v . LEOVY . 90 OCTOBER TERM , 1898 . PAGE.
... volume . For the reasons above stated , this act is not the legitimate subject of a copyright . The decree of the court below must therefore be Affirmed . Opinion of the Court . WHITE v . LEOVY . 90 OCTOBER TERM , 1898 . PAGE.
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... decree was entered : " This cause came on regularly for trial before the court , sit- ting without a jury , a jury ... decrees that the libel herein be , and the same is hereby , dismissed . " The case was carried to the Circuit Court ...
... decree was entered : " This cause came on regularly for trial before the court , sit- ting without a jury , a jury ... decrees that the libel herein be , and the same is hereby , dismissed . " The case was carried to the Circuit Court ...
Page 154
... decree in the cause , for the foreclosure of the mortgage ; for the sale of the mortgaged property by auction ; and ... decree into execu- tion . Appeals from that decree were taken by the Morgan's Opinion of the Court . Louisiana and ...
... decree in the cause , for the foreclosure of the mortgage ; for the sale of the mortgaged property by auction ; and ... decree into execu- tion . Appeals from that decree were taken by the Morgan's Opinion of the Court . Louisiana and ...
Page 155
... decree . 137 U. S. 171 . Pursuant to that decree , on April 22 , 1891 , all the property mortgaged , except some not immediately connected with the railroad , was sold to Moran , Gold and McHarg , trustees for bondholders . On their ...
... decree . 137 U. S. 171 . Pursuant to that decree , on April 22 , 1891 , all the property mortgaged , except some not immediately connected with the railroad , was sold to Moran , Gold and McHarg , trustees for bondholders . On their ...
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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.