United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ...Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1899 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... present at the time of the evidence given in it . Herein he is able in matters of law , emerging upon the evidence , to direct them ; and also , in matters of fact , to give them great light and assistance , by his weighing the evidence ...
... present at the time of the evidence given in it . Herein he is able in matters of law , emerging upon the evidence , to direct them ; and also , in matters of fact , to give them great light and assistance , by his weighing the evidence ...
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... present , to decide by a majority , and in a summary way , causes not exceeding forty shillings , under the statute of 23 Geo . II , c . 33 , ( 1750 ) commended by Blackstone , were clearly not a common law jury . 3 Bl . Com . 83 , and ...
... present , to decide by a majority , and in a summary way , causes not exceeding forty shillings , under the statute of 23 Geo . II , c . 33 , ( 1750 ) commended by Blackstone , were clearly not a common law jury . 3 Bl . Com . 83 , and ...
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... present themselves in this aspect : The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States secures to either party to every suit at law , in which the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars , the right of trial by jury ...
... present themselves in this aspect : The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution of the United States secures to either party to every suit at law , in which the value in controversy exceeds twenty dollars , the right of trial by jury ...
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... 6 ; and at special term in 1896 , by Justice Bradley in Brightwood Railway v . O'Neal , 24 Wash . Law Rep . 406 , and by Justice Cox in the present case . Capital Traction Opinion of the Court . Co. v . Hof , 40 OCTOBER TERM , 1898 .
... 6 ; and at special term in 1896 , by Justice Bradley in Brightwood Railway v . O'Neal , 24 Wash . Law Rep . 406 , and by Justice Cox in the present case . Capital Traction Opinion of the Court . Co. v . Hof , 40 OCTOBER TERM , 1898 .
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... while the judg- ment against King rested upon a trial and verdict of guilty . With the record of those convictions out of the present case , Opinion of the Court . there was no evidence whatever KIRBY v . UNITED STATES . 53.
... while the judg- ment against King rested upon a trial and verdict of guilty . With the record of those convictions out of the present case , Opinion of the Court . there was no evidence whatever KIRBY v . UNITED STATES . 53.
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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...
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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.
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