United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 96U.S. Government Printing Office, 1878 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... taken down for twenty - three miles , and Cooper's Station made the southern terminus . In 1864 , the whole was abandoned , as the section of the country in which it was situated had fallen into the possession of the United States ...
... taken down for twenty - three miles , and Cooper's Station made the southern terminus . In 1864 , the whole was abandoned , as the section of the country in which it was situated had fallen into the possession of the United States ...
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... under its charter . Upon the hearing , a decree was passed dismissing the bill , and this appeal was taken . Mr. Charles W. Jones , for the appellant . Except Oct. 1877. ] PENSACOLA TEL . Co. v . WEST . , ETC. TEL . Co. 5.
... under its charter . Upon the hearing , a decree was passed dismissing the bill , and this appeal was taken . Mr. Charles W. Jones , for the appellant . Except Oct. 1877. ] PENSACOLA TEL . Co. v . WEST . , ETC. TEL . Co. 5.
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... taken here ; but it decided , and this court sustains the decision , that the statute making the first grant was void , by reason of its conflict with the act of Congress of July 24 , 1866 . 99 With all deference to my associates , I ...
... taken here ; but it decided , and this court sustains the decision , that the statute making the first grant was void , by reason of its conflict with the act of Congress of July 24 , 1866 . 99 With all deference to my associates , I ...
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... taken by the petitioner ; and he assigns the following errors : 1. That the court erred in holding that time was of the essence of the written contract . 2. That the court erred in deciding that there was not a valid extension as to the ...
... taken by the petitioner ; and he assigns the following errors : 1. That the court erred in holding that time was of the essence of the written contract . 2. That the court erred in deciding that there was not a valid extension as to the ...
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... taken from the proper sub - treasury officer . The certificates were bought , paid for , and deposited accordingly . Hartwell received them from Smith in the pres- ence of Carter , and made out the receipt to Mellen , Ward , & Co. , or ...
... taken from the proper sub - treasury officer . The certificates were bought , paid for , and deposited accordingly . Hartwell received them from Smith in the pres- ence of Carter , and made out the receipt to Mellen , Ward , & Co. , or ...
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Page 441 - 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 182 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority...
Page 698 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 133 - ... on such nonenumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest...
Page 14 - An Act to aid in the Construction of Telegraph Lines, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military and other purposes...
Page 20 - Having no absolute right of recognition in other states, but depending for such recognition and the enforcement of its contracts upon their assent, it follows as a matter of course that such assent may be granted upon such terms and conditions as those states may think proper to impose.
Page 317 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 568 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 757 - Any agreement, declaration, or course of action on the part of an insurance company, which leads a party insured honestly to believe that by conforming thereto, a forfeiture of his policy will not be incurred, followed by due conformity on his part, will and ought to estop the company from insisting upon the forfeiture, though it might be claimed under the express letter of the contract.
Page 446 - It is sufficient for the present to say, generally, that when the importer has so acted upon the thing imported that it has become incorporated and mixed up with the mass of property in the country, it has, perhaps, lost its distinctive character as an import, and has become subject to the taxing power of the state...