Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States: 1-351 U.S; 1790- October term, 1955, Book 24Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1885 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 48
... Decided Jan. 15 , 1877 . ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United undoubted , that every person succeeding him I States for the District of Kansas . in the ownership of the bonds is entitled to stand upon his rights . It is , therefore ...
... Decided Jan. 15 , 1877 . ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United undoubted , that every person succeeding him I States for the District of Kansas . in the ownership of the bonds is entitled to stand upon his rights . It is , therefore ...
Page 99
... decided that there is no such repeal as is claimed . Atty - Gen . v . R. R. Co. , 35 Wis . , 425 . This is binding on us . 5. As to the claim that the courts must decide what is reasonable , and not the Legislature . This is not new to ...
... decided that there is no such repeal as is claimed . Atty - Gen . v . R. R. Co. , 35 Wis . , 425 . This is binding on us . 5. As to the claim that the courts must decide what is reasonable , and not the Legislature . This is not new to ...
Page 102
... decided [ ante , 77 , 94 , 97 , 99 ] . The judgment of the Supreme Court of Min- nesota is , consequently , affirmed for the reasons stated in the opinions read in those cases . Dissenting , Mr. Justice Field and Mr. Jus- tice Strong ...
... decided [ ante , 77 , 94 , 97 , 99 ] . The judgment of the Supreme Court of Min- nesota is , consequently , affirmed for the reasons stated in the opinions read in those cases . Dissenting , Mr. Justice Field and Mr. Jus- tice Strong ...
Page 103
... decided in Chicago R. R. Co. v . Ackley , just disposed of [ ante , 99 ] , is as to the effect upon the rights of these parties of the charter of the Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad Company , passed by the Territorial Legislature of Wis ...
... decided in Chicago R. R. Co. v . Ackley , just disposed of [ ante , 99 ] , is as to the effect upon the rights of these parties of the charter of the Milwaukee and Waukesha Railroad Company , passed by the Territorial Legislature of Wis ...
Page 132
... decided case can be referred to , where such a theory was ever adopted . Decided cases may be found in which it is held , where an act is required by statute to be done a certain number of days at least before a given event , that the ...
... decided case can be referred to , where such a theory was ever adopted . Decided cases may be found in which it is held , where an act is required by statute to be done a certain number of days at least before a given event , that the ...
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Page 87 - When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 357 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof; unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 193 - It is a finality as to the claim or demand in controversy, concluding parties and those in privity with them, not only as to every matter which was offered and received to sustain or defeat the claim or demand, but as to any other admissible matter which might have been offered for that purpose.
Page 419 - Nothing can call forth this court into activity, but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence : where these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing. Laches and neglect are always discountenanced, and therefore from the beginning of this jurisdiction, there was always a limitation to suits in this court.
Page 65 - 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 155 - 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 82 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals: it is a social compact, by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 406 - ... there must be some actual or threatened exercise of power possessed, or believed to be possessed, by the party exacting or receiving the payment over the person or property of another, from which the latter has no other means of immediate relief than by making the payment.
Page 82 - In their exercise It has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 333 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered...