Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Third Circuit: Comprising the Districts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Commencing at April Term, 1803, Volume 3Philip H. Nicklin, 1827 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... direct violation of the rule which forbids a witness or any other person , to im- peach a negotiable paper , to which he has given credit . Se- cond ; that the paper is not properly authenticated , according to our laws . In support of ...
... direct violation of the rule which forbids a witness or any other person , to im- peach a negotiable paper , to which he has given credit . Se- cond ; that the paper is not properly authenticated , according to our laws . In support of ...
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... direct proof of this fact has been given , and certainly the circumstance of the defendant having generally resided at Teneriffe , from the year 1790 , to the year 1810 , furnishes a very slender ground for presuming it . Occasional ...
... direct proof of this fact has been given , and certainly the circumstance of the defendant having generally resided at Teneriffe , from the year 1790 , to the year 1810 , furnishes a very slender ground for presuming it . Occasional ...
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... direct an inquiry , as to this subject . Third . What relief is the plaintiff entitled to , in respect to the personal estate of A. Hare ? Certainly , to the application of it to discharge the whole sum due , in aid of the real estate ...
... direct an inquiry , as to this subject . Third . What relief is the plaintiff entitled to , in respect to the personal estate of A. Hare ? Certainly , to the application of it to discharge the whole sum due , in aid of the real estate ...
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... direct , where that presumption is for- tified by the antiquity of the survey . The testimony of the chain carrier , in this case , is entirely negative , and proves only that , at the particular time he speaks of , the lines on the ...
... direct , where that presumption is for- tified by the antiquity of the survey . The testimony of the chain carrier , in this case , is entirely negative , and proves only that , at the particular time he speaks of , the lines on the ...
Page 140
... direct in stating with sufficient precision the matter of defence , and not leave it to be found out by inference , however strong . The plea , in this case , is bad , as it does not state that the defendant was at the place of ...
... direct in stating with sufficient precision the matter of defence , and not leave it to be found out by inference , however strong . The plea , in this case , is bad , as it does not state that the defendant was at the place of ...
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Page ii - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Page 22 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 460 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another State.
Page 23 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, so authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from which they are taken.
Page ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 415 - Such depositions may be taken before any judge of any court of the United States, or any commissioner of a circuit, or any clerk of a district or circuit court, or any chancellor, justice, or judge of a supreme or superior court, mayor or chief magistrate of a city, judge of a county court, or court of common pleas of any of the United States...
Page 541 - It may well be doubted whether the nature of society and of government does not prescribe some limits to the legislative power; and if any be prescribed, where are they to be found, if the property of an individual, fairly and honestly acquired, may be seized without compensation?
Page 370 - Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of the same in the following manner...
Page 630 - But we think it may safely be laid down as a general rule, that where the machines are substantially the same, and operate in the same manner, to produce the same result, they must be in principle the same.
Page 459 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...