Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 14Published for John Conrad and Company, 1854 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... execution ; such refusal not being a final judgment , under the twenty - second section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 . The opinion of the Court on the case of Boyle vs. Zacharie and Turner , 6 Peters , 648 , cited and affirmed . IN ...
... execution ; such refusal not being a final judgment , under the twenty - second section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 . The opinion of the Court on the case of Boyle vs. Zacharie and Turner , 6 Peters , 648 , cited and affirmed . IN ...
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... execution at May term , 1838 : but the Court overruled the motion ; and gave judgment , sustaining the execution . The defendant prosecuted this writ of error . The case was argued by Mr. Key for the plaintiff in error . No counsel ...
... execution at May term , 1838 : but the Court overruled the motion ; and gave judgment , sustaining the execution . The defendant prosecuted this writ of error . The case was argued by Mr. Key for the plaintiff in error . No counsel ...
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... execution for some time thereafter , by reason of some misunderstanding which had arisen ; and whereas , in order to remove such misunderstanding , and to provide for carrying the said treaty into effect , and for re - establishing more ...
... execution for some time thereafter , by reason of some misunderstanding which had arisen ; and whereas , in order to remove such misunderstanding , and to provide for carrying the said treaty into effect , and for re - establishing more ...
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... execution of the treaty of Hol- ston ; no one pretends it was ; the Indians were not present , which was indispensable to give binding validity to the line . To say it was conclusive on one of the contracting parties , the United States ...
... execution of the treaty of Hol- ston ; no one pretends it was ; the Indians were not present , which was indispensable to give binding validity to the line . To say it was conclusive on one of the contracting parties , the United States ...
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... executed under their common seal , and by the acts of its officers in the course of their official duties - when , in a declaration , it is averred that a bank by its officers agreed to a certain contract , this averment imports every ...
... executed under their common seal , and by the acts of its officers in the course of their official duties - when , in a declaration , it is averred that a bank by its officers agreed to a certain contract , this averment imports every ...
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Page 416 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 581 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty, or statute of, or commission held 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 clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Page 584 - ... 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 416 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 448 - March one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others to be used...
Page 595 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a 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...
Page 390 - The Constitution confers absolutely on the Government of the Union the powers of making war and of making treaties; consequently that Government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
Page 579 - 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 507 - The province of the court is, solely, to decide on the rights of individuals, not to inquire how the executive, or executive officers, perform duties in which they have a discretion. Questions in their nature political, or which are, by the constitution and laws, submitted to the executive, can never be made in this court.
Page 594 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .