The Monthly Law Reporter, Volume 19Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1857 - Law |
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... common law or of equity , can take cog- nizance of any questions arising out of hostile seizure . Le Caux v . Eden , 2 Dougl . 573. So , if booty be taken under the color of military authority by an officer under the supposition that it ...
... common law or of equity , can take cog- nizance of any questions arising out of hostile seizure . Le Caux v . Eden , 2 Dougl . 573. So , if booty be taken under the color of military authority by an officer under the supposition that it ...
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... common and ancient maritime law . It is certainly true , that desertion does by the maritime law work a forfeiture of all wages previously earned in the course of the voyage.1 The reply of the libellant to this is in substance a denial ...
... common and ancient maritime law . It is certainly true , that desertion does by the maritime law work a forfeiture of all wages previously earned in the course of the voyage.1 The reply of the libellant to this is in substance a denial ...
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... common usage in this respect . It may easily be believed , that much less care is required in the delivery of a cargo of coal , than of a cargo of goods in bales and boxes , the value of which is great in proportion to their volume and ...
... common usage in this respect . It may easily be believed , that much less care is required in the delivery of a cargo of coal , than of a cargo of goods in bales and boxes , the value of which is great in proportion to their volume and ...
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... Common - Use and Occupation . One tenant in common cannot maintain an action for use and occupation against the lessee of his co - tenant , the plaintiff not having objected to the occupancy , nor claimed 44 Notes of Recent American ...
... Common - Use and Occupation . One tenant in common cannot maintain an action for use and occupation against the lessee of his co - tenant , the plaintiff not having objected to the occupancy , nor claimed 44 Notes of Recent American ...
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... common order . We regret that we have no report of the speech of Mr. Smith . He is said to have made a stirring and eloquent appeal . MR . PAINE'S ARGUMENT . The limits of this article allow only a very condensed statement of the points ...
... common order . We regret that we have no report of the speech of Mr. Smith . He is said to have made a stirring and eloquent appeal . MR . PAINE'S ARGUMENT . The limits of this article allow only a very condensed statement of the points ...
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Page 184 - By the preceding course of reasoning we have arrived at these general conclusions.: First, the shores of navigable waters, and the soils under them, were not granted by the Constitution to the United States, but were reserved to the States respectively. Secondly, the new States have the same rights, sovereignty, and jurisdiction over this subject as the original States.
Page 334 - An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes...
Page 334 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been...
Page 191 - Fulton the exclusive navigation of all the waters within the jurisdiction of that State, with boats moved by fire or steam...
Page 89 - If any of the citizens of the United States, or any persons under their protection, shall have any disputes with each other, the consul shall decide between the parties ; and whenever the consul shall require any aid or assistance from our government, to enforce his decisions, it shall be immediately granted to him.
Page 334 - Every such action shall be brought by and In the names of the personal representatives of such deceased person, and the amount recovered In every such action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the widow and next of kin...
Page 90 - No officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation, in any form whatever, for the disbursement of public money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor explicitly states that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation.
Page 88 - ... of the defendant's nation ; 4. Mixed tribunals of Turkish magistrates and foreign Christians, at length substituted in part for cases between Turks and foreign Christians; 5. Finally, for causes between foreign Christians, the substitution at length of mixed tribunals in place of the separate courts, — this arrangement introduced at first by the legations of Austria, Great Britain, France, and Russia, and then tacitly acceded to by the legations of other foreign Christians.
Page 163 - Execution thereof, shall, together with an Affidavit of the Time of such Bill of Sale being made or given, and a Description of the Residence and Occupation of the Person making or giving the same...
Page 337 - I admit that it is necessary to have recourse to legislative interposition in order to remedy the grievance : but where the case is only new in the instance, and the only question is upon the application of a principle recognized in...