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... MARCH 2 , 1867 . NAME OF THE JUSTICE , AND STATE FROM WHENCE AP - NUMBER AND TERRITORY OF DATE OF COMMISSION , AND POINTED . THE CIRCUIT . BY WHOM APPOINTED . CHIEF JUSTICE . FOURTH . HON . M. R. WAITE , MARYLAND , WEST VIR- Ohio ...
... MARCH 2 , 1867 . NAME OF THE JUSTICE , AND STATE FROM WHENCE AP - NUMBER AND TERRITORY OF DATE OF COMMISSION , AND POINTED . THE CIRCUIT . BY WHOM APPOINTED . CHIEF JUSTICE . FOURTH . HON . M. R. WAITE , MARYLAND , WEST VIR- Ohio ...
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... March 26 , A.D. 1851 : Provided , such possession has been continued up to the time of the introduction of this ordinance in the common coun- cil , or , if interrupted by an intruder or trespasser , has been or may be recovered by legal ...
... March 26 , A.D. 1851 : Provided , such possession has been continued up to the time of the introduction of this ordinance in the common coun- cil , or , if interrupted by an intruder or trespasser , has been or may be recovered by legal ...
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... March , 1858 , the legislature of the State of California passed " An Act concerning the city of San Fran- cisco , and to ratify and confirm certain ordinances of the com- mon council of said city , " whereby this ordinance was in all ...
... March , 1858 , the legislature of the State of California passed " An Act concerning the city of San Fran- cisco , and to ratify and confirm certain ordinances of the com- mon council of said city , " whereby this ordinance was in all ...
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... March , 1855 , entitled ' An Act con- cerning the city of San Francisco , and to ratify and confirm certain ordinances of the common council of said city , ' there being excepted from this relinquishment and grant all sites or other ...
... March , 1855 , entitled ' An Act con- cerning the city of San Francisco , and to ratify and confirm certain ordinances of the common council of said city , ' there being excepted from this relinquishment and grant all sites or other ...
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... March 11 , 1858 , and the act of Congress of July 1 , 1864 , confirming the title of San Fran- cisco to certain lands . As the plaintiff had actual , adverse , and exclusive possession of the demanded premises from 1851 to 1867 , the ...
... March 11 , 1858 , and the act of Congress of July 1 , 1864 , confirming the title of San Fran- cisco to certain lands . As the plaintiff had actual , adverse , and exclusive possession of the demanded premises from 1851 to 1867 , the ...
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Page 297 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
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Page 337 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
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