Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Second Circuit, Volume 17 |
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Page 80
... steamers on their trips in and out of New York . These channels were generally crooked and of varying widths , from forty feet upwards , filled with broken ice . Sometimes , large cakes of floating ice were found , but , in this ...
... steamers on their trips in and out of New York . These channels were generally crooked and of varying widths , from forty feet upwards , filled with broken ice . Sometimes , large cakes of floating ice were found , but , in this ...
Page 88
... steamer must , in a fog , run at only such a speed as is consistent with the ut- most caution ; and she must , if possible , be kept under such control that she can be stopped after another vessel with which she is in danger of ...
... steamer must , in a fog , run at only such a speed as is consistent with the ut- most caution ; and she must , if possible , be kept under such control that she can be stopped after another vessel with which she is in danger of ...
Page 89
... steamer for the full amount of the damages sustained by the loss of the cargo . In the suit by the owners of the ... steamer was bound from New York to Portland , Maine . The schooner was bound to the eastward . The wind was east , and ...
... steamer for the full amount of the damages sustained by the loss of the cargo . In the suit by the owners of the ... steamer was bound from New York to Portland , Maine . The schooner was bound to the eastward . The wind was east , and ...
Page 90
... steamer at the rate of ten or twelve knots an hour , and in not causing the steamer to be stopped before collid- ing , or causing her course to be changed . The answers allege , that a fog came on at 20 minutes past eleven o'clock ...
... steamer at the rate of ten or twelve knots an hour , and in not causing the steamer to be stopped before collid- ing , or causing her course to be changed . The answers allege , that a fog came on at 20 minutes past eleven o'clock ...
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... steamer received , was acted upon promptly ; and that , had such signal been timely and proper , and had those navigating the schooner not been guilty of the other negligent acts above - mentioned , the collision could have been avoided ...
... steamer received , was acted upon promptly ; and that , had such signal been timely and proper , and had those navigating the schooner not been guilty of the other negligent acts above - mentioned , the collision could have been avoided ...
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Page 111 - ... so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the ship, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 302 - The several courts vested with jurisdiction of cases arising under the patent laws shall have power to grant injunctions according to the course and principles of courts of equity, to prevent the violation of any right secured by patent, on such terms as the court may deem reasonable...
Page 261 - The shareholders of every Federal reserve bank shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another...
Page 316 - ... in the absence of fraud and in the absence of protest by the owner, importer, agent, or consignee, be final and conclusive upon all parties.
Page 304 - ... having been patented in a foreign country more than six months prior to his application: Provided , That the same shall not have been introduced into public and common use in the United States prior to the application for such patent: And provided, also, That in all cases every such patent shall be limited to the term of fourteen years from the date or publication of such foreign letters patent.
Page 261 - That the president and cashier of every such association shall cause to be kept at all times a full and correct list of the names and residences of all the shareholders in the association, and the number of shares held by each, in the office where its business is transacted...
Page 390 - In all cases where the rules prescribed by this court or by the circuit court do not apply, the practice of the circuit court shall be regulated by the present practice of the high court of chancery in England, so far as the same may reasonably be applied consistently with the local circumstances and local conveniences of the district where the court is held, not as positive rules, but as furnishing just analogies to regulate the practice.
Page 150 - To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention...
Page 260 - Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to his shares, succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the prior holder of such shares ; and no change shall be made in the articles of association...
Page 288 - March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty (at 12 o'clock at noon), the said loss or damage to be estimated according to the true and actual cash value of the said property at the time the same shall happen...