Mississippi Reports ... Being Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of Mississippi, Volume 37E.W. Stephens Publishing Company, 1860 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Code , 666 , sec . 98. And then the statute further declares , that " at the time specified in the said ci- tation , " & c . ( Hutch . Code , 667 , sec . 99 ) , the court shall order and direct , if satisfied of the insufficiency of the ...
... Code , 666 , sec . 98. And then the statute further declares , that " at the time specified in the said ci- tation , " & c . ( Hutch . Code , 667 , sec . 99 ) , the court shall order and direct , if satisfied of the insufficiency of the ...
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... Code , 677 , Art . 12 , Sec . 1. But in the law now to be construed no such re- quisition is found , but on the other hand , as already shown , it pro- vides that at the time specified in the citation , or at such other time as the ...
... Code , 677 , Art . 12 , Sec . 1. But in the law now to be construed no such re- quisition is found , but on the other hand , as already shown , it pro- vides that at the time specified in the citation , or at such other time as the ...
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... Code , 830 , sec . 5 . The testimony of Teel , as to the cost of the orchard upon the premises , was also admissible . The defendant's bill of exceptions on this point is somewhat obscure , though perhaps intelligible . Teel proved that ...
... Code , 830 , sec . 5 . The testimony of Teel , as to the cost of the orchard upon the premises , was also admissible . The defendant's bill of exceptions on this point is somewhat obscure , though perhaps intelligible . Teel proved that ...
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... , however , much stronger when considered in reference to the peculiar provisions of the Act of 1844 , 5th section , relied on in this case . Hutch . Code , p . 830 . . Root et al . v . McFerrin . It APRIL TERM , 1859 . 51.
... , however , much stronger when considered in reference to the peculiar provisions of the Act of 1844 , 5th section , relied on in this case . Hutch . Code , p . 830 . . Root et al . v . McFerrin . It APRIL TERM , 1859 . 51.
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... Code , p . 580. This is a mistake , we think . The proceeding is under the provisions of the new Code , chap . 24 , p . 216 , and is in strict conformity therewith . There was no error in the instruction complained of . The last ground ...
... Code , p . 580. This is a mistake , we think . The proceeding is under the provisions of the new Code , chap . 24 , p . 216 , and is in strict conformity therewith . There was no error in the instruction complained of . The last ground ...
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Page 267 - On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the government might choose to grant them.
Page 249 - States legal tender notes. And when any of said notes may be redeemed or be received into the Treasury under any law from any source whatever and shall belong to the United States, they shall not be retired...
Page 230 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations ; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect ; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Page 49 - ... public trial by an impartial jury. He shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, but by due course of law.
Page 267 - ... in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.
Page 324 - And these may be reduced to three principal or primary articles ; the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty and the right of private property...
Page 53 - The court shall, in every stage of an action, disregard any error or defect in the pleadings or proceedings which shall not affect the substantial rights of the adverse party, and no judgment shall be reversed or affected by reason of such error or defect.
Page 230 - In the opinion of the court, the legislation and histories of the times, and the language used in the Declaration of Independence show, that neither the class of persons who had been imported as slaves, nor their descendants, whether they had become free or not, were then acknowledged as part of the people, nor intended to be included in the general words used in that memorable instrument.
Page 238 - International Law, as understood among civilized nations, may be defined as consisting of those rules of conduct which reason deduces, as consonant to justice, from the nature of the society existing among independent nations ; with such definitions and modifications as may be established by general consent.
Page 30 - The granting the license to sell is an adjudication upon all the facts necessary to give jurisdiction, and whether they existed or not, is wholly immaterial, if no appeal is taken ; the rule is the same whether the law gives an appeal or not: if none is given from the final decree, it is conclusive on all whom it concerns.