Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Second Circuit, Volume 7 |
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... statute says that they are " in lieu of the compensation now allowed by law , " and that " no other compensation shall be taxed and allowed , " and , ( § 5 , ) " that all laws and regulations heretofore made , which are incompatible ...
... statute says that they are " in lieu of the compensation now allowed by law , " and that " no other compensation shall be taxed and allowed , " and , ( § 5 , ) " that all laws and regulations heretofore made , which are incompatible ...
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... statute , on seventy - four indictments , each of them founded on the trans- portation of a single slave . On these convictions Drayton was sentenced to be fined in the aggregate , with costs , $ 11,802.26 , and Sears to be fined in the ...
... statute , on seventy - four indictments , each of them founded on the trans- portation of a single slave . On these convictions Drayton was sentenced to be fined in the aggregate , with costs , $ 11,802.26 , and Sears to be fined in the ...
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... statute , in the case of Drayton and Sears , imposed only a fine , and the commitment to prison was ordered by the Court to enforce the payment of the fines and costs . Mr. Crittenden examines the whole question with full- ness , and ...
... statute , in the case of Drayton and Sears , imposed only a fine , and the commitment to prison was ordered by the Court to enforce the payment of the fines and costs . Mr. Crittenden examines the whole question with full- ness , and ...
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... statute creates and defines the exemption from damages . ( The Apollon , 9 Wheaton , 362 , 373. ) But , in prize cases , the captors , if there be probable cause , are entitled , as of right , to an exemption from damages , ( Id . , 372 ...
... statute creates and defines the exemption from damages . ( The Apollon , 9 Wheaton , 362 , 373. ) But , in prize cases , the captors , if there be probable cause , are entitled , as of right , to an exemption from damages , ( Id . , 372 ...
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... statutes above referred to , and ordered judg- ment for the plaintiff on the verdict . This case seems to be directly in point ; and it was decided by judges of the highest character for learning and ability . It was insisted , however ...
... statutes above referred to , and ordered judg- ment for the plaintiff on the verdict . This case seems to be directly in point ; and it was decided by judges of the highest character for learning and ability . It was insisted , however ...
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Page 567 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action before a circuit or district court...
Page 567 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 311 - If two ships under steam are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the ship which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 230 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 161 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 567 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought and a citizen of another state.
Page 427 - An act to provide a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof," approved June third, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour.
Page 438 - To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court of law and equity, as fully as natural persons.
Page 257 - And where a suit is now pending, or may be hereafter brought in any state court in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state...
Page 358 - State where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial before such court of the United States as by law has cognizance of the offense.