Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volume 1C. Wendell, printer, 1856 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... constitution ; but , in our opinion , we have no power to make a law for any case . Congress did not intend that we should legislate . In that case , we must make the law before we could pronounce a judgment when the claim did not come ...
... constitution ; but , in our opinion , we have no power to make a law for any case . Congress did not intend that we should legislate . In that case , we must make the law before we could pronounce a judgment when the claim did not come ...
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... Constitution of the United States , as ordained by the people thereof , for their mutual benefit , and to " establish jus- tice , " and the seventh article of the amendment thereto , which estab- lished more fully the right of trial by ...
... Constitution of the United States , as ordained by the people thereof , for their mutual benefit , and to " establish jus- tice , " and the seventh article of the amendment thereto , which estab- lished more fully the right of trial by ...
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... Constitution of the United States , as a compact between the government and the citizen , and according to the established legal and equitable jurisprudence of the land . 88 . STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA , City and County of Philadelphia ...
... Constitution of the United States , as a compact between the government and the citizen , and according to the established legal and equitable jurisprudence of the land . 88 . STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA , City and County of Philadelphia ...
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... Constitution to sanction a violation of right . She is advised to say , that though her testator could not have sued ' the government , that when the government chose to sue him , and subject him to an onerous and expensive defence , in ...
... Constitution to sanction a violation of right . She is advised to say , that though her testator could not have sued ' the government , that when the government chose to sue him , and subject him to an onerous and expensive defence , in ...
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... Constitution , for the loss she has sustained , unless she be allowed interest upon the verdict and judgment in her favor , as herein before prayed ? She invokes the speedy action of this court , in order to save her from the incessant ...
... Constitution , for the loss she has sustained , unless she be allowed interest upon the verdict and judgment in her favor , as herein before prayed ? She invokes the speedy action of this court , in order to save her from the incessant ...
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Page 410 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 191 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 4 - ... to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.
Page 200 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Page 389 - ... for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted...
Page 5 - ... the Government of the United States, who shall distribute it among those entitled, in the manner and according to the rules which it shall determine, ARTICLE II.
Page 392 - ... the records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state shall be proved or admitted, in any other court within the United States, by attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, as the case may be, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 3 - That the proceeds of all ships and vessels, and the goods taken on board of them, which shall be adjudged good prize, shall, when of equal or superior force to the vessel or vessels making the capture, be the sole property of the captors; and when of inferior force, shall be divided equally between the United States and the officers and men making the capture.
Page 387 - 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 260 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.