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... object that it was defective by reason of not setting forth the deed under which he claimed title . The questions presented in this case arose on the following facts : Argument for the Plaintiff in Error . On the 7th 6 OCTOBER TERM , 1882 .
... object that it was defective by reason of not setting forth the deed under which he claimed title . The questions presented in this case arose on the following facts : Argument for the Plaintiff in Error . On the 7th 6 OCTOBER TERM , 1882 .
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... object of the suit to have it definitely settled what these charges should be for all time . The point was to establish the liability of the railway company to carry . The decree requires the carriage , and fixes the compensation to be ...
... object of the suit to have it definitely settled what these charges should be for all time . The point was to establish the liability of the railway company to carry . The decree requires the carriage , and fixes the compensation to be ...
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... object that it has not been shown that the witness is dead , or is incompetent to testify , or that the deposition cannot be retaken . It should be also objected that the witness does not live in another State , or more than one hundred ...
... object that it has not been shown that the witness is dead , or is incompetent to testify , or that the deposition cannot be retaken . It should be also objected that the witness does not live in another State , or more than one hundred ...
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... object of the law , both as re- spects the purchaser at the decretal sale and the party redeem- ing , is fully attained . Redemption is effected when , by pay- ment of the redemption money into proper hands , the purchase at the ...
... object of the law , both as re- spects the purchaser at the decretal sale and the party redeem- ing , is fully attained . Redemption is effected when , by pay- ment of the redemption money into proper hands , the purchase at the ...
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... object of the bill is to subject to administration , as part of the assets of the bankrupt , a farm of 162 acres of land on which Medsker and his wife were living , the legal title of which was in Mrs. Medsker . It appears that on ...
... object of the bill is to subject to administration , as part of the assets of the bankrupt , a farm of 162 acres of land on which Medsker and his wife were living , the legal title of which was in Mrs. Medsker . It appears that on ...
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Page 83 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 338 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify.
Page 556 - States; or, being a subject or citizen of a foreign state, and domiciled therein, is in custody for an act done or omitted under any alleged right, title, authority, privilege, protection, or exemption claimed under the commission, or order, or sanction of any foreign state, or under color thereof, the validity and effect whereof depend upon the law of nations; or unless it is necessary to bring the prisoner into court to testify.
Page 336 - Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 159 - Before this time a petition for the removal of the cause to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nevada had been filed by Herman Shainwald and Ralph L.
Page 503 - It is not easy to define with precision what will, in all cases, constitute an insurable interest, so as to take the contract out of the class of wager policies. It may be stated, generally, however, to be such an interest arising from the relations of the party obtaining the insurance, either as creditor of or surety for the assured, or from the ties of blood or marriage to him, as will justify a reasonable expectation of advantage or benefit from the continuance of his life.
Page 86 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it...
Page 146 - ... all actions of debt grounded upon any lending or contract, without specialty, and all actions of debt for arrearages of rent, shall be commenced and sued within six years next after the cause of such action or suit, and not after.
Page 186 - The act of incorporation is to them an enabling act; it gives them all the power they possess ; it enables them to contract, and when it prescribes to them a mode of contracting, they must observe that mode, or the instrument no more creates a contract than if the body had never been incorporated.
Page 590 - ... after the case is decided. When this is not done, it shall be the duty of the marshal to notify the counsel in the case, by mail or otherwise, t See note 28, page clxx.