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... suit was instituted to subject the lands in dispute to the payment of a debt , and that no personal decree for money can be given against the appellants . The con- troversy seems to be as to the rights of the appellee in the lands . The ...
... suit was instituted to subject the lands in dispute to the payment of a debt , and that no personal decree for money can be given against the appellants . The con- troversy seems to be as to the rights of the appellee in the lands . The ...
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... suit in response to the monition and filed a petition of intervention , in which , after setting up his mortgage , he asked to have his rights recognized as superior to the United States , and that the property confiscated might be sold ...
... suit in response to the monition and filed a petition of intervention , in which , after setting up his mortgage , he asked to have his rights recognized as superior to the United States , and that the property confiscated might be sold ...
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... suit ever begun was that by the United States to secure a condemnation under the law . Bradford in- tervened for the protection of his interest in what was to be condemned . He could not in that suit foreclose his mortgage on the ...
... suit ever begun was that by the United States to secure a condemnation under the law . Bradford in- tervened for the protection of his interest in what was to be condemned . He could not in that suit foreclose his mortgage on the ...
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... Suit was brought for specific performance of the remainder . Held , That it was unnecessary to determine whether the memorandum was sufficient under the Statute of Frauds , as it was the duty of the court be- low on the facts disclosed ...
... Suit was brought for specific performance of the remainder . Held , That it was unnecessary to determine whether the memorandum was sufficient under the Statute of Frauds , as it was the duty of the court be- low on the facts disclosed ...
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... suit begun in a State court of Missouri by the Wig- gins Ferry Company , an Illinois corporation , against the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company , another Illinois corpora- tion , to recover damages for the breach of a contract by which ...
... suit begun in a State court of Missouri by the Wig- gins Ferry Company , an Illinois corporation , against the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company , another Illinois corpora- tion , to recover damages for the breach of a contract by which ...
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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.