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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... contract unless Congress was in session at the time , or the service was indispensably necessary to answer such call as the act mentions . But the petition does not state that Congress was in session at the time , and , indeed , we know ...
... contract unless Congress was in session at the time , or the service was indispensably necessary to answer such call as the act mentions . But the petition does not state that Congress was in session at the time , and , indeed , we know ...
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... contract on the part of the government to pay him for his services as pension agent what they were reasonably worth , and the expenses necessarily incurred in discharging the duties of this office , and that , in pursuance of such contract ...
... contract on the part of the government to pay him for his services as pension agent what they were reasonably worth , and the expenses necessarily incurred in discharging the duties of this office , and that , in pursuance of such contract ...
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... contract binding on the United States for the compensation of any person whom he might appoint to pay pensions . Nor is it alleged by the petitioner that the Secretary of War did undertake to make any such contract . All that he did was ...
... contract binding on the United States for the compensation of any person whom he might appoint to pay pensions . Nor is it alleged by the petitioner that the Secretary of War did undertake to make any such contract . All that he did was ...
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... contract on the part of the United States to pay him a reasonable compensation for the services so rendered by him ; and your petitioner is advised that the measure of reasonable compensation could not be less than a pro rata portion of ...
... contract on the part of the United States to pay him a reasonable compensation for the services so rendered by him ; and your petitioner is advised that the measure of reasonable compensation could not be less than a pro rata portion of ...
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... contracts , and that , in the case of a State as well as in that of an individual , an implied contract is as imperative in its obligation as an express contract . Secondly . It may , however , be contended that as the petitioner was ...
... contracts , and that , in the case of a State as well as in that of an individual , an implied contract is as imperative in its obligation as an express contract . Secondly . It may , however , be contended that as the petitioner was ...
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34th CONGRESS Absalom Baird act of Congress aforesaid allowed amount applied appointed April artificers Auditor authority balance Bank Bank of Metropolis Beaugrand bill cash cents certified charge chief clerk circuit court citizen claimant commissioners committee common law commutation compensation Constitution contract contractors Court of Claims debt decision defendant dollars drafts entitled evidence fact favor February half-pay honorable House of Representatives interest James Reeside January John judges judgment judicial July June justice land letter March Mary Reeside ment October opinion paid parties patent payment Pennsylvania performed the duties petition petitioner Philadelphia plaintiff Post Office Department Postmaster present principle purser received record referred regiment rendered respectfully rule scire facias Secretary Senate session suit Supreme Court surgeon tion Treasury Department trial by jury tribunal United verdict vouchers Washington writ of error
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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.