Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, Volume 2Callaghan, 1876 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 82
... person insolvent , or in con- templation of insolvency , within six months before the filing of a petition in bankruptcy , by or against him , by any person who has reasonable cause to believe him insolvent , such sale being made with a ...
... person insolvent , or in con- templation of insolvency , within six months before the filing of a petition in bankruptcy , by or against him , by any person who has reasonable cause to believe him insolvent , such sale being made with a ...
Page 85
... person cannot sell as the agent of one and at the same time buy as the agent of another , and a contract made by one who acts as the agent of both parties may be avoided by either principal . See Story on Agency , sec . 211 and note ...
... person cannot sell as the agent of one and at the same time buy as the agent of another , and a contract made by one who acts as the agent of both parties may be avoided by either principal . See Story on Agency , sec . 211 and note ...
Page 90
... person not indebted at the time , in favor of his wife or children , cannot be impeached by subsequent cred- itors ... persons may be induced to give credit to the grantor . Sands v . Hildredth , 2 Johns . Ch . , 35 ; Hilderburn v ...
... person not indebted at the time , in favor of his wife or children , cannot be impeached by subsequent cred- itors ... persons may be induced to give credit to the grantor . Sands v . Hildredth , 2 Johns . Ch . , 35 ; Hilderburn v ...
Page 116
... person claiming an adverse interest touching any property or rights of property transferable to , or vested in such ... persons touch- ing the property or rights of property transferable to or vested in the assignee where the interests ...
... person claiming an adverse interest touching any property or rights of property transferable to , or vested in such ... persons touch- ing the property or rights of property transferable to or vested in the assignee where the interests ...
Page 128
... person , and to collect wharfage from all water craft using them , whether they have any connection with the business of the railroad company or not . This construction of the grant is clearly opposed to the views of the supreme court ...
... person , and to collect wharfage from all water craft using them , whether they have any connection with the business of the railroad company or not . This construction of the grant is clearly opposed to the views of the supreme court ...
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Page 124 - And when in any suit mentioned in this section there shall be a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different states, and which can be fully determined as between them, then either one or more of the defendants actually interested in such controversy may remove said suit into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district.
Page 345 - THAT whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances...
Page 173 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Page 343 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 19 - Bonds," and the faith and credit of this state are hereby pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal thereof.
Page 438 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another, in any civil action before a Circuit or District Court. And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...
Page 341 - That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or...
Page 116 - States, he or they may make and file a petition in such suit in such state court before or at the term at which said cause could be first tried, and before the trial thereof...
Page 427 - 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 580 - When a creditor has a mortgage or pledge of real or personal property of the bankrupt, or a lien thereon for securing the payment of a debt owing to him from the bankrupt, he shall be admitted as a creditor only for the balance of the debt after deducting the value of such property, to be ascertained by agreement between him and the assignee, or by a sale thereof, to be made in such manner as the court shall direct...