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... Commentaries on American Law - Page 364by James Kent - 1866Full view - About this book
| United States. Circuit Courts, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 670 pages
...follow if this question were to be governed by section 34 of the judiciary act of 1789, which provides 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... | |
| Ezra Champion Seaman - United States - 1870 - 304 pages
...the local municipal law. The 34th section of the judiciary act of the United States of 1789, provides 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... | |
| Law - 1880 - 554 pages
...local legislative enactments, are not "laws" within the meaning of the Federal statute, which provides that "the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 954 pages
...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 U. States, in cases where they apply. By the act of 1828, it is provided that the rules of proceeding,... | |
| Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 556 pages
...decisions of the state courts of New York. In answer to that argument it was said: "That section provides ' 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... | |
| R. Kent Newmyer - History - 1985 - 516 pages
...administered in that forum. Section 34 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 addressed the question when it provided "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... | |
| Maeva Marcus - History - 1992 - 856 pages
...possibly even after the bill was recommitted on July 13. Enrolled Act [34.] And be it further enacted, 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... | |
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