The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Τόμοι 7-8West Publishing Company, 1881 Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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Σελίδα 51
... damages , and reduce her claim to such as are purely compensatory , when the court modified it by adding that such facts , if true , should be taken in mit- igation of the punitive damages the jury should see proper to give . The jury ...
... damages , and reduce her claim to such as are purely compensatory , when the court modified it by adding that such facts , if true , should be taken in mit- igation of the punitive damages the jury should see proper to give . The jury ...
Σελίδα 52
... damages . 5. SAME SUBJECT - EXCESSIVE VERDICT . It is the exclusive province of the jury to affix the damages , and where they are cautioned against excessive verdicts , prejudice , and passion , the court will not disturb their verdict ...
... damages . 5. SAME SUBJECT - EXCESSIVE VERDICT . It is the exclusive province of the jury to affix the damages , and where they are cautioned against excessive verdicts , prejudice , and passion , the court will not disturb their verdict ...
Σελίδα 55
... damages , but such as are purely compensatory . ' But the court refused to give the instruction . as requested , and ... damage against the de- fendant . The testimony was discovered only accidentally after the trial , and by no human ...
... damages , but such as are purely compensatory . ' But the court refused to give the instruction . as requested , and ... damage against the de- fendant . The testimony was discovered only accidentally after the trial , and by no human ...
Σελίδα 63
... damages , and charged that such a state of facts would only go to mitigate the damages . There is , on the facts of this case , no room , perhaps , to say unqualifiedly that the conductor acted without malice , and there is proof ...
... damages , and charged that such a state of facts would only go to mitigate the damages . There is , on the facts of this case , no room , perhaps , to say unqualifiedly that the conductor acted without malice , and there is proof ...
Σελίδα 64
... damages , and it was not even assigned for error that the damages should have been only compensatory , and the court affirmed the judgment . The true rule will be found to be , I think , that in all cases where the offence is against ...
... damages , and it was not even assigned for error that the damages should have been only compensatory , and the court affirmed the judgment . The true rule will be found to be , I think , that in all cases where the offence is against ...
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Σελίδα 255 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Σελίδα 699 - ... 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 as amount in law to felony.
Σελίδα 133 - 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.
Σελίδα 699 - Be it therefore enacted, 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...
Σελίδα 660 - That nothing in this section shall be held to take away or impair the jurisdiction of the courts of the several States under the laws thereof...
Σελίδα 138 - ... improperly or collusively made or joined, either as plaintiffs or defendants, for the purpose of creating a case cognizable or removable under this act, the said circuit court shall proceed no further therein, but shall dismiss the suit or remand it to the court from which it was removed as justice may require, and shall make such order as to costs as shall be just...
Σελίδα 898 - That Oregon be, and she is hereby, received into the Union on an equal footing with the other States in all respects whatever...
Σελίδα 658 - States provides that the Congress shall have power — To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard' of weights and measures: To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States.
Σελίδα 618 - It is indeed the general rule that a policy, and the money to become due under it, belong, the moment it is issued, to the person or persons named in it as the beneficiary or beneficiaries; and that there is no power in the person procuring the insurance, by any act of his, by deed or by will, .to transfer to any other person the interest of the person named.
Σελίδα 898 - All which tract shall be set apart and, so far as necessary, surveyed and marked out, for the exclusive use and benefit of said confederated tribes and bands of Indians, as an Indian reservation ; nor shall any white man, excepting those in the employment of the Indian Department, be permitted to reside upon the said reservation without permission of the tribe and the superintendent and...