[References are to sections.] AGREED CASE- practice allowed in federal courts, 1107. judgment on reviewed without bill of exceptions, 1107. federal question raised by, 429. ALABAMA— statute of, for improvement of Mobile bay, 48. constitutional, 48. venue of suits in federal courts in, 959, note 23. AMBASSADORS- power of federal government to appoint and receive, 22. exemption of, from local jurisdiction, 222-225. children of born here not citizens, 223-225. AMENDMENTS- controlled by federal statutes, 1045. extent of court's power, 1046. discretion of court, 1048. of process, 1047. of verdict, 1112, 1114. after reversal by supreme court, 1049. AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL CONSTITUTION- first ten, restraints on federal government, 99, 100, 179. not restraints on the states, 99, 100, 179. operation of not enlarged by fourteenth amendment, 99, 100. AMOUNT IN DISPUTE— a jurisdictional fact, when, 728. rules for determining, 729. from face of pleading, 730, 731. upon an issue of fact, 732. several plaintiffs, 733. interest, when considered, 734. ANNUITY- action of, 903. obsolete, 903. APPEAL AND ERROR- See WRIT OF ERROR. APPEARANCE OF DEFENDANT— at common law, 1015. by attorney, 1015, 1024. general, 1016-1019, 1022, 1023. defined, 1017, 1018. not withdrawn without leave of court, 1019. defined, 1020, 1021. petition for removal, 1022. [References are to sections.] ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION- confederacy under was not a government, 378-380. no judiciary, 379–380. prize, piracies and boundaries, 379. no power to enforce its laws, 380. ASSIGNEES- of choses in action, 718-722. bill for specific performance, 719. notes of corporations payable to bearer, 720. fact of assignment, 722. suits by, 718-722. ASSUMPSIT— action of, 904, 905. general, 904. special, 904. great common-law action, 905. B. BILLS OF ATTAINDER- defined, 103, 104. inhibited, 103, 104, 351. BILLS OF CREDIT- defined, 349, 350. inhibited, 349, 350. BILLS OF EXCEPTION- defined, 1138. practice concerning, 1138-1154. admission or rejection of evidence, 1142, 1143. charge of the court, 1144-1150. settling of, 1152-1154. authentication, 1152. mandamus to compel, 1153. order for time, 1154. what to contain, 1149-1151. BILLS OF EXCHANGE foreign, 721. suits on, 721. BOUNDARY SUITS- between states, 411. original jurisdiction of supreme court, 411. BRIDGES- GENERAL INDEX. [References are to sections.] across navigable stream, 46, 47. authority of states to maintain, 46, 47. assent of federal government required, 47. C. CALIFORNIA- statute of, concerning ejectment, 870. venue of suits in federal courts in, 959, note 23. CASES IN LAW- embrace all suits to settle legal rights, 164, 892. standard of classification, 890. CERTIORARI- writ of, 502-505. jurisdiction of supreme court to issue, 502-505. CHARGE OF THE COURT- practice concerning, 1091-1101. comment on the evidence, 1091. must charge law of the whole case, 1094. must submit all issues of fact, 1093. state law, 1100. supremacy of the federal constitution, 1101. peremptory, 1097-1099. requested charges, 1095, 1096. when and how excepted to, 1140, 1144-1150. CHOSES IN ACTION— assignees of, 718-722. suits by, 718-722. bill for specific performance, 719. notes of corporations, 720. foreign bills of exchange, 722. fact of assignment, 722. CIRCUIT COURTS- jurisdiction of, 653-783. concurrent with the courts of the states, 668-736, 888. CITIZENSHIP- defined, 212, 213. African race, 213. dual citizenship, 234. two sources of citizenship, 214. by birth, 215-228. by naturalization, 229–233. [References are to sections.] CITIZENSHIP (continued) — common-law rules, 215-219. prevailed in the colonies, 215-217. slave population, 213, 217. Indian tribes, 218, 219. fourteenth amendment, 220-222. Chinese person, 221. 'meaning of qualifying words, 222, 228. foreign ministers' children, 223-225. consuls' children, 224, 225. hostile occupation, 226. seceded states, 227. collective, 231–233. admission of states, 232. married women, 230. privileges and immunities of, 238-268. of the several states, 238-256. of the United States, 257-268. corporations not entitled to, 252, 268. COLONIES- original thirteen, sovereign states, 16. struggle of in regard to judicial procedure, 9. COMMERCE- defined, 36. is a unit, 34. regulation of, 22-38. state action incidentally affecting, 63. 190-203. inspection laws, 53-61. pilotage laws, 33. quarantine laws, 62. exercise of the police power, 190-202. COMMON LAW- principles of, 7-9, 120, 506, 921, 922. confirmed in the federal constitution, 120-160, 921, 922. the palladium of English liberties, 506. the municipal jurisprudence of England, 500. is due process of law, 120. rules of, regarding citizenship, 212-237. COMPLAINT, DECLARATION OR PETITION- [References are to sections.] CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS- is a common-law action, 640, 641, 920. mode of procedure, 175. compensation, 176. CONFESSIONS- admissibility of in criminal cases, 129, 130. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES- in the light of the common law, 95. in the light of contemporaneous history, 96. did not change the system of government, 178-208. duty of the courts to maintain, 1101. establishes distinction between law and equity, 832, 887. CONSTITUTIONAL CONSTRUCTION— early history, 209. modern method, 210, 211. judicial inclusion and exclusion, 210, 211. rules of, 95-97. CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS- upon the federal government, 94-197. bills of attainder, 103, 104. criminal procedure, 101, 102, 110, 132-163. due process of law, 111-120. eminent domain, 172-176. impeachments, 105-110. re-examination of facts tried by jury, 169-171, 424. trial by jury, 110, 138. 139, 163-171. upon the states, 178, 374. bills of credit, 349, 350. bills of attainder, 351. due process of law, 269-298. equal protection of the laws, 299-324. elective franchise, 325-328. obligation of contracts, 329-348. ex post facto laws, 351. |