Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Τόμος 36Published for John Conrad and Company, 1837 |
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Σελίδα 41
... exercise over property which he claimed in his own right , and could not exercise over pro- perty which he did not claim . Punctuation is a most fallible standard by which to interpret a writing ; it may be resorted to when all other ...
... exercise over property which he claimed in his own right , and could not exercise over pro- perty which he did not claim . Punctuation is a most fallible standard by which to interpret a writing ; it may be resorted to when all other ...
Σελίδα 45
... exercise of dominion , by broken and unconnected acts of ownership , over property which may be made permanently productive , is in no respect calculated to assert to the world a claim of right ; for such conduct bespeaks rather the ...
... exercise of dominion , by broken and unconnected acts of ownership , over property which may be made permanently productive , is in no respect calculated to assert to the world a claim of right ; for such conduct bespeaks rather the ...
Σελίδα 50
... exercise of ownership over it ; though he de- clared to one witness , produced by plaintiff , that the lot was his , and he intended to claim and improve it when he was able . This decla- ration was repeated often ; from 1803 , till the ...
... exercise of ownership over it ; though he de- clared to one witness , produced by plaintiff , that the lot was his , and he intended to claim and improve it when he was able . This decla- ration was repeated often ; from 1803 , till the ...
Σελίδα 53
... exercise over property which he claimed in his own right , and would not exercise over property which he did not claim . Whether this was the situation of the lot in question , or such was the nature of the acts done , was the peculiar ...
... exercise over property which he claimed in his own right , and would not exercise over property which he did not claim . Whether this was the situation of the lot in question , or such was the nature of the acts done , was the peculiar ...
Σελίδα 58
... exercise this right . It is admitted that these questions are important ; but , if the defendant chose to take the chance of the plaintiff's discontinuing the cause here , he must abide by the consequences . He omitted to secure the ...
... exercise this right . It is admitted that these questions are important ; but , if the defendant chose to take the chance of the plaintiff's discontinuing the cause here , he must abide by the consequences . He omitted to secure the ...
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Σελίδα 209 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Σελίδα 664 - But the object and end of all government is to promote the happiness and prosperity of the community by which it is established ; and it can never be assumed that the government intended to diminish its power of accomplishing the end for which it was created.
Σελίδα 133 - The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people: and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state.
Σελίδα 424 - ... that its abandonment ought not to be presumed in a case in which the deliberate purpose of the State to abandon it does not appear.
Σελίδα 560 - Wheely and others, the court say, "the canal having been made under an Act of Parliament, the rights of the plaintiffs are derived entirely from that Act. This, like many other cases, is a bargain between a company of adventurers and the public, the terms of which are expressed in the statute ; and the rule of construction, in all such cases, is now fully established to be this ; that any ambiguity in the terms of the contract must operate against the adventurers, and in favor of the public, and...
Σελίδα 78 - ... any negro or mulatto not held to service by the laws of either of the States or Territories of the United States...
Σελίδα 318 - no State shall coin money, emit bills of credit, or make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Σελίδα 397 - And be it further enacted, That the laws in force in the said Territory, at the commencement of this act, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall continue in force, until altered, modified, or repealed by the Legislature.
Σελίδα 456 - There are certain vital principles in our free, republican governments, which will determine and overrule an apparent and flagrant abuse of legislative power ; as , to authorize manifest injustice by positive law ; or, to take away that security for personal liberty, or private property, for the protection whereof the government was established.
Σελίδα 424 - The continued existence of a government would be of no great value if, by implications and presumptions, it was disarmed of the powers necessary to accomplish the ends of its creation, and the functions it was designed to perform, transferred to the hands of privileged corporations.