Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Τόμος 109 |
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Σελίδα 30
... defendant being a citizen of another State . Its object was to assert the title of himself and family to freedom . The defendant pleaded in abatement that Scott - being of African descent , whose ancestors , of pure African blood , were ...
... defendant being a citizen of another State . Its object was to assert the title of himself and family to freedom . The defendant pleaded in abatement that Scott - being of African descent , whose ancestors , of pure African blood , were ...
Σελίδα 85
... defendant . In the case stated by the parties the following facts were agreed : On the 28th of November , 1877 , Gill , upon petition of his creditors , was adjudged a bankrupt by the District Court of the United States for the Western ...
... defendant . In the case stated by the parties the following facts were agreed : On the 28th of November , 1877 , Gill , upon petition of his creditors , was adjudged a bankrupt by the District Court of the United States for the Western ...
Σελίδα 104
... defendant in error was the owner and holder for value of some of the bonds before maturity . Judgment against the county in the court below . Error to reverse that judgment . The case was submitted by Mr. P. T. Simmons , Mr. Charles W ...
... defendant in error was the owner and holder for value of some of the bonds before maturity . Judgment against the county in the court below . Error to reverse that judgment . The case was submitted by Mr. P. T. Simmons , Mr. Charles W ...
Σελίδα 124
... defendant , having pleaded in bar a former judgment in an action brought against it upon the policy by Mrs. Ferguson ,. in October , 1876 , in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York , offered evidence by which it ...
... defendant , having pleaded in bar a former judgment in an action brought against it upon the policy by Mrs. Ferguson ,. in October , 1876 , in the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York , offered evidence by which it ...
Σελίδα 130
... defendant requested the court to in- struct the jury " that if Israel Ferguson died by suicide , the plaintiff cannot recover , unless he has proved to your satisfac- tion that such act of self - destruction was not Ferguson's voluntary ...
... defendant requested the court to in- struct the jury " that if Israel Ferguson died by suicide , the plaintiff cannot recover , unless he has proved to your satisfac- tion that such act of self - destruction was not Ferguson's voluntary ...
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1883.-Decided November action agreement alleged amount appeal appellee applied assignment authority bill bonds Brown township Carusi cause circuit court citizens claim commissioners complainant Congress Constitution construction contract conveyance corporation coupons court of equity debt declared decree deed delivered the opinion dismissed Dissenting Opinion district court duty effect enforce entitled equity evidence execution fee simple filed Fourteenth Amendment grant held Illinois River Indian Indiana Southern Railroad Insurance issue judgment jurisdiction jury JUSTICE land legislation liability lien Louisiana ment Mercer mortgage October officers owners parties patent payment persons plaintiff in error possession privileges proceedings purpose question race Railroad Company record recover Revised Statutes river rule secured ship slavery Southern company Stat Statement of Facts suit Supreme Court term thereof Thirteenth Amendment tion township trust United validity void Wall writ of error
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Σελίδα 31 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Σελίδα 588 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Σελίδα 792 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Σελίδα 354 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Σελίδα 8 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Σελίδα 593 - States," in those of equity and in those of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, according to the principles, rules and usages which belong to courts of equity and to courts of admiralty respectively, as contradistinguished from courts of common law...
Σελίδα 11 - It does not invest Congress with power to legislate upon subjects which are within the domain of State legislation; but to provide modes of relief against State legislation or State action, of the kind referred to. It does not authorize Congress to create a code of municipal law for the regulation of private rights...
Σελίδα 565 - No Indian nation or tribe, within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power, with whom the United States may contract by treaty...
Σελίδα 28 - Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this continues until the contrary is shown beyond a rational doubt. One branch of the government cannot encroach on the domain of another without danger. The safety of our institutions depends in no small degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule.
Σελίδα 587 - No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neglect of such owner.