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... answer over ; and if they shall so request , an issue will be ordered to try whether the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company have misused or abused their charter . MCCANDLESS , D. J. , concurred . THE GOVERNOR CUSHMAN ...
... answer over ; and if they shall so request , an issue will be ordered to try whether the Pittsburgh and Connellsville Railroad Company have misused or abused their charter . MCCANDLESS , D. J. , concurred . THE GOVERNOR CUSHMAN ...
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... the proper construction of the statute ? It has been answered that none are affected in crim- inal cases but the sovereign prosecuting and the defen- United States v . Rhodes . dants ; and that 3 SEVENTH CIRCUIT ; KENTUCKY . 33.
... the proper construction of the statute ? It has been answered that none are affected in crim- inal cases but the sovereign prosecuting and the defen- United States v . Rhodes . dants ; and that 3 SEVENTH CIRCUIT ; KENTUCKY . 33.
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... answer which it has received from events is that which the soundest construction of the Constitu- tion warrants and requires . Nor can we agree with some persons , distinguished by abilities and virtues , who insist that when rebellion ...
... answer which it has received from events is that which the soundest construction of the Constitu- tion warrants and requires . Nor can we agree with some persons , distinguished by abilities and virtues , who insist that when rebellion ...
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... answer to an application for a preliminary injunction to restrain the continuance or renewal of such infringement ... answered , and affidavits are presented by both parties . The fact is conclusively established , that the New England ...
... answer to an application for a preliminary injunction to restrain the continuance or renewal of such infringement ... answered , and affidavits are presented by both parties . The fact is conclusively established , that the New England ...
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... answer and proofs , defendants show , that , soon after the bill was filed and served , all the New England sew- ing machines in their rooms were removed by the owners , Clark & Barker , since which they have sold none ; that they do ...
... answer and proofs , defendants show , that , soon after the bill was filed and served , all the New England sew- ing machines in their rooms were removed by the owners , Clark & Barker , since which they have sold none ; that they do ...
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Page 31 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 31 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 230 - This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Page 161 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 285 - State, may remove such suit into the Circuit Court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said Circuit Court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State Court...
Page 77 - The government which has a right to do an act, and has imposed on it, the duty of performing that act, must, according to the dictates of reason, be allowed to select the means ; and those who contend that it may not select any appropriate means, that one particular mode of effecting the object is excepted, take upon themselves the burden of establishing that exception.
Page 309 - ... 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 favour 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.
Page 40 - There shall be a firm and perpetual Peace between His Britannic Majesty and the said States, and between the subjects of the one and the citizens of the other...
Page 5 - States extends to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; and that the whole of this judicial power must be vested " in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as congress shall from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 224 - That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal, pending, or to be commenced, for any search, seizure, arrest, or imprisonment, made, done, or committed, or acts omitted to be done, under and by virtue of such order, or under color of any law of Congress, and such defence may be made by special plea, or under the general issue.