United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 26Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1885 - Law reports, digests, etc First series, books 1-43, includes "Notes on U.S. reports" by Walter Malins Rose. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 81
Page 96
... Constitution , or within the meaning of the Act of 1875 , one “ arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States . ' " " The action was commenced by a petition 4. A defendant does not lose his right to raise filed , in behalf ...
... Constitution , or within the meaning of the Act of 1875 , one “ arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States . ' " " The action was commenced by a petition 4. A defendant does not lose his right to raise filed , in behalf ...
Page 97
... Constitution of the United States , and that this cause is one arising under the Constitution of the United States . " It then proceeds : " And your petitioner further represents , that the bridge aforesaid , and its maintenance over ...
... Constitution of the United States , and that this cause is one arising under the Constitution of the United States . " It then proceeds : " And your petitioner further represents , that the bridge aforesaid , and its maintenance over ...
Page 98
... Constitution , and of the Statute of 1875 , arises under the laws of the United States ? If regard be had to the former adjudications of this court , this question must be answered in the affirmative . defense of the party , in whole or ...
... Constitution , and of the Statute of 1875 , arises under the laws of the United States ? If regard be had to the former adjudications of this court , this question must be answered in the affirmative . defense of the party , in whole or ...
Page 99
... Constitution may be broad enough to sus- tain a statute which authorizes the removal of a cause at any stage when a case is mace , which case , taken as a whole , requires a judgment based upon the Constitution , a law or a treaty of ...
... Constitution may be broad enough to sus- tain a statute which authorizes the removal of a cause at any stage when a case is mace , which case , taken as a whole , requires a judgment based upon the Constitution , a law or a treaty of ...
Page 123
... Constitution of Mississippi , adopted in 1832 , was in force . This Constitution contained no limitation on the power of the Legislature to authorize counties to become stockholders in or to lend their credit to railway or other cor ...
... Constitution of Mississippi , adopted in 1832 , was in force . This Constitution contained no limitation on the power of the Legislature to authorize counties to become stockholders in or to lend their credit to railway or other cor ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
12 Otto action affirmed alleged amount appears appellees applied assignment authority Bank bill bonds Circuit Court City claim Clerk commissioners common law complainant Congress Constitution contract corporation County coupons court of equity coverture creditors Cucullu debt Decided decision declared decree deed defendant in error delivered the opinion District duty entitled equity evidence execution facts filed fraud glycerine grant held holder indorsed interest issued James H judgment jurisdiction jury Justice Waite delivered land Legislature levied liability lien Louisiana McKenney ment Messrs mortgage municipal officers Orleans owner paid pany parties patent payment Pensacola person petition plaintiff in error possession proceedings purchase purpose question Railroad Company received record recover rule Stat statute suit supra Supreme Court thereof tion Tipton County township True copy trust United valid writ of error writ of mandamus
Popular passages
Page 441 - ... 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.
Page 230 - Part further covenants and agrees to merchandise such wheat in foreign ports , it being understood and agreed between the Party of the First Part and the Party of the Second Part...
Page 61 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 54 - Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any. State or Territory...
Page 387 - It is also essential to the successful working of this system that the persons intrusted with power in any one of these branches shall not be permitted to encroach upon the powers confided to the others, but that each shall by the law of its creation be limited to the exercise of the powers appropriate to its own department and no other.
Page 225 - ... 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.
Page 387 - American system of written constitutional law, that all the powers intrusted to government, whether State or national, are divided into the three grand departments, the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. That the functions appropriate to each of these branches of government shall be vested in a separate body of public servants, and that the perfection of the system requires that the lines which separate and divide these departments shall be broadly and clearly defined.
Page 391 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.
Page 236 - On the other hand, when he expressly or by implication invites others to come upon his premises, whether for business or for any other purpose, it is his duty to be reasonably sure that he is not inviting them into danger, and to that end he must exercise ordinary care and prudence to render the premises reasonably safe for the visit.
Page 269 - 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.