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,... The Democratic Speaker's Hand-book ... - Page 2561868 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
| Virginia. General Assembly. Senate - Virginia - 1877 - 1208 pages
...contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and be entitled to tlie full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and...citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and to no other." Section 1,978: '-All citi/ens... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1948 - 990 pages
...same right, in every State and Territory in the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, 24 Opinion of the Court. joyed by white citizens thereof to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1881 - 1200 pages
...evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens ; and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other. " t Your committee believe... | |
| North American review - 1897 - 808 pages
...same right, in every State and Territory in the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties' and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...proceedings for the security of person and property, RS is enjoyed by white citizens.'' Although the amendment is naturally in more general terms than the... | |
| United States - 1836 - 494 pages
...previous condition of slavery, ' ' shall have the same i ( right to make and enforee contracts, to sue and be parties and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...proceedings for the security of person and property." Here, sir, I contend, we have fully established the principle, and upon the same principle have full... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 752 pages
...and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and...citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and none other; any law, statute, ordinance,... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 806 pages
...§ 3602 contravenes the act of Congress. That act requires that persons of "every race and color." "shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other." It prohibits a discrimination, on account of color or race, in the imposition of punishment. It does... | |
| Connecticut. Supreme Court of Errors - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 662 pages
...reinforce and make universal the Civil Rights Act, which provides that all classes shall be entitled " to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property." The act in question removes a certain class from this protection. Shall the citizens of Connecticut... | |
| John Savage - Presidents - 1866 - 610 pages
...same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,...or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person who, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation,... | |
| Edward McPherson - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1866 - 164 pages
...or prejudice, any of the civil rights or immunities belonging to white persons, including the right to make and enforce contracts, to eue, be parties,...hold and convey real and personal property, and to have full and equal benefit oí all laws and proceedings for the security of person and estate, including... | |
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