Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 12Banks Law Publishing, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... sailed on the voyage , under the command of McDougal , on the 9th of November 1806 , and during the voyage , was compelled by stress of weather , and other accidents , to bear away for the West Indies , and arrived at the port of St ...
... sailed on the voyage , under the command of McDougal , on the 9th of November 1806 , and during the voyage , was compelled by stress of weather , and other accidents , to bear away for the West Indies , and arrived at the port of St ...
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... sailed on the voyage , on the 5th of April 1811 , having on board a cargo of lawful goods , the property of the plaintiffs , of the value of $ 15,000 , and pursued the voyage until the 18th of July following , when , being in a place ...
... sailed on the voyage , on the 5th of April 1811 , having on board a cargo of lawful goods , the property of the plaintiffs , of the value of $ 15,000 , and pursued the voyage until the 18th of July following , when , being in a place ...
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... sailed from Baltimore , in June 1807 , and on the 15th of August arrived in the port of Leghorn . According to the laws and usages of the place , ships arriving at that port , and their cargoes , were obliged to perform a quarantine of ...
... sailed from Baltimore , in June 1807 , and on the 15th of August arrived in the port of Leghorn . According to the laws and usages of the place , ships arriving at that port , and their cargoes , were obliged to perform a quarantine of ...
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... sailed from Baltimore , the last of April , and meeting with head winds , the commander put into Hyannis , in the district of Barnstable . She was soon afterwards boarded by Joseph Crowell , one of the inspectors ( a ) February 16th ...
... sailed from Baltimore , the last of April , and meeting with head winds , the commander put into Hyannis , in the district of Barnstable . She was soon afterwards boarded by Joseph Crowell , one of the inspectors ( a ) February 16th ...
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... sailed before the war , from Savannah , under a stipulation to reland the cargo in some port of the United States , the re- landing having been made with respect to the residue of the cargo , and the pine timber having been floated into ...
... sailed before the war , from Savannah , under a stipulation to reland the cargo in some port of the United States , the re- landing having been made with respect to the residue of the cargo , and the pine timber having been floated into ...
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Page 267 - States shall be first satisfied, and the priority hereby established shall extend as well to cases in which a debtor, not having sufficient property to pay all his debts, makes a voluntary assignment thereof, or in which the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed, or absent debtor are attached by process of law, as to cases in which an act of bankruptcy is committed.
Page 267 - That where any revenue officer, or other person hereafter becoming indebted to the United States by bond or otherwise, shall become insolvent, or where the estate of any deceased debtor in the hands of executors or administrators shall be insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debt due to the United States shall be first satisfied...
Page 72 - That war gives to the sovereign full right to take the persons and confiscate the property of the enemy, wherever found, is conceded. The mitigations of this rigid rule, which the humane and wise policy of modern times has introduced into practice, will more or less affect the exercise of this right, but, can not impair the right itself.
Page 76 - ... shall be done with enemy property in our country, is a question rather of policy than of law. The rule which we' apply to the property of our enemy, will be applied by him to the property of our citizens. Like all other questions of policy, it is proper for the consideration of a department which can modify it at will; not for the consideration of a department which can pursue only the law as it is written. It is proper for the consideration of the legislature, not of the executive or judiciary.
Page 157 - It is always to be remembered that the native character easily reverts, and that it requires fewer circumstances to constitute domicil in the case of a native subject than to impress the national character on one who is originally of another country.
Page 261 - States, and the instructions which shall be given them according to law, for the regulation of their conduct; and will satisfy all damages and injuries which shall be done or committed contrary to the tenor thereof, by such vessel, during her commission, and to deliver up the same when revoked by the President of the Confederate States.
Page 74 - And be it further enacted, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to give, at any time within six months after the passage 'of this act', passports for the safe transportation of any ship or other property belonging to British subjects, and which is now within the limits of the United States.
Page 74 - The modern rule, then, would seem to be, that tangible property belonging to an enemy and found in the country at the commencement of Brown v. United States. war, ought not to be immediately confiscated ; and in almost every commercial treaty, an article is inserted stipulating for the right to withdraw such property. This rule appears to be totally incompatible with the idea, that war does of itself vest the property in the belligerent government.
Page 39 - And the depositions so taken shall be retained by such magistrate, until he deliver the same with his own hand into the court for which they are taken, or shall, together with a certificate of the reasons as aforesaid, of their being taken, and of the notice, if any given, to the adverse party, be by him, the said magistrate, sealed up and directed to such court, and remain under his seal until opened in court.
Page 298 - But where the general owner retains the possession, command, and navigation of the ship, and contracts to carry a cargo on freight for the voyage, the charter party is considered as a mere affreightment sounding in covenant, and the freighter is not clothed with the character or legal responsibility of ownership.