Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 24; Volume 65Published for John Conrad and Company, 1861 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... tion was made to dismiss the writ for want of jurisdiction , but the arguments upon this point will not be reported , nor upou the point of the constitutionality of the act of Congress . The argument of Mr. Russell and Mr. Walker upon ...
... tion was made to dismiss the writ for want of jurisdiction , but the arguments upon this point will not be reported , nor upou the point of the constitutionality of the act of Congress . The argument of Mr. Russell and Mr. Walker upon ...
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... tion , " have been used by jurists and by other writers in rela- tion to , or so as necessarily to include , the great lakes . " Inland Seas , " Woodbury , J. , 5 How . , 495 . " Interior Lakes , " Webster Arguendo , 6 How . , 378 ...
... tion , " have been used by jurists and by other writers in rela- tion to , or so as necessarily to include , the great lakes . " Inland Seas , " Woodbury , J. , 5 How . , 495 . " Interior Lakes , " Webster Arguendo , 6 How . , 378 ...
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... tion of the act under the term " inland navigation , " but no opinion is intimated . 20 How . , 26 . The language of this exception is very nearly copied from an exception in the act 52 Geo . III , which is as follows : " That nothing ...
... tion of the act under the term " inland navigation , " but no opinion is intimated . 20 How . , 26 . The language of this exception is very nearly copied from an exception in the act 52 Geo . III , which is as follows : " That nothing ...
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... way . 5 Mich . , 384 . We submit that there is no such arbitrary rule of construc- tion , and that whether the general words are to be thus con- VOL . XXIV . 2 Moore et al . v . American Transportation Co. trolled DECEMBER TERM , 1860 . 17.
... way . 5 Mich . , 384 . We submit that there is no such arbitrary rule of construc- tion , and that whether the general words are to be thus con- VOL . XXIV . 2 Moore et al . v . American Transportation Co. trolled DECEMBER TERM , 1860 . 17.
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... tion , for the reason that they are not entirely within the territory of the United States , but are border waters ; and yet it is admitted that this cannot determine the character of the navigation , for Lakes Michigan and Champlain ...
... tion , for the reason that they are not entirely within the territory of the United States , but are border waters ; and yet it is admitted that this cannot determine the character of the navigation , for Lakes Michigan and Champlain ...
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Page 381 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 162 - 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 71 - Territory to which such person has fled to cause him to be arrested and secured, and to cause notice of the arrest to be given to the executive authority making such demand, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he shall appear.
Page 31 - 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 202 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause ; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void.
Page 155 - ... may at any time permit either of the parties to amend any defect in the process or pleadings, upon such conditions as it shall, in its discretion and by its rules, prescribe.
Page 377 - ... which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.
Page 556 - the existence of such facts and circumstances as would excite the belief, in a reasonable mind, acting on the facts within the knowledge of the prosecutor, that the person charged was guilty of the crime for which he was prosecuted.
Page 488 - The general assembly shall make such provisions, by taxation or otherwise, as, with the income arising from the school trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the State...
Page 101 - If any Person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any state, shall flee from Justice, and be found in any of the united states, he shall upon demand of the Governor or executive power, of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offence.