Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 21; Volume 88W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1875 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... court will not , except in a clear case , reverse where both the District and the Circuit Court have agreed in their conclusions , yet in a clear case it will reverse even in such circumstances . 2. The master of a steamer which ...
... court will not , except in a clear case , reverse where both the District and the Circuit Court have agreed in their conclusions , yet in a clear case it will reverse even in such circumstances . 2. The master of a steamer which ...
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United States. Supreme Court. Argument for the owners of the steamer . Court and one in the Circuit Court on appeal - and upon . both hearings the case having been decided against the libellants upon the merits , this court will not ...
United States. Supreme Court. Argument for the owners of the steamer . Court and one in the Circuit Court on appeal - and upon . both hearings the case having been decided against the libellants upon the merits , this court will not ...
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United States. Supreme Court. Opinion of the court . one which we long ago contended for in this court * -that this court will not reverse on questions of fact where the District and Circuit Courts have concurred , except in a clear And ...
United States. Supreme Court. Opinion of the court . one which we long ago contended for in this court * -that this court will not reverse on questions of fact where the District and Circuit Courts have concurred , except in a clear And ...
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... Court , after hearing the parties , entered a decree dismissing the libel . Hearing was again had in the Circuit Court on appeal , and the Circuit Court entered a decree affirming the decree of the District Court . Where- upon the ...
... Court , after hearing the parties , entered a decree dismissing the libel . Hearing was again had in the Circuit Court on appeal , and the Circuit Court entered a decree affirming the decree of the District Court . Where- upon the ...
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... court . The twenty - second section of the act of 1789 , * confers upon this court the power to review the final judgments and decrees of the Circuit Court by means of a writ of error , and the judge who signs the citation is directed ...
... court . The twenty - second section of the act of 1789 , * confers upon this court the power to review the final judgments and decrees of the Circuit Court by means of a writ of error , and the judge who signs the citation is directed ...
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Page 167 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 298 - ... the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes according to the provisions of this title.
Page 533 - Of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases the right of a common-law remedy where the common law is competent to give it, and to claimants the rights and remedies under the workmen's compensation law of any State.60 Fourth.
Page 172 - And at such meetings every male inhabitant of twenty-one years of age and upwards, having a freehold estate within the Commonwealth, of the annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds...
Page 657 - It is not sufficient that he may sustain no injury by a change in the contract, or that it may even be for his benefit. He has a right to stand upon the very terms of his contract; and if he does not assent to any variation of it, and a variation is made, it is fatal.
Page 42 - And where a suit is now pending, or may be hereafter brought, in any state court, in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought and a citizen of another state...
Page 448 - ... after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
Page 339 - ... the assignee may recover the property, or the value of it, from the person so receiving it, or so to be benefited...
Page 147 - The case was submitted to the court without the intervention of a jury. The court found as a matter of fact that plaintiff was employed until May 1, 1924, at a salary of $175 per month ; that he performed his services in a "reasonable way...
Page 172 - In elections by the citizens, every freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the state two years next before the election, and within that time paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector...