Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States: 1-351 U.S; 1790- October term, 1955, Book 27Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1885 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... deed of trust ; that all of said property , together with the rights , priv- ileges and franchises of said Company , were on said 22d day of February wrongfully and fraud- ulently taken from the custody and control of said Company , and ...
... deed of trust ; that all of said property , together with the rights , priv- ileges and franchises of said Company , were on said 22d day of February wrongfully and fraud- ulently taken from the custody and control of said Company , and ...
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... deed to your orator utterly valueless . And your orator avers that such action will be grossly unjust and inequitable towards the ces- tuis que trust of your orator and other creditors of said Company , especially as about eighty per ...
... deed to your orator utterly valueless . And your orator avers that such action will be grossly unjust and inequitable towards the ces- tuis que trust of your orator and other creditors of said Company , especially as about eighty per ...
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... deed . And the said respondent , further answering , says that it has no means of knowledge of the per cent of the holders of said interest warrants that matured October first , 1873 , that presented such warrants to the Company and ...
... deed . And the said respondent , further answering , says that it has no means of knowledge of the per cent of the holders of said interest warrants that matured October first , 1873 , that presented such warrants to the Company and ...
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... deed to these re- spondents have presented for payment , but they allege that it is immaterial whether one or more of said coupons have been so presented ; that , inasmuch as the said coupons have not been paid and a large amount ...
... deed to these re- spondents have presented for payment , but they allege that it is immaterial whether one or more of said coupons have been so presented ; that , inasmuch as the said coupons have not been paid and a large amount ...
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... deed to them , dated March 10 , 1869 , did declare the prin- cipal of the said twenty - five hundred Illinois Division bonds to be due and payable by rea- son of the default of said Railroad Company in the payment of certain of the ...
... deed to them , dated March 10 , 1869 , did declare the prin- cipal of the said twenty - five hundred Illinois Division bonds to be due and payable by rea- son of the default of said Railroad Company in the payment of certain of the ...
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Page 207 - States shall have the same right in every state and territory to make 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 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 none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom to the contrary notwithstanding...
Page 131 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority...
Page 170 - The practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding in civil causes, other than equity and admiralty causes, in the circuit and district courts, shall conform, as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 309 - States, it shall appear to the satisfaction of said circuit court, at any time after such suit has been brought or removed thereto, that such suit does not really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy properly within the jurisdiction of said circuit court...
Page 357 - When any civil suit or criminal prosecution is commenced in any state court, for any cause whatsoever, against any person who is denied or cannot enforce in the judicial tribunals of the State, or in the part of the State where such suit or prosecution is pending, any right secured to him by any law providing for the equal civil rights of citizens of the United States...
Page 182 - No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it.
Page 307 - no suit, either at law or in equity, shall be maintainable in any court between an assignee in bankruptcy and a person claiming an adverse interest, touching any property or rights of property transferable to or vested in *such assignee, unless brought within two years from the time when the cause of action accrued for or against such assignee.
Page 310 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Page 304 - ... dismiss the suit or remand it to the court from which it was removed, as justice may require, and shall make such order as to costs as shall be just...
Page 391 - The shareholders or stockholders of every banking or insurance corporation or association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such corporation or association, to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares or stock.