Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 2 |
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... charter providing that " the shares of the individual stockholders should be liable for the debts of the corporation . " " And in case of deficiency of attachable corporate property or estate , " the provision went on to say , " the ...
... charter providing that " the shares of the individual stockholders should be liable for the debts of the corporation . " " And in case of deficiency of attachable corporate property or estate , " the provision went on to say , " the ...
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... charter . On a question before the Supreme Court of Maine , ―the highest court of law in that State , -whether such repeal was or was not repugnant to the clause , above cited , of the Constitution , that court held that it was not ...
... charter . On a question before the Supreme Court of Maine , ―the highest court of law in that State , -whether such repeal was or was not repugnant to the clause , above cited , of the Constitution , that court held that it was not ...
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... charter , and subsequent purchasers in becoming members , assented and agreed to the terms and conditions of the act of incorporation . The defendant in this suit , in common with the other stock- holders , by his acceptance of the charter ...
... charter , and subsequent purchasers in becoming members , assented and agreed to the terms and conditions of the act of incorporation . The defendant in this suit , in common with the other stock- holders , by his acceptance of the charter ...
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... charter had made liable for the debt . The difference between the two cases is , that , in the case decided , the collateral re- medy for the debt was only materially impaired ; in the case at bar it is destroyed . In McCracken v ...
... charter had made liable for the debt . The difference between the two cases is , that , in the case decided , the collateral re- medy for the debt was only materially impaired ; in the case at bar it is destroyed . In McCracken v ...
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... charter of the corporation and the law of the State had conferred on the creditor the right to levy his execution on the property of the stockholders , or to subject their property to the payment of the debt by an action on the case ...
... charter of the corporation and the law of the State had conferred on the creditor the right to levy his execution on the property of the stockholders , or to subject their property to the payment of the debt by an action on the case ...
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Page 460 - That all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States, respectively, wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively hereafter enact for the purpose, until further legislative provision shall be made by congress.
Page 29 - The rule of law is clear, that where one by his words or conduct wilfully causes another to believe the existence of a certain state of things, and induces him to act on that belief so as to alter his own previous position, the former is concluded from averring against the latter a different state of things as existing at the same time.
Page 234 - Nothing can be clearer, both upon principle and authority, than the doctrine that the liability of a surety is not to be extended by implication beyond the terms of his contract.
Page 128 - That the circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 460 - The master of any vessel coming into or going out of any port situate upon waters which are the boundary between two States, may employ any pilot duly licensed or authorized by the laws of either of the States bounded on such waters, to pilot the vessel to or from such port.
Page 265 - States; and that from and after fifteen days from the issuing of this proclamation all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States will be forfeited to the United States...
Page 87 - In such cases, courts of equity act sometimes by analogy to the law, and sometimes act upon their own inherent doctrine of discouraging, for the peace of society, antiquated demands, by refusing to interfere where there has been gross laches in prosecuting rights, or long and unreasonable acquiescence in the assertion of adverse rights.
Page 665 - The judgment of the District Court is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court with directions to...
Page 97 - State in which a decision could be had, in which is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or authority exercised under the United States...
Page 407 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...