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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... duty to be acquainted with . 3. The accident was not caused by wind . Admitting that the wind might have risen at the very and exact instant of time that the craft was going through the piers — a singular coin- cidence , it may be ...
... duty to be acquainted with . 3. The accident was not caused by wind . Admitting that the wind might have risen at the very and exact instant of time that the craft was going through the piers — a singular coin- cidence , it may be ...
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... duty of this court to re- examine the evidence in the case as the questions of law presented for decision . * Wheat of the quantity and quality specified in the libel was delivered by the shipper to the master of the steamer at the ...
... duty of this court to re- examine the evidence in the case as the questions of law presented for decision . * Wheat of the quantity and quality specified in the libel was delivered by the shipper to the master of the steamer at the ...
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... duty of the carrier to have agents present to oversee and regulate the stowage . Sufficient appears in the pleadings and proofs to support the proposition that the wheat , when stowed in the barge and delivered to the master , was in ...
... duty of the carrier to have agents present to oversee and regulate the stowage . Sufficient appears in the pleadings and proofs to support the proposition that the wheat , when stowed in the barge and delivered to the master , was in ...
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... duties in which they were engaged . ( 2. ) Because it was their duty , if they believed that the pass in question was re- stricted to the distance between the two piers , to have taken the other pass , which the evidence shows has the ...
... duties in which they were engaged . ( 2. ) Because it was their duty , if they believed that the pass in question was re- stricted to the distance between the two piers , to have taken the other pass , which the evidence shows has the ...
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... duty of the car- rier , and one that is implied by law , is to provide a seaworthy vessel , well furnished with proper motive power , and furni- ture necessary for the voyage . Necessary equipment is as requisite as that the hull of the ...
... duty of the car- rier , and one that is implied by law , is to provide a seaworthy vessel , well furnished with proper motive power , and furni- ture necessary for the voyage . Necessary equipment is as requisite as that the hull of the ...
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Page 676 - Act read in its essential parts as follows: (A) final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
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Page 527 - The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance; their relation to their ancient sovereign is dissolved; but their relations to each other, and their rights of property, remain undisturbed.
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 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 448 - ... after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
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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...