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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... purchase cotton in the insurrectionary States and export the same to other States , upon condition of paying ( besides other fees ) a fee or bonus of four cents per pound . The act of July 2d , 1864 ( 13 Stat . at Large , 375 ) ...
... purchase cotton in the insurrectionary States and export the same to other States , upon condition of paying ( besides other fees ) a fee or bonus of four cents per pound . The act of July 2d , 1864 ( 13 Stat . at Large , 375 ) ...
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... purchase and ship to the loyal States large quan- tities of cotton , amounting to over seven millions of pounds . This payment was one of the fees or charges required by the regulations of the Treasury Department to be made as a ...
... purchase and ship to the loyal States large quan- tities of cotton , amounting to over seven millions of pounds . This payment was one of the fees or charges required by the regulations of the Treasury Department to be made as a ...
Page 77
... purchase and transport goods was to be granted only to those who should make the prescribed affidavit , and enter into bond to pay all fees required by the regulations ; and no permit was to be granted for such purchase and ...
... purchase and transport goods was to be granted only to those who should make the prescribed affidavit , and enter into bond to pay all fees required by the regulations ; and no permit was to be granted for such purchase and ...
Page 78
... purchased in pursuance of the license of the President and the regula- tions of the Secretary of the Treasury in that regard ; that they applied to the defendant for permits to ship and trans- port said cotton from Nashville to a loyal ...
... purchased in pursuance of the license of the President and the regula- tions of the Secretary of the Treasury in that regard ; that they applied to the defendant for permits to ship and trans- port said cotton from Nashville to a loyal ...
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... purchased property . These provisions are entirely new in some of their features , and were enacted to avoid the difficulties and dangers before alluded to , and never intended to validate any illegal act or to settle any question of ...
... purchased property . These provisions are entirely new in some of their features , and were enacted to avoid the difficulties and dangers before alluded to , and never intended to validate any illegal act or to settle any question of ...
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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...
Page 298 - To exercise by its board of directors, or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on 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 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 462 - ... for money had and received by the defendant for the use of the plaintiff...
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.
Page 92 - State or section, the inhabitants of which are so declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles, and for such time, and by such persons, as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest ; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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...