Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 32Banks Law Publishing, 1903 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... grant from the Spanish governor , made in 1815 ; his title consisted of a petition presented by him- self to the governor of East Florida , praying for a grant of 2000 acres , at a designated place , in pursuance of the royal order of ...
... grant from the Spanish governor , made in 1815 ; his title consisted of a petition presented by him- self to the governor of East Florida , praying for a grant of 2000 acres , at a designated place , in pursuance of the royal order of ...
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... grants shall remain ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of them , to the same extent , " & c . , thus ... grant . 1 See Garcia v . Lee , 12 Pet . 511 ; United States v . Miranda , 16 Id . 155 ; United States v . Clarke ...
... grants shall remain ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of them , to the same extent , " & c . , thus ... grant . 1 See Garcia v . Lee , 12 Pet . 511 ; United States v . Miranda , 16 Id . 155 ; United States v . Clarke ...
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... grant made to him , on the 12th day of December 1815 , by Governor Estrada , then Spanish governor of East Florida , and whilst East Florida belonged to Spain . The documents exhibiting the alleged title annexed to the petition were the ...
... grant made to him , on the 12th day of December 1815 , by Governor Estrada , then Spanish governor of East Florida , and whilst East Florida belonged to Spain . The documents exhibiting the alleged title annexed to the petition were the ...
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... grant him two thousand acres of land , in the place called Ockliwaha , situated on the mar- gins of the river St. John , which favor he doubts not to receive from the benevolent and charitable dispositions of your excellency . St ...
... grant him two thousand acres of land , in the place called Ockliwaha , situated on the mar- gins of the river St. John , which favor he doubts not to receive from the benevolent and charitable dispositions of your excellency . St ...
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... grant or concession set forth by the petitioner , at the time , " and in the manner alleged in the said petition of bill of complaint , he made it contrary to the laws , ordinances and royal regulations of the government of Spain ...
... grant or concession set forth by the petitioner , at the time , " and in the manner alleged in the said petition of bill of complaint , he made it contrary to the laws , ordinances and royal regulations of the government of Spain ...
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Page 93 - A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed.
Page 151 - The Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves, for their own government, and not for the government of the individual States. Each State established a constitution for itself, and in that constitution provided such limitations and restrictions on the powers of its particular government as its judgment dictated.
Page 54 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by his Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities in the said territories, ceded by his Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the game extent that the same grants would be valid, if the territories had remained under the dominion of his Catholic Majesty.
Page 157 - These amendments contain no expression indicating an intention to apply them to the state governments. This court cannot so apply them.
Page 53 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.
Page 419 - It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country. 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 Dissenting Opinion : Shiras, Field, JJ. and private rights annulled.
Page 420 - Had Florida changed its sovereign by an act containing no stipulation respecting the property of individuals, the right of property in all those who became subjects or citizens of the new government would have been unaffected by the change.
Page 183 - The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention.
Page 63 - THIS cause came on to be heard, on the transcript of the record from the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, and was argued by counsel : On consideration whereof, it is ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said district court in this cause be and the same is hereby...
Page 30 - 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.