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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... passed 10th July 1832 , congress authorized the appointment of a separate and per- manent navy - agent at Washington , and directed the performance of the duties " not only for the navy yard in the city of Washington , but for the navy ...
... passed 10th July 1832 , congress authorized the appointment of a separate and per- manent navy - agent at Washington , and directed the performance of the duties " not only for the navy yard in the city of Washington , but for the navy ...
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... passed an act repealing the provisions assigning the duties of navy - agents to the com- mandant of the navy yard , and authorizing the appointment of a permanent United States v . Macdaniel . navy - agent . 5 1833 ] OF THE UNITED STATES .
... passed an act repealing the provisions assigning the duties of navy - agents to the com- mandant of the navy yard , and authorizing the appointment of a permanent United States v . Macdaniel . navy - agent . 5 1833 ] OF THE UNITED STATES .
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... passed under the scrutiny of a committee of congress , without exception , and they have been sanctioned by every secretary of the navy , while he performed the duties for which they are claimed . The account of the defendant does not ...
... passed under the scrutiny of a committee of congress , without exception , and they have been sanctioned by every secretary of the navy , while he performed the duties for which they are claimed . The account of the defendant does not ...
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... passed througa his hands , and were disbursed by him for the supplies of the troops , under his command ; he claimed a commission on these sums , and offered evidence to prove that similar allowances had been made to others ; he also ...
... passed througa his hands , and were disbursed by him for the supplies of the troops , under his command ; he claimed a commission on these sums , and offered evidence to prove that similar allowances had been made to others ; he also ...
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... passed through his hands , and were passed over by him to various officers in the army under his command , and to others who have been appointed by him to act as such , or were disbursed by him for the supplies of the troops by him com ...
... passed through his hands , and were passed over by him to various officers in the army under his command , and to others who have been appointed by him to act as such , or were disbursed by him for the supplies of the troops by him com ...
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Page 95 - 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 153 - 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 56 - 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 159 - These amendments contain no expression indicating an intention to apply them to the state governments. This court cannot so apply them.
Page 55 - 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 421 - 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 422 - 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 185 - 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 65 - 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 32 - 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.