Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 2 |
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... amount which it was necessary for her to expend in order to render the cracked part of the house fit for use and occupation according to the plan and specifica- tions ; an instruction which the court refused to give . The court ...
... amount which it was necessary for her to expend in order to render the cracked part of the house fit for use and occupation according to the plan and specifica- tions ; an instruction which the court refused to give . The court ...
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... amount of his stock , for all debts of the corporation contracted prior to the transfer thereof , for the term of six months after judgment recovered against said corporation ; and the same may be taken in execution on said judgment ...
... amount of his stock , for all debts of the corporation contracted prior to the transfer thereof , for the term of six months after judgment recovered against said corporation ; and the same may be taken in execution on said judgment ...
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... amount to a contract with creditors not to divert that fund from the payment of their debts . It has been held by the courts of New York , that such an act of incorporation as this is leaves the stockholders to stand as original con ...
... amount to a contract with creditors not to divert that fund from the payment of their debts . It has been held by the courts of New York , that such an act of incorporation as this is leaves the stockholders to stand as original con ...
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... the individual property , rights , and credits of any stockholder shall be liable , to the amount of his stock . * 9 Cushing , 192 . Argument for the stockholder . This property might be taken 14 [ Sup . Ct . HAWTHORNE v . CALEF .
... the individual property , rights , and credits of any stockholder shall be liable , to the amount of his stock . * 9 Cushing , 192 . Argument for the stockholder . This property might be taken 14 [ Sup . Ct . HAWTHORNE v . CALEF .
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... amount of his stock . And the stockholder could exempt his property entirely from the execution and attachment , by disclosing and showing sufficient attachable corporate property . In all this , there is no recognition of any contract ...
... amount of his stock . And the stockholder could exempt his property entirely from the execution and attachment , by disclosing and showing sufficient attachable corporate property . In all this , there is no recognition of any contract ...
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Page 450 - 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 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 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 5 - ... but when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided...
Page 460 - An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
Page 752 - A verdict having been found for the defendant, with leave to the plaintiff to move to enter a verdict for 19L 2s.
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 663 - The judgment of the District Court is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court with directions to...
Page 407 - Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during' the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or declared void by decision of the Supreme Court. >So help me God.
Page 5 - But where a party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided against it by his contract.