Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 2 |
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... tract . A party contracted to erect and complete a build- ing on a certain lot . By reason of a latent defect in soil the building fell down before it was completed . It was held ( School Trustees v . Bennett , § a case in New Jersey ...
... tract . A party contracted to erect and complete a build- ing on a certain lot . By reason of a latent defect in soil the building fell down before it was completed . It was held ( School Trustees v . Bennett , § a case in New Jersey ...
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... tract between the State and the corporation ; but not neces- sarily between them only . If it contain provisions on which third persons are invited to give credit , and which hold out assurances to them that if they will give credit a ...
... tract between the State and the corporation ; but not neces- sarily between them only . If it contain provisions on which third persons are invited to give credit , and which hold out assurances to them that if they will give credit a ...
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... tract . When the debts were contracted the plaintiff had two remedies : one against the corporation , the other against the stockholders . The former was , and was known . to be , wholly useless ; the latter was sufficient and effectual ...
... tract . When the debts were contracted the plaintiff had two remedies : one against the corporation , the other against the stockholders . The former was , and was known . to be , wholly useless ; the latter was sufficient and effectual ...
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... tract , in the sense in which these words are used in the Constitution , is that duty of performing it which is recog- nized and enforced by the laws . And if the law is so changed , that the means of legally enforcing this duty are ...
... tract , in the sense in which these words are used in the Constitution , is that duty of performing it which is recog- nized and enforced by the laws . And if the law is so changed , that the means of legally enforcing this duty are ...
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... tract as the other . It is an unfounded assumption that the obligation of a con- tract can be incumbent only on the party that makes the pro- mise . The obligation of a contract is a duty of performing it re- cognized and enforced by ...
... tract as the other . It is an unfounded assumption that the obligation of a con- tract can be incumbent only on the party that makes the pro- mise . The obligation of a contract is a duty of performing it re- cognized and enforced by ...
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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.