Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 61Published for John Conrad and Company, 1858 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... directing the case to be dismissed , and speci- fying the terms upon which it is to be dismissed as to costs , and also paying to the Clerk any fees that may be due to him , it shall be the duty of the Clerk to enter the case dismissed ...
... directing the case to be dismissed , and speci- fying the terms upon which it is to be dismissed as to costs , and also paying to the Clerk any fees that may be due to him , it shall be the duty of the Clerk to enter the case dismissed ...
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... directed almost entirely to the merits of the case ; the question of jurisdiction was made by the counsel for the defendant in this manner : If the decision of the court below had been against the right claimed by Mrs. Taylor , under ...
... directed almost entirely to the merits of the case ; the question of jurisdiction was made by the counsel for the defendant in this manner : If the decision of the court below had been against the right claimed by Mrs. Taylor , under ...
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... directing a sale of the property , until an account had been taken of the debts , for the purpose of ascertaining whether there were any unpaid and recovera- ble ; and if , upon the report of such account , it appeared that there were ...
... directing a sale of the property , until an account had been taken of the debts , for the purpose of ascertaining whether there were any unpaid and recovera- ble ; and if , upon the report of such account , it appeared that there were ...
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... directed that a master should take an account of the rents and profits from the peti- tion in bankruptcy to the time when the receiver took posses- sion . The master subsequently reported the amount at the sum of $ 2,320.26 , and on the ...
... directed that a master should take an account of the rents and profits from the peti- tion in bankruptcy to the time when the receiver took posses- sion . The master subsequently reported the amount at the sum of $ 2,320.26 , and on the ...
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... directing only so much of the land to be sold as would be sufficient to pay the debts . The answer to this is , that the defendant , Robert Hudgins , made no offer to pay the debts on ascertaining the amount , and , for aught that ...
... directing only so much of the land to be sold as would be sufficient to pay the debts . The answer to this is , that the defendant , Robert Hudgins , made no offer to pay the debts on ascertaining the amount , and , for aught that ...
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Page 215 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...
Page 301 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Page 92 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 177 - 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, and private rights annulled.
Page 91 - 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 552 - ... the decree of the Circuit Court is, therefore, reversed, and the cause is remanded to...
Page 91 - The people of the United States framed such a government for the United States as they supposed best adapted to their situation, and best calculated to promote their interests. The powers they conferred on this government were to be exercised by itself ; and the limitations on power, if expressed in general terms, are naturally, and, we think, necessarily, applicable to the government created by the instrument. They are limitations of power granted in the instrument itself ; not of distinct governments,...
Page 31 - In this action the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, not on the weakness of that of his adversary.
Page 155 - Within five years, an action upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory within the United States. Within four years, an action upon any contract, obligation, or liability founded upon an instrument of writing, except those mentioned in the preceding section.
Page 195 - THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington.