Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States: 1-351 U.S; 1790- October term, 1955, Book 18Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1884 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 51
... alleged that , July 4 , 1856 , he made a contract of affreightment with G. J. and W. P. Lyman , by which they agreed to pay him $ 35,750 , for a round voyage from New York to Melbourne , thence to Calcutta , and thence to Boston ; and ...
... alleged that , July 4 , 1856 , he made a contract of affreightment with G. J. and W. P. Lyman , by which they agreed to pay him $ 35,750 , for a round voyage from New York to Melbourne , thence to Calcutta , and thence to Boston ; and ...
Page 59
... alleged to be , and we be- lieve are , British subjects . The cargo was restored to the owners by de- cree of the district court , and the vessel con- demned by decree of said court , pronounced on the 10th of March , 1862 . The ...
... alleged to be , and we be- lieve are , British subjects . The cargo was restored to the owners by de- cree of the district court , and the vessel con- demned by decree of said court , pronounced on the 10th of March , 1862 . The ...
Page 67
... alleged intent , if proved , avail the ap- pellant ; for it would not excuse the violation of the blockade . This ... alleging substantially as follows : First . That a certificate of enrollment and a license were fraudulently and ...
... alleged intent , if proved , avail the ap- pellant ; for it would not excuse the violation of the blockade . This ... alleging substantially as follows : First . That a certificate of enrollment and a license were fraudulently and ...
Page 68
... allegations , together with his opinion , to the Secretary of the Treasury , and the Secretary acts judicially upon ... alleged was obtained by a fraudulent pretense of wrecking , made for the express purpose of changing in this manner ...
... allegations , together with his opinion , to the Secretary of the Treasury , and the Secretary acts judicially upon ... alleged was obtained by a fraudulent pretense of wrecking , made for the express purpose of changing in this manner ...
Page 72
... alleged for this mo- tion , and no previous notice of it had been given . On the 6th day of August , 1864 , a new trial was had ( against which defendant's counsel protested ) and judgment given for the United States for $ 1,388.10 ...
... alleged for this mo- tion , and no previous notice of it had been given . On the 6th day of August , 1864 , a new trial was had ( against which defendant's counsel protested ) and judgment given for the United States for $ 1,388.10 ...
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Page 303 - The Constitution of the United States is a law 'for rulers and people equally in war and in peace and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men at all times and under all circumstances. No doctrine involving more pernicious consequences was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 243 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 306 - As necessity creates the rule, so it limits its duration; for, if this government is continued after the courts are reinstated, it is a gross usurpation of power. Martial rule can never exist where the courts are open, and in the proper and unobstructed exercise of their jurisdiction.
Page 351 - That the tax so imposed under the laws of any state upon the shares of any of the associations authorized by this act shall not exceed the rate imposed upon the shares in any of the banks organized under authority of the state where such association is located...
Page 390 - The question remains whether the plaintiff has made out his title; for he must recover (if at all) upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of his adversaries.
Page 252 - Every incorporated or other bank, and every person, firm, or company having a place of business where credits are opened by the deposit or collection of money or currency, subject to be paid or remitted upon draft, check, or order, or where money is advanced or loaned on stocks, bonds, bullion, bills of exchange, or promissory notes, or where stocks, bonds, bullion, bills of exchange, or promissory notes are received for discount or for sale, shall be regarded as a bank or as a banker...
Page 351 - ... in the assessment of taxes imposed by or under State authority at the place where such bank is located, and not elsewhere, but not at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State...
Page 369 - A bill of attainder is a legislative act which inflicts punishment without a judicial trial. If the punishment be less than death, the act is termed a bill of pains and penalties.
Page 379 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Page 303 - Those great and good men foresaw that troublous times would arise, when rulers and people would become restive under restraint, and seek by sharp and decisive measures to accomplish ends deemed just and proper; and that the principles of constitutional liberty would be in peril, unless established by irrepealable law. The history of the world had taught them that what was done in the past might be attempted in the future.