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 29
... brought in the court be- low by the appellant , for the foreclosure of a mortgage given to secure a note for $ 6,000 with interest . The court below rendered a decree for the plaintiff for $ 4,000 only and interest , and he appealed to ...
... brought in the court be- low by the appellant , for the foreclosure of a mortgage given to secure a note for $ 6,000 with interest . The court below rendered a decree for the plaintiff for $ 4,000 only and interest , and he appealed to ...
Page 35
... brought the case to this court . The plaintiffs in error claim as heirs of one Matthias C. Comstock , who died intestate on or about the 29th day of November , 1838 , leaving personal property in Iowa County , in the then Territory of ...
... brought the case to this court . The plaintiffs in error claim as heirs of one Matthias C. Comstock , who died intestate on or about the 29th day of November , 1838 , leaving personal property in Iowa County , in the then Territory of ...
Page 42
... brought the whole statute within the judicial knowledge of the court , & c . " Here was a clear judicial recognition by the highest court of the State , in accordance with the previous determination of the Executive De- partment . To ...
... brought the whole statute within the judicial knowledge of the court , & c . " Here was a clear judicial recognition by the highest court of the State , in accordance with the previous determination of the Executive De- partment . To ...
Page 43
... brought in question , and the same questions again agitated . In that case , as in this , the question submitted to the court was , whether a lease , made by the Secretary of War , of mineral lands including section sixteen ...
... brought in question , and the same questions again agitated . In that case , as in this , the question submitted to the court was , whether a lease , made by the Secretary of War , of mineral lands including section sixteen ...
Page 48
... brought to this court by writ of error to the Supreme Court of Nebraska . The case is further stated by the court . Mr. Woolworth , for plaintiff in error : First Point . That the information states facts sufficient to constitute a ...
... brought to this court by writ of error to the Supreme Court of Nebraska . The case is further stated by the court . Mr. Woolworth , for plaintiff in error : First Point . That the information states facts sufficient to constitute a ...
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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.