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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... District Court is , therefore , re- versed , with costs , and the case remanded to the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota , with directions to enter a decree in conformity with this opinion . ment or customary dealing by which ...
... District Court is , therefore , re- versed , with costs , and the case remanded to the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota , with directions to enter a decree in conformity with this opinion . ment or customary dealing by which ...
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... Court. The Executive and Judicial Departments were THE MINNESOTA MINING ... court , & c . " Here was a clear judicial recognition by the highest court of the ... district court in conformity with this opinion . Cited - 3 Wall . , 257 ; 4 ...
... Court. The Executive and Judicial Departments were THE MINNESOTA MINING ... court , & c . " Here was a clear judicial recognition by the highest court of the ... district court in conformity with this opinion . Cited - 3 Wall . , 257 ; 4 ...
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... Court. This action was tried in Ontonagon County be- fore Judge Goodwin , without a jury . He found the facts and the law specially . The case was taken by a writ of error to the Supreme Court ... district where the decree was entered , or by ...
... Court. This action was tried in Ontonagon County be- fore Judge Goodwin , without a jury . He found the facts and the law specially . The case was taken by a writ of error to the Supreme Court ... district where the decree was entered , or by ...
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... District Court of the Territory of Nebraska for the County of Doug- lass by the Territorial District Attorney for the First District . It was filed under ch . 28 , Code of 1857 , and the Act of October 29 , 1858 , page 232 , laws 1858 ...
... District Court of the Territory of Nebraska for the County of Doug- lass by the Territorial District Attorney for the First District . It was filed under ch . 28 , Code of 1857 , and the Act of October 29 , 1858 , page 232 , laws 1858 ...
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... Court of a Territory , affirming the judgment or decree of a district court for the defendants in an action of ejectment , is one to review which a writ of error may be prosecuted . On a motion to dismiss , the court will look to the ...
... Court of a Territory , affirming the judgment or decree of a district court for the defendants in an action of ejectment , is one to review which a writ of error may be prosecuted . On a motion to dismiss , the court will look to the ...
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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.