The American Law Journal, Volume 4W. P. Farrand and Company, 1813 - Law |
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... representatives of deceased seamen are only entitled to wages to the time of the demise WILLIAMS'S CASE.-Mr. Martin's opinion WOODRUFF V. SHIP DEARBORN case of , reported 620 275 - 275 278 129 88 620 254 WILKINSON GEN . The attorney ...
... representatives of deceased seamen are only entitled to wages to the time of the demise WILLIAMS'S CASE.-Mr. Martin's opinion WOODRUFF V. SHIP DEARBORN case of , reported 620 275 - 275 278 129 88 620 254 WILKINSON GEN . The attorney ...
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... go through all the cases which have been cited at the bar , in which there is a great deal of confu- * The case alluded to was Rupel's Representatives vs Blair . Sept. Term , 1798 sion and contradiction ; and therefore , though we have 15.
... go through all the cases which have been cited at the bar , in which there is a great deal of confu- * The case alluded to was Rupel's Representatives vs Blair . Sept. Term , 1798 sion and contradiction ; and therefore , though we have 15.
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... representative should not exer- cise any control over it , the State issues a grant to the heir . Whether this be law remains to be decided . This dispute , however , between the heir and executor , respecting an imperfect right , has ...
... representative should not exer- cise any control over it , the State issues a grant to the heir . Whether this be law remains to be decided . This dispute , however , between the heir and executor , respecting an imperfect right , has ...
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... representatives ? 01 J 21 23 . Here also let it be observed that not only in signing the instru ment they sign it as administrators , but also in the acknowledg ment they repeat it was done as administrators ; and further that in no ...
... representatives ? 01 J 21 23 . Here also let it be observed that not only in signing the instru ment they sign it as administrators , but also in the acknowledg ment they repeat it was done as administrators ; and further that in no ...
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... representatives , should forfeit such boat or boats and vessels , together with the en- gines , tackle and apparel thereof , to the said appellants and their associates . After the most minute examination of those statutes , I can- not ...
... representatives , should forfeit such boat or boats and vessels , together with the en- gines , tackle and apparel thereof , to the said appellants and their associates . After the most minute examination of those statutes , I can- not ...
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Page 52 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 405 - States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 361 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union.
Page 235 - It seems, then, to the court, to be a principle of public law, that national ships of war, entering the port of a friendly power, open for their reception, are to be considered as exempted by the consent of that power from its jurisdiction.
Page 267 - I trust that it has not escaped my anxious recollection for one moment, what it is that the duty of my station calls for from me, namely, to consider myself as stationed here, not to deliver occasional and shifting opinions to serve present purposes of particular national interest, but to administer with indifference that justice which the law of nations holds out, without distinction, to independent States, some happening to be neutral and some to be belligerent.
Page 233 - If there be no prohibition the ports of a friendly nation are considered as open to the public ships of all powers with whom it is at peace, and they are supposed to enter such ports and to remain in them, while allowed to remain, under the protection of the government of the place.
Page 232 - This perfect equality and absolute independence of sovereigns, and this common interest impelling them to mutual intercourse, and an interchange of good offices with each other, have given rise to a class of cases in which every sovereign is understood to waive the exercise of a part of that complete exclusive territorial jurisdiction, which has been stated to be the attribute of every nation.
Page 234 - When private individuals of one nation spread themselves through another, as business or caprice may direct, mingling indiscriminately with the inhabitants of that other, or when merchant vessels enter for the purposes of trade, it would be obviously inconvenient and dangerous to society, and would subject the laws to continual infraction, and the Government to degradation, if such individuals or merchants did not owe temporary and local allegiance, and were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the...
Page 373 - And indeed it is as important to regulate, in a republick, in what manner, by whom, to whom, and concerning what, suffrages are to be given, as it is in a monarchy, to know who is the prince, and after what manner he ought to govern.
Page 232 - In such case, without any express declaration waiving jurisdiction over the army to which this right of passage has been granted, the sovereign who should attempt to exercise it would certainly be considered as violating his faith. By exercising it, the purpose for which the free passage was granted would be defeated, and a portion of the military force of a foreign independent nation would be diverted from those national objects and duties to which it was applicable, and would be withdrawn from...