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... cite his opinion in Lovejoy v . Murrays in which he held that the recovery of a judgment against one of several ... cited to the English court of Com- mon Pleas in Brinsmead v . Harrison ; but , though referred to with great respect ...
... cite his opinion in Lovejoy v . Murrays in which he held that the recovery of a judgment against one of several ... cited to the English court of Com- mon Pleas in Brinsmead v . Harrison ; but , though referred to with great respect ...
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... cited , should then " give one or two extracts in the precise terms of the opinion of the court as to the point under discussion . It will be so apparent to the court , when an authority is presented in that manner , that it has before ...
... cited , should then " give one or two extracts in the precise terms of the opinion of the court as to the point under discussion . It will be so apparent to the court , when an authority is presented in that manner , that it has before ...
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... cited or produced to the one which the court has before it , and , while the identity of the cases themselves or of the facts or pleadings in them , adds to the value of the decision cited , it is clear , upon very slight re- flection ...
... cited or produced to the one which the court has before it , and , while the identity of the cases themselves or of the facts or pleadings in them , adds to the value of the decision cited , it is clear , upon very slight re- flection ...
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Charles Noble Gregory. be done by the court to whom the case is cited plac- ing itself as nearly as possible in the position of the court which made the decision . The most important point with the court , there- fore , is to determine ...
Charles Noble Gregory. be done by the court to whom the case is cited plac- ing itself as nearly as possible in the position of the court which made the decision . The most important point with the court , there- fore , is to determine ...
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... In this country , where the delivery and reporting of opinions of courts and judges has multiplied almost indefinitely , and where opinions are cited and published from referees , com- missioners 132 SAMUEL FREEMAN MILLER.
... In this country , where the delivery and reporting of opinions of courts and judges has multiplied almost indefinitely , and where opinions are cited and published from referees , com- missioners 132 SAMUEL FREEMAN MILLER.
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Page 96 - 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 90 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Page 159 - All sheep and oxen ; yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Page 90 - Union at a time and place to be agreed on, to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to examine the relative situations and trade of the said states; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Page 96 - Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Page 23 - To lay with one hand the power of the government on the property of the citizen, and with the other to bestow it upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes, is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation.
Page 24 - Taxes are burdens or charges imposed by the legislature upon persons or property to raise money for public purposes."* Coulter, J., in Northern Liberties v.
Page 91 - Resolved — That in the opinion of Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of...
Page 91 - Ibid. pointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed...
Page 96 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our property, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.