Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volumes 70-73LEXIS Law Pub., 1901 - Law reports, digests, etc First series, books 1-43, includes "Notes on U.S. reports" by Walter Malins Rose. |
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... officers . " They do not exercise any of the political func- tions of county officers , such as levying taxes , & c ... officer of the county is one by whom the county performs its usual political functions , or government functions ...
... officers . " They do not exercise any of the political func- tions of county officers , such as levying taxes , & c ... officer of the county is one by whom the county performs its usual political functions , or government functions ...
Page 43
... officer , because the officer has duties to perform to the respondent as well as to the complainant , and to the court as well as to the parties . 6. Every such officer possesses the power , for good cause shown , to adjourn the sale ...
... officer , because the officer has duties to perform to the respondent as well as to the complainant , and to the court as well as to the parties . 6. Every such officer possesses the power , for good cause shown , to adjourn the sale ...
Page 45
... officer is agent for both parties , and it is his memorandum subscribed by him for both parties , which makes a contract . Chit . Cont . 261 ; Simonds v . Catlin , 2 Cai . 61 ; Jackson v . Catlin , 2 Johns . 248 ; Ennis V. Waller , 3 ...
... officer is agent for both parties , and it is his memorandum subscribed by him for both parties , which makes a contract . Chit . Cont . 261 ; Simonds v . Catlin , 2 Cai . 61 ; Jackson v . Catlin , 2 Johns . 248 ; Ennis V. Waller , 3 ...
Page 46
... officer of the court , and are always re- garded as under the control of the court , and subject to the power of the court to set the sale aside for good cause shown , or open it any time before it has been confirmed , if the cir ...
... officer of the court , and are always re- garded as under the control of the court , and subject to the power of the court to set the sale aside for good cause shown , or open it any time before it has been confirmed , if the cir ...
Page 47
... officer in selling the property acts un- der the advice of the solicitor of the complain- ant ; but it cannot be admitted that his advice is , under all circumstances , obligatory upon the officer . Granting that solicitors may properly ...
... officer in selling the property acts un- der the advice of the solicitor of the complain- ant ; but it cannot be admitted that his advice is , under all circumstances , obligatory upon the officer . Granting that solicitors may properly ...
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Page 373 - 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 235 - 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 244 - 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 373 - there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers.
Page 373 - 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 373 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 373 - ... and as no power is left but the military, it is allowed to govern by martial rule until the laws can have their free course.
Page 373 - Every law that alters the legal rules of evidence and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the time of the commission of the offense, in order to convict the offender.
Page 373 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal; and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was, when committed.
Page 185 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.