Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Volumen7Gilbert Book Company, 1885 |
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... banks to sue upon paper made payable to their cashiers merely affects the remedy , and in no wise impairs the obligation of the contract contained in prom- issory notes executed prior to its passage . Crawford v . Branch Bank of Mobile ...
... banks to sue upon paper made payable to their cashiers merely affects the remedy , and in no wise impairs the obligation of the contract contained in prom- issory notes executed prior to its passage . Crawford v . Branch Bank of Mobile ...
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... bank . A law by which the officers of an insolvent bank owned by the state are directed to collect its assets and pay them out in the following order : ( 1 ) to the holders of certain stock which is not a debt of the bank but of the ...
... bank . A law by which the officers of an insolvent bank owned by the state are directed to collect its assets and pay them out in the following order : ( 1 ) to the holders of certain stock which is not a debt of the bank but of the ...
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... bank- ing powers and issued bills which circulated as bank paper , but under the statute such unau thorized banking was unlawful , and no action could be sustained on the bills , it was held that a subsequent statute authorizing the ...
... bank- ing powers and issued bills which circulated as bank paper , but under the statute such unau thorized banking was unlawful , and no action could be sustained on the bills , it was held that a subsequent statute authorizing the ...
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... bank may set off against a judgment recovered by it the circulating notes of the bank , though he may have acquired them subsequently to the rendition of the judgment . Such act is not within the provisions of the constitution prohib ...
... bank may set off against a judgment recovered by it the circulating notes of the bank , though he may have acquired them subsequently to the rendition of the judgment . Such act is not within the provisions of the constitution prohib ...
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... Bank of Tennessee , in 1838 , made a contract with its people to receive these notes in payment of state taxes , and that it was not in the power of a subsequent legislature to impair the binding force of this con- tract . The ...
... Bank of Tennessee , in 1838 , made a contract with its people to receive these notes in payment of state taxes , and that it was not in the power of a subsequent legislature to impair the binding force of this con- tract . The ...
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Página 152 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 254 - Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former are expressly prohibited by the declarations prefixed to some of the state constitutions, and all of them are prohibited by the spirit and scope of these fundamental charters. Our own experience has taught us nevertheless, that additional fences against these dangers ought not to be omitted. Very...
Página 610 - The circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 650 - 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.
Página 603 - Of all crimes and offenses cognizable under the authority of the United States.
Página 638 - ... deprived of his life, liberty, or property, unless by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Página 596 - The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under the constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority...
Página 678 - It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations, if any other possible construction remains, and consequently can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce, further than is warranted by the law of nations as understood in this country.
Página 20 - ... all cases where any person may be restrained of his or her liberty in violation of the constitution, or of any treaty or law of the United States...
Página 218 - It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity, and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity, until its violation of the constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.