United States Supreme Court Reports, Volumen40Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1901 Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references. |
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Página 56
... follows : The plaintiffs are the sole legal heirs of James Har- vey Chism , who served in the army of Texas during her war with Mexico . In reward for his services there were two land certificates is- sued to him in the name of " J. H. ...
... follows : The plaintiffs are the sole legal heirs of James Har- vey Chism , who served in the army of Texas during her war with Mexico . In reward for his services there were two land certificates is- sued to him in the name of " J. H. ...
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... follows at the request of the defendant : " The transfer introduced by the defendant to the certificate is not a forgery in law , whether signed by the person who was the owner of said certificate acquired from the person to whom it ...
... follows at the request of the defendant : " The transfer introduced by the defendant to the certificate is not a forgery in law , whether signed by the person who was the owner of said certificate acquired from the person to whom it ...
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... follows : " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress ... follow . ing , that is to say : That a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections , and included ...
... follows : " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress ... follow . ing , that is to say : That a quantity of land not exceeding one hundred and twenty sections , and included ...
Página 78
... follows : On May 14 , 1853 , William W. Smith purchased from the state of Louisiana a tract known as Cross Lake , in ... follow- ing by Wylie to Hotchkiss & Tomkies to indi- cate that the land was swamp or overflowed , or that it was ...
... follows : On May 14 , 1853 , William W. Smith purchased from the state of Louisiana a tract known as Cross Lake , in ... follow- ing by Wylie to Hotchkiss & Tomkies to indi- cate that the land was swamp or overflowed , or that it was ...
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... follows : ' On and after the first day of June , 1894 , unless otherwise specially pro- vided for in this Act , ' etc. " ( d ) That the bill was laid before the Senate February 2 , 1894 , and referred to the Finance Committee . " ( e ) ...
... follows : ' On and after the first day of June , 1894 , unless otherwise specially pro- vided for in this Act , ' etc. " ( d ) That the bill was laid before the Senate February 2 , 1894 , and referred to the Finance Committee . " ( e ) ...
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Página 358 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Página 207 - In said agreements agreed to be paid by the party of the first part to the party of the second part...
Página 218 - In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guaranties equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.
Página 278 - When a given state of facts is such that reasonable men may fairly differ upon the question as to whether there was negligence or not, the determination of the matter is for the jury. It is only where the facts are such that all reasonable men must draw the same conclusion from them that the question of negligence is ever considered as one of law for the court.
Página 441 - The maxim that the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, and not on the weakness of the defendant's, is applicable to all actions for the recovery of property. But if the plaintiff had actual prior possession of the . land, this is strong enough to enable him to- recover it from a mere trespasser, who entered without any title.
Página 443 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Página 307 - ... said boat, vessel, scow, raft, or other craft may be proceeded against summarily by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
Página 218 - It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated and private rights annulled.
Página 403 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different states, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Página 404 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...