The Supreme Court Reporter, Volúmenes1-2West Publishing Company, 1883 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 75
Página 87
... officers of a municipal corporation , to exclude inquiry as to whether bonds , issued in its name , were made in ... officers - invested with au- thority to determine whether such conditions have been performed— the responsibility of ...
... officers of a municipal corporation , to exclude inquiry as to whether bonds , issued in its name , were made in ... officers - invested with au- thority to determine whether such conditions have been performed— the responsibility of ...
Página 240
... officers and agents of the United States when sued by private persons for property in their posses- sion as such officers and agents . In such cases a court of competent jurisdiction over the parties before it may in- quire into the ...
... officers and agents of the United States when sued by private persons for property in their posses- sion as such officers and agents . In such cases a court of competent jurisdiction over the parties before it may in- quire into the ...
Página 247
... officers and agents of the United States , and it is appropriated to lawful public uses . This proposition rests on the principle that the United States cannot be lawfully sued without its consent in any case , and that no action can be ...
... officers and agents of the United States , and it is appropriated to lawful public uses . This proposition rests on the principle that the United States cannot be lawfully sued without its consent in any case , and that no action can be ...
Página 252
... officers who are sued assert no per- sonal possession , but are holding as the mere agents of the United States , while the executors of Rittenhouse held the money until a bet- ter right was established . But the very next case in this ...
... officers who are sued assert no per- sonal possession , but are holding as the mere agents of the United States , while the executors of Rittenhouse held the money until a bet- ter right was established . But the very next case in this ...
Página 253
itary officers in possession , and the very question now in issue was raised by these officers , who , according to the bill of exceptions , in- sisted that the action could not be maintained against them , " because the land was ...
itary officers in possession , and the very question now in issue was raised by these officers , who , according to the bill of exceptions , in- sisted that the action could not be maintained against them , " because the land was ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
action affirmed alleged amendment amount appeal appellee applied assignment authority bank bill board of liquidation bonds burner cent certificate charter circuit court citizens claim congress constitution construction contract corporation coupons court of equity creditors debt declared decree deed defendant in error district duty enforce entitled equity evidence execution fact filed Flaglor foreclosure fund granted held holders interest issued judgment jurisdiction jury Justice land letters patent liability lien Logansport Louisiana mandamus matter ment mortgage obligation Oconto county officers opinion owner paid parties patent payment person petition plaintiff in error Plattsmouth possession proceedings proceeds purchase purpose question Railroad Company received reissue remedy road rule Seligman & Co South Georgia statute suit supreme court taxes thereof Thomasville tion tobacco treasury trial trust United valid vessel Wall writ of error
Pasajes populares
Página 610 - That law, as re-enacted, after declaring that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance,...
Página 176 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority...
Página 627 - When any civil suit or criminal prosecution is commenced in any state court, for any cause whatsoever, against any person who is denied or cannot enforce in the judicial tribunals of the State, or in the part of the State where such suit or prosecution is pending, any right secured to him by any law providing for the equal civil rights of citizens of the United States...
Página 172 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Página 254 - The shareholders or stockholders of every banking or insurance corporation or association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such corporation or 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 or stock.
Página 193 - 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 231 - It is never the object of those laws to grant a monopoly for every trifling device, every shadow of a shade of an idea which would naturally and spontaneously occur to any skilled mechanic or operator in the ordinary progress of manufactures.
Página 391 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Página 566 - ... nor shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Página 165 - No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law and are bound to obey it.