United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volumen109United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1884 |
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... Mercer Colony 307 , 328 1850 , Feb. 2 . Mercer Colony 312 Virginia , 1785. Agreement with Maryland as to Potomac .. 1879 , March 28 . 1882 , January 26 . West Virginia , 1873 , ch . Utah , Compilation 379 . Same subject .... Railroads ...
... Mercer Colony 307 , 328 1850 , Feb. 2 . Mercer Colony 312 Virginia , 1785. Agreement with Maryland as to Potomac .. 1879 , March 28 . 1882 , January 26 . West Virginia , 1873 , ch . Utah , Compilation 379 . Same subject .... Railroads ...
Página 297
... Mercer and associates to settle families on a designated tract , capable of identification . Preston , the appellant in one suit and appellee in the other , was assignee under Mercer . In February , 1845 , the Congress of Texas enacted ...
... Mercer and associates to settle families on a designated tract , capable of identification . Preston , the appellant in one suit and appellee in the other , was assignee under Mercer . In February , 1845 , the Congress of Texas enacted ...
Página 298
... Mercer ; a class of contracts well known in the history of Mexico , resting on a policy which was continued by Texas after separation from that government . The contract on which the present suit is brought is dated January 29th , 1844 ...
... Mercer ; a class of contracts well known in the history of Mexico , resting on a policy which was continued by Texas after separation from that government . The contract on which the present suit is brought is dated January 29th , 1844 ...
Página 299
... Mercer's case allowed five years , when the act of 1841 required performance within three years ; but no point is raised that the Mercer contract is , for that reason , void , and we are not called on to declare the effect of this ...
... Mercer's case allowed five years , when the act of 1841 required performance within three years ; but no point is raised that the Mercer contract is , for that reason , void , and we are not called on to declare the effect of this ...
Página 302
... Mercer designated a large tract of land , about six thousand square miles in extent , the outer boundaries of which were described so as to be capable of identification by survey , within which he was to settle at least one hundred ...
... Mercer designated a large tract of land , about six thousand square miles in extent , the outer boundaries of which were described so as to be capable of identification by survey , within which he was to settle at least one hundred ...
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Página 354 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit 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.
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