Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit: 1854-1856Little, Brown, 1857 |
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... plaintiff's mill , by causing the water to flow back thereon , will not be set aside for excessive damages , unless the Court can see that the jury fell into some important mistake of computation , or departed from some rule of law ...
... plaintiff's mill , by causing the water to flow back thereon , will not be set aside for excessive damages , unless the Court can see that the jury fell into some important mistake of computation , or departed from some rule of law ...
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... plaintiff to recover for an injury to his reversion . It appeared that the mills contained sixteen single saws , two gangs , equal to four saws , and small machinery , reckoned by the only witness who spoke upon this subject , as equal ...
... plaintiff to recover for an injury to his reversion . It appeared that the mills contained sixteen single saws , two gangs , equal to four saws , and small machinery , reckoned by the only witness who spoke upon this subject , as equal ...
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... plaintiff , that as he got twenty thousand dollars for the mills in 1848 , and only four thousand dollars in 1849 , his damages were sixteen thousand dollars . On the other hand , as the mills rented in 1850 for fourteen thousand ...
... plaintiff , that as he got twenty thousand dollars for the mills in 1848 , and only four thousand dollars in 1849 , his damages were sixteen thousand dollars . On the other hand , as the mills rented in 1850 for fourteen thousand ...
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... plaintiff's mills , by other causes than the defendant's dam . Upon the evidence in the case , it was certainly competent for the jury to find , as they have found , that the mills were not lessened in value sixteen thousand dollars in ...
... plaintiff's mills , by other causes than the defendant's dam . Upon the evidence in the case , it was certainly competent for the jury to find , as they have found , that the mills were not lessened in value sixteen thousand dollars in ...
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... plaintiff for the diminution in the annual value of the residue of the mill in 1849 , occasioned by any backwater unlawfully raised by the defendants . This instruction is not objected to . In a matter so indeterminate , and so ...
... plaintiff for the diminution in the annual value of the residue of the mill in 1849 , occasioned by any backwater unlawfully raised by the defendants . This instruction is not objected to . In a matter so indeterminate , and so ...
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Página 463 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract — when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act — the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department ; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can...
Página 635 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Página 583 - ... 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.
Página 330 - ... sue, labor, and travel for, in and about the defense, safeguard and recovery of the said goods and merchandises, or any part thereof, without prejudice to this insurance; nor shall the acts of the insured or insurers, in recovering, saving and preserving the property insured, in case of disaster, be considered a waiver or an acceptance of an abandonment...
Página 167 - ... of court, so far to alter final process in said courts as to conform the same to any change which might be adopted by the legislatures of the respective states for the state courts.
Página 500 - Act, which is similar, either in material, quality, texture, or the use to which it may be applied, to any article enumerated in this Act as chargeable with duty, shall pay the same rate of duty which is levied on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned...
Página 167 - Jurors to serve in the courts of the United States, in each State respectively, shall have the same qualifications, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, and be entitled to the same exemptions, as jurors of the highest court of law in such State may have and be entitled to at the time when such jurors for service in the courts of the United States are summoned...
Página 463 - By whom shall they be ratified and confirmed ? This seems to be the language of contract; and if it is, the ratification and confirmation which are promised must be the act of the legislature. Until such act shall be passed, the court is not at liberty to disregard the existing laws on the subject.
Página 501 - ... if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles, on which different rates of duty are chargeable, there shall be levied...
Página 50 - ... not exceeding what she can reasonably stow and carry, over and above her tackle, apparel, provisions, and furniture ; and being so loaded, shall therewith proceed to or so near thereunto as she may safely get...