Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: With Notes, and a Digest, Volumen10Little, Brown, 1864 |
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... applied according to such directions . Upon this statement of facts , the court below gave judgment for the plaintiffs ; to reverse which , the present writ of error has been brought . That the Bank of Washington , on the reversal of ...
... applied according to such directions . Upon this statement of facts , the court below gave judgment for the plaintiffs ; to reverse which , the present writ of error has been brought . That the Bank of Washington , on the reversal of ...
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... applied . He received his directions and applied it accordingly , and all this was done six months before the allowance of the writ of error . It is said , however , that although Mr. Smith might have considered himself a mere agent to ...
... applied . He received his directions and applied it accordingly , and all this was done six months before the allowance of the writ of error . It is said , however , that although Mr. Smith might have considered himself a mere agent to ...
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... applied to bonds for the payment of duties , and to persons engaged in commerce ; which disposes of that part of the argument of the defendant * which has been [ 36 ] founded upon a supposed policy of the government to favor merchant ...
... applied to bonds for the payment of duties , and to persons engaged in commerce ; which disposes of that part of the argument of the defendant * which has been [ 36 ] founded upon a supposed policy of the government to favor merchant ...
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... applied to rights and titles of entry , in which the period of limitation was twenty years , as that by which they were bound ; and it was that upon which they had constantly acted . " In the conclusion of the opinion , the chief ...
... applied to rights and titles of entry , in which the period of limitation was twenty years , as that by which they were bound ; and it was that upon which they had constantly acted . " In the conclusion of the opinion , the chief ...
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... applied for the wife's subsistence ; and , for the residue of that which came to the defendant , the second husband's hands , let him account . " This decree is founded on the admission that , in a case in which the first taker might ...
... applied for the wife's subsistence ; and , for the residue of that which came to the defendant , the second husband's hands , let him account . " This decree is founded on the admission that , in a case in which the first taker might ...
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Página 254 - The united states in congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority or by that of the respective states — fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the united states — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states, provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 225 - An act to regulate trade, and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Página 141 - We are of opinion, that there is no error in the judgment of the court below, and that it ought to be affirmed.
Página 190 - Colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign Prince or State, or of any Colony, district or people with whom the United States are at peace...
Página 75 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered...
Página 242 - The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial, with the single exception of that imposed by irresistible power, which excluded them from intercourse with any other European potentate than the first discoverer of the coast of the particular region claimed ; and this was a restriction which those European potentates imposed on themselves, as well as...
Página 360 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by his Catholic Majesty or by his lawful authorities in the said territories ceded by his majesty to the United States shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of his Catholic Majesty...
Página 41 - That in Actions of Debt or upon the Case grounded upon any Simple Contract no Acknowledgment or Promise by Words only shall be deemed sufficient Evidence of a new or continuing Contract...
Página 344 - 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 become...
Página 397 - 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. The people change their allegiance, their relation...