Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Fourth Circuit; Most of Them Since Chief Justice Waite Came Upon the Bench; and of Selected Cases in Admiralty and Bankruptcy, Decided in the District Courts of that Circuit. With an Appendix to the Second Volume, Containing the Rules in Admiralty and Bankruptcy;, of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Rules of the Circuit Court for that District, Etc., Etc, Volumen3W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1880 |
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... defendants named are sued as stockholders , who are jointly and severally liable under the general incorporation act of South Carolina , under which the defendant company was or- ganized , for the debts of the company contracted before ...
... defendants named are sued as stockholders , who are jointly and severally liable under the general incorporation act of South Carolina , under which the defendant company was or- ganized , for the debts of the company contracted before ...
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... defendant company is a corporation under the laws of the State of South Carolina , was organized under the act en ... defendants in this action , have answered , and Opinion of the court . are now before the court WM . L. BRADLY v . GEO ...
... defendant company is a corporation under the laws of the State of South Carolina , was organized under the act en ... defendants in this action , have answered , and Opinion of the court . are now before the court WM . L. BRADLY v . GEO ...
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... defendant company , and as such president he was incapacitated to speculate in the paper of the company , and so ... defendants that D. T. Corbin paid less than twenty thousand dollars in value for said bond , and hence there is no ...
... defendant company , and as such president he was incapacitated to speculate in the paper of the company , and so ... defendants that D. T. Corbin paid less than twenty thousand dollars in value for said bond , and hence there is no ...
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... defendant company in the sum of ten thousand dollars , with interest thereon at the rate of twelve per cent . per annum , pay- able quarterly , from January 1st , 1877 , to the present time . The defendants named as stockholders are ...
... defendant company in the sum of ten thousand dollars , with interest thereon at the rate of twelve per cent . per annum , pay- able quarterly , from January 1st , 1877 , to the present time . The defendants named as stockholders are ...
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... defendant Kaufman is a superintendent thereof , under the directions of said War Depart- ment . The remaining portion of said premises is set apart as a military post , and reserve connected therewith , of the United States , and is now ...
... defendant Kaufman is a superintendent thereof , under the directions of said War Depart- ment . The remaining portion of said premises is set apart as a military post , and reserve connected therewith , of the United States , and is now ...
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act of Congress action amount appear assignee authority bank bankrupt bankruptcy bill Binford bondholders bonds Carolina cause Circuit Court citizens claim Clements Code of Virginia collision complainants Constitution contract counsel court of equity creditors debt decision decree deed defendant District Court District of Virginia Durham Eastern District ejectment Elizabeth River equity evidence execution fact filed Gallagher & Co Greanor held homestead homestead exemption HUGHES interest issued judge judgment jurisdiction jury Justice land libel lien ment Mississippi and Ohio mortgage Norfolk officers Opinion owner paid parties payment person petition petition of right petitioners plaintiff possession proceedings purchase question Railroad Company receivers Reid Richmond schooner secured Seligman & Co Snyder South Carolina sovereign Statement statute steamer suit Supreme Court thereof Thomas Reid tion tobacco trial trustees United States Circuit vessel Wallace writ
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Página 104 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it— the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross* the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Página 22 - Each State to give full faith and credit to the public acts and records of other States.
Página 604 - When the Revolution took place the people of each State became themselves sovereign, and in that character hold the absolute right to all their navigable waters, and the soils under them, for their own common use, subject only to the rights since surrendered by the Constitution to the general government.
Página 17 - ... 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, regulation or custom to the contrary...
Página 512 - ... if any seaman shall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby to hinder and prevent his fighting in defence of his ship or goods committed to his trust, or shall make a revolt in the ship ; every such offender shall be deemed, taken and adjudged to be a pirate and, felon, and being thereof convicted, shall suffer death ; and the t > ial of crimes committo!
Página 13 - That the framers of the constitution did not intend to restrain the states in the regulation of their civil institutions, adopted for internal government, and that the instrument they have given us, is not to be so construed, may be admitted.
Página 38 - An act for the collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts within the United States, and for other purposes...
Página 580 - that no citizen, possessing all other qualifications which are or may be prescribed by law, shall be disqualified for service as grand or petit juror in any court of the United States, or of any state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude ; and any officer or other person charged with any duty in the selection or summoning of jurors who shall exclude or fail to summon any citizen for the cause aforesaid, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and...
Página 602 - But the measure authorized by this Act stops a navigable creek, and must be supposed to abridge the rights of those who have been accustomed to use it. But this...
Página 314 - The income out of which the mortgagee is to be paid is the net income obtained by deducting from the gross earnings what is required for necessary operating and managing expenses, proper equipment, and useful improvements. Every railroad mortgagee in accepting his security impliedly agrees that the current debts made in the ordinary course of business shall be paid from the current receipts before he has any claim upon the income.