Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Band 61Published for John Conrad and Company, 1858 |
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... allowed , entered the land , and sold it to Morris . She got a patent in 1844 . The reason why Mrs. Taylor did not enter the land at an earlier day was , that the township No. 16 was not surveyed until 1841 , and within one year before ...
... allowed , entered the land , and sold it to Morris . She got a patent in 1844 . The reason why Mrs. Taylor did not enter the land at an earlier day was , that the township No. 16 was not surveyed until 1841 , and within one year before ...
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... allowed . In February , 1843 , Samuel Hemphill made proof that he had a right of pre - emption to the same land , under the act of May 26th , 1830. The two claims coming in conflict , it was decided by the register and receiver at the ...
... allowed . In February , 1843 , Samuel Hemphill made proof that he had a right of pre - emption to the same land , under the act of May 26th , 1830. The two claims coming in conflict , it was decided by the register and receiver at the ...
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... allowed to come in and defend as land- lord of Lott , one of the defendants . Whereupon , he put in a plea to the jurisdiction of the court , upon the ground the plaintiff was a citizen of the State of Texas . The plea states that she ...
... allowed to come in and defend as land- lord of Lott , one of the defendants . Whereupon , he put in a plea to the jurisdiction of the court , upon the ground the plaintiff was a citizen of the State of Texas . The plea states that she ...
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... allowed to profit by his own fraud , " a position altogether inadmissible . " ( Per Thompson , C. J. , in Borden v . Fitch , 15 J. R. , 121. ) But , be this as it may on general principles , yet , according to the express provisions of ...
... allowed to profit by his own fraud , " a position altogether inadmissible . " ( Per Thompson , C. J. , in Borden v . Fitch , 15 J. R. , 121. ) But , be this as it may on general principles , yet , according to the express provisions of ...
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... allowed a discharge under the pro- visions of the act . And that this disability to receive a discharge was meant to apply prospectively to preferences which might be given , and retroactively to such as had been given in con ...
... allowed a discharge under the pro- visions of the act . And that this disability to receive a discharge was meant to apply prospectively to preferences which might be given , and retroactively to such as had been given in con ...
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Seite 215 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...
Seite 301 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Seite 92 - 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.
Seite 177 - 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.
Seite 91 - The Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves, for their own government, and not for the government of the individual States. Each State established a constitution for itself, and in that constitution provided such limitations and restrictions on the powers of its particular government as its judgment dictated.
Seite 552 - ... the decree of the Circuit Court is, therefore, reversed, and the cause is remanded to...
Seite 91 - The people of the United States framed such a government for the United States as they supposed best adapted to their situation, and best calculated to promote their interests. The powers they conferred on this government were to be exercised by itself ; and the limitations on power, if expressed in general terms, are naturally, and, we think, necessarily, applicable to the government created by the instrument. They are limitations of power granted in the instrument itself ; not of distinct governments,...
Seite 31 - In this action the plaintiff must recover on the strength of his own title, not on the weakness of that of his adversary.
Seite 155 - Within five years, an action upon a judgment or decree of any court of the United States, or of any state or territory within the United States. Within four years, an action upon any contract, obligation, or liability founded upon an instrument of writing, except those mentioned in the preceding section.
Seite 195 - THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington.