United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 16U.S. Government Printing Office, 1818 - Courts |
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... ERROR to the circuit court for the district of New- York . This was an action of ejectment commenced in the supreme court of the state of New - York , and remov . ed thence into the circuit court of the United States , for the New ...
... ERROR to the circuit court for the district of New- York . This was an action of ejectment commenced in the supreme court of the state of New - York , and remov . ed thence into the circuit court of the United States , for the New ...
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... error was brough Mr. Champlin , for the plaintiff in error , made the Feb. 5 . following points , and cited the authorities in the mar- 1818 . Jackson V. gin . 1. That Secretary George OF THE UNITED STATES . 11.
... error was brough Mr. Champlin , for the plaintiff in error , made the Feb. 5 . following points , and cited the authorities in the mar- 1818 . Jackson V. gin . 1. That Secretary George OF THE UNITED STATES . 11.
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... error in the sentence of the district court , and doth affirm the same . " From this decree the captors appealed to this court . On the interposition of this appeal , the circuit court ordered that Joseph Winn , a British born subject ...
... error in the sentence of the district court , and doth affirm the same . " From this decree the captors appealed to this court . On the interposition of this appeal , the circuit court ordered that Joseph Winn , a British born subject ...
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... errors of pro- ceeding may have been had below , yet as the pro- perty to which the claims apply is still in the custody of the law , and the whole case in telation to it is now before this court , all these errors and irregularities ...
... errors of pro- ceeding may have been had below , yet as the pro- perty to which the claims apply is still in the custody of the law , and the whole case in telation to it is now before this court , all these errors and irregularities ...
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... error is impossible ; and that , when the decree was returned to the district court of North Carolina , with the blank unfilled , that court did right in considering the specification intended to have been inserted , and for which the ...
... error is impossible ; and that , when the decree was returned to the district court of North Carolina , with the blank unfilled , that court did right in considering the specification intended to have been inserted , and for which the ...
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Page 23 - February, one thousand eight hundred and eleven, the full and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using, and vending to others to be used...
Page 351 - ... to make rules for the government of the land and naval forces...
Page 11 - Jackson hath sustained by reason of the said trespass and ejectment, besides his costs and charges by him about his suit in this behalf expended, at six cents, and for his said costs and charges at six cents.
Page 294 - States, or such other Person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the Land or Naval Forces of the United States, or of the Militia thereof, for the purpose of taking possession of and detaining any such Ship or Vessel...
Page 390 - that if any person or persons shall, within any fort, arsenal, dock-yard, magazine, or in any other place, or district of country, under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
Page 280 - ... under any act of Congress authorizing such seizure, judgment is rendered for the claimant, but it appears to the court that there was reasonable cause of seizure, the court shall cause a proper certificate thereof to be entered, and the claimant shall not, in such case, be entitled to costs, nor shall the person who made the seizure, nor the prosecutor, be liable to suit or judgment on account of such suit or prosecution: Provided, That the vessel, goods, wares, or merchandise be, after judgment,...
Page 542 - That if any person or persons, that is or shall be entitled to such writ or writs, or that hath or shall have such right or title of entry...
Page 296 - ... thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years ; and every such ship or vessel, with her tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all materials, arms, ammunition and stores, which may have been procured for the building and equipment thereof, shall be forfeited, one half to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use of the United States.
Page 25 - ... a written description of his invention, and of the manner of using, or process of compounding the same, in such full, clear, and exact terms, as to distinguish the same from all other things before known, and to enable any person skilled in the art or science of which it is a branch, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make, compound, and use the same...
Page 304 - ... of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially...