United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 21U.S. Government Printing Office, 1823 - Courts |
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... compact between the States of Virginia and Kentucky , contained in the act of the le- gislature of Virginia , of the 18th of December , 1789 , and incorpora- ted into the constitution of Kentucky . By the common law , the statute law of ...
... compact between the States of Virginia and Kentucky , contained in the act of the le- gislature of Virginia , of the 18th of December , 1789 , and incorpora- ted into the constitution of Kentucky . By the common law , the statute law of ...
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... compact with another State , or with a foreign power : ” — no particu- lar mode , in which that consent must be ... compact . The compact is not invalid upon the ground of its surrendering rights of sovereignty , which are unalienable ...
... compact with another State , or with a foreign power : ” — no particu- lar mode , in which that consent must be ... compact . The compact is not invalid upon the ground of its surrendering rights of sovereignty , which are unalienable ...
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... compact between the States of Virginia and Kentucky , contained in an act of the legislature of the former State , passed the 18th of December , 1789 , which declares , " that all private rights , and interests of lands within the said ...
... compact between the States of Virginia and Kentucky , contained in an act of the legislature of the former State , passed the 18th of December , 1789 , which declares , " that all private rights , and interests of lands within the said ...
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... compact of 1789 , and therefore void , are the following : 1. It provides that the occupant of land , from which he is evicted by better title , shall , in all cases , be excused from the payment of rents and profits accrued prior to ...
... compact of 1789 , and therefore void , are the following : 1. It provides that the occupant of land , from which he is evicted by better title , shall , in all cases , be excused from the payment of rents and profits accrued prior to ...
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... compact of 1789 , their avowed scope and object being to change the ex- isting condition of the parties litigant , respecting the security of private rights and interests of land , within the territory of Kentucky , derived from the ...
... compact of 1789 , their avowed scope and object being to change the ex- isting condition of the parties litigant , respecting the security of private rights and interests of land , within the territory of Kentucky , derived from the ...
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Page 322 - States, in the same manner and under the same regulations, and the writ shall have the same effect, as if the judgment or decree complained of had been rendered or passed in a...
Page 676 - Illinois, administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which were of the said...
Page 586 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive...
Page 17 - It is no answer, that the acts of Kentucky now in question are regulations of the remedy, and not of the right to the lands. If these acts so change the nature and extent of existing remedies as materially to impair the rights and interests of the owner, they are just as much a violation of the compact as if they overturned his rights and interests.
Page 67 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Page 588 - The existence of this power must negative the existence of any right which may conflict with and control it. An absolute title to lands cannot exist, at the same time, in different persons, or in different governments.
Page 592 - However this restriction may be opposed to natural right, and to the usages of civilized nations, yet, if it be indispensable to that system under which the country has been settled, and be adapted to the actual condition of the two people, it may, perhaps, be supported by reason, and certainly cannot be rejected by courts of justice.
Page 341 - ... office of discount and deposit of the! bank of the United States within that state, to*be collected, in case of refusal?
Page 544 - Declarations hereafter expressed, all those Lands, Countries, and Territories, situate, lying, and being in that Part of America, called Virginia, from the Point of Land, called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the Sea Coast...