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... act of Congress of 24th September , 1789 , contemplates a final decree in a case in which the " matter in dispute is of the value of three hundred dollars . " Is this such a final decree ? Is it not rather , like the case of a debtor ...
... act of Congress of 24th September , 1789 , contemplates a final decree in a case in which the " matter in dispute is of the value of three hundred dollars . " Is this such a final decree ? Is it not rather , like the case of a debtor ...
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... act of 3d March , 1797 . THESE were actions for debt on two bonds for twenty - five thousand dollars each , dated on the 14th October , 1799. George Lewis Lefler and Philip Gossler were sureties of Henry Miller , The United States v ...
... act of 3d March , 1797 . THESE were actions for debt on two bonds for twenty - five thousand dollars each , dated on the 14th October , 1799. George Lewis Lefler and Philip Gossler were sureties of Henry Miller , The United States v ...
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... three dollars and seventy- eight cents , no particulars are given . It is brought here ... 3d of March , 1797 , makes a transcript from the books of the treasury ... act , which intended that the whole account should be submit- ted to the ...
... three dollars and seventy- eight cents , no particulars are given . It is brought here ... 3d of March , 1797 , makes a transcript from the books of the treasury ... act , which intended that the whole account should be submit- ted to the ...
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... act of 3d March , 1817 , cannot be given in evidence un- der a plea of payment . 2. The act of 3d March , 1817 , merely releases the person of a debtor , but does not affect the debt . 3. The letters and transactions between the ...
... act of 3d March , 1817 , cannot be given in evidence un- der a plea of payment . 2. The act of 3d March , 1817 , merely releases the person of a debtor , but does not affect the debt . 3. The letters and transactions between the ...
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... act of 6th June , 1798 , authorised the secretary of the treasury , under certain circumstances , to order the discharge from custody of any person imprisoned upon execution for a debt due to the United States ; and the act of 3d March ...
... act of 6th June , 1798 , authorised the secretary of the treasury , under certain circumstances , to order the discharge from custody of any person imprisoned upon execution for a debt due to the United States ; and the act of 3d March ...
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Page 156 - He may be appointed ; which bond shall be payable to the United States with condition for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office according to law, and particularly for the due collection and payment of all moneys assessed upon such district ; and said bond shall be transmitted to and deposited in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury.
Page 440 - States, and no other discount, drawback, or bounty but such as has been actually allowed on the same;' that I do not know nor believe in the existence of any invoice or bill of lading other than those now produced by me, and that they are in the state in which I actually received them.
Page 528 - In respect to contracts for the hire of seamen, the admiralty never pretended to claim, nor could it rightfully exercise, any jurisdiction, except in cases where the service was substantially performed, or to be performed, upon the sea, or upon waters within the ebb and flow of the tide.
Page 322 - ... have first designated on the invoice to be opened and examined, and if the same be found not to correspond with the invoice, or to be falsely charged in such invoice, the collector shall order, forthwith, all the goods contained in the same entry to be inspected...
Page 419 - to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not in the Constitution otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law.
Page 521 - ... show cause why process should not issue against him to repeal such patent. And if sufficient cause shall not be shown to the contrary, the rule shall be made absolute, and thereupon the said judge shall order process to be issued against such patentee, or his executors, administrators, or assigns, with costs of suit.
Page 440 - I do not know nor believe in the existence of any invoice or bill of lading other than those now produced by me, and that they are in the state in which I actually received them. And I...
Page 586 - From whence it appears, that if goods are let out for a reward, the hirer is bound to the utmost diligence, such as the most diligent father of a family uses; and if he uses that, he shall be discharged.
Page 312 - That all the said courts of the United States shall have power to grant new trials, in cases where there has been a trial by jury for reasons for which new trials have usually been granted in the courts of law...
Page 274 - March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the following duties, that is to say : First.