Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Florida, Volume 12 |
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... contract , and if there was no defect in the title then , no supervening event can affect the rights of the parties . M. D. Papy on the same side . DUPONT , C. J. , delivered the opinion of the Court . The appellant , together with one ...
... contract , and if there was no defect in the title then , no supervening event can affect the rights of the parties . M. D. Papy on the same side . DUPONT , C. J. , delivered the opinion of the Court . The appellant , together with one ...
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... contract between the vendor and vendee of the slave , and as a contract , is subject to the same rules of interpretation that would be applied in other cases . Amongst the most prominent of these rules is that one which looks to the ...
... contract between the vendor and vendee of the slave , and as a contract , is subject to the same rules of interpretation that would be applied in other cases . Amongst the most prominent of these rules is that one which looks to the ...
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... contract , the position of the parties , and the political circumstances that surrounded them , we are now the better prepared to answer the question touching the intention and understanding of the parties . It will be noted that the ...
... contract , the position of the parties , and the political circumstances that surrounded them , we are now the better prepared to answer the question touching the intention and understanding of the parties . It will be noted that the ...
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... contracts , whether made between the State and individuals , or between individu- als only , there enter conditions which arise not out of the literal terms of the contract itself ; they are superinduced by the pre - existing and higher ...
... contracts , whether made between the State and individuals , or between individu- als only , there enter conditions which arise not out of the literal terms of the contract itself ; they are superinduced by the pre - existing and higher ...
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... contract , from that of slavery to freedom , and we do not think that the vendor should be held responsible for the act ; it is one over which he could exercise no control . It is gratifying to us to know that the conclusion arrived at ...
... contract , from that of slavery to freedom , and we do not think that the vendor should be held responsible for the act ; it is one over which he could exercise no control . It is gratifying to us to know that the conclusion arrived at ...
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Page 472 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 270 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or 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 set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Page 475 - That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army, and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them and coming under the control of the Government of the United States, and all slaves of such persons found...
Page 270 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 685 - House shall fail to give such majority to any person 01t said day, that fact shall be entered on the Journal. At twelve o'clock, meridian, of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid...
Page 245 - States to make and enforce contracts; to sue, be parties, and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property ; and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 558 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 472 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 708 - The Superior Court shall have original jurisdiction in all cases in equity, and in all cases at law which involve the title or possession of real property, or the legality of any tax, impost, assessment, toll, or municipal fine...
Page 472 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...