United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 111United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1911 - Courts |
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... applications may differ in verbal meaning , they represent in the transactions contemplated by these statutes an identical thing . The present appeal is from a decree rendered in favor of the United States , upon a finding of facts upon ...
... applications may differ in verbal meaning , they represent in the transactions contemplated by these statutes an identical thing . The present appeal is from a decree rendered in favor of the United States , upon a finding of facts upon ...
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... application , prior to 1866 , and subsequently , to modify its decision ; that all who dealt with it in purchasing these stamps were informed of its adherence to this ruling ; and finally , that conformity to it on their part was made a ...
... application , prior to 1866 , and subsequently , to modify its decision ; that all who dealt with it in purchasing these stamps were informed of its adherence to this ruling ; and finally , that conformity to it on their part was made a ...
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... application of the illegal interest paid in reduction of the principal , the Circuit Court held that the contract , as to interest , was governed by the law of Louisiana ; that by the terms of that law , Rev. Stat . 269 , " the amount ...
... application of the illegal interest paid in reduction of the principal , the Circuit Court held that the contract , as to interest , was governed by the law of Louisiana ; that by the terms of that law , Rev. Stat . 269 , " the amount ...
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... application of the proceeds of the forfeited spirits to the payment of the tax cannot have the effect of relieving him from the obligation of his bond . Such , in our opinion , is not the true construction of the law regulating the ...
... application of the proceeds of the forfeited spirits to the payment of the tax cannot have the effect of relieving him from the obligation of his bond . Such , in our opinion , is not the true construction of the law regulating the ...
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... application for a writ of mandamus directed to the Secretary of the Treasury , commanding him to deliver to the proper officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia the sum of $ 732,809.33 — that being , it is claimed , the amount of the ...
... application for a writ of mandamus directed to the Secretary of the Treasury , commanding him to deliver to the proper officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia the sum of $ 732,809.33 — that being , it is claimed , the amount of the ...
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Page 704 - ... lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 727 - ... shall not be subject to the disposal of her husband, nor be liable for his debts.
Page 470 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 478 - Departments, certified by the auditors respectively charged with the examination of those accounts, and authenticated under the seal of the Treasury Department, shall be admitted as evidence, and the court trying the cause shall be authorized to grant judgment and award execution accordingly.
Page 784 - From time to time, after full provision has been first made for refunding to the United States any deficiency in redeeming the notes of such association, the Comptroller shall make a ratable dividend of the money so paid over to him by such receiver on all such claims as may have been proved to his satisfaction or adjudicated in a court of competent jurisdiction...
Page 460 - An action is an ordinary proceeding in a court of justice, by which a party prosecutes another party for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offence. § 3. Every other remedy is a special proceeding.
Page 189 - no suit, either at law or in equity, shall be maintainable in any court between an assignee in bankruptcy and a person claiming an adverse interest, touching any property or rights of property transferable to or vested in *such assignee, unless brought within two years from the time when the cause of action accrued for or against such assignee.
Page 465 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Page 745 - be interdicted by law, in the midst of dense masses of population, on the general and rational principle, that every person ought so to use his property as not to injure his neighbors; and that private interests must be made subservient to the general interests of the communi'ty.
Page 183 - They then know that the prisoner is within the dominion and jurisdiction of another government, and that neither the writ of habeas corpus, nor any other process issued under state authority, can pass over the line of division between the two sovereignties. He is then within the dominion and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. If he has committed an offence against their laws, their tribunals alone can punish him. If he is wrongfully imprisoned, their judicial tribunals can release him and...