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Page 11
The last remark is made in order to impose the expense of a suit upon the
individuals iuterested , rather than to assume any responsibility on the United
States . I have the honor to be , sir , your obedient servant , EDM . RANDOLPH .
To the ...
The last remark is made in order to impose the expense of a suit upon the
individuals iuterested , rather than to assume any responsibility on the United
States . I have the honor to be , sir , your obedient servant , EDM . RANDOLPH .
To the ...
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... For suits aguinst consuls , " and to " suits in which a consul shall be a party . ” It
may be further remarked , that by the constitution the Supreme Court is to have
original jurisdiction " in all cases affecting ambassadors , other public ministers ...
... For suits aguinst consuls , " and to " suits in which a consul shall be a party . ” It
may be further remarked , that by the constitution the Supreme Court is to have
original jurisdiction " in all cases affecting ambassadors , other public ministers ...
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SUITS AGAINST FOREIGNERS . The late governor of Guadaloupe , who had
caused a vessel to be seized and condemned by au . thority assumed as such
officer , being prosecuted in the court of Pennsylvania , whilst here as a prisoner
of ...
SUITS AGAINST FOREIGNERS . The late governor of Guadaloupe , who had
caused a vessel to be seized and condemned by au . thority assumed as such
officer , being prosecuted in the court of Pennsylvania , whilst here as a prisoner
of ...
Page 24
The suit commenced by the owner against Governor Clinton ought also to be
withdrawn , before any indulgence is experienced from the government . WM .
BRADFORD . To the SECRETARY OF STATE . SUITS AGAINST FOREIGNERS .
The suit commenced by the owner against Governor Clinton ought also to be
withdrawn , before any indulgence is experienced from the government . WM .
BRADFORD . To the SECRETARY OF STATE . SUITS AGAINST FOREIGNERS .
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... but who had taken the oath of allegiance to the government of the United
States , to be nonsuited on the grond that the contract which formed the subject -
matter of the suit was unlawful between British subjects , and regarding the
plaintiff as ...
... but who had taken the oath of allegiance to the government of the United
States , to be nonsuited on the grond that the contract which formed the subject -
matter of the suit was unlawful between British subjects , and regarding the
plaintiff as ...
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Page 413 - No advance of public money shall be made in any case unless authorized by the appropriation concerned or other law. And in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, for the use of the United States, payment shall not exceed the value of the service rendered, or of the articles delivered previously to such payment.
Page 146 - That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute...
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Page 68 - ... for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Page 69 - The representatives thus elected shall serve for the term of two years and in case of the death of a representative or removal from office, the governor shall issue a writ to the county or township for which he was a member, to elect another in his stead to serve for the residue of the term The general Assembly or legislature shall consist of the governor, legislative council and a house of representatives.
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| Title | Opinions of Attorneys General Issue 55 of Ex. doc. Opinions of Attorneys General |
| Published | 1851 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2008 |
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