Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States: 1-351 U.S; 1790- October term, 1955, Book 8Lawyers' Co-operative Publishing Company, 1883 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under the Constitution - legal status of Indian tribe , not foreign State within meaning of the Constitution - title of Indians to land - their relations to the United States - province of the judicial ...
... jurisdiction of the Supreme Court under the Constitution - legal status of Indian tribe , not foreign State within meaning of the Constitution - title of Indians to land - their relations to the United States - province of the judicial ...
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... jurisdiction ; and that is the utter im- possibility of doing justice , at least even - hand- The language must be applied in one of three senses : either in that of the law of nations , or of the vernacular use , or that of the ...
... jurisdiction ; and that is the utter im- possibility of doing justice , at least even - hand- The language must be applied in one of three senses : either in that of the law of nations , or of the vernacular use , or that of the ...
Page 36
... jurisdiction here over cases oc- curring in the Indian country has been claim ed for the complainant , which was , that the United States in fact exercised jurisdiction over it by means of this and other acts , to punish offenses ...
... jurisdiction here over cases oc- curring in the Indian country has been claim ed for the complainant , which was , that the United States in fact exercised jurisdiction over it by means of this and other acts , to punish offenses ...
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... jurisdiction only ; that that colony has borne the burden of protecting and supporting the Six Nations of Indians and their tributaries for one hundred years as the dependents and allies of that government ; that the crown of England ...
... jurisdiction only ; that that colony has borne the burden of protecting and supporting the Six Nations of Indians and their tributaries for one hundred years as the dependents and allies of that government ; that the crown of England ...
Page 39
... jurisdiction of the confederacy ; if as a diplomatic agent , he could not represent an independent or sover eign nation , for all such have an unquestioned right to send such agents when and where they please . The securing the right by ...
... jurisdiction of the confederacy ; if as a diplomatic agent , he could not represent an independent or sover eign nation , for all such have an unquestioned right to send such agents when and where they please . The securing the right by ...
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Page 237 - ... obligation shall be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 38 - States : regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 100 - That all the beforementioned courts of the United States, shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 383 - ... in actions of debt or upon the case grounded upon any simple contract, no acknowledgment or promise by words only shall be deemed sufficient evidence of a new or continuing contract...
Page 37 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and 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...
Page 260 - ... at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause shown.
Page 353 - That where any revenue officer or other person hereafter becoming indebted to the United States, by bond or otherwise, shall become insolvent, or where the estate of any deceased debtor in the hands of executors or administrators shall be insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debt due to the United States shall be first satisfied...
Page 356 - And shall also have jurisdiction exclusively of the courts of the several States, of all suits against consuls or vice-consuls, except for offences above the description aforesaid.
Page 430 - Is not that very question a question of fact, or a mixed question of law and fact ? Certainly it is.
Page 126 - 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, or between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter cases it shall have original, but not exclusive, jurisdiction.