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... consideration of sealed instruments to be inquired into , has obliterated one of the lines of sep- aration . We think the statute above quoted was intended to erase another . The third point contained in the bill of exceptions is , that ...
... consideration of sealed instruments to be inquired into , has obliterated one of the lines of sep- aration . We think the statute above quoted was intended to erase another . The third point contained in the bill of exceptions is , that ...
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... consideration in such case would be le- gal and good ; to which the defendant excepted . The first two points in the assignment of errors related to defects in the process and service . The third had ref- erence to the charge of the ...
... consideration in such case would be le- gal and good ; to which the defendant excepted . The first two points in the assignment of errors related to defects in the process and service . The third had ref- erence to the charge of the ...
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... consideration were legal or not . Had the plaintiffs below wished to present this latter issue , they should , in their replication , have de- murred to the plea of the defendant . But , on the other hand , the counsel for the plaintiff ...
... consideration were legal or not . Had the plaintiffs below wished to present this latter issue , they should , in their replication , have de- murred to the plea of the defendant . But , on the other hand , the counsel for the plaintiff ...
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... consideration . The charge of the Court , there- fore , was irrelevant to the question submitted to the jury , and could have had no influence upon the verdict . It would , consequently , furnish no ground for a reversal of the judg ...
... consideration . The charge of the Court , there- fore , was irrelevant to the question submitted to the jury , and could have had no influence upon the verdict . It would , consequently , furnish no ground for a reversal of the judg ...
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... consideration of all bills ; promissory notes , bonds , & c . , as prima facie evidence of their execution , and requiring the party denying the same to make such denial . under oath , took effect on the first of March , 1839 - pre ...
... consideration of all bills ; promissory notes , bonds , & c . , as prima facie evidence of their execution , and requiring the party denying the same to make such denial . under oath , took effect on the first of March , 1839 - pre ...
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Page 3 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited...
Page 3 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted...
Page 336 - An act to prevent settlements being made on lands ceded to the United States until authorized by law...
Page 3 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...
Page 2 - ... the ordinance for the government of the territory northwest of the river Ohio...
Page 100 - States to direct the marshal, or officer acting as marshal, in the manner hereinafter directed, and also to take such other measures and to employ such military force as he may judge necessary and proper...
Page vi - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 99 - That if any person or persons shall, after the passing of this act, take possession of, or make a settlement on any lauds ceded or secured to the United States, by any treaty made with a foreign nation, or by a cession from any State to the United States...
Page 100 - States, or the claim to which lands, by such person or persons, shall not have been previously recognized and confirmed by the United States; or if any person or persons shall cause such lands to be thus occupied, taken possession of, or settled; or shall survey, or attempt to survey, or cause to be surveyed, any such lands; or designate any boundaries thereon, by marking trees, or...
Page 86 - ... have hitherto wholly neglected and refused, and still do neglect and refuse — To the damage of the said plaintiff of one thousand, dollars, and therefore he brings his suit.