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... Judgment reversed . HARRELL V. STRINGFIELD . Error to Des Moines . The technical phraseology of a verdict is not material , provided , the intention of the jury is evident beyond all question ( i ) . A judgment will not be disturbed for ...
... Judgment reversed . HARRELL V. STRINGFIELD . Error to Des Moines . The technical phraseology of a verdict is not material , provided , the intention of the jury is evident beyond all question ( i ) . A judgment will not be disturbed for ...
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... judgment of the Court below is affirmed . WM . RIGGLESWORTH v . ISAAC REED . A judgment below will be reversed where the name of the garnishee and the damages and costs are left in blank . This case was brought up by writ of error for ...
... judgment of the Court below is affirmed . WM . RIGGLESWORTH v . ISAAC REED . A judgment below will be reversed where the name of the garnishee and the damages and costs are left in blank . This case was brought up by writ of error for ...
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... judgment in the Court below . Where judgment has been arrested , if the plaintiff feels thereby aggrieved , and wishes to test the decision of the Court thereon , he may move for judgment against himself , which will be ordered , as a ...
... judgment in the Court below . Where judgment has been arrested , if the plaintiff feels thereby aggrieved , and wishes to test the decision of the Court thereon , he may move for judgment against himself , which will be ordered , as a ...
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... judgment by default , a motion in arrest of judg ment was made because a general judgment had been ren- dered without legal service on one of the defendants . This motion was sustained at first , but , on a subsequent day of the same ...
... judgment by default , a motion in arrest of judg ment was made because a general judgment had been ren- dered without legal service on one of the defendants . This motion was sustained at first , but , on a subsequent day of the same ...
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... judgment entered . It does not appear , as the counsel for the plaintiffs in error seem to suppose , that after the arrest of judgment a second default was entered , upon which judgment was finally rendered . For some cause , the order ...
... judgment entered . It does not appear , as the counsel for the plaintiffs in error seem to suppose , that after the arrest of judgment a second default was entered , upon which judgment was finally rendered . For some cause , the order ...
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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.