Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volume 1C. Wendell, printer, 1856 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... MARY REESIDE . REPORT C. C. No. 26 . JULY 22 , 1856. - The Court of Claims made the following report . AUGUST 8 , 1856. - Ordered to be printed . [ To accompany Bill C. C. No. 13. ] To the honorable the Senate and House of ...
... MARY REESIDE . REPORT C. C. No. 26 . JULY 22 , 1856. - The Court of Claims made the following report . AUGUST 8 , 1856. - Ordered to be printed . [ To accompany Bill C. C. No. 13. ] To the honorable the Senate and House of ...
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... Mary Reeside , erecutrix , & c . , of James Reeside , versus the United States . MARY REESIDE , executrix of JAMES REESIDE , deceased , plaintiff , against THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , defen - lant . AYENDED PETITION , Mary Reeside ...
... Mary Reeside , erecutrix , & c . , of James Reeside , versus the United States . MARY REESIDE , executrix of JAMES REESIDE , deceased , plaintiff , against THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , defen - lant . AYENDED PETITION , Mary Reeside ...
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... Reeside as one of the counsel in his case , which was tried in Philadelphia in the autumn of 1841. The trial began in October , and the verdict was rendered December 6. My en- gagement as such counsel then terminated , and ... MARY REESIDE .
... Reeside as one of the counsel in his case , which was tried in Philadelphia in the autumn of 1841. The trial began in October , and the verdict was rendered December 6. My en- gagement as such counsel then terminated , and ... MARY REESIDE .
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... Reeside , to recover an alledged balance due by him to said United States , amounting to the sum of thirty - two thousand seven hundred and nine dollars and sixty - two cents , arising out of certain contracts with the ... MARY REESIDE . 11.
... Reeside , to recover an alledged balance due by him to said United States , amounting to the sum of thirty - two thousand seven hundred and nine dollars and sixty - two cents , arising out of certain contracts with the ... MARY REESIDE . 11.
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... Mary Reeside , executrix , & c . ' ' Her application for the benefit of a mandamus having failed , your petitioner again returned , with her hopes sickened and prostrated , to the Halls of Congress , and pursued again the ... MARY REESIDE .
... Mary Reeside , executrix , & c . ' ' Her application for the benefit of a mandamus having failed , your petitioner again returned , with her hopes sickened and prostrated , to the Halls of Congress , and pursued again the ... MARY REESIDE .
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Page 410 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 191 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 4 - ... to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.
Page 200 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Page 389 - ... for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted...
Page 5 - ... the Government of the United States, who shall distribute it among those entitled, in the manner and according to the rules which it shall determine, ARTICLE II.
Page 392 - ... the records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state shall be proved or admitted, in any other court within the United States, by attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, as the case may be, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 3 - That the proceeds of all ships and vessels, and the goods taken on board of them, which shall be adjudged good prize, shall, when of equal or superior force to the vessel or vessels making the capture, be the sole property of the captors; and when of inferior force, shall be divided equally between the United States and the officers and men making the capture.
Page 387 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 260 - Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of this kingdom of England, and the dominions thereto belonging, according to the statutes in parliament agreed on, and the laws and customs of the same? — The king or queen shall say, I solemnly promise so to do.