Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States in August and December Terms 1801 and February Term 1803 - [February Term 1815], Volume 1Published for ... Rapine, Conrad and Company, 1804 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 181
... drawer and the first of the note , was in bad circumstances , and was fuppofed cannot be plead- and reputed to be infolvent . And that about the middle ed in bar of or laft of December , 1794 , he left Alexandria , and had never ...
... drawer and the first of the note , was in bad circumstances , and was fuppofed cannot be plead- and reputed to be infolvent . And that about the middle ed in bar of or laft of December , 1794 , he left Alexandria , and had never ...
Page 191
... drawer , and his insolvency made to appear . After the determination of that action , this fuit was inftituted on the original contract ; and , at the trial , the counfel for the defendant moved the court to instruct the jury , that if ...
... drawer , and his insolvency made to appear . After the determination of that action , this fuit was inftituted on the original contract ; and , at the trial , the counfel for the defendant moved the court to instruct the jury , that if ...
Page 193
... drawer of the note , or any conduct of Clark , YOUNG , preventing a fuit , would excufe Young and co . for not having inftituted one . This opinion of the court seems perfectly correct . The condition annexed to the receipt of the note ...
... drawer of the note , or any conduct of Clark , YOUNG , preventing a fuit , would excufe Young and co . for not having inftituted one . This opinion of the court seems perfectly correct . The condition annexed to the receipt of the note ...
Page 195
... drawer , and in the year aforefaid , at the town and county upon the whole " aforefaid , had notice , whereby , and by force of the of that account " act of affembly of the commonwealth of Virginia , in is lefs than the " fuch cafe made ...
... drawer , and in the year aforefaid , at the town and county upon the whole " aforefaid , had notice , whereby , and by force of the of that account " act of affembly of the commonwealth of Virginia , in is lefs than the " fuch cafe made ...
Page 197
... drawers of the bill , whereby the latter were charged as debtors to Lenox and Maitland , on the 22d of Auguft , 1799 , for the amount of the bill and damages in dollars and cents , among many other debts and credits , upon which whole ...
... drawers of the bill , whereby the latter were charged as debtors to Lenox and Maitland , on the 22d of Auguft , 1799 , for the amount of the bill and damages in dollars and cents , among many other debts and credits , upon which whole ...
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act of affembly act of congrefs action of debt affignment aforefaid againſt alfo alſo anſwer becauſe bill of exchange cafe caſe caufe cauſe caveat commiffion common law confequence confideration confidered conftitution contract counſel covenant cuſtom of merchants decifion declaration decree deed defendant demurrage diſcharge diſtrict drawer entry eſtabliſhed execution exifting exprefs faid Falmouth falvage fame fays feal fecretary feems Fendall fhall fhew fhould figned firſt fome ftate ftatute fubject fuch fufficient fuit fupport furvey Groverman Havre de Grace himſelf Hooe iffue indorfer inland bills itſelf judges judgment juftice jurifdiction jury land liable lord lord Mansfield Mafon mandamus muſt neceffary notice opinion paffed parties payable perfon plaintiff plaintiff in error poffeffion port prefent Prefident promiffory note promiſe proteft purchaſer purpoſe queſtion re-capture reaſon refpecting refuſed ſaid Samuel Dexter ſhall ſtate ſuch theſe thofe thoſe United unleſs uſed veffel Virginia weft Wilfon writ of error
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Page ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 175 - ... those who gave this power to say that in using it the Constitution should not be looked into? That a case arising under the Constitution should be decided without examining the instrument under which it arises? This is too extravagant to be maintained. In some cases, then the Constitution must be looked into by the judges, and, if they can open it at all, what part of it are they forbidden to read or to obey?
Page 159 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Page xiv - This court considers the former practice of the Courts of King's Bench and of Chancery, in England, as affording outlines for the practice of this court ; and will, from time to time, make such alterations therein as circumstances may render necessary.
Page 319 - January, in the condition aforesaid above mentioned, according to the form and effect of the said condition: and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, whether the said...
Page 162 - The conclusion from this reasoning is, that where the heads of departments are the political or confidential agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president, or rather to act in cases in which the executive possesses a constitutional or legal discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically examinable.
Page 167 - But where he is directed by law to do a certain act affecting the absolute rights of individuals, in the performance of which he is not placed, under the particular direction of the President, and the performance of which the President cannot lawfully forbid...
Page 307 - ... if a conveyance be of goods and chattels and be not on consideration deemed valuable in law, it shall be taken to be fraudulent within...
Page 158 - Where an officer is removable at the will of the executive, the circumstance which completes his appointment is of no concern, because the act is at any time revocable; and the commission may be arrested, if still in the office. But when the officer is not removable at the will of the executive, the appointment is not revocable, and cannot be annulled. It has conferred legal rights which cannot be resumed.
Page 161 - ... act. If some acts be examinable and others not, there must be some rule of law to guide the court in the exercise of its jurisdiction. In some instances there may be difficulty in applying the rule to particular cases, but there cannot, it is...