United States Reports: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, December Term, 1868, Band 7W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1869 - 780 Seiten |
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... paid to the corpo- rations severally entitled , by the issue to each of New York County seven per cent . bonds of equal amounts . These bonds were to be signed by the controller of the city of New York , countersigned by the mayor , and ...
... paid to the corpo- rations severally entitled , by the issue to each of New York County seven per cent . bonds of equal amounts . These bonds were to be signed by the controller of the city of New York , countersigned by the mayor , and ...
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... paid the tax , had no right to recover it , even in a regular action at law or suit in equity . There was no color of a claim enforceable by mandamus , except such as might have arisen under the State act of April 30th , 1866. The ...
... paid the tax , had no right to recover it , even in a regular action at law or suit in equity . There was no color of a claim enforceable by mandamus , except such as might have arisen under the State act of April 30th , 1866. The ...
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... paid . Suppose them to be paid , and the creditors then immediately to lend the money to the United States on these certificates of in- debtedness ; that would confessedly be a loan , and not taxa- ble . Now the certificates are issued ...
... paid . Suppose them to be paid , and the creditors then immediately to lend the money to the United States on these certificates of in- debtedness ; that would confessedly be a loan , and not taxa- ble . Now the certificates are issued ...
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... paid for the vessel , or that he had bought her for commercial purposes only . It was the case of a mere colorable pur- chase . It is true that Sir W. Scott assumes to place the de- cision of the case on the ground of the illegality of ...
... paid for the vessel , or that he had bought her for commercial purposes only . It was the case of a mere colorable pur- chase . It is true that Sir W. Scott assumes to place the de- cision of the case on the ground of the illegality of ...
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... paid .. In these respects , and in most others , they are sub- stantially the same with the statute of New York . · • 1. Was the steamship compelled to take the pilot ? In the case of The Maria , * in which the Liverpool Pilot Act was ...
... paid .. In these respects , and in most others , they are sub- stantially the same with the statute of New York . · • 1. Was the steamship compelled to take the pilot ? In the case of The Maria , * in which the Liverpool Pilot Act was ...
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Seite 134 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Seite 32 - July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.
Seite 382 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Seite 653 - Every mortgage, or conveyance intended to operate as a mortgage of goods and chattels, hereafter made, which shall not be accompanied by an immediate delivery, and be followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things mortgaged, shall be absolutely void as against the creditors of the mortgagor and as against subsequent purchasers and mortgagees in good faith, unless the mortgage, or a true copy thereof, shall be filed as directed in this section.
Seite 391 - States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the supreme Court of the United States...
Seite 507 - That every contract made for or about any matter or thing which is prohibited and made unlawful by any statute is a void contract, though the statute itself doth not mention that it shall be so, but only inflicts a penalty on the offender, because a penalty implies a prohibition, though there are no prohibitory words in the statute...
Seite 706 - A state, in the ordinary sense of the Constitution, is a political community of free citizens, occupying a territory of defined boundaries, and organized under a government sanctioned and limited by a written constitution, and established by the consent of the governed.
Seite 436 - If the remedy at law . is sufficient, equity cannot give relief, "but it is not enough that * there is a remedy at law; it must be plain and adequate, or. in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice, and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.
Seite 706 - Not only therefore can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the National government. The Constitution, in all of its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Seite 653 - No bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part of any vessel, of the United States, shall be valid against any person other than the grantor or mortgagor, his heirs and devisees, and persons having actual notice thereof, unless such bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance is recorded in the office of the collector of the customs where such vessel is registered or enrolled.