Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. February Term, 1816[-January Term, 1827], Volume 4R. Donaldson, 1819 |
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... prove that no donation is considered in England as a charitable donation , unless for the uses enumerated in the statute , or for analagous uses , was a devise to a school ; and the Lord Keeper decided that not being a free school , the ...
... prove that no donation is considered in England as a charitable donation , unless for the uses enumerated in the statute , or for analagous uses , was a devise to a school ; and the Lord Keeper decided that not being a free school , the ...
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... prove the proposition . There being no reported cases on the point anterior to the statute ; recourse is had to elementary writers , or to the opi- nions given by judges of modern times . No elementary writers sustain this exception as ...
... prove the proposition . There being no reported cases on the point anterior to the statute ; recourse is had to elementary writers , or to the opi- nions given by judges of modern times . No elementary writers sustain this exception as ...
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... statute not entirely to be justified , rather than as proving the existence of some other principle concealed in a dark and remote VOL . IV . 7 1819. antiquity , and giving a rule in cases of OF THE UNITED STATES . 49.
... statute not entirely to be justified , rather than as proving the existence of some other principle concealed in a dark and remote VOL . IV . 7 1819. antiquity , and giving a rule in cases of OF THE UNITED STATES . 49.
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... proved , will not authorize it ; and will not admit the introduction of evidence varying from the facts al- leged . The decree of the Circuit Court must , there- fore , be reversed , and the cause remanded to 64 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
... proved , will not authorize it ; and will not admit the introduction of evidence varying from the facts al- leged . The decree of the Circuit Court must , there- fore , be reversed , and the cause remanded to 64 CASES IN THE SUPREME COURT.
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... prove the performance of the act , as he would be bound to prove any matter of record on which the validity of the deed might depend . In the case of lands sold for the non - payment of taxes , the Marshal's deed is not even prima facie ...
... prove the performance of the act , as he would be bound to prove any matter of record on which the validity of the deed might depend . In the case of lands sold for the non - payment of taxes , the Marshal's deed is not even prima facie ...
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Página 405 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 387 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Página 388 - The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived, by the state governments. The constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties...
Página 412 - This great principle is, that the constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme ; that they control the constitution and laws of the respective states, and cannot be controlled by them.
Página 87 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Página 389 - The government of the Union, then (whatever may be the influence of this fact on the case), is, emphatically, and truly, a government of the people, In form and in substance it emanates from them, Its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit...
Página 391 - A Constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.
Página 390 - Among the enumerated powers, we do not find that of establishing a bank or creating a corporation. But there is no phrase in the instrument which, like the Articles of Confederation, excludes incidental or implied powers; and which requires that everything granted shall be expressly and minutely described. Even the 10th Amendment, which was framed for the purpose of quieting the excessive jealousies which had been excited, omits the word "expressly...
Página 390 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 565 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law, which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.