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... Mercer Colony . 307 , 328 1850 , Feb. 2 . Mercer Colony 312 Virginia , 1785. Agreement with Maryland as to Potomac .. 1879 , March 28 . 1882 , January 26 . West Virginia , 1873 , ch . Utah , Compilation 379 . Bonds ; Debt ; Taxation ...
... Mercer Colony . 307 , 328 1850 , Feb. 2 . Mercer Colony 312 Virginia , 1785. Agreement with Maryland as to Potomac .. 1879 , March 28 . 1882 , January 26 . West Virginia , 1873 , ch . Utah , Compilation 379 . Bonds ; Debt ; Taxation ...
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... Mercer and associates to settle families on a designated tract , capable of identification . Preston , the appellant in one suit and appellee in the other , was assignee under Mercer . In February , 1845 , the Congress of Texas enacted ...
... Mercer and associates to settle families on a designated tract , capable of identification . Preston , the appellant in one suit and appellee in the other , was assignee under Mercer . In February , 1845 , the Congress of Texas enacted ...
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... Mercer ; a class of contracts well known in the history of Mexico , resting on a policy which was continued by Texas after separation from that government . The contract on which the present suit is brought is dated January 29th , 1844 ...
... Mercer ; a class of contracts well known in the history of Mexico , resting on a policy which was continued by Texas after separation from that government . The contract on which the present suit is brought is dated January 29th , 1844 ...
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... Mercer's case allowed five years , when the act of 1841 required performance within three years ; but no point is raised that the Mercer contract is , for that reason , void , and we are not called on to declare the effect of this ...
... Mercer's case allowed five years , when the act of 1841 required performance within three years ; but no point is raised that the Mercer contract is , for that reason , void , and we are not called on to declare the effect of this ...
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... Mercer designated a large tract of land , about six thousand square miles in extent , the outer boundaries of which were described so as to be capable of identification by survey , within which he was to settle at least one hundred ...
... Mercer designated a large tract of land , about six thousand square miles in extent , the outer boundaries of which were described so as to be capable of identification by survey , within which he was to settle at least one hundred ...
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1883.-Decided November action agreement alleged amount appeal appellee applied assignment authority bill bonds Brown township Carusi cause circuit court citizens claim commissioners complainant Congress Constitution construction contract conveyance corporation coupons court of equity debt declared decree deed delivered the opinion dismissed Dissenting Opinion district court duty effect enforce entitled equity execution fee simple filed Fourteenth Amendment grant held Illinois River Indian Indiana Southern Railroad Insurance issue judgment jurisdiction jury JUSTICE JUSTICE WOODS land legislation liability lien Louisiana ment Mercer mortgage officers owners parties patent payment persons plaintiff in error possession privileges proceedings purpose question race Railroad Company record recover Revised Statutes river rule secured ship slavery Southern company Stat Statement of Facts suit Supreme Court term thereof Thirteenth Amendment tion township trust United validity void Wall writ of error
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Seite 31 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the Negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Seite 588 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Seite 792 - That in actions by or against executors, administrators or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other, as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Seite 354 - ... nor shall any district, or circuit court, have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Seite 8 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Seite 593 - States," in those of equity and in those of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, according to the principles, rules and usages which belong to courts of equity and to courts of admiralty respectively, as contradistinguished from courts of common law...
Seite 11 - It does not invest Congress with power to legislate upon subjects which are within the domain of State legislation; but to provide modes of relief against State legislation or State action, of the kind referred to. It does not authorize Congress to create a code of municipal law for the regulation of private rights...
Seite 565 - No Indian nation or tribe, within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power, with whom the United States may contract by treaty...
Seite 28 - Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this continues until the contrary is shown beyond a rational doubt. One branch of the government cannot encroach on the domain of another without danger. The safety of our institutions depends in no small degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule.
Seite 587 - No owner of any vessel shall be liable to answer for or make good to any person any loss or damage which may happen to any merchandise whatsoever, which shall be shipped, taken in, or put on board any such vessel, by reason or by means of any fire happening to or on board the vessel, unless such fire is caused by the design or neglect of such owner.