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 7Published for... Rapine, Conrad and Company, 1816 |
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... had constituted an offence for which the vessel would have been forfeited . The same observations are applicable to the count founded on the act of 2d of March , 1807 , ch . 67. " SUPREME COURT U. ATES . HUDSON & SMITH . GUESTIER.
... had constituted an offence for which the vessel would have been forfeited . The same observations are applicable to the count founded on the act of 2d of March , 1807 , ch . 67. " SUPREME COURT U. ATES . HUDSON & SMITH . GUESTIER.
Page 94
... count of a letter of credit , " & c . and for which the said Nathaniel Russell hath recovered a judgment against the said Joseph and William Russell . " No part of this judgment has ever been paid , and Jo- seph and William Russell are ...
... count of a letter of credit , " & c . and for which the said Nathaniel Russell hath recovered a judgment against the said Joseph and William Russell . " No part of this judgment has ever been paid , and Jo- seph and William Russell are ...
Page 148
... count and pay the balance due . That the firm of J. and A. Freeland had been long since dissolved by mutual consent ; and that A. Freeland , retaining all the books and effects of the company , had refused to account and pay the balance ...
... count and pay the balance due . That the firm of J. and A. Freeland had been long since dissolved by mutual consent ; and that A. Freeland , retaining all the books and effects of the company , had refused to account and pay the balance ...
Page 151
... count , and his silence and acquiescence shall bind him , at least so far as to cast the onus probandi on him . The same rule is applicable to the third exception . After an acquiescence of several years the account is considered as ...
... count , and his silence and acquiescence shall bind him , at least so far as to cast the onus probandi on him . The same rule is applicable to the third exception . After an acquiescence of several years the account is considered as ...
Page 160
... count stated , that one John Kercheval , on the 25th of August , 1796 , promisory made and delivered a promisory ... Count was for money had and received to the Plaintiff's use . Upon the issue of non assumpsit , there was a verdict in ...
... count stated , that one John Kercheval , on the 25th of August , 1796 , promisory made and delivered a promisory ... Count was for money had and received to the Plaintiff's use . Upon the issue of non assumpsit , there was a verdict in ...
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Page 473 - 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 406 - That 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 the 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 140 - She constitutes a part of the military force of her nation; acts under the immediate and direct command of the sovereign; is employed by him in national objects. He has many and powerful motives for preventing those objects from being defeated by the interference of a foreign state. Such interference cannot take place without affecting his power and his dignity.
Page 162 - The constitution of the United States declares that no state shall "pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts.
Page 182 - ... or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing, and signed by the party to be charged therewith...
Page 32 - Certain implied powers must necessarily result to our courts of justice from the nature of their institution. But jurisdiction of crimes against the state is not among those powers. To fine for contempt, imprison for contumacy, enforce the observance of order, etc., are powers which cannot be dispensed with in a court, because they are necessary to the exercise of all others ; and so far our courts no doubt possess powers not immediately derived from statute...
Page 591 - STORY delivered the opinion of the Court : — This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the District of Georgia, rendered in an action in which McGran (the defendant in error) was originally plaintiff.
Page 295 - Whereupon the defendant prayed the court to instruct the jury that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover...
Page 140 - ... it would be obviously inconvenient and dangerous to society, and would subject the laws to continual infraction, and the government to degradation, if such individuals or merchants did not owe temporary and local allegiance, and were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the country.
Page 377 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," shall, from and after the expiration of three months from the date of the proclamation aforesaid, be revived and have full force and effect, so far as relates to the dominions, colonies and dependencies...