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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... voyage to St. Bartholomews , The evidence under a clearance for the port of St. Mary's , in the state of that neces- of Georgia . The excuse suggested by the claimant of excuse a viola- the vessel was stress of weather . He stated in ...
... voyage to St. Bartholomews , The evidence under a clearance for the port of St. Mary's , in the state of that neces- of Georgia . The excuse suggested by the claimant of excuse a viola- the vessel was stress of weather . He stated in ...
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... voyage and the season of the year . This vessel was badly built , her condition upon the former voyage was given in evidence and was known to the owner when she sailed . He knew she would leak , and probably he in- tended she should ...
... voyage and the season of the year . This vessel was badly built , her condition upon the former voyage was given in evidence and was known to the owner when she sailed . He knew she would leak , and probably he in- tended she should ...
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... voyage arrived at the island of Fogo , one of the Cape de Verd Islands , on the 7th of May , 1805 , where the captain received on board four bullocks and four jack - asses , besides water and other pro- visions , and unstowed the dry ...
... voyage arrived at the island of Fogo , one of the Cape de Verd Islands , on the 7th of May , 1805 , where the captain received on board four bullocks and four jack - asses , besides water and other pro- visions , and unstowed the dry ...
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... voyage insured for the purchase of stock and to take in water , and therefore vitiates the policy , which di- rection the Court refused to give ; but the Court was of opinion , and accordingly directed the jury that the taking in the ...
... voyage insured for the purchase of stock and to take in water , and therefore vitiates the policy , which di- rection the Court refused to give ; but the Court was of opinion , and accordingly directed the jury that the taking in the ...
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... voyage specific as to its nature , destination , & c . If the act done be calculated to tend to encrease the risk , it is immaterial whether the risk be actually increased . The case of Rayne and Bell , in 9 East , 195 , in some ...
... voyage specific as to its nature , destination , & c . If the act done be calculated to tend to encrease the risk , it is immaterial whether the risk be actually increased . The case of Rayne and Bell , in 9 East , 195 , in some ...
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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...