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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Page 42
... writ of error was sued out by Shirras and others . C. LEE , for Plaintiffs in error . * The mortgage ought to avail the mortgagees to the ex- tent of the power and interest of the mortgagor . Edwin Gairdner had the legal estate of three ...
... writ of error was sued out by Shirras and others . C. LEE , for Plaintiffs in error . * The mortgage ought to avail the mortgagees to the ex- tent of the power and interest of the mortgagor . Edwin Gairdner had the legal estate of three ...
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... writ of error was sued out by Simeon Jones , the owner and Claimant of the vessel and cargo . On the 20th of February , 1810 , a dedimus was issued from the Supreme Court to take depositions in Rhode Island , which was executed and ...
... writ of error was sued out by Simeon Jones , the owner and Claimant of the vessel and cargo . On the 20th of February , 1810 , a dedimus was issued from the Supreme Court to take depositions in Rhode Island , which was executed and ...
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... writ- ten in artful and ambiguous terms with intent to de- ceive . He does not admit that his partner , Nightingale , acknowledged that they were letters of guaranty or that the house of C. & N. were bound thereby to indem- nify the ...
... writ- ten in artful and ambiguous terms with intent to de- ceive . He does not admit that his partner , Nightingale , acknowledged that they were letters of guaranty or that the house of C. & N. were bound thereby to indem- nify the ...
Page 77
... writ of error . DEXTER , for the Plaintiff in Error , contended , 1. That the letters themselves , under the circumstan- ces of the case , imposed a liability upon Clark and Nightingale to indemnify the Plaintiff and 2. That the ...
... writ of error . DEXTER , for the Plaintiff in Error , contended , 1. That the letters themselves , under the circumstan- ces of the case , imposed a liability upon Clark and Nightingale to indemnify the Plaintiff and 2. That the ...
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... writ within the first six days of the term , agreeably to the not filing the general rule ( ante vol . 3. p . 239. ) The transcript was the record filed on the 18th day of the term and before the motion within the first to dismiss . six ...
... writ within the first six days of the term , agreeably to the not filing the general rule ( ante vol . 3. p . 239. ) The transcript was the record filed on the 18th day of the term and before the motion within the first to dismiss . six ...
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action admitted aforesaid agreement alleged appear assigned assumpsit attorney aver bill of exceptions bond Caig cargo Carrington cause Chancery Circuit Court claim Clark Cleon Cleon Moore Complainants contended contract conveyed count Court of Chancery Court of equity Darby debt declaration decree deed Defendant delivered the opinion district dollars dower Edwin Gairdner entitled evidence EX'RS executed fact feme covert foreign forfeiture fraud Gouverneur Morris Holker indorsement issue James Gairdner John John Darby judgment jurisdiction jury lading land letter liable libel license Lyles March MARY'D ment Mitchel mittimus Morris mortgage owner paid Parker parties payment person Plaintiff in error plea port post-master post-office prove purchase question received record recover Robert Alexander Russell Salou SCHOONER sovereign statute suit tion trade trust U.STATES United verdict Virginia voyage Welch William Russell writ of error
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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...