Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Volume 2Callaghan, 1882 |
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... person instru- mental in prosecuting any claim for pension or bounty land , who shall directly or indirectly contract for , demand or receive , or retain a greater compensation for his services " than is elsewhere provided , " shall be ...
... person instru- mental in prosecuting any claim for pension or bounty land , who shall directly or indirectly contract for , demand or receive , or retain a greater compensation for his services " than is elsewhere provided , " shall be ...
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... persons who have any interest in the res , a person who has a lien or claim upon , or other in- terest in the res , is allowed to intervene , and be heard for his own interest in the res . The theory of this is , that the per- son , by ...
... persons who have any interest in the res , a person who has a lien or claim upon , or other in- terest in the res , is allowed to intervene , and be heard for his own interest in the res . The theory of this is , that the per- son , by ...
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... person non compos mentis were entitled to an appeal in any way , or a person imprisoned ; the infant , it is obvious , under that construction of the sta- tute , would be entitled to twenty - one years , besides the year allowed to a ...
... person non compos mentis were entitled to an appeal in any way , or a person imprisoned ; the infant , it is obvious , under that construction of the sta- tute , would be entitled to twenty - one years , besides the year allowed to a ...
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... person , it must be presumed to have been made under rule 41 , and intended to operate only upon the marshal ; but I apprehend such an order would operate upon any person upon whom it was served , and who was actually in default for ...
... person , it must be presumed to have been made under rule 41 , and intended to operate only upon the marshal ; but I apprehend such an order would operate upon any person upon whom it was served , and who was actually in default for ...
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... person furnishing a small boat or a lighter for the use of a vessel has as valid a lien upon her as though he had furnished an anchor , a compass , a chronometer , or any other of the articles usually denominated materials . In the case ...
... person furnishing a small boat or a lighter for the use of a vessel has as valid a lien upon her as though he had furnished an anchor , a compass , a chronometer , or any other of the articles usually denominated materials . In the case ...
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Page 742 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 108 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Page 258 - And when in any suit mentioned in this section there shall be a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different states, and which can be fully determined as between them, then either one or more of the defendants actually interested in such controversy may remove said suit into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district.
Page 67 - State, subject only to the two restrictions, that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State, and that the shares of any national banking association owned by non-residents of any State shall be taxed in the city or town where the bank is located, and not elsewhere.
Page 763 - The circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 473 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States...
Page 275 - Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect, or default may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him...
Page 27 - When a suit is between a citizen of the State in which it is brought and a citizen of another State, it may be so removed on the petition of the latter...
Page 354 - Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the National government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Page 26 - State, may remove such suit into the Circuit Court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said Circuit Court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State Court...