United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 17; Volume 107Little, Brown, 1883 |
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... construction of State constitutions and statutes , - the courts of the United States always regard such rules as authoritative dec- larations of what the law is . But where the law has not been thus settled , it is their right and duty ...
... construction of State constitutions and statutes , - the courts of the United States always regard such rules as authoritative dec- larations of what the law is . But where the law has not been thus settled , it is their right and duty ...
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... construction ; and that a portion of the road ( 27 miles ) was already graded , bridged , and tied , and the right of way obtained , and all paid for by the proceeds of said subscriptions , and that the company now sought additional cap ...
... construction ; and that a portion of the road ( 27 miles ) was already graded , bridged , and tied , and the right of way obtained , and all paid for by the proceeds of said subscriptions , and that the company now sought additional cap ...
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... construction . Burgess accordingly saw Seligman , and testifies that the following conversation ensued : 66 : - I told him I had been constructing on that Carthage road , and that I understood he was interested in the road now , and I ...
... construction . Burgess accordingly saw Seligman , and testifies that the following conversation ensued : 66 : - I told him I had been constructing on that Carthage road , and that I understood he was interested in the road now , and I ...
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... construction . We have carefully examined the account given of this conversation by the plaintiff himself , and we see nothing in it which at all compromits the defendants on the question of their actual status and position in the ...
... construction . We have carefully examined the account given of this conversation by the plaintiff himself , and we see nothing in it which at all compromits the defendants on the question of their actual status and position in the ...
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... construction of the statute had been given by the State tribunals contrary to that given by the Cir- cuit Court . The Federal courts have an independent jurisdic- tion in the administration of State laws , co - ordinate with , and not ...
... construction of the statute had been given by the State tribunals contrary to that given by the Cir- cuit Court . The Federal courts have an independent jurisdic- tion in the administration of State laws , co - ordinate with , and not ...
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Page 112 - When any civil suit or criminal prosecution is commenced in any state court, for any cause whatsoever, against any person who is denied or cannot enforce in the judicial tribunals of the State, or in the part of the State where such suit or prosecution is pending, any right secured to him by any law providing for the equal civil rights of citizens of the United States...
Page 260 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 745 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Page 562 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 690 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 214 - That suits in equity shall not be sustained in either of the courts of the United States, in any case where plain, adequate and complete remedy may be had at law.
Page 266 - ... to appear and show cause why the prayer of the petition should not be granted...
Page 798 - Nothing is more material to the obligation of a contract than the means of its enforcement. The ideas of validity and remedy are inseparable, and both are parts of the obligation which is guaranteed by the Constitution against impairment; The obligation of a contract "is the law which binds the parties to perform their agreement.
Page 489 - ... all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof...
Page 535 - ... per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of January and July of each year, at the...