United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 183United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1902 |
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... given to the ar- ticle , and that was the only name by which it was possible to describe it . The labels used by Suter , Hartmann & Co. , from the outset of their career as sole consignees , contained the description " Rahtjen's Patent ...
... given to the ar- ticle , and that was the only name by which it was possible to describe it . The labels used by Suter , Hartmann & Co. , from the outset of their career as sole consignees , contained the description " Rahtjen's Patent ...
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... given by the judges of the Court of Appeals , Sanborn and Thayer , JJ . , concurring in affirming , and Caldwell , J. , dissenting . The findings of fact by the Circuit Court were as follows : " 1st . The plaintiff , Fred A. McMaster ...
... given by the judges of the Court of Appeals , Sanborn and Thayer , JJ . , concurring in affirming , and Caldwell , J. , dissenting . The findings of fact by the Circuit Court were as follows : " 1st . The plaintiff , Fred A. McMaster ...
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... given for further proof . By an act of Congress approved February 13 , 1895 , c . 87 , amendatory of the above act of June 16 , 1880 , it was provided that in the adjudication of claims brought under the act of 1880 , " the Court of ...
... given for further proof . By an act of Congress approved February 13 , 1895 , c . 87 , amendatory of the above act of June 16 , 1880 , it was provided that in the adjudication of claims brought under the act of 1880 , " the Court of ...
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... given it a wrong construction . " Before we can be asked to determine whether a statute has impaired the obligation of a contract , it should ap- pear that there was a legal contract subject to impairment , and some ground to believe ...
... given it a wrong construction . " Before we can be asked to determine whether a statute has impaired the obligation of a contract , it should ap- pear that there was a legal contract subject to impairment , and some ground to believe ...
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... given to it by the Supreme Court of Mississippi . Grand Gulf and Port Gibson Railroad v . Buck , 53 Mississippi , 246 . But , as we have already held , this section must be construed as subservient to section 13 , article XII , of the ...
... given to it by the Supreme Court of Mississippi . Grand Gulf and Port Gibson Railroad v . Buck , 53 Mississippi , 246 . But , as we have already held , this section must be construed as subservient to section 13 , article XII , of the ...
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Page 137 - In case the greater rate of Interest has been paid, the person by whom It has been paid, or his legal representatives, may recover back, In an action in the nature of an action of debt, twice the amount of the Interest thus paid from the association taking or receiving the same: Provided such action Is commenced within two years from the time the usurious transaction occurred.
Page 314 - This policy is made and accepted subject to the foregoing stipulations and conditions, together with such other provisions, agreements or conditions as may be indorsed hereon or added hereto, and no officer, agent or other representative of this company shall have power to waive any provision or condition of this policy...
Page 216 - That all levies, judgments, attachments, or other liens, obtained through legal proceedings against a person who is insolvent, at any time within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy against him, shall be deemed null and void in case he is adjudged a bankrupt...
Page 317 - This entire policy, unless otherwise provided by agreement indorsed hereon or added hereto, shall be void if the insured now has, or shall hereafter make or procure, any other contract of insurance, whether valid or not, on property covered, in whole or in part, by this policy.
Page 241 - Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine in a separate and distinct form, and in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, free from coloration or ingredient that causes it to look like butter.
Page 89 - If the company is deprived of the power of charging reasonable rates for the use of its property, and such deprivation takes place in the absence of an investigation by judicial machinery, it is deprived of the lawful use of its property, and thus, in substance and effect, of the property itself, without due process of law and in violation of the Constitution of the United States...
Page 532 - The general principle announced in numerous cases is that a right, question or fact distinctly put in issue and directly determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a ground of recovery, cannot be disputed in a subsequent suit between the same partes or their privies; and even if the second suit is for a different cause of action, the right, question or fact once so determined must, as between the same parties or their privies, be taken as conclusively established, so long as the judgment...
Page 86 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created. He may withdraw his grant by discontinuing the use; but, so long as he maintains the use, he...
Page 320 - When parties have deliberately put their engagements into writing, in such terms as import a legal obligation, without any uncertainty as to the object or extent of such engagement, it is conclusively presumed that the whole engagement of the parties, and the extent and manner of their undertaking was reduced to writing...
Page 393 - Who, for the purpose of obtaining, or aiding others to obtain, the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the United States...