United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 154United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1894 |
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... March 6 , Laws of 1891 , c . 99 , pp . 199–291 ........ 437 154 Montana . 153 360 Laws , Ex . Sess . 15th Leg . Ass . 1887 , pp . 82 , 92 ..... 133 Code of Civil Proc . of Terri- tory , tit . II . c . 1 , 1st div . § 14 .. 197 xvii 283 ...
... March 6 , Laws of 1891 , c . 99 , pp . 199–291 ........ 437 154 Montana . 153 360 Laws , Ex . Sess . 15th Leg . Ass . 1887 , pp . 82 , 92 ..... 133 Code of Civil Proc . of Terri- tory , tit . II . c . 1 , 1st div . § 14 .. 197 xvii 283 ...
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... March , 1881 , the plaintiff mysteriously disap- peared from his place of abode , and without the knowledge of those with whom he had been accustomed to associate , and remained continuously away until July , 1891 , and was gener- ally ...
... March , 1881 , the plaintiff mysteriously disap- peared from his place of abode , and without the knowledge of those with whom he had been accustomed to associate , and remained continuously away until July , 1891 , and was gener- ally ...
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... March 25 , 1888 ; and no objections having been filed or made to the said petition of Mary Scott , and the guardian ad litem of the minor heirs herein consenting , it is ordered that said R. H. Milroy be appointed administrator of said ...
... March 25 , 1888 ; and no objections having been filed or made to the said petition of Mary Scott , and the guardian ad litem of the minor heirs herein consenting , it is ordered that said R. H. Milroy be appointed administrator of said ...
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... March 5 , 1894. — Decided May 26 , 1894 . An indictment for murder which charges that the offence was committed on board of an American vessel on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the court and within the admiralty and maritime ...
... March 5 , 1894. — Decided May 26 , 1894 . An indictment for murder which charges that the offence was committed on board of an American vessel on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the court and within the admiralty and maritime ...
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... March , 1893 ; and on the further ground that the statutes had not been complied with in summoning jurors , and that at the time of the drawing of the names of jurors the jury box had not been refilled with three hundred new names , but ...
... March , 1893 ; and on the further ground that the statutes had not been complied with in summoning jurors , and that at the time of the drawing of the names of jurors the jury box had not been refilled with three hundred new names , but ...
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Page 471 - Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 196, 6 L. ed. 23, 70, where he said: "We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 462 - Commission (and produce books and papers if so ordered) and give evidence touching the matter in question ; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 461 - ... keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 471 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations and among the several States is vested in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the Constitution of the United States.
Page 462 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 463 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Page 197 - ... a minor is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, his heirs or personal representatives may maintain an action for damages against the person causing the death, or if such person be employed by another person who is responsible for his conduct, then also against such other person. In every action under this and the preceding section, such damages may be given as under all the circumstances of the case, may be just.
Page 472 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution,, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the...
Page 470 - It may be doubted whether any of the evils proceeding from the feebleness of the federal government, contributed more to that great revolution which introduced the present system, than the deep and general conviction, that commerce ought to be regulated by Congress.
Page 30 - ... such as may fairly and reasonably be considered either arising naturally, ie according to the usual course of things from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.