Practice Reports in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, Volume 25Joel Munsell, 1863 |
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... direct , and were in fact . issued at a mere nominal interest of one , two and three per cent . , and this act , with the same provisions , making the notes transferable by delivery , and payable to bearer , was continued by acts in ...
... direct , and were in fact . issued at a mere nominal interest of one , two and three per cent . , and this act , with the same provisions , making the notes transferable by delivery , and payable to bearer , was continued by acts in ...
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... direct and explicit authority is needed , it has no power whatever to make gold or silver even , or bullion , or bank notes , or bills of credit , such legal tender . This power , if it exists in congress at all , is lodged there as a ...
... direct and explicit authority is needed , it has no power whatever to make gold or silver even , or bullion , or bank notes , or bills of credit , such legal tender . This power , if it exists in congress at all , is lodged there as a ...
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... direct the collection of the amount stated in it , out of her separate estate . New York Special Term , May , 1863 . MOTION to set aside execution , issued for costs against a married woman . BRADY , J. The Code , section 114 , provides ...
... direct the collection of the amount stated in it , out of her separate estate . New York Special Term , May , 1863 . MOTION to set aside execution , issued for costs against a married woman . BRADY , J. The Code , section 114 , provides ...
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... direct a verdict for the plaintiff subject to the opinion of the court at general term , where the defendant has taken exceptions to the rulings of the judge , rejecting evidence offered by him . That is , where the facts entitling the ...
... direct a verdict for the plaintiff subject to the opinion of the court at general term , where the defendant has taken exceptions to the rulings of the judge , rejecting evidence offered by him . That is , where the facts entitling the ...
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... direct a verdict subject to the opinion of the court , at gen- eral term , and the general term to render judgment , when upon the trial the case presents only questions of law . I think there was a mistrial , and for that reason the ...
... direct a verdict subject to the opinion of the court , at gen- eral term , and the general term to render judgment , when upon the trial the case presents only questions of law . I think there was a mistrial , and for that reason the ...
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Page 116 - ... shall be receivable in payment of all taxes, internal duties, excises, debts, and demands of every kind due to the United States, except duties on imports, and of all claims and demands against the United States of every kind whatsoever, except for interest upon bonds and notes, which shall be paid in coin, and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender iu payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 27 - Money is with propriety considered as the vital principle of the body politic ; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential functions.
Page 73 - Any corporation formed under this act may purchase mines, manufactories or other property necessary for its business, or the stock of any company or companies owning, mining, manufacturing or producing materials, or other property necessary for its business, and issue stock to the amount of the value thereof in payment therefor...
Page 25 - Madison has disclosed the grounds of his own action, by recording that ''this vote in the affirmative by Virginia was occasioned by the acquiescence of Mr. Madison, who became satisfied that striking out the words would not disable the government from the use of public notes...
Page 123 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted, and on this very account would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted; for why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Page 13 - The sovereignty of a State extends to everything which exists by its own authority or is introduced by its permission ; but does it extend to those means which are employed by Congress to carry into execution powers conferred on that body by the people of the United States?
Page 15 - If the right to impose the tax exists, it is a right which in its nature acknowledges no limits. It may be carried to any extent, within the jurisdiction of the state or corporation which imposes it, which the will of each state and corporation may prescribe.
Page 187 - ... court, or on any execution issuing out of any court of equity, in any suit or proceeding instituted for the recovery of any money due upon any judgment or decree founded upon contract, or due upon any contract express or implied, or for the recovery of any damages for the non-performance of any contract.
Page 136 - If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.
Page 133 - Nothing is more natural and common than first to use a general phrase, and then to explain and qualify it by a recital of particulars. But the idea of an enumeration of particulars which neither explain nor qualify the general meaning, and • can have no other effect than to confound and...