Opinions Delivered in the Insular Tariff Cases in the Supreme Court of the United States, May 27, 1901U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - 184 pages |
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... action , and also that the court had no jurisdiction of the case . The demurrer was sus- tained upon both grounds , and the action dismissed . Hence this writ of error . In this and the following cases , which may be collectively ...
... action , and also that the court had no jurisdiction of the case . The demurrer was sus- tained upon both grounds , and the action dismissed . Hence this writ of error . In this and the following cases , which may be collectively ...
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... action . This we understand to be the substance of the defense in this connection . 66 By R. S. sec . 2931 , it was enacted that the decision of the collector ' as to the rate and amount of duties " to be paid upon imported mer ...
... action . This we understand to be the substance of the defense in this connection . 66 By R. S. sec . 2931 , it was enacted that the decision of the collector ' as to the rate and amount of duties " to be paid upon imported mer ...
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... action whatever will lie ? If there be an admitted wrong , the courts will look far to supply an adequate remedy . If an action lay at common law the repeal of sections 2931 and 3011 , regulating pro- ceedings in customs cases , ( that ...
... action whatever will lie ? If there be an admitted wrong , the courts will look far to supply an adequate remedy . If an action lay at common law the repeal of sections 2931 and 3011 , regulating pro- ceedings in customs cases , ( that ...
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... action of assumpsit for money had and received against the collector for duties received by him , and that the act of 1839 furnished the sole remedy . It was said of that case in Arnson v . Murphy , ( 109 U. S. 238 , 240 ...
... action of assumpsit for money had and received against the collector for duties received by him , and that the act of 1839 furnished the sole remedy . It was said of that case in Arnson v . Murphy , ( 109 U. S. 238 , 240 ...
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... action of replevin to recover their possession . It is true that , to pre- vent the seizure of the sugars , plaintiffs did enter them as imported merchandise ; but any admission derivable from that fact is explained by their protest ...
... action of replevin to recover their possession . It is true that , to pre- vent the seizure of the sugars , plaintiffs did enter them as imported merchandise ; but any admission derivable from that fact is explained by their protest ...
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Page 149 - To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained ? The distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed are of equal obligation.
Page 114 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 140 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man, than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 131 - The powers of the legislature are defined and limited, and that those limits may not be mistaken or forgotten the Constitution is written. To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained...
Page 116 - Spain relinquishes all claim of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. And as the island is, upon its evacuation by Spain, to be occupied by the United States, the United States will, so long as such occupation shall last, assume and discharge the obligations that may under international law result from the fact of its occupation, for the protection of life and property.
Page 135 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables Congress to make all needful rules and regulations, respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Page 102 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 143 - The case being within the words of the rule, must be within its operation likewise, unless there be something in the literal construction so obviously absurd, or mischievous, or repugnant to the general spirit of the instrument, as to justify those who expound the constitution in making it an exception.
Page 127 - The power then to lay and collect duties, imposts, and excises, may be exercised, and must be exercised throughout the United States. Does this term designate the whole, or any particular portion of the American empire? Certainly this question can admit of but one answer. It is the name given to our great republic, which is composed of States and Territories. The District of Columbia, or the territory west of the Missouri, is not less within the United States than Maryland or Pennsylvania...
Page 140 - The treaty power, as expressed in the Constitution, is in terms unlimited except by those restraints which are found in that instrument against the action of the government or of its departments, and those arising from the nature of the government itself and ofthat of the States. It would not be contended that it extends so far as to authorize what the Constitution forbids...