Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 18Banks Law Publishing, 1904 |
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... marked ; showing that , in the opinion of that body , it was not sufficient to vest an exclusive jurisdiction , where it was deemed proper , merely by a grant of jurisdiction generally . In particu- lar , this law grants exclusive ...
... marked ; showing that , in the opinion of that body , it was not sufficient to vest an exclusive jurisdiction , where it was deemed proper , merely by a grant of jurisdiction generally . In particu- lar , this law grants exclusive ...
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... marked out by the common law , are unknown to the civil or Roman law . But when jurisdiction is given , of murder committed on the high seas , & c . , to a court of admiralty , the law defining the crime is to be derived from the common ...
... marked out by the common law , are unknown to the civil or Roman law . But when jurisdiction is given , of murder committed on the high seas , & c . , to a court of admiralty , the law defining the crime is to be derived from the common ...
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... marked X , also an elm tree , marked V S , near the side of the pond . " APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Kentucky . February 17th , 1820. This cause was argued by B. Hardin , for the appellants , and by Trimble , for the respondents ...
... marked X , also an elm tree , marked V S , near the side of the pond . " APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Kentucky . February 17th , 1820. This cause was argued by B. Hardin , for the appellants , and by Trimble , for the respondents ...
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... marked X , also an elm tree marked V S , near the side of the pond . " Those who were acquainted with Hingston's fork and Spencer's creek , would know , and the connected plat before the court shows , that there is a dividing ridge ...
... marked X , also an elm tree marked V S , near the side of the pond . " Those who were acquainted with Hingston's fork and Spencer's creek , would know , and the connected plat before the court shows , that there is a dividing ridge ...
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... ( marked K , in the transcript ) of the warrants , on which Sevier's survey and grant were founded ; the original book of entries being destroyed . From this copy , it appeared , that all the warrants were issued from the Washington ...
... ( marked K , in the transcript ) of the warrants , on which Sevier's survey and grant were founded ; the original book of entries being destroyed . From this copy , it appeared , that all the warrants were issued from the Washington ...
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Page 43 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals, and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, and not in the judicial, department.
Page 255 - KNOW all Men by these Presents, That we, are held and firmly bound unto our...
Page 104 - ... children and heirs" just referred to. By an act of the congress of Texas, passed January 28, 1840, it was provided as follows: "In making title to land by descent it shall be no bar to a party that any ancestor through whom he derives his descent from the intestate is or hath been an alien...
Page 147 - The District of Columbia, or the territory west of the Missouri, is not less within the United States than Maryland or Pennsylvania; and it is not less necessary, on the principles of our Constitution, that uniformity in the imposition of imposts, duties and excises should be observed in the one than the other.
Page 44 - Where there is no ambiguity in the words, there is no room for construction. The case must be a strong one indeed, which would justify a Court in departing from the plain meaning of words, especially in a penal act, in search of an intention which the words themselves did not suggest.
Page 257 - ... ships, vessels and goods, that are or shall be taken, and to hear and determine the same ; and according to the course of Admiralty, and the law of nations...
Page 67 - Large, 113), the 8th section of which provides, " that, if any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence, which, if committed within the body of a county, would, by the laws of the United States, be punishable with death...
Page 213 - ... care that the laws be faithfully executed. The means by which it is to be performed, the force of the nation, are in the hands of this person. Ought not this person to perform the object, although the particular mode of using the means has not been prescribed? Congress, unquestionably, may prescribe the mode, and Congress may devolve on others the whole execution of the contract ; but, till this be done, it seems the duty of the executive department to execute the contract by any means it possesses.
Page 193 - Virginia passed an act, vesting one hundred acres, part of this tract, in trustees, to be laid off in lots, some of them to be given to settlers, and others to be sold for the benefit of the proprietors. The cause depends mainly on the validity of this act.
Page 151 - Smith, cashier of the office of discount and deposit of the Bank of the United States at Washington, to be paid in liquidation of a balance due from the said Mechanics...