Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volumes 159-162LEXIS Law Pub., 1901 First series, books 1-43, includes "Notes on U.S. reports" by Walter Malins Rose. |
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... given to the jury , furnished all that the party request ing was entitled to on the point . 4. A request to the court to charge the jury upon a purely hypothetical statement of facts , which was calculated to confuse and was fully ...
... given to the jury , furnished all that the party request ing was entitled to on the point . 4. A request to the court to charge the jury upon a purely hypothetical statement of facts , which was calculated to confuse and was fully ...
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... given . 6th . The court refused to give the follow- ing requested charge : " The transfer introduced by the defendant to the certificate is not a forgery in law , whether signed by the person who was the owner of said certificate ...
... given . 6th . The court refused to give the follow- ing requested charge : " The transfer introduced by the defendant to the certificate is not a forgery in law , whether signed by the person who was the owner of said certificate ...
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... given . 6th . The court refused to give the follow- ing requested charge : It was contended that this inference was fur - cate has been in the land office since 1857 , and ther strengthened by the public records . Thus , the return to ...
... given . 6th . The court refused to give the follow- ing requested charge : It was contended that this inference was fur - cate has been in the land office since 1857 , and ther strengthened by the public records . Thus , the return to ...
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... given for land order , against debtors of such corporation , sc purchased from the company , upon which far as in said suit , the receiver claimed the liens had been retained to secure their pay . right to recover from any one debtor a ...
... given for land order , against debtors of such corporation , sc purchased from the company , upon which far as in said suit , the receiver claimed the liens had been retained to secure their pay . right to recover from any one debtor a ...
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... given ; and that the wife's acknowledgment was defective , be- cause it did not show that she had met all the 105 ] requirements of the Code of West * Vir- ginia of 1868 , chap . 73 , § 4 ( copied in the mar- gin * ) , which the court ...
... given ; and that the wife's acknowledgment was defective , be- cause it did not show that she had met all the 105 ] requirements of the Code of West * Vir- ginia of 1868 , chap . 73 , § 4 ( copied in the mar- gin * ) , which the court ...
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acres Act of Congress action adverse possession affirmed alleged appellee Appt authority Bank bill certificate chap charge circuit court claim Cœur d'Alene Constitution construction contract corporation court of appeals court of equity decision decree defendant in error district court duty entitled equity evidence fact filed foreign judgment fraud habeas corpus held indictment Iowa issued Jacob Haish judge jurisdiction jury Justice land office ment Messrs Moen Company offense owner P. R. Co paid pany parties patent payment person petition plaintiff in error possession proceedings public lands purpose railroad company railway company rendered road rule S. C. Reporter's Sioux City Stat statute suit supreme court taxes telegraph company telegraph line territory testimony thereof tion treaty trial U. S. App Union Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railway United verdict Wall Washburn & Moen wire writ of error
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Page 63 - Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 94 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 331 - An Act to Aid in the Construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to Secure to the Government the Use of the Same for Postal, Military, and Other Purposes, Approved July First, Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-two,' approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 196 - In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guaranties equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.
Page 365 - Columbia, the person so charged shall, at his own request, but not otherwise, be a competent witness. And his failure to make such request shall not create any presumption against him.
Page 176 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the Constitution, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth and of the subjects of the same.
Page 377 - The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States...
Page 187 - In said agreements agreed to be paid by the party of the first part to the party of the second part...
Page 409 - Whoever, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered...
Page 331 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.