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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Page 57
... testimony tending to show that after this date the heirs of Chism sent the papers thus received ( which are not very accurately identified ) to Texas for the purpose of obtaining the land , and that the papers thus sent , whatever they ...
... testimony tending to show that after this date the heirs of Chism sent the papers thus received ( which are not very accurately identified ) to Texas for the purpose of obtaining the land , and that the papers thus sent , whatever they ...
Page 58
... testimony in regard uncontroverted evidence in this cause shows to Robinson was indefinite . He said that the that the certificate by virtue of which the land man was alive some few years before and was in controversy was located came ...
... testimony in regard uncontroverted evidence in this cause shows to Robinson was indefinite . He said that the that the certificate by virtue of which the land man was alive some few years before and was in controversy was located came ...
Page 86
... testimony was taken as to the character of this so - called island at the time of the original surveys and for some years subse- quent , the complainant's testimony tending to show that it was at first a low sand bar cov ered a good ...
... testimony was taken as to the character of this so - called island at the time of the original surveys and for some years subse- quent , the complainant's testimony tending to show that it was at first a low sand bar cov ered a good ...
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... testimony as might be brought be fore * it . It would be substituting the jury , [ 342 or the court sitting as a jury , for the tribunal which Congress had provided to determine the question , and would be making a patent of the United ...
... testimony as might be brought be fore * it . It would be substituting the jury , [ 342 or the court sitting as a jury , for the tribunal which Congress had provided to determine the question , and would be making a patent of the United ...
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... testimony had been taken , the complainant , on June 19 , 1889 , filed an amended bill , and the defend- ant , on the 21st of the same month , filed an amended answer and a cross bill . The com- plainant filed its answer to the cross ...
... testimony had been taken , the complainant , on June 19 , 1889 , filed an amended bill , and the defend- ant , on the 21st of the same month , filed an amended answer and a cross bill . The com- plainant filed its answer to the cross ...
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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.