The American and English Encyclopedia of Law, Volume 11John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland E. Thompson, 1890 |
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... taken on any of the inland waters of the United States by the naval forces thereof , shall be regarded as maritime prize . " Said the court in construing this section : " The term ' inland ' as here used was evidently intended to apply ...
... taken on any of the inland waters of the United States by the naval forces thereof , shall be regarded as maritime prize . " Said the court in construing this section : " The term ' inland ' as here used was evidently intended to apply ...
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... taken at an early day . Calye's Case , 8 Co. 32 ; Bacon's Abr . , Inns and Inn Keepers , ch . 5 ; Story on Bailm . ( 4th ed . ) , § 477 ( 3 ) . If the goods lost belong to a boarder , in order to charge the inn keeper , he would be ...
... taken at an early day . Calye's Case , 8 Co. 32 ; Bacon's Abr . , Inns and Inn Keepers , ch . 5 ; Story on Bailm . ( 4th ed . ) , § 477 ( 3 ) . If the goods lost belong to a boarder , in order to charge the inn keeper , he would be ...
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... taken in charge by the host . But when , as in Mason v . Thompson , 9 Pick . ( Mass . ) 280 ; s . c . , 20 Am . Dec. 471 , the owner has never been at the inn and never intends to go there as a guest , it seems to me little short of a ...
... taken in charge by the host . But when , as in Mason v . Thompson , 9 Pick . ( Mass . ) 280 ; s . c . , 20 Am . Dec. 471 , the owner has never been at the inn and never intends to go there as a guest , it seems to me little short of a ...
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... taken to the room , and after occupying it for about an hour , went to his friend , with whom he remained , but next morning , when he returned to get his things , the portmanteau could not be found , it was held that such party , who ...
... taken to the room , and after occupying it for about an hour , went to his friend , with whom he remained , but next morning , when he returned to get his things , the portmanteau could not be found , it was held that such party , who ...
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... taken from his guests , surely he should be permitted to protect himself from the intrusion of pickpockets and rob- bers . If it should be held , as was con- tended on the argument , that because a man keeps a public house all who ...
... taken from his guests , surely he should be permitted to protect himself from the intrusion of pickpockets and rob- bers . If it should be held , as was con- tended on the argument , that because a man keeps a public house all who ...
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Page 546 - Whatever subjects of this power are in their nature national, or admit only of one uniform system, or plan of regulation, may justly be said to be of such a nature as to require exclusive legislation by Congress.
Page 541 - The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to the new developments of time and circumstances.
Page 540 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a State, or between different parts of the same State, and which does not extend to or affect other States. Such a power would be inconvenient and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word "among" is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more States than one.
Page 555 - It is also an established principle, as already indicated, that the only way in which commerce between the States can be legitimately affected by State laws is when, by virtue of its police power, and its jurisdiction over persons and property within its limits, a State provides for the security of the lives, limbs, health, and comfort of persons and the protection of property; or when it does those things which may otherwise incidentally affect commerce, such as the establishment and regulation...
Page 560 - ... from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from any place in the United States...
Page 543 - ... power to establish ways of communication by land. But since, in consequence of the expansion of the country, the multiplication of its products, and the invention of railroads and locomotion by steam, land transportation has so vastly increased, a sounder consideration of the subject has prevailed and led to the conclusion that Congress has plenary power over the whole subject.
Page 550 - ... goods do not cease to be part of the general mass of property in the state, subject as such to its jurisdiction and to taxation in the usual way, until they have been shipped or entered with a common carrier for transportation to another state, or have been started upon such transportation in a continuous route or journey.
Page 561 - That nothing in this Act shall prevent the carriage, storage, or handling of property free or at reduced rates for the United States, State, or municipal governments...
Page 601 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation...
Page 244 - That before the evidence is left to the jury, there is, or may be in every case, a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the burden of proof is imposed.