Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 17Banks Law Publishing, 1883 |
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... plaintiffs were capable of taking under this will ? Which point was , therefore , certified to this court . The Attorney - General , for the plaintiffs , argued , that the peculiar law of charitable bequests did not originate in the ...
... plaintiffs were capable of taking under this will ? Which point was , therefore , certified to this court . The Attorney - General , for the plaintiffs , argued , that the peculiar law of charitable bequests did not originate in the ...
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... plaintiffs as trustees , it could be done . Id certum est quod certum reddi potest : and the court might direct the money to be paid to those who constituted the association at * the time of the be- [ * 15 quest . But this association ...
... plaintiffs as trustees , it could be done . Id certum est quod certum reddi potest : and the court might direct the money to be paid to those who constituted the association at * the time of the be- [ * 15 quest . But this association ...
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... vague , that no person can be found whose interest can be sus- tained . The counsel for the plaintiff insists , that cases equally vague have . Baptist Association v . Hart's Executors . been sustained 15 1819 ] 81 OF THE UNITED STATES .
... vague , that no person can be found whose interest can be sus- tained . The counsel for the plaintiff insists , that cases equally vague have . Baptist Association v . Hart's Executors . been sustained 15 1819 ] 81 OF THE UNITED STATES .
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... plaintiff . In the case of Morice v . The Bishop of Durham , 9 Ves . 399 , where the devise was to the bishop , in trust , to dispose of the residue " to such objects of benevolence and liberality as he , in his own discretion , should ...
... plaintiff . In the case of Morice v . The Bishop of Durham , 9 Ves . 399 , where the devise was to the bishop , in trust , to dispose of the residue " to such objects of benevolence and liberality as he , in his own discretion , should ...
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... plaintiff can be made , .to sue the executor , otherwise than on the information of the attorney - general . No ... plaintiffs cannot take . But the rights of those who claim the beneficial interest , have been argued at great length ...
... plaintiff can be made , .to sue the executor , otherwise than on the information of the attorney - general . No ... plaintiffs cannot take . But the rights of those who claim the beneficial interest , have been argued at great length ...
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Page 207 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects intrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity, would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.
Page 126 - That they were intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government unrestrained by the established principles of private rights and distributive justice.
Page 277 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.
Page 206 - But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist...
Page 199 - The government of the Union, then (whatever may be the influence of this fact on the case), is, emphatically, and truly, a government of the people, In form and in substance it emanates from them, Its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit...
Page 55 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 281 - Whatever respect might have been felt for the state sovereignties, it is not to be disguised that the framers of the Constitution viewed, with some apprehension, the violent acts which might grow out of the feelings of the moment; and that the people of the United States, in adopting that instrument, have manifested a determination to shield themselves and their property from the effects of those sudden and strong passions to which men are exposed.
Page 301 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 201 - The government which has a right to do an act, and has imposed on it, the duty of performing that act, must, according to the dictates of reason, be allowed to select the means; and those who contend that it may not select any appropriate means, that one particular mode of effecting the object is excepted, take upon themselves the burden of establishing that exception.
Page 198 - No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the states, and of compounding the American people into one common mass.