Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Ninth Circuit, Volume 8A.L. Bancroft, 1883 |
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... statute of limitations runs against him in respect to such life estate , but not against the wife in respect to the remainder , during the continuance of such life estate ; and when such life estate is lost by an adverse possession ...
... statute of limitations runs against him in respect to such life estate , but not against the wife in respect to the remainder , during the continuance of such life estate ; and when such life estate is lost by an adverse possession ...
Page 46
... statute of limitations has never commenced to run against the wife , who since her marriage , and before the disseisin , has only held an estate in remainder in the property , and was not therefore entitled to the possession . The statute ...
... statute of limitations has never commenced to run against the wife , who since her marriage , and before the disseisin , has only held an estate in remainder in the property , and was not therefore entitled to the possession . The statute ...
Page 47
... statute as operating to pass the title to the life estate from the husband to the defendant , or as merely rebutting the right of the latter to claim the same . In either case , the plaintiff has lost what the defendant has gained ...
... statute as operating to pass the title to the life estate from the husband to the defendant , or as merely rebutting the right of the latter to claim the same . In either case , the plaintiff has lost what the defendant has gained ...
Page 48
... statute extending the time of bringing such an action , in case the party injured was a married woman , was in effect thereby repealed , and that such action was barred by the lapse of six years as in ordinary cases . The philosophy of ...
... statute extending the time of bringing such an action , in case the party injured was a married woman , was in effect thereby repealed , and that such action was barred by the lapse of six years as in ordinary cases . The philosophy of ...
Page 49
... statute was modified by the subsequent one . But the fact of the considerable lapse of time between the two stat- utes was a circumstance that favored that conclusion . Here , there is no such reason for inferring an intent to change ...
... statute was modified by the subsequent one . But the fact of the considerable lapse of time between the two stat- utes was a circumstance that favored that conclusion . Here , there is no such reason for inferring an intent to change ...
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Page 328 - Whenever any person indebted to the United States is insolvent, or whenever the estate of any deceased debtor, in the hands of the executors or administrators, is insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debts due to the United States shall be first satisfied...
Page 298 - A mortgage, deed of trust, contract, or other obligation by which a debt is secured, shall, for the purposes of assessment and taxation, be deemed and treated as an interest in the property affected thereby.
Page 309 - The franchise, roadway, roadbed, rails, and rolling stock of all railroads operated in more than one county...
Page 249 - If the States may tax one instrument employed by the government in the execution of its powers, they may tax any and every other instrument. They may tax the mail ; they may tax the mint; they may tax patent rights; they may tax the papers of the custom-house; they may tax judicial process; they may tax all the means employed by the government, to an excess which would defeat all the ends of government. This was not intended by the American people. They did not design to make their government dependent...
Page 26 - No act shall ever be revised or amended by mere reference to its title ; but the act revised, or section amended, shall be set forth and published at full length.
Page 382 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 524 - ... quit and surrender the premises hereby demised in as good state and condition as reasonable use and wear thereof will permit, damages by the elements excepted...
Page 103 - An Act for the Sale of Timber Lands in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada, and in Washington Territory.
Page 304 - The Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, and to these every citizen of every State owes obedience, whether in his individual or official capacity.
Page 371 - Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is [consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an Act of the Legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.