Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 28West Publishing Company, 1908 |
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... amount of a transfer tax due New Jersey , until the time of his death . under a section of a statute providing for Until 1888 he was a resident and citizen of such a tax " when the transfer is by will or Paterson . In that year he ...
... amount of a transfer tax due New Jersey , until the time of his death . under a section of a statute providing for Until 1888 he was a resident and citizen of such a tax " when the transfer is by will or Paterson . In that year he ...
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... amount of all indebtedness , except the in- debtedness for current expenses , excluding from such expenses the amount for pur- chase or improvement of property and the assessed or equalized value of tangible prop- erty owned by said ...
... amount of all indebtedness , except the in- debtedness for current expenses , excluding from such expenses the amount for pur- chase or improvement of property and the assessed or equalized value of tangible prop- erty owned by said ...
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... amount which should be quarter , or about 30 per cent . paid for the uses and purposes of the state of Illinois could not be enforced by any legal proceeding whatever , nor could repayment be obtained from anyone which would cover the ...
... amount which should be quarter , or about 30 per cent . paid for the uses and purposes of the state of Illinois could not be enforced by any legal proceeding whatever , nor could repayment be obtained from anyone which would cover the ...
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... amount which the court found to be a fair and just amount due from the appellee for the tax of the year 1900 , based upon a tax at the same rate as that levied upon other property and on corporations of the same class within the state ...
... amount which the court found to be a fair and just amount due from the appellee for the tax of the year 1900 , based upon a tax at the same rate as that levied upon other property and on corporations of the same class within the state ...
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... amount claimed , no penalty shall be recovered , but only the actual amount of the loss or damage , with inter- est as aforesaid : Provided , further , That no common carrier shall be liable under this act for property which never came ...
... amount claimed , no penalty shall be recovered , but only the actual amount of the loss or damage , with inter- est as aforesaid : Provided , further , That no common carrier shall be liable under this act for property which never came ...
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Page 277 - ... 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 166 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 143 - If, as has always been understood, the sovereignty of Congress, though limited to specified objects, is plenary as to those objects, the power over commerce with foreign nations and among the several States is vested in Congress as absolutely as it would be in a single government having in its constitution the same restrictions on the exercise of the power as are found in the Constitution of the United States.
Page 330 - Every bill brought by one or more stockholders in a corporation against the corporation and other parties, founded on rights which may properly be asserted by the corporation, must be verified by oath, and must contain an allegation that the plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which he complains, or that his share had devolved on him since by operation of law...
Page 142 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee, or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 143 - Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 1, 196, 6 L. ed. 23, 70, where he said: "We are now arrived at the inquiry, What is this power? It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 477 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Page 154 - Resolved, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Page 71 - Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 6 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, so authenticated, 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 which they are taken.