Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, Volume 43

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Page 416 - ... that the United States does and will hold the land thus allotted for the period of twenty-five years, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Indian to whom such allotment shall have been made, or, in case of his decease, of his heirs according to the laws of the State or Territory where such land is located...
Page 123 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 63 - Where a cause of action, which does not involve the title to or possession of real property within the State, accrues against a person, who is not then a resident of the State, an action cannot be brought thereon in a court of the State, against him or his personal representative, after the expiration of the time limited, by the laws of his residence, for bringing a like action, except by a resident of the State, and in one of the following cases : 1.
Page 416 - That when any Indian to whom an allotment of land has been made, or may hereafter be made, 'dies before the expiration of the trust period and before the issuance of a fee simple patent...
Page 386 - ... which so nearly resembles some other person's lawful trade-mark as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake in the mind of the public, or to deceive purchasers.
Page 248 - A person duly authorized to practice physic or surgery, or a professional or registered nurse, shall not be allowed to disclose any information which he acquired in attending a patient in a professional capacity, and which was necessary to enable him to act in that capacity...
Page 499 - That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to complete the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and...
Page 352 - That the person or persons appointed by the commissioners to superintend the buildings, may enter on the land of any person to set out the foundation and regulate the walls to be built between party and party, as to the breadth and thickness thereof...
Page 472 - The Civil Service Commission shall, subject to the approval of the President, establish a system of efficiency ratings for the classified service in the several executive departments in the District of Columbia based upon the records kept in each department and independent establishment with such frequency as to make them as nearly as possible records of fact.
Page 3 - ... a registered or known trade mark owned and in use by another and appropriated to merchandise of the same descriptive properties as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake in the mind of the public or to deceive purchasers shall not be registered...

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