United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 44; Volumes 175-178Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1900 Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references. |
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Page 99
... amount of provided for plans of the work to be pre- $ 1,469,714.47 , of which the city owes $ 696 , - pared by the commissioners , for assessments 349.30 . to be levied upon the lands benefited , and for the entry of judgments decreeing ...
... amount of provided for plans of the work to be pre- $ 1,469,714.47 , of which the city owes $ 696 , - pared by the commissioners , for assessments 349.30 . to be levied upon the lands benefited , and for the entry of judgments decreeing ...
Page 112
... amount of dam- ages which the proprietor of a copyrighted dramatic composition suffered by reason of its unlawful production by another , and yet it is also evident that the statute seeks to provide a remedy for such a wrong , and to ...
... amount of dam- ages which the proprietor of a copyrighted dramatic composition suffered by reason of its unlawful production by another , and yet it is also evident that the statute seeks to provide a remedy for such a wrong , and to ...
Page 113
... amount of dam- ages which plaintiff really had suffered . If * The court below was , as is stated in the [ 158 ] ... amount appears to us to have been fixed because of the inherent difficulty of always proving by satisfactory evidence what ...
... amount of dam- ages which plaintiff really had suffered . If * The court below was , as is stated in the [ 158 ] ... amount appears to us to have been fixed because of the inherent difficulty of always proving by satisfactory evidence what ...
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... amount in controversy - remittitur er- roneously ignored . 1 . A controversy as to the continuance or dis- solution of the status or relation of marriage cannot be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States on appeal from a ...
... amount in controversy - remittitur er- roneously ignored . 1 . A controversy as to the continuance or dis- solution of the status or relation of marriage cannot be reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States on appeal from a ...
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... amount which might be awarded if , in the opinion of the court , it were just to increase the minimum . The idea suggested by the learned judge who delivered the opinion of the court , that , as it would be difficult to prove the exact ...
... amount which might be awarded if , in the opinion of the court , it were just to increase the minimum . The idea suggested by the learned judge who delivered the opinion of the court , that , as it would be difficult to prove the exact ...
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Page 302 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to charge or receive any greater compensation in the aggregate for the transportation of passengers or of like kind of property, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, for a shorter than for a longer distance over the same line, in the same direction, the shorter being included within the longer distance...
Page 69 - ... incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States...
Page 69 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 206 - 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, 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...
Page 338 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil, claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of...
Page 404 - When we consider the nature and the theory of our institutions of government, the principles upon which they are supposed to rest, and review the history of their development, we are constrained to conclude that they do not mean to leave room for the play and action of purely personal and arbitrary power.
Page 338 - The united states in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting or that hereafter may arise between two or more states concerning boundary, jurisdiction or any other cause whatever; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following.
Page 185 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 122 - Every steam ship, when approaching another ship so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and reverse ; and every steam ship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed.
Page 68 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.