United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 46Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, 1902 Complete with headnotes, summaries of decisions, statements of cases, points and authorities of counsel, annotations, tables, and parallel references. |
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... Congress praying that a land grant made by Congress in 1858 for the benefit of the Gulf had lapsed to the United States by the in- & Ship Island Railroad Company , and which tervention of the Civil War , might be re- vived in favor of ...
... Congress praying that a land grant made by Congress in 1858 for the benefit of the Gulf had lapsed to the United States by the in- & Ship Island Railroad Company , and which tervention of the Civil War , might be re- vived in favor of ...
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... Congress to levy and collect taxes , duties , imposts , and excises , Mr. Justice Miller observed : " Is the word ' impost , ' here used , intended to confer upon Congress a distinct power to levy a tax up- on all goods or merchandise ...
... Congress to levy and collect taxes , duties , imposts , and excises , Mr. Justice Miller observed : " Is the word ' impost , ' here used , intended to confer upon Congress a distinct power to levy a tax up- on all goods or merchandise ...
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... Congress , lay any im- post or duty on imports or exports ; and in the recent case of Fairbank v . United States , 181 U. S. 283 , 45 L. ed . 862 , 21 Sup . Ct . Rep . 648 , we held that a discriminating stamp tax upon bills of lading ...
... Congress , lay any im- post or duty on imports or exports ; and in the recent case of Fairbank v . United States , 181 U. S. 283 , 45 L. ed . 862 , 21 Sup . Ct . Rep . 648 , we held that a discriminating stamp tax upon bills of lading ...
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... Congress , from laying im- posts or duties on imports or exports , ex- cept what may be absolutely necessary for ... Congress . The Congress shall have power to levy and collect taxes , duties , imposts , and excises . But all duties ...
... Congress , from laying im- posts or duties on imports or exports , ex- cept what may be absolutely necessary for ... Congress . The Congress shall have power to levy and collect taxes , duties , imposts , and excises . But all duties ...
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... Congress lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports , ' does not refer to articles carried from one state into another , but only to articles imported from foreign countries into the United States . " [ 161 ] * The opinion , after ...
... Congress lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports , ' does not refer to articles carried from one state into another , but only to articles imported from foreign countries into the United States . " [ 161 ] * The opinion , after ...
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Page 71 - Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large.
Page 73 - We do not say that there may not be other matters to be regarded in estimating the value of the property.
Page 329 - 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.
Page 310 - ... every alternate section of public land, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of twenty alternate sections per mile on each side of said railroad line, as said company may adopt, through the Territories of the United States...
Page 477 - The taking, receiving, reserving, or charging a rate of interest greater than is allowed by the preceding section, when knowingly done, shall be deemed a forfeiture of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt carries with it, or which has been agreed to be paid thereon.
Page 325 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 326 - If, therefore, a statute purporting to have been enacted to protect the public health, the public morals, or the public safety, has no real or substantial relation to those objects, or is a palpable invasion of rights secured by the fundamental law, it is the duty of the Courts to so adjudge, and thereby give effect to the Constitution.
Page 190 - This policy is made and accepted subject to the foregoing stipulations and conditions, together with such other provisions, agreements, or conditions as may be indorsed hereon or added hereto, and no officer, agent, or other representative of this company shall have power to waive any provision or condition of this policy...
Page 122 - ... (2) transferred, while insolvent, any portion of his property to one or more of his creditors with intent to prefer such creditors over his other creditors ; or (3) suffered or permitted, while insolvent, any creditor to obtain a preference through legal proceedings, and not having at least five days before a sale or final disposition of any property affected by such preference vacated or discharged such preference...
Page 72 - If the company is deprived of the power of charging reasonable rates for the use of its property, and such deprivation takes place in the absence of an investigation by judicial machinery, it is deprived of the lawful use of its property, and thus, in substance and effect, of the property itself, without due process of law and in violation of the Constitution of the United States...