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... debt was not liquidated — in fact it would be more accurate to say that it did not exist . The argument is made that , as the readjusted salary was earned prior to the verdict against Verdier of July 5 , 1870 , he ought not to be ...
... debt was not liquidated — in fact it would be more accurate to say that it did not exist . The argument is made that , as the readjusted salary was earned prior to the verdict against Verdier of July 5 , 1870 , he ought not to be ...
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... debt at the time , he was properly chargeable with interest . Rev. Stat . § 966 . Upon the other hand , the government did not become a debtor to Verdier until his claim was liquidated , and by Rev. Stat . § 1091 , no interest can be ...
... debt at the time , he was properly chargeable with interest . Rev. Stat . § 966 . Upon the other hand , the government did not become a debtor to Verdier until his claim was liquidated , and by Rev. Stat . § 1091 , no interest can be ...
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... debt to the government , and in fact it never became a debt until the claim was liquidated under the act of 1883. As was said by this court in United States v . McLean , 95 U. S. 750 , 753 : " The law imposes no obliga- tion upon the ...
... debt to the government , and in fact it never became a debt until the claim was liquidated under the act of 1883. As was said by this court in United States v . McLean , 95 U. S. 750 , 753 : " The law imposes no obliga- tion upon the ...
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... debt , as in cases of sureties , prior mortgagees , etc. The right is never accorded in equity to one who is a mere volunteer in paying a debt of one person to another . " See authorities reviewed at pages 548 et seq . As said by ...
... debt , as in cases of sureties , prior mortgagees , etc. The right is never accorded in equity to one who is a mere volunteer in paying a debt of one person to another . " See authorities reviewed at pages 548 et seq . As said by ...
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... debt , ought to have the benefit of all the securities possessed by the creditor , the question always is , whether what has been done lessens that security . " In this case , the company were to pay for three fourths of the work done ...
... debt , ought to have the benefit of all the securities possessed by the creditor , the question always is , whether what has been done lessens that security . " In this case , the company were to pay for three fourths of the work done ...
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Page 17 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 406 - That if any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or persons a greater or less compensation...
Page 689 - If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner or for any purpose...
Page 415 - ... a greater or less compensation for any service rendered, or to be rendered, in the transportation of passengers or property...
Page 450 - 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, and the decision is...
Page 634 - That the judicial power of said territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace.
Page 406 - All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, or for the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of such property, shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 407 - ... act, than it charges, demands, collects, or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under substantially similar circumstances and conditions, such common carrier shall be deemed guilty of unjust discrimination, which is hereby prohibited and declared to be unlawful.
Page 158 - That whenever by the laws of a State, or by State authority, a tax, assessment, servitude, or other burden is imposed upon property for the public use, whether it be for the whole State or of some more limited portion of the community, and those laws provide for a mode of confirming or contesting the charge thus imposed, in the ordinary courts of justice, with such notice to the person, or such proceeding in regard to the property as is appropriate to the nature of the case, the judgment in such...
Page 238 - Nothing can be clearer, both upon principle and authority, than the doctrine that the liability of a surety is not to be extended, by implication, beyond the terms of his contract.