United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 196United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1905 - Courts |
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... follow the true intent of the legislature , and to adopt that sense of the words which harmonizes best with the context , and pro- motes in the fullest manner , the apparent policy and objects of the legislature . " Tested by these ...
... follow the true intent of the legislature , and to adopt that sense of the words which harmonizes best with the context , and pro- motes in the fullest manner , the apparent policy and objects of the legislature . " Tested by these ...
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... produced , but was proved by a certificate and examined copy . The attestation clause and the certificate were as follows : " Signed and acknowledged by the said William Thom- 196 U. S. Opinion of the Court . son , 40 OCTOBER TERM , 1904 .
... produced , but was proved by a certificate and examined copy . The attestation clause and the certificate were as follows : " Signed and acknowledged by the said William Thom- 196 U. S. Opinion of the Court . son , 40 OCTOBER TERM , 1904 .
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... follows : " All devises and bequests of any lands or tenements , devisable by law , shall be in writing , and signed by the party so devising the same , or by some other person in his presence , and by his express directions , and shall ...
... follows : " All devises and bequests of any lands or tenements , devisable by law , shall be in writing , and signed by the party so devising the same , or by some other person in his presence , and by his express directions , and shall ...
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... follows : " I was hurt on the evening of the 7th of February , 1902 , while working as a switchman after dark , at ... follow- ing the engine . ' I worked up near the engine . " The engine was at the west end of the yard , west of track ...
... follows : " I was hurt on the evening of the 7th of February , 1902 , while working as a switchman after dark , at ... follow- ing the engine . ' I worked up near the engine . " The engine was at the west end of the yard , west of track ...
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... follows : " It is my business to know how much a car passing on a side track will clear the scale box , and these tracks at this place are standard gauge apart , and the scale box is standard , and as I had to put the scale box there to ...
... follows : " It is my business to know how much a car passing on a side track will clear the scale box , and these tracks at this place are standard gauge apart , and the scale box is standard , and as I had to put the scale box there to ...
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Page 119 - 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 5 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 429 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act...
Page 81 - 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...
Page 338 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 11 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 242 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States...
Page 439 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 347 - ... no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located.
Page 96 - Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said supreme court, shall be allowed, and may be taken to the supreme court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...