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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... STATUTES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES . ( C. ) FOREIGN STATUTES . PAGE PAGE § 720 . 245 § 2318 . § 723 . 633 § 2319 . § 731 . .294 , 304 § 2320 . Title XIV . 172 § 2322 . § 1094 . 172 § 2323 . 345 122 , 342 343 , 351 122 , 342 343 ...
... STATUTES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES . ( C. ) FOREIGN STATUTES . PAGE PAGE § 720 . 245 § 2318 . § 723 . 633 § 2319 . § 731 . .294 , 304 § 2320 . Title XIV . 172 § 2322 . § 1094 . 172 § 2323 . 345 122 , 342 343 , 351 122 , 342 343 ...
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... statute requires the use of automatic couplers . Nor can such interpretation of the statute be justified by its practical operation because the railroads of the country , recognizing the necessity of regulations requiring coupling ...
... statute requires the use of automatic couplers . Nor can such interpretation of the statute be justified by its practical operation because the railroads of the country , recognizing the necessity of regulations requiring coupling ...
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... statutes does not apply . Where a statute creates a liability , where none existed before , it must be strictly and literally construed . Sutherland on Stat . Con- struction , § 371 . There was no duty on the railroad company to equip ...
... statutes does not apply . Where a statute creates a liability , where none existed before , it must be strictly and literally construed . Sutherland on Stat . Con- struction , § 371 . There was no duty on the railroad company to equip ...
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... statute . A penal statute can- not be construed by equity to extend to cases not within the correct and ordinary meaning of the expressions of the law . United States v . Harris , 177 U. S. 309 ; Sarlls v . United States , 152 U. S. 575 ...
... statute . A penal statute can- not be construed by equity to extend to cases not within the correct and ordinary meaning of the expressions of the law . United States v . Harris , 177 U. S. 309 ; Sarlls v . United States , 152 U. S. 575 ...
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... statute is equally applicable to all of them . And where a word is used in a statute , which has various known significa- tions , I know of no rule , that requires the court to adopt one in preference to another , simply because it is ...
... statute is equally applicable to all of them . And where a word is used in a statute , which has various known significa- tions , I know of no rule , that requires the court to adopt one in preference to another , simply because it is ...
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Page 117 - 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 4 - 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 427 - 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 79 - 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 336 - 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 9 - 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 240 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States...
Page 437 - ... 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 345 - ... 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 94 - 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...