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... passed by Congress , the decisions of the Supreme Court , and those decisions of Circuit or District Courts which are not reviewed on writ of error or appeal ; in addition to which should be mentioned the determina- tions of the Court ...
... passed by Congress , the decisions of the Supreme Court , and those decisions of Circuit or District Courts which are not reviewed on writ of error or appeal ; in addition to which should be mentioned the determina- tions of the Court ...
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... passed without adequate reasons . The legislature may repeal the char- ter arbitrarily . But where a charter provides that " if the corporation shall at any time misuse or abuse " its franchises , the legislature may revoke the grant ...
... passed without adequate reasons . The legislature may repeal the char- ter arbitrarily . But where a charter provides that " if the corporation shall at any time misuse or abuse " its franchises , the legislature may revoke the grant ...
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... passed in 1864 , revoked and re- sumed the privileges granted by the original charter , so far as to restrict the company from building a part of the road which , under the original grant , they might have constructed . The city ...
... passed in 1864 , revoked and re- sumed the privileges granted by the original charter , so far as to restrict the company from building a part of the road which , under the original grant , they might have constructed . The city ...
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... passed there was no State where ample provision did not exist for the trial and punish- ment of persons of color for all offenses ; and no local- ity where there was any difficulty in enforcing the law against them . There was no ...
... passed there was no State where ample provision did not exist for the trial and punish- ment of persons of color for all offenses ; and no local- ity where there was any difficulty in enforcing the law against them . There was no ...
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... passing the act , and produce results the opposite of those intended . The difficulty was that where a white man was sued by a colored man , or was prosecuted for a crime against a colored man , colored witnesses were excluded . This in ...
... passing the act , and produce results the opposite of those intended . The difficulty was that where a white man was sued by a colored man , or was prosecuted for a crime against a colored man , colored witnesses were excluded . This in ...
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Page 31 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 31 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 230 - This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Page 161 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 285 - State, may remove such suit into the Circuit Court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said Circuit Court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State Court...
Page 77 - The government which has a right to do an act, and has imposed on it, the duty of performing that act, must, according to the dictates of reason, be allowed to select the means ; and those who contend that it may not select any appropriate means, that one particular mode of effecting the object is excepted, take upon themselves the burden of establishing that exception.
Page 309 - ... nor shall any district or circuit court have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favour of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Page 40 - There shall be a firm and perpetual Peace between His Britannic Majesty and the said States, and between the subjects of the one and the citizens of the other...
Page 5 - States extends to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction ; and that the whole of this judicial power must be vested " in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as congress shall from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 224 - That any order of the President, or under his authority, made at any time during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be a defence in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil or criminal, pending, or to be commenced, for any search, seizure, arrest, or imprisonment, made, done, or committed, or acts omitted to be done, under and by virtue of such order, or under color of any law of Congress, and such defence may be made by special plea, or under the general issue.