United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 200United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1906 - Courts |
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... result of his labors Con- gress at different times appropriated , on account of the Nutt claim , the sums of $ 35,556.51 and $ 89,999.88 . 23 Stat . 552 , 586 ; 32 Stat . 207 , 212. Prior to the bringing of the present suit the ...
... result of his labors Con- gress at different times appropriated , on account of the Nutt claim , the sums of $ 35,556.51 and $ 89,999.88 . 23 Stat . 552 , 586 ; 32 Stat . 207 , 212. Prior to the bringing of the present suit the ...
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... result was a decree that the plaintiff have and re- ceive from the administrator of Haller Nutt's estate the sum .of $ 22,143.30 , with six per cent interest . That decree , upon appeal , was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Mississippi ...
... result was a decree that the plaintiff have and re- ceive from the administrator of Haller Nutt's estate the sum .of $ 22,143.30 , with six per cent interest . That decree , upon appeal , was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Mississippi ...
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... result . KNOXVILLE WATER COMPANY v . KNOXVILLE . APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE . No. 123. Argued December 11 , 12 , 1905. - Decided January 2 , 1906 . Where the bill properly ...
... result . KNOXVILLE WATER COMPANY v . KNOXVILLE . APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE . No. 123. Argued December 11 , 12 , 1905. - Decided January 2 , 1906 . Where the bill properly ...
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... result of the elec- tion - declared , by ordinance , that 1,818 votes had been cast in favor of , and only 239 votes against , an issue of bonds for the construction by the city of a system of waterworks . It may be also stated , in ...
... result of the elec- tion - declared , by ordinance , that 1,818 votes had been cast in favor of , and only 239 votes against , an issue of bonds for the construction by the city of a system of waterworks . It may be also stated , in ...
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... result ( omitting now any consideration of the question of power ) is due to the absence from the agreement between the parties of any stipulation binding the city not to do what , un- less restrained , it now proposes to do . While ...
... result ( omitting now any consideration of the question of power ) is due to the absence from the agreement between the parties of any stipulation binding the city not to do what , un- less restrained , it now proposes to do . While ...
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Page 434 - Each stockholder in any corporation (excepting those organized for the purpose of carrying on any kind of manufacturing or mechanical business) shall be liable to the amount of stock held or owned by him.
Page 90 - ... father, mother, husband, wife, child, brother, sister, wife or widow of a son or the husband of a daughter...
Page 216 - ... in his own way. The cause of action is the subject-matter of the controversy, and that is, for all the purposes of the suit, whatever the plaintiff declares it to be in his pleadings,'
Page 494 - Income, war-profits, excessprofits, estate, and gift taxes, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, Is authorized to remit, refund, and pay back all taxes erroneously or Illegally assessed or collected, all penalties collected without authority, and all taxes that appear to be unjustly assessed or excessive in amount, or In any manner wrongfully collected...
Page 466 - It is not enough, that there is a remedy at law ; it must be plain and adequate, or, in other words, as practical and efficient to the ends of justice and its prompt administration, as the remedy in equity.
Page 228 - Laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise; and also all real and personal property according to its true value in money...
Page 126 - In any case in which the constitutionality of any law of the United States, or the validity or construction of any treaty made under its authority, is drawn in question. In any case in which the constitution or law of a State is claimed to be in contravention of the Constitution of the United States.
Page 203 - It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.
Page 20 - ... absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof.
Page 20 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or...