Cases Decided in the Court of Claims of the United States, Volume 53W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1919 |
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... express provision that it could be revoked at will . There is no evidence in this case which would tend to show that the parties to the contract intended the plaintiff to have the right to use the Williamson River for logging purposes ...
... express provision that it could be revoked at will . There is no evidence in this case which would tend to show that the parties to the contract intended the plaintiff to have the right to use the Williamson River for logging purposes ...
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... express authority from the commissioner was absent ; there was no reciprocal agreement to pile the brush , and the act of 1891 was not invoked . The timber being cut under sanction of statutory and de- partmental authority , the tie ...
... express authority from the commissioner was absent ; there was no reciprocal agreement to pile the brush , and the act of 1891 was not invoked . The timber being cut under sanction of statutory and de- partmental authority , the tie ...
Page 44
... express provisions of the corporation excise act ; on the contrary , relief is sought under a ruling of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue wherein it was held that the contention now put forward by the claimant company was tenable ...
... express provisions of the corporation excise act ; on the contrary , relief is sought under a ruling of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue wherein it was held that the contention now put forward by the claimant company was tenable ...
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... express . Said action was to be taken when the excluded articles were " in freightable lots and whenever practicable . " Prior to the quadrennial weighing in the division which included plaintiff's lines , the empty mail bags were with ...
... express . Said action was to be taken when the excluded articles were " in freightable lots and whenever practicable . " Prior to the quadrennial weighing in the division which included plaintiff's lines , the empty mail bags were with ...
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... express or implied contract and those for an infringement , in that defenses open to the Gov- ernment when sued for infringement are not permitted when the action sounds in contract . Same . It is the legal effect of the instrument by ...
... express or implied contract and those for an infringement , in that defenses open to the Gov- ernment when sued for infringement are not permitted when the action sounds in contract . Same . It is the legal effect of the instrument by ...
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Page 44 - Columbia, shall be subject to pay annually a special excise tax with respect to the carrying on or doing business by such corporation, joint stock company or association, or insurance company, equivalent to one per centum upon the entire net income over and above five thousand dollars received by it from all sources during such year...
Page 327 - Congress making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other purposes, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and under subsequent acts, subject, however, to the limitations hereinafter provided.
Page xxv - President, is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said seventy-five per centum, will make up such amount as will be just compensation therefor, in the manner provided for by section twentyfour, paragraph twenty, and section one hundred and forty-five of the Judicial Code.
Page xxxvi - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
Page xxx - ... against the United States in the Court of Claims for the recovery of his reasonable and entire compensation...
Page xxxiii - That just compensation shall be made for such supervision, possession, control, or operation, to be determined by the President ; and if the amount thereof, so determined by the President, is unsatisfactory to the person entitled to receive the same, such person shall be paid seventy-five per centum of the amount so determined by the President and shall be entitled to sue the United States to recover such further sum as, added to said...
Page 529 - ... may order a temporary removal of such aliens for examination at a designated time and place, and then and there detain them until a thorough inspection is made.
Page xxiii - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on may, in case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpoena issued to any corporation or other person, issue an order requiring such corporation or other person to appear before the commission, or to produce documentary evidence...
Page 56 - Stat. 704, 705, amended the act of 1910 to readThat whenever an invention described in and covered by a patent of the United States shall hereafter be used or manufactured by or for the United States...
Page 343 - If the breach consists in preventing the performance of the contract, without the fault of the other party, who is willing to perform it, the...