The Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 15West Publishing Company, 1895 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... BONDS - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS . Railroad aid bonds issued by a munici- pal corporation in one of the territories are void , under the act of June 8 , 1878 ( 20 Stat . 101 ) , which provides that nothing therein shall authorize such a ...
... BONDS - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS . Railroad aid bonds issued by a munici- pal corporation in one of the territories are void , under the act of June 8 , 1878 ( 20 Stat . 101 ) , which provides that nothing therein shall authorize such a ...
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Dumber of bonds of the railroad company of like amounts , bearing like interest , and run- ning like times as the bonds in suit . Defendant demurred to the complaint both generally and specially , and upon argument the demurrer was ...
Dumber of bonds of the railroad company of like amounts , bearing like interest , and run- ning like times as the bonds in suit . Defendant demurred to the complaint both generally and specially , and upon argument the demurrer was ...
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... bonds were issued , conferred an " especial privilege " upon the railroad company , within the meaning of Rev. St. § 1889 , inhibiting " private charters and especial privileges , " and also to the further question whether bonds is ...
... bonds were issued , conferred an " especial privilege " upon the railroad company , within the meaning of Rev. St. § 1889 , inhibiting " private charters and especial privileges , " and also to the further question whether bonds is ...
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... bonds belonging to the Delawares , it is agreed that he may transfer such United States bonds to the Cherokee Nation , at their market value , at the date of such transfer . " And the said Delawares further agree that there shall be ...
... bonds belonging to the Delawares , it is agreed that he may transfer such United States bonds to the Cherokee Nation , at their market value , at the date of such transfer . " And the said Delawares further agree that there shall be ...
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... bonds and coupons in the petition set forth . The cause was submitted to the court for trial , a jury having been ... bond for appeal , which bond was approved by the clerk and filed in said cause " ; but the bond is not set out . Then ...
... bonds and coupons in the petition set forth . The cause was submitted to the court for trial , a jury having been ... bond for appeal , which bond was approved by the clerk and filed in said cause " ; but the bond is not set out . Then ...
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Page 175 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort...
Page 256 - The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney-General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 211 - The liberty mentioned in that amendment means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper,...
Page 250 - ... in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure, and condamnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.
Page 178 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil...
Page 152 - Provided. That nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the manufacture or sale of oleomargarine in a separate and distinct form, and in such manner as will advise the consumer of its real character, free from coloration or ingredient that causes it to look like butter.
Page 255 - Commerce among the states consists of intercourse and traffic between their citizens, and includes the transportation of persons and property, and the navigation of public waters for that purpose, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 281 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 38 - The judges of the circuit and district courts shall not allow any bill of exceptions which shall contain the charge of the court at large to the jury in trials at common law, upon any general exception to the whole of such charge. But the party excepting shall be required to state distinctly the several matters of law in such charge to which he excepts ; and those matters of law, and those only, shall be inserted in the bill of exceptions and allowed by the court.
Page 26 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...