Cases in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Third Circuit: With an Appendix, Volume 1 |
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... suit may be entered by the clerk , on notice of two weeks . VII . COSTS . In every action in which the plaintiff or complainant is not at the time of suit brought a citizen of the District of Pennsylvania , or being so then afterwards ...
... suit may be entered by the clerk , on notice of two weeks . VII . COSTS . In every action in which the plaintiff or complainant is not at the time of suit brought a citizen of the District of Pennsylvania , or being so then afterwards ...
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... suit . The present action , which was ejectment , and the DEFENCE to which was twenty - one years adverse pos- The plaintiff's interrogatory as filed in English , asked : " Are you conver- sant with her pedigree , by direct knowledge ...
... suit . The present action , which was ejectment , and the DEFENCE to which was twenty - one years adverse pos- The plaintiff's interrogatory as filed in English , asked : " Are you conver- sant with her pedigree , by direct knowledge ...
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... suit brought : and strong evidence has been given to support this de- fence . Now , admit that what was said by Madame Dussert was before suit brought , yet is it certainly clear that it was ante litem motam ? The line of dis- tinction ...
... suit brought : and strong evidence has been given to support this de- fence . Now , admit that what was said by Madame Dussert was before suit brought , yet is it certainly clear that it was ante litem motam ? The line of dis- tinction ...
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... suit until the twenty - one years were about to expire . sitions . June 19th . But , finally , this hearsay is admitted under the condition that it is the best evidence which the case allows . And with us , where , except the family bi ...
... suit until the twenty - one years were about to expire . sitions . June 19th . But , finally , this hearsay is admitted under the condition that it is the best evidence which the case allows . And with us , where , except the family bi ...
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... suit , yet the Court will act upon the wise sentiment of Lord ELDON , in a kindred case : " Your lordships will look hardships in the face ra- ther than break down the rules of law . " Mr. C. INGERSOLL , in support of the evidence : The ...
... suit , yet the Court will act upon the wise sentiment of Lord ELDON , in a kindred case : " Your lordships will look hardships in the face ra- ther than break down the rules of law . " Mr. C. INGERSOLL , in support of the evidence : The ...
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Page 160 - The promise thus made was a promise " to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some duty, in case of the failure of another person who is himself, in the first instance, liable to such payment or performance.
Page 10 - ... in the presence of the said courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers of the said courts...
Page 84 - It Is certainly a maxim that all evidence is to be weighed according to the proof which it was in the power of one side to have produced, and in the power of the other to have contradicted.
Page cxviii - River, and hath upon the west Delaware Bay or river, and extendeth southward to the main ocean as far as Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware *Bay, and to the northward as far as the...
Page 254 - The third rule I shall extract is, that the original domicil, or, as it is called, the forum originis, or the domicil of origin, is to prevail until the party has not only acquired another, but has manifested and carried into execution an intention of abandoning his former domicil and taking another as his sole domicil.
Page 165 - That whenever, in any action for damages for making, using, or selling the thing whereof the exclusive right is secured by any patent heretofore granted, or by any patent which may hereafter be granted, a verdict shall be rendered for the plaintiff in such action, it shall be in the power of the court to render judgment for any sum above the amount found by such verdict as the actual damages sustained by the plaintiff, not exceeding three times the amount thereof, according to the circumstances of...
Page 340 - ... and such damages may be recovered by action on the case, in any court of competent jurisdiction, to be brought in the name or names of the person or persons interested, whether as patentee, assignees, or as grantees of the exclusive right within and throughout a specified part of the United States.
Page 32 - ... to commend him to regard, yet, that the case was one in which some punishment was demanded ; that it was in the power of the court to inflict the penalty of an imprisonment for a term of three years, and a fine of $1,000, but, in view of all the circumstances, and especially as the prisoner had been already confined in gaol several months, that the court would make the punishment more lenient. The convict was then sentenced to undergo an imprisonment in the Eastern Penitentiary of Pennsylvania,...
Page 13 - ... for death is the last and farthest point of particular necessity, and the law imposeth it upon every subject, that he prefer the urgent service of his prince and country before the safety of his life...
Page 272 - The privilege which is asserted here is the privilege of the court, rather than of the defendant. It is founded in the necessities of the judicial administration, which would be often embarrassed, and sometimes interrupted, if the suitor might be vexed with process while attending upon the court for the protection of his rights, or the witness while attending to testify.