United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 165United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1897 - Courts |
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... considered in England as establishing that a railway company which by act of Parliament has been expressly authorized to use locomo- tive engines upon its railway , without being declared to be responsible for fires communicated from ...
... considered in England as establishing that a railway company which by act of Parliament has been expressly authorized to use locomo- tive engines upon its railway , without being declared to be responsible for fires communicated from ...
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... considered opinion , said : " It is a mistake to suppose that it necessarily transcends the limits of valid legis- lation , or violates the principle of a just equality before the law , if the one using extrahazardous materials or ...
... considered opinion , said : " It is a mistake to suppose that it necessarily transcends the limits of valid legis- lation , or violates the principle of a just equality before the law , if the one using extrahazardous materials or ...
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... considered in determining the validity of statutory regulations fixing the liability of parties so using it . Fire has always been subject to arbitrary regulations , and the common law of Eng- land was more severe and arbitrary on the ...
... considered in determining the validity of statutory regulations fixing the liability of parties so using it . Fire has always been subject to arbitrary regulations , and the common law of Eng- land was more severe and arbitrary on the ...
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... considered as so well settled that in some of the cases no opinion has been filed and no official re- port published . Secretary v . McGarrahan , 9 Wall . 298 , 313 ; United States v . Boutwell , 17 Wall . 604 , 609 ; Commissioners v ...
... considered as so well settled that in some of the cases no opinion has been filed and no official re- port published . Secretary v . McGarrahan , 9 Wall . 298 , 313 ; United States v . Boutwell , 17 Wall . 604 , 609 ; Commissioners v ...
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... considered Agnew's guarantee of $ 20,000 Globe Phosphate bonds , at the time he made it , good , and in striking out the testimony of the witness ; and in not allowing the witness Stewart to testify as to the rating , by Dun's ...
... considered Agnew's guarantee of $ 20,000 Globe Phosphate bonds , at the time he made it , good , and in striking out the testimony of the witness ; and in not allowing the witness Stewart to testify as to the rating , by Dun's ...
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Page 106 - Every possible presumption is in favor of the validity of a statute, and this continues until the contrary is shown beyond a rational doubt. One branch of the government cannot encroach on the domain of another without danger. The safety of our institutions depends in no small degree on a strict observance of this salutary rule.
Page 99 - ... transported into any state or territory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such state or territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such state or territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.
Page 99 - ... transported into any State or Territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such animals or birds had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise.
Page 611 - The shareholders of every national banking association shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein, at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 102 - That all fermented, distilled, or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any state or territory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such state or territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory...
Page 156 - ... different trades and professions, and may vary the rates of excise upon various products; it may tax real estate and personal property in a different manner; it may tax visible property only, and not tax securities for payment of money; it may allow deductions for indebtedness, or not allow them. All such regulations, and those of like character, so long as they proceed within reasonable limits and general usage, are within the discretion of the state legislature, or the people of the state in...
Page 154 - It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form, but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure.
Page 407 - But it is out of regard to the interests of justice, which cannot be upholden, and to the administration of justice, which cannot go on, without the aid of men skilled in jurisprudence, in the practice of the Courts, and in those matters affecting rights and obligations, which form the subject of all judicial proceedings.
Page 230 - All subjects over which the sovereign power of a state extends, are objects of taxation ; but those over which it does not extend, are, upon the soundest principles, exempt from taxation.
Page 172 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...