The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States, Volumes 57-58West Publishing Company, 1894 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... issued by another company , having been placed there illegally and fraudulently , may maintain a bill in equity against the holders thereof to cancel the guaranty , on the ground of preventing a multiplicity of suits , although it might ...
... issued by another company , having been placed there illegally and fraudulently , may maintain a bill in equity against the holders thereof to cancel the guaranty , on the ground of preventing a multiplicity of suits , although it might ...
Page 46
... issued by an officer having apparent authority to do so , and undistinguish- able on their faces from certificates of genuine stock , and were outstanding in the hands of numerous holders . The holders of such spurious certificates were ...
... issued by an officer having apparent authority to do so , and undistinguish- able on their faces from certificates of genuine stock , and were outstanding in the hands of numerous holders . The holders of such spurious certificates were ...
Page 52
... issued by various counties and cities , and received by the railroad company in pay . ment of subscriptions to its stock . Upon full consideration it was held that , inasmuch as the company had received the bonds in pay- ment of stock ...
... issued by various counties and cities , and received by the railroad company in pay . ment of subscriptions to its stock . Upon full consideration it was held that , inasmuch as the company had received the bonds in pay- ment of stock ...
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... issued by the railway company : Bonds to the amount of $ 800,000 , secured by a second mortgage on the property of the Kentucky Union Rail- way Company , were issued and delivered to the Kentucky Union Land Company on account of ...
... issued by the railway company : Bonds to the amount of $ 800,000 , secured by a second mortgage on the property of the Kentucky Union Rail- way Company , were issued and delivered to the Kentucky Union Land Company on account of ...
Page 91
... issued to J. B. Ford & Co. , leaving $ 200 , - 000 to be issued and sold to the stockholders on September 6 , 1886 , at par , for a working capital . These terms were approved and accepted by the unanimous vote of the stockholders ...
... issued to J. B. Ford & Co. , leaving $ 200 , - 000 to be issued and sold to the stockholders on September 6 , 1886 , at par , for a working capital . These terms were approved and accepted by the unanimous vote of the stockholders ...
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Page 572 - 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 212 - all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every state and territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property, as Is enjoyed by white citizens...
Page 530 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 675 - That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this act to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever...
Page 383 - ... to injure or defraud the association or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of the...
Page 702 - ... of the former may maintain an action therefor against the latter, if the former might have maintained an action had he lived against the latter for an injury for the same act or omission. The action must be commenced within two years. The damages cannot exceed...
Page 668 - Master, now bound from the Port of (i) Philadelphia, Pa., to Liverpool, England, and such other ports and places in any part of the world as the Master may direct...
Page 593 - Whenever in the opinion of the Government of the United States, the coming of Chinese laborers to the United States, or their residence therein, affects or threatens to affect the interests of that country, or to endanger the good order of the said country or of any locality within the territory thereof, the Government of China agrees that the Government of the United States may regulate, limit, or suspend such coming or residence, but may not absolutely prohibit it.
Page 461 - ... have cognizance of any suit except upon foreign bills of exchange, to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of any assignee, or of any subsequent holder...
Page 301 - The proximate cause is the efficient cause, the one that necessarily sets the other causes in operation. The causes that are merely incidental or instruments of a superior or controlling agency are not the proximate causes »nd the responsible ones, though they may be nearer in time to the result.