United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 173United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1899 - Courts |
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... ground for so doing , abandoned the contract and refused to carry it out , claiming that the defendant was under no obliga- tion to pay to the plaintiff the wages therein stipulated longer than suited its pleasure ; and had wholly and ...
... ground for so doing , abandoned the contract and refused to carry it out , claiming that the defendant was under no obliga- tion to pay to the plaintiff the wages therein stipulated longer than suited its pleasure ; and had wholly and ...
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... ground that the contract set out therein was one of hiring , terminable at the will of either party , and not one of hiring for life , as alleged in the complaint ; and that it appeared , from the obli- gations of the complaint , that ...
... ground that the contract set out therein was one of hiring , terminable at the will of either party , and not one of hiring for life , as alleged in the complaint ; and that it appeared , from the obli- gations of the complaint , that ...
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... ground , without passing upon any other question in the case , reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States , and remanded the case to that court for further pro- ceedings , Judge Pardee dissenting . 52 U. S. App ...
... ground , without passing upon any other question in the case , reversed the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States , and remanded the case to that court for further pro- ceedings , Judge Pardee dissenting . 52 U. S. App ...
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... grounds mainly relied upon to invalidate the deed were , that being from a daughter to a father rendered it , at ... ground of objection seeks to establish the broad principle that a deed from a child to a parent , conveying the real ...
... grounds mainly relied upon to invalidate the deed were , that being from a daughter to a father rendered it , at ... ground of objection seeks to establish the broad principle that a deed from a child to a parent , conveying the real ...
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... ground for putting upon them the burden of disproving undue influ- ence . Upon the question whether undue influence was in fact exercised , the record contains a mass of conflicting testimony , which is satisfactorily considered in the ...
... ground for putting upon them the burden of disproving undue influ- ence . Upon the question whether undue influence was in fact exercised , the record contains a mass of conflicting testimony , which is satisfactorily considered in the ...
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Page 309 - America in congress assembled, that the provisions of this act shall apply to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad, or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used, under a common control, management or arrangement, for a continuous carriage or shipment...
Page 206 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Page 192 - ... have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Page 230 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 230 - ... the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding,
Page 263 - no county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount including existing indebtedness in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein to be ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 513 - Act there shall be levied, collected, and paid, for and in respect of the several bonds, debentures, or certificates of stock and of indebtedness, and other documents, instruments, matters, and things mentioned and described in Schedule A...
Page 511 - ... shall show the date thereof, the name of the seller, the amount of the sale, and the matter or thing to which it refers.
Page 485 - In all cases not hereinbefore, in this section, made final there shall be of right an appeal or writ of error or review of the case by the Supreme Court of the United States where the matter in controversy shall exceed one thousand dollars besides costs.
Page 251 - States, it shall appear to the satisfaction of said Circuit Court, at any time after such suit has been brought or removed Opinion of the Court, thereto, that such suit does not really and substantially involve a dispute or controversy properly within the jurisdiction of said Circuit Court...