United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 42U.S. Government Printing Office, 1843 - Courts |
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... defendant sixty days before the return day of the said process ; and further , that if the defendant , on such service of the subpoena , shall not appear at the return day contained therein , the complainant shall be at liberty to ...
... defendant sixty days before the return day of the said process ; and further , that if the defendant , on such service of the subpoena , shall not appear at the return day contained therein , the complainant shall be at liberty to ...
Page xxvi
... defendant in error is at liberty to enter his appearance , and proceed to trial ; otherwise , the cause must be continued . ( See Rules 19 and 30. ) XVII . FEBRUARY TERM , 1803 . In all cases where a writ of error shall delay the ...
... defendant in error is at liberty to enter his appearance , and proceed to trial ; otherwise , the cause must be continued . ( See Rules 19 and 30. ) XVII . FEBRUARY TERM , 1803 . In all cases where a writ of error shall delay the ...
Page xxvii
... defendant shall refuse to plead to issue , and the cause shall be called for trial , the court may proceed to hear an argument on the part of the plaintiff , and to give judg- ment according to the right of the cause ; and that where ...
... defendant shall refuse to plead to issue , and the cause shall be called for trial , the court may proceed to hear an argument on the part of the plaintiff , and to give judg- ment according to the right of the cause ; and that where ...
Page xxx
... defendant in error , shall be entitled to have the writ of error or appeal dismissed ; and if the party so moving shall be plaintiff in error , he shall be entitled to open the record , and on hearing have the same reversed if it be ...
... defendant in error , shall be entitled to have the writ of error or appeal dismissed ; and if the party so moving shall be plaintiff in error , he shall be entitled to open the record , and on hearing have the same reversed if it be ...
Page xxxvi
... defendant in error , or appellee , as the case may be , may docket the cause and file a copy of the record with the Clerk , in which case it shall stand for argument at the term ; or at his option he may have the cause docketed and ...
... defendant in error , or appellee , as the case may be , may docket the cause and file a copy of the record with the Clerk , in which case it shall stand for argument at the term ; or at his option he may have the cause docketed and ...
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Page 93 - This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Rhode Island, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this court, that the decree of the said Circuit Court...
Page 232 - On consideration whereof,. it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said Circuit Court in this cause be, and the same is hereby, reversed...
Page xxviii - Court among the Circuits, agreeably to the act of Congress in such case made and provided, and that such allotment be entered of record, viz. : For the First Circuit, HORACE GRAY, Associate Justice.
Page lv - Rule provides, that in all cases where it shall appear to the Court, that persons who might otherwise be deemed necessary or proper parties to the suit, cannot be made parties by reason of their being out of the jurisdiction of the Court, or incapable otherwise of being made parties, or because their joinder would oust the jurisdiction of the Court as to the parties before the Court, the Court may, in their discretion, proceed in the cause without making such persons parties ; and. in such cases,...
Page 166 - Pet. 416 ; and that nothing can call a court of chancery into activity but conscience, good faith, and reasonable diligence ; and where these are wanting, the court is passive, and does nothing; and, therefore, from the beginning of equity jurisdiction, there was always a limitation of suit in that court.
Page lvi - ... in the same manner and to the same extent as the executors or administrators in suits concerning personal estate represent the persons beneficially interested in such personal estate, and in such cases it shall not be necessary to make the persons beneficially interested under the...
Page xxv - Process of subpoena, issuing out of this court, in any suit in equity, shall be served on the defendant sixty days before the return day of the said process; and if the defendant, on such service of the subpoena, shall not appear at the return day, the complainant shall be at liberty to proceed ex parte.
Page xlviii - The prayer for process of subpoena in the bill shall contain the names of all the defendants named in the introductory part of the bill, and if any of them are known to be infants under age, or otherwise under guardianship, shall state the fact, so that the court may take order thereon as justice may require, upon the return of the proces.
Page 191 - ... and acquiesced for a great length of time. Nothing can call forth this court into activity but conscience, good faith and reasonable diligence.
Page 200 - That every person or corporation who has, or shall have, purchased or constructed any newly invented machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, prior to the application by the inventor or discoverer for a patent, shall be held to possess the right to use, and vend to others to be used, the specific machine, manufacture, or composition of matter so made or purchased, without liability therefor to the inventor, or any other person interested in such invention...