United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 42U.S. Government Printing Office, 1843 - Courts |
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... proved before him ; and generally to do all other acts , and direct all other in- quiries and proceedings in the matter before him , which he may deem necessary and proper to the justice and merits thereof , and the rights of the ...
... proved before him ; and generally to do all other acts , and direct all other in- quiries and proceedings in the matter before him , which he may deem necessary and proper to the justice and merits thereof , and the rights of the ...
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... proved the same in the Orphans ' Court of said county , where the slaves and property left by the testatrix were , and took letters testamentary as such executor . The petitioner is one of the slaves named and demised in that clause of ...
... proved the same in the Orphans ' Court of said county , where the slaves and property left by the testatrix were , and took letters testamentary as such executor . The petitioner is one of the slaves named and demised in that clause of ...
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... prove a specific fact . We agree that the rules of evidence are and must be the same , and we invoke the aid of that principle . We apply it to ascertain the intent of the testatrix . But are the laws of personal property applicable ...
... prove a specific fact . We agree that the rules of evidence are and must be the same , and we invoke the aid of that principle . We apply it to ascertain the intent of the testatrix . But are the laws of personal property applicable ...
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... prove to meet his share of the assets , to carry into the estate and pay to the executors a sum he never had received , and which , from the nature of things , he could not pos- sibly receive ; in other words , to pay to these executors ...
... prove to meet his share of the assets , to carry into the estate and pay to the executors a sum he never had received , and which , from the nature of things , he could not pos- sibly receive ; in other words , to pay to these executors ...
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... proves the certificate of the secretary genuine , and that he was in office at the date of the certificate . It was in proof that no original could be found in the proper office where it should be on file . This was sufficient to let in ...
... proves the certificate of the secretary genuine , and that he was in office at the date of the certificate . It was in proof that no original could be found in the proper office where it should be on file . This was sufficient to let in ...
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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...