Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 10West Publishing Company, 1890 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 15
... effect a settlement with the creditors upon the payment of a small percentage of their respective claims ; and , if the means he employed to effect such compromises were not proper , it might give the overreached creditors cause of com ...
... effect a settlement with the creditors upon the payment of a small percentage of their respective claims ; and , if the means he employed to effect such compromises were not proper , it might give the overreached creditors cause of com ...
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... effect . " We pass to the consideration of the con- trolling question in the case , namely , whether Hill's rights , as a holder of these coupons for himself and others , are affected by the final decree in the suit instituted in the ...
... effect . " We pass to the consideration of the con- trolling question in the case , namely , whether Hill's rights , as a holder of these coupons for himself and others , are affected by the final decree in the suit instituted in the ...
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... effect , have been brought in the proper court of the United States . But the acts of 1864 and 1875 , authorizing certain state courts to take cognizance of suits , actions , and pro- By the ninth section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 ...
... effect , have been brought in the proper court of the United States . But the acts of 1864 and 1875 , authorizing certain state courts to take cognizance of suits , actions , and pro- By the ninth section of the Judiciary Act of 1789 ...
Page 39
... effect of ver- tiff had been induced by the deceit of the de- dicts , in actions at law , are matters in fendant to enter into an oil speculation , which the circuit courts of the United States and the defendant was held responsible for ...
... effect of ver- tiff had been induced by the deceit of the de- dicts , in actions at law , are matters in fendant to enter into an oil speculation , which the circuit courts of the United States and the defendant was held responsible for ...
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... effect that certain prescribed payments , and that no if they believed that the premises were lo- adverse claim exists . The statute also de - cated by the grantors and predecessors in clares that thereafter no objection of third ...
... effect that certain prescribed payments , and that no if they believed that the premises were lo- adverse claim exists . The statute also de - cated by the grantors and predecessors in clares that thereafter no objection of third ...
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Page 93 - Such as shall be conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings.
Page 268 - Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 351 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 324 - State, subject only to the two restrictions, that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State, and that the shares of any national banking association owned by non-residents of any State shall be taxed in the city or town where the bank is located, and not elsewhere.
Page 190 - That all township, district, and county officers, not herein otherwise provided for, shall be appointed or elected, as the case may be, in such manner as shall be provided by the governor and legislative assembly of the territory of Nebraska. The governor shall nominate, and...
Page 226 - And such adjudication, if it be in favor of the right of the applicant, shall authorize the commissioner to issue such patent on the applicant filing in the Patent Office a copy of the adjudication and otherwise complying with the requirements of law.
Page 190 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for ; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Page 135 - Secondly, it may be apparent from the intrinsic nature and subject of the bargain itself; such as no man in his senses, and not under delusion, would make on the one hand, and as no honest and fair man would accept on the other; which are inequitable and unconscientious bargains, and of such even the Common Law has taken notice.
Page 300 - That no polygamist, bigamist, or any person cohabiting with more than one woman, and no woman cohabiting with any of the persons described as aforesaid in this section...
Page 299 - Suppose one believed that human sacrifices were a necessary part of religious worship, would it be seriously contended that the civil government under which he lived could not interfere to prevent a sacrifice? Or if a wife religiously believed it was her duty to burn herself upon the funeral pile of her dead husband, would it be beyond the power of the civil government to prevent her carrying her belief into practice...