Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 16West Publishing Company, 1896 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 45
... statute , and that the premises were held by the defend- ant under Knott and the city ; also that the city forthwith performed the duty imposed on it by the statute at an immense outlay ; that " the grade of the land was raised , and ...
... statute , and that the premises were held by the defend- ant under Knott and the city ; also that the city forthwith performed the duty imposed on it by the statute at an immense outlay ; that " the grade of the land was raised , and ...
Page 47
... statute was enacted under the authority to ordain and establish laws and regulations reasonably adapted to secure the good and welfare of the people , and that statutes , hav- ing such objects in view which deprive indi- viduals of the ...
... statute was enacted under the authority to ordain and establish laws and regulations reasonably adapted to secure the good and welfare of the people , and that statutes , hav- ing such objects in view which deprive indi- viduals of the ...
Page 48
... statute there under examination contemplated that , if the owner did not himself abate the nuisance in the mode prescribed , then the property , the condition of which was the cause of the nuisance , was to be taken by the city , the ...
... statute there under examination contemplated that , if the owner did not himself abate the nuisance in the mode prescribed , then the property , the condition of which was the cause of the nuisance , was to be taken by the city , the ...
Page 49
... statute was held to be void . The - The court said : " It has long been settled by the decisions of this court , that a statute which undertakes to appropriate private property for a public highway of any kind , without adequate ...
... statute was held to be void . The - The court said : " It has long been settled by the decisions of this court , that a statute which undertakes to appropriate private property for a public highway of any kind , without adequate ...
Page 50
... statute for a public object , had been divested of his title . And that question depended upon the construc- tion of the clause of the state constitution , providing " that no man's particular services shall be demanded , or property ...
... statute for a public object , had been divested of his title . And that question depended upon the construc- tion of the clause of the state constitution , providing " that no man's particular services shall be demanded , or property ...
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Page 438 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Page 141 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Page 76 - In the patent office a written description of the same, and of the manner and process of making, constructing, compounding, and using It, in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which It appertains, or with which It is most nearly connected, to make, construct compound, and use the same...
Page 270 - ... 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 57 - In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guaranties equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.
Page 68 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several states, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 285 - ... no location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located.
Page 427 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Page 242 - Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises...
Page 146 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.