United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 196United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1905 - Courts |
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... question of contributory negligence was not considered either in the Circuit Court or the Circuit Court of Appeals ; section 8 of the Safety Appliance Law expressly states that any employé injured by reason of defective equipment shall ...
... question of contributory negligence was not considered either in the Circuit Court or the Circuit Court of Appeals ; section 8 of the Safety Appliance Law expressly states that any employé injured by reason of defective equipment shall ...
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... question being whether locomotives are required to be equipped with such couplers . And it is not to be suc- cessfully denied that they are so required if the words " any car " of the second section were intended to embrace , and do ...
... question being whether locomotives are required to be equipped with such couplers . And it is not to be suc- cessfully denied that they are so required if the words " any car " of the second section were intended to embrace , and do ...
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... question here involved - that the central channel of Missouri River wherever it may at any time run is the boundary line between Missouri and Nebraska - is one of law . The contention of Missouri is that the central thread of the middle ...
... question here involved - that the central channel of Missouri River wherever it may at any time run is the boundary line between Missouri and Nebraska - is one of law . The contention of Missouri is that the central thread of the middle ...
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... question in the case is , whether the sudden and permanent change in the course and channel of the river occurring on the fifth day of July , 1867 , worked a change in the boundary line between the two States . The former decisions of ...
... question in the case is , whether the sudden and permanent change in the course and channel of the river occurring on the fifth day of July , 1867 , worked a change in the boundary line between the two States . The former decisions of ...
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... question of testator's insanity to the jury with the instruction that if they found that the insanity was perma - nent in its nature and character the presumptions were that it would con- tinue and the burden was on those holding under ...
... question of testator's insanity to the jury with the instruction that if they found that the insanity was perma - nent in its nature and character the presumptions were that it would con- tinue and the burden was on those holding under ...
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Page 123 - 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 9 - January, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be unlawful for any such common carrier to haul or permit to be hauled or used on its line any car used in moving interstate traffic not equipped with couplers coupling automatically by impact, and which can be uncoupled without the necessity of men going between the ends of the cars.
Page 13 - An Act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, and for other purposes...
Page 594 - America shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent or charterers, shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel...
Page 85 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 342 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 443 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 246 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States, in which the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value aforesaid, or a controversy between citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants of different States, or a controversy between citizens of a State and foreign States, citizens, or subjects...
Page 351 - ... 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 100 - Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said supreme court, shall be allowed, and may be taken to the supreme court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...