Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, 2. köide;27. köidePublished for John Conrad and Company, 1851 |
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... decided by the Court laid within a narrow compass . The defence set up was , that the plaintiffs had suffered their invention to be used before their application for a patent ; and had thus lost all right to the ex- clusive use of it ...
... decided by the Court laid within a narrow compass . The defence set up was , that the plaintiffs had suffered their invention to be used before their application for a patent ; and had thus lost all right to the ex- clusive use of it ...
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... decided in England upon that statute are adopted , may be answered by a reference to those cases . They have all arisen within a few years , since the enactment of our law ; and , ex- cept the dictum of Lord Coke in 2d Institute , the ...
... decided in England upon that statute are adopted , may be answered by a reference to those cases . They have all arisen within a few years , since the enactment of our law ; and , ex- cept the dictum of Lord Coke in 2d Institute , the ...
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... decided below . Certain it is , that a secret permission given to their own agent , can no more be an assertion or notice , than a resolution locked up in their own breasts . The construction contended for is in accordance with the ...
... decided below . Certain it is , that a secret permission given to their own agent , can no more be an assertion or notice , than a resolution locked up in their own breasts . The construction contended for is in accordance with the ...
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... decided . It is undoubtedly true , that questions respecting the admissibility of evidence are entirely distinct from those which respect its suffi- ciency or effect . They arise in different stages of the trial , and cannot with strict ...
... decided . It is undoubtedly true , that questions respecting the admissibility of evidence are entirely distinct from those which respect its suffi- ciency or effect . They arise in different stages of the trial , and cannot with strict ...
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... decided that there is no misrepresentation ; that the interest of the assured was truly described in the offer for insurance ; and , consequently , no question on the materiality of the supposed variance was submitted to the jury . As ...
... decided that there is no misrepresentation ; that the interest of the assured was truly described in the offer for insurance ; and , consequently , no question on the materiality of the supposed variance was submitted to the jury . As ...
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Page 223 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 354 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question...
Page 209 - The First Consul of the French republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French republic, in virtue of the above mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Page 114 - The common law of England is not to be taken, in all respects, to be that of America. Our ancestors brought with them its general principles, and claimed it as their birthright; but they brought with them and adopted only that portion which was applicable to their condition.
Page 240 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by His Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities, in the said territories ceded by His Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of His Catholic Majesty.
Page 198 - If Congress had passed any Act which bore upon the case, any Act in execution of the power to regulate commerce, the object of which was to control state legislation over those small navigable creeks into which the tide flows, and which abound throughout the lower country of the middle and southern States, we should feel not much difficulty in saying that a state law coming in conflict with such Act would be void. But Congress has passed no such Act.
Page 241 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 215 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.