Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and District Courts of the United States, 28. köideGilbert Book Company, 1888 |
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... executions also in evidence , was effectual to divest the title of the heirs of Isaac H. Griffith to the land mentioned in said deed . " It is admitted that in the state of Missouri the lands of a deceased debtor may be taken in execution ...
... executions also in evidence , was effectual to divest the title of the heirs of Isaac H. Griffith to the land mentioned in said deed . " It is admitted that in the state of Missouri the lands of a deceased debtor may be taken in execution ...
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... execution for eighteen months , in order that the administrator might have an opportunity of collecting the assets of the deceased and applying them to the discharge of his debts . The day on which the letters issue may be used for this ...
... execution for eighteen months , in order that the administrator might have an opportunity of collecting the assets of the deceased and applying them to the discharge of his debts . The day on which the letters issue may be used for this ...
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... execution are restrained by the act for the benefit of the debtor's estate . The administrator has had the number of days allowed to him by the statute to collect his assets and pay the debts . The construction which would exclude the ...
... execution are restrained by the act for the benefit of the debtor's estate . The administrator has had the number of days allowed to him by the statute to collect his assets and pay the debts . The construction which would exclude the ...
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... executed to a third party , said lease being referred to in the power , the court , in order to determine whether ... execution of A.'s contract , the check was not a debt of B. within the meaning of A.'s undertaking . National Bank v ...
... executed to a third party , said lease being referred to in the power , the court , in order to determine whether ... execution of A.'s contract , the check was not a debt of B. within the meaning of A.'s undertaking . National Bank v ...
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... executed a number of persons , without color or war- rant of law or right , and that the said committee had the power and ability to put in execution their threats , and libelant believed and had reason to believe from the conduct of ...
... executed a number of persons , without color or war- rant of law or right , and that the said committee had the power and ability to put in execution their threats , and libelant believed and had reason to believe from the conduct of ...
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Page 481 - Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.
Page 307 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 80 - ... death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as amount in law to felony.
Page 80 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 487 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons, for or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present War ; and that no person shall on that account suffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property...
Page 427 - By the Constitution of the United States the President is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Page 344 - That, during the present rebellion, the President of the United States, whenever, in his judgment, the public safety may require it, is authorized to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in any case throughout the United States, or any part thereof.
Page 593 - I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce.
Page 427 - ... with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority, and in conformity with his orders. " In such cases their acts .are his acts ; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which Executive discretion may be used, still there...
Page 471 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects respectively from the one country to the other for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.