United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, 93. köideU.S. Government Printing Office, 1877 |
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... agents and subordinates , from " obstructing or interrupting " the navi- gation of the Savannah River , in violation of the compact entered into between the States of South Carolina and Georgia on the twenty - fourth day of April , 1787 ...
... agents and subordinates , from " obstructing or interrupting " the navi- gation of the Savannah River , in violation of the compact entered into between the States of South Carolina and Georgia on the twenty - fourth day of April , 1787 ...
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... agent of the holders , who presented the state- ment of an account showing a balance of $ 3,407.73 ; that , believing the statement to be accurate , the defendants gave the notes in suit and two others , in all equalling the amount ...
... agent of the holders , who presented the state- ment of an account showing a balance of $ 3,407.73 ; that , believing the statement to be accurate , the defendants gave the notes in suit and two others , in all equalling the amount ...
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... agent of Claflin & Co. was false , and that instead of there being a balance of $ 3,400 then due from the debtors , as in the statement set forth , there was due less than $ 1,550 . The court ordered that this answer should be made more ...
... agent of Claflin & Co. was false , and that instead of there being a balance of $ 3,400 then due from the debtors , as in the statement set forth , there was due less than $ 1,550 . The court ordered that this answer should be made more ...
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... agent at Jackson , in that State . It appears from the statements of the bill that the annual premiums accruing on the policy were all regularly paid , until the breaking out of the late civil war , but that , in consequence of that ...
... agent at Jackson , in that State . It appears from the statements of the bill that the annual premiums accruing on the policy were all regularly paid , until the breaking out of the late civil war , but that , in consequence of that ...
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... agents , up to the year 1850 , did no act or acts in and about their alleged possession of the lands in question , except such acts as co - tenants in common had a lawful right to do towards the improvement of said tracts of land , or ...
... agents , up to the year 1850 , did no act or acts in and about their alleged possession of the lands in question , except such acts as co - tenants in common had a lawful right to do towards the improvement of said tracts of land , or ...
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Page 380 - prior date, unless the description and drawings contain and exhibit a substantial representation of the patented improvement, " in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms," as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it appertains, to make, construct,
Page 442 - such railroad should be a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge, or upon any other conditions for the use of such road for such transportation ; nor shall any allowance be made out of any money appropriated by this
Page 75 - the distinction between actions at law and suits in equity, and the forms of all such actions and suits heretofore existing, are abolished; and there shall be in this State but one form of action for the enforcement or protection of private rights and the redress
Page 194 - treaty' and ' nation' are words of our own language, selected in our diplomatic and legislative proceedings by ourselves, having each a definite and well-understood meaning. We have applied them to Indians as we have applied them to the other nations of the earth. They are applied to all in the same sense.
Page 553 - that any final judgment, order, or decree of said court may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States upon writ of error or appeal, in the same cases and in like manner as is now provided by law in reference to the final judgments, orders, and decrees of the Circuit Court of the United
Page 443 - remain a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from any toll or charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service in public business, passing through the same.
Page 442 - the said railroad shall be, and remain, a public highway for the use of the government of the United States, free from all toll or other charge for [upon] the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.'" And the counsel for the appellants analyzes this provision as follows: — " This is a legislative declaration of three things:
Page 454 - The said railroad and branches shall be and remain public highways for the use of the government of the United States, free from all toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 224 - are to be made upon an estimate of the net annual value of the several hereditaments rated thereunto, — that is to say, of the rent at which the same might reasonably be expected to let from
Page 380 - required to be in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms, as to enable any person skilled in the art or science to make, construct, and use the invention.