Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, 14. köidePublished for John Conrad and Company, 1853 |
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... paid . From this decree the appellant prayed an appeal to this court , and executed an appeal - bond in the usual form , in the penalty of $ 200 . The bond is dated on the 6th of May , 1852 , and on the same day was left for approval in ...
... paid . From this decree the appellant prayed an appeal to this court , and executed an appeal - bond in the usual form , in the penalty of $ 200 . The bond is dated on the 6th of May , 1852 , and on the same day was left for approval in ...
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... paid , laid out , and expended , by the plaintiff for the use of the de- fendant , at his , the defendant's , request ; and being so indebted , the defendant afterwards , that is to say , on the day and year aforesaid , at the county ...
... paid , laid out , and expended , by the plaintiff for the use of the de- fendant , at his , the defendant's , request ; and being so indebted , the defendant afterwards , that is to say , on the day and year aforesaid , at the county ...
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... paid , hereby covenants and agrees to pay unto the said party of the first part the sum of twenty per centum upon the amount of said claim , whenever the same inay be allowed ; and if at any time a part of it only is allowed then the ...
... paid , hereby covenants and agrees to pay unto the said party of the first part the sum of twenty per centum upon the amount of said claim , whenever the same inay be allowed ; and if at any time a part of it only is allowed then the ...
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... paid from the securities deposited by Leroy Pope , and that the only debt really incurred by William H. Pope , was that for $ 29 , - 290.90 . This debt the plaintiffs admitted to be a charge on the property , and they did not contest it ...
... paid from the securities deposited by Leroy Pope , and that the only debt really incurred by William H. Pope , was that for $ 29 , - 290.90 . This debt the plaintiffs admitted to be a charge on the property , and they did not contest it ...
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... the payment of this debt , and the bill prays that the debt may be paid out of this fund . That a single creditor may maintain a bill against an administrator of a deceased Hagan " . Walker et al . debtor , for DECEMBER TERM , 1852 . 33.
... the payment of this debt , and the bill prays that the debt may be paid out of this fund . That a single creditor may maintain a bill against an administrator of a deceased Hagan " . Walker et al . debtor , for DECEMBER TERM , 1852 . 33.
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Page 275 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district...
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Page 20 - Every citizen of the United States is also a citizen of a state or territory. He may be said to owe allegiance to two sovereigns, and may be liable to punishment for an infraction of the laws of either. The same act may be an offense or transgression of the laws of both.
Page 507 - On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said circuit court in this cause be and the same is hereby reversed...
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