United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, 97. köideU.S. Government Printing Office, 1879 |
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... evidence . therefore pass it without comment . The English patent of 1851 , to Newton , referred to in the testimony , recites : - " When it is desired that the compound of caoutchouc or gutta- percha shall serve as a covering to the ...
... evidence . therefore pass it without comment . The English patent of 1851 , to Newton , referred to in the testimony , recites : - " When it is desired that the compound of caoutchouc or gutta- percha shall serve as a covering to the ...
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... evidence can be found of the value of cotton as an element of strength to the insurgents than is contained in this record . It there appears that the " chief requirement " of the Confederate government from abroad was warlike supplies ...
... evidence can be found of the value of cotton as an element of strength to the insurgents than is contained in this record . It there appears that the " chief requirement " of the Confederate government from abroad was warlike supplies ...
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... evidence to show that the lands are now worth any more than Robinson sold them for ; no evidence that they were worth more when he sold them . His answer gives the precise sum received by him for each parcel of land , and the date when ...
... evidence to show that the lands are now worth any more than Robinson sold them for ; no evidence that they were worth more when he sold them . His answer gives the precise sum received by him for each parcel of land , and the date when ...
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... evidence that the officers of the bank had any knowledge of this indebtedness . Without going into the evidence in detail , it seems to us that it only establishes the fact that the officers of the bank had reason to be suspicious of ...
... evidence that the officers of the bank had any knowledge of this indebtedness . Without going into the evidence in detail , it seems to us that it only establishes the fact that the officers of the bank had reason to be suspicious of ...
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... evidence of an actual or legal subscription in June , 1870 . We are of the opinion that the action of the county court on the 14th of June , 1870 , did not constitute a subscription to the stock of the Lexington , Chillicothe , and Lake ...
... evidence of an actual or legal subscription in June , 1870 . We are of the opinion that the action of the county court on the 14th of June , 1870 , did not constitute a subscription to the stock of the Lexington , Chillicothe , and Lake ...
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Page 27 - the power vested in the legislature by the Constitution to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Commonwealth and the subjects of the same,
Page 604 - where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the Constitution, or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or immunity specially set up or claimed by either party under such Constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority,
Page 604 - 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, and the decision is in favor of their validity;
Page 474 - Under the fourth article of the Constitution, it rests with Congress to decide what government is the established one in a State. For as the United States guarantee to each State a republican government, Congress must necessarily decide what government is established in the State, before it can determine whether it is republican or not.
Page 356 - is not 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, compound, or use the same
Page 701 - No corporation shall be created, or its powers increased or diminished, by special laws; but the General Assembly shall provide by general laws for the organization of all corporations hereafter created, which laws may, at any time, be altered or repealed; and no such alteration or repeal shall interfere with or divest rights which have become vested.
Page 154 - a violation of the Constitution of the State, which declares that " corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes.
Page 165 - Now, therefore, be it known that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do hereby declare that all restrictions upon internal, domestic, and coastwise intercourse and trade, and upon the removal of products of States heretofore declared in insurrection, . . . heretofore imposed in the territory of the United States
Page 334 - authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the State from whence they are taken.
Page 19 - those courts shall have original cognizance, concurrent •with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds the sum or value of $500, and