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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... Judge , the plaintiffs , to show title in their lessors , offered in evi- dence a judgment rendered in this court on the 28th December , 1840 , in favor of C. S. Fowler & Co. , against John Ticknor , for $ 4,991 , besides costs ; also a ...
... Judge , the plaintiffs , to show title in their lessors , offered in evi- dence a judgment rendered in this court on the 28th December , 1840 , in favor of C. S. Fowler & Co. , against John Ticknor , for $ 4,991 , besides costs ; also a ...
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... Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi . To that portion of the bill which charges the introduction of slaves in violation of the constitution and laws of Mississippi , the appellee ...
... Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi . To that portion of the bill which charges the introduction of slaves in violation of the constitution and laws of Mississippi , the appellee ...
Page 82
... Judge Baldwin , delivering the opinion of the court , " that a grant may be made by a law , as well as a patent pursuant to a law , is undoubted , 6 Cr . 128 ; and a confirmation by a law , is as fully , to all intents and purposes , a ...
... Judge Baldwin , delivering the opinion of the court , " that a grant may be made by a law , as well as a patent pursuant to a law , is undoubted , 6 Cr . 128 ; and a confirmation by a law , is as fully , to all intents and purposes , a ...
Page 84
... Judge below , was , that the plaintiffs , who claim as the assignees of Adam Hoops , for the diversion of the water ... Judge . Third Point . The third point ruled by the learned Judge below , is , " that it is not competent for the ...
... Judge below , was , that the plaintiffs , who claim as the assignees of Adam Hoops , for the diversion of the water ... Judge . Third Point . The third point ruled by the learned Judge below , is , " that it is not competent for the ...
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... Judge , " by which the title and rights of the plaintiffs must be tested , differs materially from that of England and most of the other States of the Union . As regards her large fresh - water rivers , she has adopted the principles of ...
... Judge , " by which the title and rights of the plaintiffs must be tested , differs materially from that of England and most of the other States of the Union . As regards her large fresh - water rivers , she has adopted the principles of ...
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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...
Page 514 - ... at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause shown.
Page 233 - Wisconsin, which are not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation, or be altered or repealed by the legislature.
Page 132 - The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States...
Page 143 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime or offence had there been committed...
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...
Page 76 - This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this Court, that the...
Page 192 - On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this court, that the decree of the said...
Page 47 - All questions relative to the government of foreign nations, whether of the old or new world, have been treated by the United States as questions of fact only, and our predecessors have cautiously abstained from deciding upon them until the clearest evidence was in their possession, to enable them not only to decide correctly, but to shield their decisions from every unworthy imputation.