United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 113Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1885 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... paid , approved June 19 , 1878. The Circuit Court refused to hear evidence in support of the plaintiff's case , and gave judgment , on the pleadings , in favor of the defendant . Held , That this was error , because it did not appear ...
... paid , approved June 19 , 1878. The Circuit Court refused to hear evidence in support of the plaintiff's case , and gave judgment , on the pleadings , in favor of the defendant . Held , That this was error , because it did not appear ...
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... paid by the said plaintiff under the inducement of certain representations of the defendant , this plaintiff being an alien and not knowing the laws of the State of New York , and under protest at various times preceding the said 10th ...
... paid by the said plaintiff under the inducement of certain representations of the defendant , this plaintiff being an alien and not knowing the laws of the State of New York , and under protest at various times preceding the said 10th ...
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... paid should be maintained against any state or municipal officer or corporation . " That plaintiff , in prosecuting this action , is maintaining it for the recovery of head moneys paid prior to 1st January , 1877 , pursuant to the then ...
... paid should be maintained against any state or municipal officer or corporation . " That plaintiff , in prosecuting this action , is maintaining it for the recovery of head moneys paid prior to 1st January , 1877 , pursuant to the then ...
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... paid or col- lected prior to said date . " 20 Stat . 177 . It is contended by counsel for the plaintiff in error that the sole question open for argument here , because the only one passed on by the Circuit Court , is whether this act ...
... paid or col- lected prior to said date . " 20 Stat . 177 . It is contended by counsel for the plaintiff in error that the sole question open for argument here , because the only one passed on by the Circuit Court , is whether this act ...
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... paid by the plaintiff in ignorance of its rights , in consequence of representations made by the de- fendant , and under protest ; and this indebtedness is alleged as the consideration of an implied promise to repay the same . This ...
... paid by the plaintiff in ignorance of its rights , in consequence of representations made by the de- fendant , and under protest ; and this indebtedness is alleged as the consideration of an implied promise to repay the same . This ...
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Page 692 - ... that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such state...
Page 720 - ... the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding,
Page 241 - ... that in every case, before the evidence is left to the jury, there is a preliminary question for the judge, not whether there is literally no evidence, but whether there is any upon which a jury can properly proceed to find a verdict for the party producing it, upon whom the onus of proof is imposed.
Page 513 - Property shall be assessed for taxes under general laws, and by uniform rules, according to its true value.
Page 205 - And the river Mississippi and the navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the State, as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost or duty therefor.
Page 771 - States, be taxed higher than residents ; and that all the navigable waters within the said State shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said State as to the citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor...
Page 719 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Page 692 - Nothing herein shall be construed to exempt the real property of associations from either State, county or municipal taxes, to the same extent, according to its value, as other real property is taxed...
Page 31 - But neither the amendment — broad and comprehensive as it is — nor any other amendment, was designed to interfere with the power of the State, sometimes termed its police power, to prescribe regulations to promote the health, peace, morals, education, and good order of the people, and to legislate So as to increase the industries of the State, develop its resources, and add to its wealth and prosperity.
Page 141 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.