Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 44Published for John Conrad and Company, 1845 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 36
... jury found a verdict for the plaintiff . In the mean time , to wit , on the 31st of March , 1840 , Mackay's representatives had obtained a patent from the United States for the land in controversy . During the trial of the cause , the ...
... jury found a verdict for the plaintiff . In the mean time , to wit , on the 31st of March , 1840 , Mackay's representatives had obtained a patent from the United States for the land in controversy . During the trial of the cause , the ...
Page 42
... jury of twelve men on a question of fact , and of a witness to prove the fact . 1st . The " locator " construed the words in the act of 1815 , " public land , the sale of which is authorized by law , " to mean land which , though not at ...
... jury of twelve men on a question of fact , and of a witness to prove the fact . 1st . The " locator " construed the words in the act of 1815 , " public land , the sale of which is authorized by law , " to mean land which , though not at ...
Page 62
... jury that , upon such evidence , they might presume usury as a fact . In cases of a written contract , the question of usury is exclusively for the deci sion of the court . THIS case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit ...
... jury that , upon such evidence , they might presume usury as a fact . In cases of a written contract , the question of usury is exclusively for the deci sion of the court . THIS case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit ...
Page 65
... jury that the facts mentioned by said cashier are evidence in said cause , but the inferences or opinions of said cashier are not evidence ; but the court refused to give such instructions as prayed , but instructed the jury that the ...
... jury that the facts mentioned by said cashier are evidence in said cause , but the inferences or opinions of said cashier are not evidence ; but the court refused to give such instructions as prayed , but instructed the jury that the ...
Page 66
... jury that , if the jury believe , from the evidence aforesaid , that the ad- vances to defendant named in the evidence were not made upon the note of 6th February , 1840 , and that the plaintiffs , upon dis- counting said note ...
... jury that , if the jury believe , from the evidence aforesaid , that the ad- vances to defendant named in the evidence were not made upon the note of 6th February , 1840 , and that the plaintiffs , upon dis- counting said note ...
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Page 607 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 223 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Page 34 - An act for ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the Territory of Orleans and the District of Louisiana, ' shall have made their reports and the decision of Congress been had thereon.
Page 105 - And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus, for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment.
Page 222 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
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Page 221 - Virginia inclusive according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 313 - ... and to all acts, matters, and things to be done under and in virtue of the bankruptcy, until the final distribution and settlement of the estate of the bankrupt, and the close of the proceedings in bankruptcy.
Page 762 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause; and, whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court : but, if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void.
Page 179 - The state governments have no right to tax any of the constitutional means employed by the government of the Union to execute its constitutional powers.