Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama: 1831/1832, Volume 1M. J. Slade., 1836 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... debts due to one Dickson . The Court instructed the jury , that the deed , not having been signed by the trustee , was void , and passed no title in the property conveyed : on which charge , a verdict was rendered , subjecting the pro ...
... debts due to one Dickson . The Court instructed the jury , that the deed , not having been signed by the trustee , was void , and passed no title in the property conveyed : on which charge , a verdict was rendered , subjecting the pro ...
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... debt , brought by the defendants in error , in the Circuit Court of Mobile , to recover an amount of money , appropriated by the Mayor and Al- dermen of that city to the defendants , as damages for injury done to their real estate , in ...
... debt , brought by the defendants in error , in the Circuit Court of Mobile , to recover an amount of money , appropriated by the Mayor and Al- dermen of that city to the defendants , as damages for injury done to their real estate , in ...
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... debt due him individually . The nominal plaintiff in a suit , ( brought in the name of such plaintiff for the use of another , ) can not be rejected as a witness for the defendant where it appears that he was evidently consenting to be ...
... debt due him individually . The nominal plaintiff in a suit , ( brought in the name of such plaintiff for the use of another , ) can not be rejected as a witness for the defendant where it appears that he was evidently consenting to be ...
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... debt due from Rosser to the defendant , was a good off- set to the plaintiff's action , which the Court declin- ed ; but instructed the jury , that an officer could not detain money by him received in his official capaci- ty , to ...
... debt due from Rosser to the defendant , was a good off- set to the plaintiff's action , which the Court declin- ed ; but instructed the jury , that an officer could not detain money by him received in his official capaci- ty , to ...
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... debt or set - off against C. W. Scott , the plaintiff , who must be regarded as a distinct person . Whether , according to the terms , and true intent , of the contract respecting the house and lot , the sum of two thousand dollars had ...
... debt or set - off against C. W. Scott , the plaintiff , who must be regarded as a distinct person . Whether , according to the terms , and true intent , of the contract respecting the house and lot , the sum of two thousand dollars had ...
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Page 441 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 439 - The people inhabiting this state do agree and declare that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within the boundaries thereof...
Page 377 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a State not surrendered to the General Government, all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves. Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws, of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, etc., are component parts of this mass.
Page 439 - States, that every and each tract of land sold by the United States, from and after the first day of January next, shall remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the authority of the state, whether for state, county, or township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five years from and after the day of sale...
Page 346 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects or by whose authority it was made against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession.
Page 376 - They act upon the subject before it becomes an article of foreign commerce, or of commerce among the states, and prepare it for that purpose. They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation, which embraces everything within the territory of a state, not surrendered to the general government ; all which can be most advantageously exercised by the states themselves.
Page 348 - Company, as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the west and northwest, as aforesaid; and we do hereby strictly forbid, on pain of our displeasure, all our loving subjects from making any purchases or settlements whatever or taking possession of any of the lands above reserved, without our special leave and license for that purpose first obtained.
Page 413 - We will not enter into the controversy, whether agriculturists, merchants, and manufacturers, have a right, on abstract principles, to expel hunters from the territory they possess, or to contract their limits. Conquest gives a title which the courts of the conqueror cannot deny, whatever the private and speculative opinions of individuals may be, respecting the original justice of the claim which has been successfully asserted.
Page 412 - But, as they were all in pursuit of nearly the same object, it was necessary, in order to avoid conflicting settlements and consequent war with each other, to establish a principle which all should acknowledge as the law by which the right of acquisition, which they all asserted, should be regulated as between themselves.
Page 369 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...