The Federal Reporter, Volume 2West Publishing Company, 1880 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... contract , and the legislature could not , by subsequent repeal , deprive relator of his rights under it . The provision of the constitution , that no state shall pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts , is a limitation upon ...
... contract , and the legislature could not , by subsequent repeal , deprive relator of his rights under it . The provision of the constitution , that no state shall pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts , is a limitation upon ...
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... CONTRACT - LAWS IN FORCE WHEN CONTRACT WAS MADE - SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION . - Laws in force when such bonds are issued , and which provide for taxation to pay them , enter into the contract between the bond holder and the state , and as ...
... CONTRACT - LAWS IN FORCE WHEN CONTRACT WAS MADE - SUBSEQUENT LEGISLATION . - Laws in force when such bonds are issued , and which provide for taxation to pay them , enter into the contract between the bond holder and the state , and as ...
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... contract , and the legis- lature could not , by subsequent repeal , deprive relator of his rights under it . The provision of the constitution , that no state shall pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts , is a limitation upon ...
... contract , and the legis- lature could not , by subsequent repeal , deprive relator of his rights under it . The provision of the constitution , that no state shall pass a law impairing the obligation of contracts , is a limitation upon ...
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... contract with him , and upon the faith of which he invested his money . It is only the laws in force at the time the contract is made that enter into it . The subsequent enlargement of the taxing power was a matter of gratuity on the ...
... contract with him , and upon the faith of which he invested his money . It is only the laws in force at the time the contract is made that enter into it . The subsequent enlargement of the taxing power was a matter of gratuity on the ...
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... CONTRACT WITH PRESIDENT - FIDUCIARY RELATION - IN- JUNCTION . — The president of a corporation occupies a position of trust , and may be called upon by bill in equity to account for and make resti- tution of any part of the property ...
... CONTRACT WITH PRESIDENT - FIDUCIARY RELATION - IN- JUNCTION . — The president of a corporation occupies a position of trust , and may be called upon by bill in equity to account for and make resti- tution of any part of the property ...
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Page 215 - States or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, or photograph or negative thereof, or of a painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be perfected as works of the fine arts...
Page 665 - When committed upon the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 216 - ... following, if it be a book; or if a map, chart, musical composition, print, cut, engraving, photograph, painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, or model or design intended to be perfected and completed as a work of the fine arts, by inscribing upon some...
Page 831 - Constitution denominated in the third article 'law,' not merely suits which the common law recognized among its old and settled proceedings, but suits in which legal rights were to be ascertained and determined, in contradistinction to those where equitable rights alone were recognized, and equitable remedies were administered...
Page 38 - ... shall not be alienated without the joint consent of husband and wife, when that relation exists; but no property shall be exempt from sale for taxes, or for the payment of obligations contracted for the purchase of said premises, or for the erection of improvements thereon...
Page 899 - In all cases where the rules prescribed by this court or by the circuit court do not apply, the practice of the circuit court shall be regulated by the present practice of the high court of chancery in England, so far as the same may reasonably be applied consistently with the local circumstances and local conveniences of the district where the court is held, not as positive rules, but as furnishing just analogies to regulate the practice.
Page 734 - April 3, 1878, they were severally denied the equal protection of the laws, contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Page 625 - The object of inspection laws is to improve the quality of articles produced by the labor of a country; to fit them for exportation ; or, It may be, for domestic use.
Page 889 - ... assured, he knowing and intending that his death shall be the result of his act, but when his reasoning faculties are so far impaired that he is not able to understand the moral character, the general nature, consequences and effect of the act he is about to commit, or when he is impelled thereto by an insane impulse which he has not the power to resist, such death is not within the contemplation of the parties to the contract, and the insurer is liable.
Page 131 - ... within which such acknowledgment was taken, under the seal of his office, that the person whose name is subscribed to the certificate of acknowledgment, was, at the date thereof, such officer as he is therein represented to be ; that he believes the signature of such person subscribed thereto to be genuine ; and that the deed is executed and acknowledged according to the laws of such state, territory, or district.