Reports of Cases Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the First Circuit, from April Term, 1858, to [May Term, 1878] ... by Hon. Nathan Clifford ... William Henry Clifford ... Reporter ...Little, Brown,, 1869 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... contract debt created abroad , unless it is so considered by the laws of the country where the contract was made . That case is also a direct authority to the point that the giving of such security is only presumptive evidence of the ...
... contract debt created abroad , unless it is so considered by the laws of the country where the contract was made . That case is also a direct authority to the point that the giving of such security is only presumptive evidence of the ...
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... contract under which the ship was built and sold , for defects in the construction , discovered after the ship was sold and employed on a voyage . The jurisdiction of the District Courts is not limited to the particular subjects over ...
... contract under which the ship was built and sold , for defects in the construction , discovered after the ship was sold and employed on a voyage . The jurisdiction of the District Courts is not limited to the particular subjects over ...
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... contract of material men , that is , of those who furnish materials or perform labor , in the building and repairing of ships , is in its nature maritime . The Hull of a New Ship , Davies , 199 ; Davis v . Child , Id . 71 ; The Sandwich ...
... contract of material men , that is , of those who furnish materials or perform labor , in the building and repairing of ships , is in its nature maritime . The Hull of a New Ship , Davies , 199 ; Davis v . Child , Id . 71 ; The Sandwich ...
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... contract to build a ship is a contract made on land , to be performed on land . Beers v . The Jefferson , 20 How . 393 . The right to entertain jurisdiction for repairs in a home port depends upon the question , whether a lien is given ...
... contract to build a ship is a contract made on land , to be performed on land . Beers v . The Jefferson , 20 How . 393 . The right to entertain jurisdiction for repairs in a home port depends upon the question , whether a lien is given ...
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... contract and the nature of the service performed ; and as an original question , that may be the better opinion , although there are some decisions of the Supreme Court not quite reconcilable with that view of the law . Granting it to ...
... contract and the nature of the service performed ; and as an original question , that may be the better opinion , although there are some decisions of the Supreme Court not quite reconcilable with that view of the law . Granting it to ...
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Popular passages
Page 120 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that at the time of the committing of the act the party accused was laboring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing; or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Page 129 - ... as if the executor or administrator had voluntarily made himself a party to the suit...
Page 118 - ... doing, a knowledge and consciousness that the act he is doing is wrong and criminal, and will subject him to punishment. In order to be responsible he must have sufficient power of memory to recollect the relation in which he stands...
Page 11 - Section 8 of the act provides " that if any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 22 - is deserving of the highest credit, because it is presumed to flow from the strongest sense of guilt, and therefore it is admitted as proof of the crime to which it refers...
Page 578 - A liberal construction should be placed upon written Instruments, so as to uphold them, if possible, and carry into effect the Intention of the parties.
Page 15 - ... to falsify the matter wherein the perjury is assigned, without setting forth the bill, answer, information, indictment, declaration, or any part of any record or proceeding, either in law or equity, or any affidavit, deposition, or certificate, other than as hereinbefore stated, and without setting forth the commission or authority of the court or person before whom the perjury was committed.
Page 11 - April, 1790,(i) provides that "If any person or persons shall commit upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state, murder or robbery, or any other offence which if committed within the body of a county, would by the laws of the United States be punishable with death...
Page 541 - That any person or persons having discovered or invented any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter...
Page 38 - Every man who has a share of the profits of a trade ought also to bear his share of the loss. And if any one takes part of the profit he takes a part of that fund on which the creditor of the trader relies for his payment.