The Federal Reporter, Volume 88West Publishing Company, 1898 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... counsel for the defendant replied that it was to prevent irresponsible corporations from getting a footing in the state , and to advise the people as to the charter rights and privileges of the companies . Plainly , this is only ...
... counsel for the defendant replied that it was to prevent irresponsible corporations from getting a footing in the state , and to advise the people as to the charter rights and privileges of the companies . Plainly , this is only ...
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... counsel that the supreme court of Tennessee does not recognize any distinction between statutes which , in their terms , declare a contract shall be void as one of the penalties imposed , and those which do no more than prohibit the ...
... counsel that the supreme court of Tennessee does not recognize any distinction between statutes which , in their terms , declare a contract shall be void as one of the penalties imposed , and those which do no more than prohibit the ...
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... counsel that , if such physical presence in New York had occurred , this con- tract could be enforced . It is decided in Allgeyer's Case that it can be enforced if the contract is made through the agency of the mails ; that is to say ...
... counsel that , if such physical presence in New York had occurred , this con- tract could be enforced . It is decided in Allgeyer's Case that it can be enforced if the contract is made through the agency of the mails ; that is to say ...
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... counsel , had testified thus : " Q. Had you ever known anybody to run ahead of the locomotive ? A. When they are in there loading molds off the front of the foundry , the brake- man always walks out there . Q. Repeat that again . A. I ...
... counsel , had testified thus : " Q. Had you ever known anybody to run ahead of the locomotive ? A. When they are in there loading molds off the front of the foundry , the brake- man always walks out there . Q. Repeat that again . A. I ...
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... counsel on one side and on the other , and I will not dwell upon the question . Were the circumstances at this crossing such as to require any other signal than that established by the rules of the company ? Was it insufficient ? Does ...
... counsel on one side and on the other , and I will not dwell upon the question . Were the circumstances at this crossing such as to require any other signal than that established by the rules of the company ? Was it insufficient ? Does ...
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Page 460 - Act to recover damages for personal injuries to an employee or where such injuries have resulted in his death, the fact that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to such employee...
Page 260 - States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States, or treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority, or in which controversy the United States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States...
Page 260 - ... no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against any person by any original process or proceeding in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, but where the jurisdiction is founded only on the fact that the action is between citizens of different States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant...
Page 658 - And when in any suit mentioned in this section there shall be a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different states, and which can be fully determined as between them, then either one or more of the defendants actually interested in such controversy may remove said suit into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district.
Page 363 - All property subject to taxation shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the General Assembly shall direct, making the same equal and uniform throughout the State. No one species of property from which a tax may be collected shall be taxed higher than another species of property of equal value...
Page 569 - ... nor shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit except upon foreign bills of exchange, to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of any assignee, or of any subsequent holder...
Page 143 - That the party of the first part has hereby let and rented to the party of the second part...
Page 368 - The general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property...
Page 245 - If a building or any part thereof fall, except as the result of fire, all insurance by this policy on such building or its contents shall immediately cease.
Page 107 - Court discharging the prisoner, that he was held "in custody for an act done in pursuance of a law of the United States...