Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volume 2C. Wendell, printer, 1856 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 11
... ship the said illuminating apparatus , lantern , fixtures , fog - signals , wood - work , and other accessories , or any other part there- of , directly to the several points , and place the same in the several structures without going ...
... ship the said illuminating apparatus , lantern , fixtures , fog - signals , wood - work , and other accessories , or any other part there- of , directly to the several points , and place the same in the several structures without going ...
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... ship , except when to be sent to its proper destination , was not such care . 3. That the goods were the absolute property of the government . 4. That notwithstanding the contractors , as owners of the " Oriole , ” had covenanted to ...
... ship , except when to be sent to its proper destination , was not such care . 3. That the goods were the absolute property of the government . 4. That notwithstanding the contractors , as owners of the " Oriole , ” had covenanted to ...
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... ship the said illuminating appa- ratus , lantern , fixtures , fog - signals , wood - work , and other accessories , or any other part thereof , directly to the several points , and place the same in the several structures without going ...
... ship the said illuminating appa- ratus , lantern , fixtures , fog - signals , wood - work , and other accessories , or any other part thereof , directly to the several points , and place the same in the several structures without going ...
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... ship . 19th Int . Was the said land transportation of the materials of the said light - houses to their sites a heavy undertaking , and was it an unusual one for the owners of a vessel to make ? Answer . No ship - master or ship - owner ...
... ship . 19th Int . Was the said land transportation of the materials of the said light - houses to their sites a heavy undertaking , and was it an unusual one for the owners of a vessel to make ? Answer . No ship - master or ship - owner ...
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... ship a cargo of light - house materials in the summer of the year eighteen hundred and fifty - two to California , from Baltimore , consisting of the following articles , for light - houses and towers on the coasts of California and ...
... ship a cargo of light - house materials in the summer of the year eighteen hundred and fifty - two to California , from Baltimore , consisting of the following articles , for light - houses and towers on the coasts of California and ...
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Page 19 - Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Page 25 - But it lies for money paid by mistake, or upon a consideration which happens to fail, or for money got through imposition (express or implied), or extortion, or oppression, or an undue advantage taken of the plaintiff's situation, contrary to laws made for the protection of persons under those circumstances. In one word, the gist of this kind of action is, that the defendant, upon the circumstances of the case, is obliged by the ties of natural justice and equity to refund the money.
Page 20 - That it shall be lawful, under the special direction of the President of the United States, to make such advances to the disbursing officers of the government as may be necessary to the faithful and prompt discharge of their respective duties, and to the fulfillment of the public engagements...
Page 21 - ... but when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided...
Page 49 - This kind of equitable action to recover back money, which ought not in justice to be kept, is very beneficial, and therefore much encouraged.
Page 27 - We must take this payment to have been made under a demand of right; and I think that where a man demands money of another as a matter of right, and that other, with a full knowledge of the facts upon which the demand is founded, has paid a sum, he never can recover back the sum he has so voluntarily paid.
Page 23 - Treasury to refund any duties paid under protest, nor shall any action be maintained against any collector, to recover the amount of duties so paid under protest, unless the said protest was made in writing and signed by the claimant, at or before the payment of said duties, setting forth distinctly and specifically the grounds of objection to the payment thereof.
Page 17 - ... nothing has been, on my part, nor to my knowledge, on the part of any other person, concealed or suppressed, whereby the United States may be defrauded of any part of the duty lawfully due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise...
Page 18 - Purposes," there to be kept with due and reasonable care, at the charge and risk of the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, and subject at all times to their order, upon payment of the proper duties and expenses, to be ascertained on due entry thereof for warehousing, and to be secured by a bond of the owner, importer, or consignee, with surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in double the amount of the said duties, and in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe...