Reports of Cases Adjudged in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 1
... provisions of a state law , may enforce it by a suit in rem in the admiralty . 6. Workmen and materialmen , having a lien on a vessel which has been taken in execution and sold under a judgment in favour of the United States , are ...
... provisions of a state law , may enforce it by a suit in rem in the admiralty . 6. Workmen and materialmen , having a lien on a vessel which has been taken in execution and sold under a judgment in favour of the United States , are ...
Page 10
... provisions of the French commercial law which authorise a compulsory sale of a vessel , in case of partners disagreeing about the use of her , are to be regarded rather as municipal regulations of that country , than as the general law ...
... provisions of the French commercial law which authorise a compulsory sale of a vessel , in case of partners disagreeing about the use of her , are to be regarded rather as municipal regulations of that country , than as the general law ...
Page 12
... provisions on the subject of part owners , that are embodied in the earliest known ordinances . These establish the positions , that if a master who is part owner sells , the other owners may take the shares at a valuation ; that where ...
... provisions on the subject of part owners , that are embodied in the earliest known ordinances . These establish the positions , that if a master who is part owner sells , the other owners may take the shares at a valuation ; that where ...
Page 33
... provisions ; he may inflict reasonable personal correction , according to the enormity of the offence and the obstinacy of the offender ; and , if he be incorrigibly disobedient and mutinous , he may discharge him , and withal he incurs ...
... provisions ; he may inflict reasonable personal correction , according to the enormity of the offence and the obstinacy of the offender ; and , if he be incorrigibly disobedient and mutinous , he may discharge him , and withal he incurs ...
Page 35
... provisions of the act of 24th September , 1789 , have been referred to ; but by the subsequent act of 3d March , 1803 , an appeal may be taken where the matter in dispute is of the value of fifty dollars . ( 2 Story's Laws 905. ) It is ...
... provisions of the act of 24th September , 1789 , have been referred to ; but by the subsequent act of 3d March , 1803 , an appeal may be taken where the matter in dispute is of the value of fifty dollars . ( 2 Story's Laws 905. ) It is ...
Other editions - View all
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the District Court of the United States for the ... Henry Dilworth Gilpin No preview available - 2019 |
Common terms and phrases
3d March act of 3d act of congress admiralty alleged allowed amount appointed Armstrong authorised bar iron bolt iron bond brig Bronde captain cargo casks cents charge claim claimants collector common law compensation complainant contract crew custom house debt declared decree defendant delivered the following disbursements discharge District Attorney dollars duty Duval Elvira entitled entry evidence fact fieri facias forfeited forfeiture fraud Gibraltar given Halberstadt hundred intention invoice Judge HOPKINSON delivered judgment jurisdiction jury libellants lien log book M'Call mariners maritime master Matthew Ridgway ment navy agent opinion owner paid parties patent payment penalty Pennsylvania person Peters petitioners plaintiff postmaster principle proceeding provisions purchase question received respondent Samuel Thompson says schooner scire facias seaman secretary ship statute Story's Laws suit sureties taken Thomas Burrowes tion treasury trial United verdict vessel voyage wages witness
Popular passages
Page 156 - He may be appointed ; which bond shall be payable to the United States with condition for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office according to law, and particularly for the due collection and payment of all moneys assessed upon such district ; and said bond shall be transmitted to and deposited in the office of the Comptroller of the Treasury.
Page 440 - States, and no other discount, drawback, or bounty but such as has been actually allowed on the same;' that I do not know nor believe in the existence of any invoice or bill of lading other than those now produced by me, and that they are in the state in which I actually received them.
Page 528 - In respect to contracts for the hire of seamen, the admiralty never pretended to claim, nor could it rightfully exercise, any jurisdiction, except in cases where the service was substantially performed, or to be performed, upon the sea, or upon waters within the ebb and flow of the tide.
Page 322 - ... have first designated on the invoice to be opened and examined, and if the same be found not to correspond with the invoice, or to be falsely charged in such invoice, the collector shall order, forthwith, all the goods contained in the same entry to be inspected...
Page 419 - to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not in the Constitution otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law.
Page 521 - ... show cause why process should not issue against him to repeal such patent. And if sufficient cause shall not be shown to the contrary, the rule shall be made absolute, and thereupon the said judge shall order process to be issued against such patentee, or his executors, administrators, or assigns, with costs of suit.
Page 440 - I do not know nor believe in the existence of any invoice or bill of lading other than those now produced by me, and that they are in the state in which I actually received them. And I...
Page 586 - From whence it appears, that if goods are let out for a reward, the hirer is bound to the utmost diligence, such as the most diligent father of a family uses; and if he uses that, he shall be discharged.
Page 312 - That all the said courts of the United States shall have power to grant new trials, in cases where there has been a trial by jury for reasons for which new trials have usually been granted in the courts of law...
Page 274 - March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law, on the importation of the articles hereinafter mentioned, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, the following duties, that is to say : First.