Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 2; Volume 43Published for John Conrad and Company, 1844 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... debt , or for an escape against the sheriff himself , as in Darst v . Duncan , 1 How . 301 , if he made out a cause of action in either form , and we can perceive no sound reason for denying the right of prosecuting the same cause of ...
... debt , or for an escape against the sheriff himself , as in Darst v . Duncan , 1 How . 301 , if he made out a cause of action in either form , and we can perceive no sound reason for denying the right of prosecuting the same cause of ...
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... debt due by the testator to a British subject ; the defendant was a citizen of Virginia ; the persons named in the declaration as plaintiffs were the justices of the county , who were also citizens of Virginia , yet it was held that the ...
... debt due by the testator to a British subject ; the defendant was a citizen of Virginia ; the persons named in the declaration as plaintiffs were the justices of the county , who were also citizens of Virginia , yet it was held that the ...
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... debt for an escape . 1 How . 304. The judgment of the court below must therefore be reversed , and judgment rendered for the plaintiff . Mr. Justice DANIEL dissented . From the opinion just pronounced on the part of the court in this ...
... debt for an escape . 1 How . 304. The judgment of the court below must therefore be reversed , and judgment rendered for the plaintiff . Mr. Justice DANIEL dissented . From the opinion just pronounced on the part of the court in this ...
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... debt due from the testator in his lifetime to a British sub- ject . The defendant was a citizen of Virginia . The persons named in the declaration as plaintiffs , were the justices of the peace for the county of Stafford , and were all ...
... debt due from the testator in his lifetime to a British sub- ject . The defendant was a citizen of Virginia . The persons named in the declaration as plaintiffs , were the justices of the peace for the county of Stafford , and were all ...
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... debt collected ; the penalty amounted to $ 1750 . The motion for judgment was founded on the 25th section of the act ; it declares judgment on motion shall be rendered against the marshal , for the money collected , with legal interest ...
... debt collected ; the penalty amounted to $ 1750 . The motion for judgment was founded on the 25th section of the act ; it declares judgment on motion shall be rendered against the marshal , for the money collected , with legal interest ...
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Page 552 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 558 - ... an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence. These are such as are supposed best calculated to effect the object for which it was created.
Page 598 - ... the plaintiff must recover upon the strength of his own title, and not upon the weakness of that of the defendant...
Page 701 - States, shall have power in the trial of actions at law, .on motion and due notice thereof being given, to require the parties to produce books or writings in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue, in cases and under circumstances where they might be compelled to produce the same by the ordinary rules of proceeding in chancery...
Page 244 - On' consideration whereof, It is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said C.ircuit Court, in this cause be, and the same is hereby reversed with costs...
Page 503 - ... suit between the parties who are properly before it; but the judgment or decree rendered therein shall not conclude or prejudice other parties not regularly served with process nor voluntarily appearing to answer ; and non-joinder of parties who are not inhabitants of nor found within the district, as aforesaid, shall not constitute matter of abatement or objection to the suit.
Page 205 - All persons whatsoever, residing in any State, District or Territory of the United States, owing debts, which shall not have been created in consequence of a defalcation as a public officer; or as executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, or while acting in any other fiduciary capacity...
Page 238 - This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered, adjudged, and decreed by this Court, that the...
Page 538 - And where a suit is now pending, or may be hereafter brought in any state court in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state...
Page 229 - March, 1819 (ch. 75, ch. 200), to protect the commerce of the United States, and to punish the crime of piracy. The information originally contained five counts, each asserting a piratical aggression and restraint on the high seas upon a different vessel...