United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 6; Volume 96Little, Brown, 1878 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... of the company were also instructed to prepare a draft of a charter , to be presented to the legislature for enact- ment . On the 24th of July , 1866 , Congress passed 2 PENSACOLA TEL . Co. v . WEST . , ETC. TEL . Co. [ Sup . Ct .
... of the company were also instructed to prepare a draft of a charter , to be presented to the legislature for enact- ment . On the 24th of July , 1866 , Congress passed 2 PENSACOLA TEL . Co. v . WEST . , ETC. TEL . Co. [ Sup . Ct .
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... passed the following act : " AN ACT to aid in the construction of telegraph lines , and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal , military , and other purposes . " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ...
... passed the following act : " AN ACT to aid in the construction of telegraph lines , and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal , military , and other purposes . " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of ...
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... passed . On the 5th of June , 1867 , the directors of the defendant , the Western Union Telegraph Company , a New York corporation , passed the following resolution , which was duly filed with the Postmaster - General : - " Resolved ...
... passed . On the 5th of June , 1867 , the directors of the defendant , the Western Union Telegraph Company , a New York corporation , passed the following resolution , which was duly filed with the Postmaster - General : - " Resolved ...
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... passed an act , which , as amended Feb. 18 , 1874 , authorized the last- named company " to construct , maintain , and operate a tele- graph line from the Bay of Pensacola along the line of the said ( its ) road as now located , or as ...
... passed an act , which , as amended Feb. 18 , 1874 , authorized the last- named company " to construct , maintain , and operate a tele- graph line from the Bay of Pensacola along the line of the said ( its ) road as now located , or as ...
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... passed in December , 1866 , the complain- ant had acquired the exclusive right to erect and use lines of telegraph in that county for the period of twenty years . The court below denied the injunction and dismissed the bill , upon the ...
... passed in December , 1866 , the complain- ant had acquired the exclusive right to erect and use lines of telegraph in that county for the period of twenty years . The court below denied the injunction and dismissed the bill , upon the ...
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Page 441 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 182 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is claimed under the constitution or any treaty or statute of, or commission held or authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such constitution, treaty, statute, commission, or authority...
Page 700 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 14 - An act to aid in the construction of telegraph lines and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military and other purposes.
Page 166 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 20 - Having no absolute right of recognition in other states, but depending for such recognition and the enforcement of its contracts upon their assent, it follows as a matter of course that such assent may be granted upon such terms and conditions as those states may think proper to impose.
Page 317 - In testimony, whereof I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed.
Page 568 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 759 - Any agreement, declaration, or course of action on the part of an insurance company, which leads a party insured honestly to believe that by conforming thereto, a forfeiture of his policy will not be incurred, followed by due conformity on his part, will and ought to estop the company from insisting upon the forfeiture, though it might be claimed under the express letter of the contract.
Page 107 - ... due process of law,' provided by the state law when a citizen is deprived of his property, and that, in judging what is 'due process of law,' respect must be had to the cause and object of the taking, whether under the taxing power, the power of eminent domain, or the power of assessment for local improvements, or none of these ; and if found to be suitable or admissible in the special case, it will be adjudged to be