The Federal Reporter, Volume 19West Publishing Company, 1884 - 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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... RULE . Contracts to arbitrate are not specifically enforceable . The reasons upon which this rule rests are several , and seemingly good ones . At common law ( however it may be by statute ) arbitrators cannot compel the attendance of ...
... RULE . Contracts to arbitrate are not specifically enforceable . The reasons upon which this rule rests are several , and seemingly good ones . At common law ( however it may be by statute ) arbitrators cannot compel the attendance of ...
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... rule , in an employment at monthly wages , without any definite time as to the continuance of service , either party may terminate the contract at the end of a current month . This rule will not apply when it appears from the language ...
... rule , in an employment at monthly wages , without any definite time as to the continuance of service , either party may terminate the contract at the end of a current month . This rule will not apply when it appears from the language ...
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... rule " the laws assist those who are vigilant , not those who sleep over their rights . " This maxim is usually applied to persons seeking remedies in the courts , and it is the foundation of statutes of limitation , but it has a more ...
... rule " the laws assist those who are vigilant , not those who sleep over their rights . " This maxim is usually applied to persons seeking remedies in the courts , and it is the foundation of statutes of limitation , but it has a more ...
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... rule , for the purposes of this case , that the plaintiff corporation has authority to hold and deal in lands in New Hampshire . 2. I rule that the deeds from the road committee are not rendered invalid by the fact that one of the ...
... rule , for the purposes of this case , that the plaintiff corporation has authority to hold and deal in lands in New Hampshire . 2. I rule that the deeds from the road committee are not rendered invalid by the fact that one of the ...
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... rule as I have stated it , and that such negligence was a cause of the collision which resulted in the death of Frank Collins , then it will be your duty to find for plain- tiff , unless you further find that said Frank Collins , or ...
... rule as I have stated it , and that such negligence was a cause of the collision which resulted in the death of Frank Collins , then it will be your duty to find for plain- tiff , unless you further find that said Frank Collins , or ...
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Page 495 - All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter.
Page 31 - ... a copy of an indictment found or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any state or territory charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime...
Page 709 - Commerce with foreign countries, and among the States, strictly considered, consists in intercourse and traffic, including in these terms navigation, and the transportation and transit of persons and property, as well as the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities.
Page 494 - ... Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants or from curiosity, together with their body and household servants, and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their own free will and accord, and shall be accorded all the rights, privileges, immunities, and exemptions which are accorded to the citizens and subjects of the most favored nation.
Page 350 - The power to regulate commerce comprehends the control for that purpose, and to the extent necessary, of all the navigable waters of the United States which are accessible from a state other than those in which they lie. For this purpose they are the public property of the nation, and subject to all tue requisite legislation by congress.
Page 364 - Act of 1919 would be to deprive her of her property without due process of law contrary to the Constitution of the United States.
Page 31 - Territory to which such person has fled to cause him to be arrested and secured, and to cause notice of the arrest to be given to the executive authority making such demand, or to the agent of such authority appointed to receive the fugitive, and to cause the fugitive to be delivered to such agent when he shall appear.
Page 492 - ... who shall produce to such master before going on board such vessel, and shall produce to the collector of the port in the United States at which such vessel shall arrive, the evidence hereinafter in this act required of his being one of the laborers in this section mentioned...
Page 253 - The practice, pleading^, and forms and modes of proceeding in civil causes, other than equity and admiralty causes, in the circuit and district courts, shall conform, as near as may be...
Page 773 - Every steam ship, when approaching another ship, so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and reverse ; and every steam ship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed.