A Practical Treatise on the Power to Sell Land for the Non-payment of Taxes: Embracing the Decisions of the Federal Courts, and of the Supreme Judicial Tribunals of the Several States |
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... duties , and obligations which may have been ac- quired or created prior to the change . Nor has a conquest any such ... duty of the society to provide remedies for the enforcement of every right , and the redress of every wrong . This ...
... duties , and obligations which may have been ac- quired or created prior to the change . Nor has a conquest any such ... duty of the society to provide remedies for the enforcement of every right , and the redress of every wrong . This ...
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... duty of the entire community to protect and preserve them inviolate , are specifically pro- vided for . It is the power of attorney of the people to their servants and agents- the government of the State . From the decrees of the ...
... duty of the entire community to protect and preserve them inviolate , are specifically pro- vided for . It is the power of attorney of the people to their servants and agents- the government of the State . From the decrees of the ...
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... duty enjoined upon him , which shall have the effect of working a forfeiture of his estate . He waives nothing by silence , stands upon all of his rights , and is permitted to insist upon a strict compliance with all of those conditions ...
... duty enjoined upon him , which shall have the effect of working a forfeiture of his estate . He waives nothing by silence , stands upon all of his rights , and is permitted to insist upon a strict compliance with all of those conditions ...
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... duty and of the law . This is in accordance with the well - settled principle , that whenever one man presents himself as the agent of another , it is the duty of all who have any transactions with him in his representative character ...
... duty and of the law . This is in accordance with the well - settled principle , that whenever one man presents himself as the agent of another , it is the duty of all who have any transactions with him in his representative character ...
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... duty , it is much safer to make the law itself the rule of action , when it is plain and intelligible — it is best calculated to produce uniformity of decision , and to cause it to be understood by the mass of the people , on whom it is ...
... duty , it is much safer to make the law itself the rule of action , when it is plain and intelligible — it is best calculated to produce uniformity of decision , and to cause it to be understood by the mass of the people , on whom it is ...
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11 Illinois acres adverse possession advertisement applied assessment assessor authority bond certificate circuit court citizen clerk collector common law complied Connecticut Constitution construction convey conveyance court held court of equity Curtenius declared defendant delinquent delivered divested duty equity evidence execution exercise facie fact femes covert former owner Gilman Hampshire heirs held void Howard U. S. interest Johnson Judge judgment jury justice land sold law requires legislature levy Massachusetts ment notice officer Ohio onus probandi party pay the tax payment person plaintiff plaintiff in error possession prescribed principle proceedings proprietor prove provisions purchaser question recited record redeem redemption rule sale was held sheriff sheriff's deed Smedes sold for taxes South Carolina statute required Stead's Executors strict Supreme Court tax deed tax sale tax title taxation taxes due thereof tion town validity Vermont vested Watts & Sergeant
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Page 17 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 23 - That they were intended to secure the individual from the arbitrary exercise of the powers of government unrestrained by the established principles of private rights and distributive justice.
Page 197 - Thousand dollars in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, and sold, and by these presents do grant, bargain, and sell, unto the said party of the second part...
Page 19 - No member of this state shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.
Page 22 - The meaning is that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property and immunities, under the protection of the general rules which govern society. Everything which may pass under the form of an enactment is not, therefore, to be considered the law of the land. If this were so, acts of attainder, bills of pains and penalties, acts of confiscation, acts reversing judgments, and acts directly transferring one man's estate to another, legislative judgments, decrees and forfeitures in all possible...
Page 8 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Page 637 - ... in the city of Chicago, in the County of Cook, and State of Illinois...
Page 15 - The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments, the legislative, executive and judicial, and no person or collection of persons being one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Page 11 - That in all criminal prosecutions, the accused hath a right to be heard by himself and counsel; to demand the nature and cause, of the accusation against him; to meet the witnesses face to face; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor...
Page 11 - That the people have a right to assemble together in a peaceable manner to consult for their common good, to instruct their Representatives, and to apply to the Legislature for a redress of grievances.