United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 217United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1910 - Courts |
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... determined by a fair and reasonable construction of the whole instrument , regard being had in all cases to the true intent of the parties as expressed therein . 5 Cyc . , " Boundaries , " 869 ; Horne v . Smith , 159 U. S. 40 ; Reynolds ...
... determined by a fair and reasonable construction of the whole instrument , regard being had in all cases to the true intent of the parties as expressed therein . 5 Cyc . , " Boundaries , " 869 ; Horne v . Smith , 159 U. S. 40 ; Reynolds ...
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... determine where the western boundary of Maryland is and will settle its location as by original right in the place decreed . Rhode Island v . Massa- chusetts , 12 Pet . 657 . The only " line " the defendant has attempted to set up as a ...
... determine where the western boundary of Maryland is and will settle its location as by original right in the place decreed . Rhode Island v . Massa- chusetts , 12 Pet . 657 . The only " line " the defendant has attempted to set up as a ...
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... determined by the only competent tribunal authorized to determine it , as early as 1746 , in the controversy between Lord Fairfax and the Colony of Virginia , and the Fairfax Stone was planted in accordance with that determination , at ...
... determined by the only competent tribunal authorized to determine it , as early as 1746 , in the controversy between Lord Fairfax and the Colony of Virginia , and the Fairfax Stone was planted in accordance with that determination , at ...
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... determined to relinquish her claim . Rhode Island v . Massachusetts , 14 Pet . 260 , 261 ; Rhode Island v . Massachusetts , 4 How . 590 , 591 ; Louisiana v . Mississippi , 202 U. S. 1 . Long acquiescence in the possession of territory ...
... determined to relinquish her claim . Rhode Island v . Massachusetts , 14 Pet . 260 , 261 ; Rhode Island v . Massachusetts , 4 How . 590 , 591 ; Louisiana v . Mississippi , 202 U. S. 1 . Long acquiescence in the possession of territory ...
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... determining the true boundary between Virginia and adjoining States . In the grant to Lord Culpeper the tract is described as ly- ing in Virginia in America , and bounded by and within the first heads or springs of the rivers ...
... determining the true boundary between Virginia and adjoining States . In the grant to Lord Culpeper the tract is described as ly- ing in Virginia in America , and bounded by and within the first heads or springs of the rivers ...
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Page 389 - An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the Succession of the Crown.
Page 82 - These provisions are universal in their application, to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality ; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws.
Page 278 - States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and ^agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 631 - ... within the meaning of .the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.
Page 122 - Amendment, that no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was not intended to prevent a State from adjusting its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable ways.
Page 122 - All such regulations, and those of like character, so long as they proceed within reasonable limits and general usage, are within the discretion of the state legislature, or the people of the state in framing their constitution.
Page 173 - ... over the person of the railway company. "A special appeart> anee," it is contended, "can never serve a » dual or triple purpose, but is only allowed for the sole purpose of objecting to the jurisdiction of the court over the person of the defendant.
Page 358 - The plaintiff in error or appellant shall file with the clerk of the court below, with his petition for the writ of error or appeal, an assignment of errors, which shall set out separately and particularly each error asserted and intended to be urged.
Page 244 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 326 - MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court. This is a bill in equity brought by the...