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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... referred to , that State had not adopted the meridian line from the Fairfax Stone as the boundary . The commissioner of Maryland contended for that meridian line . On March 5 , 1860 , the legislature of Maryland passed an act adopting ...
... referred to , that State had not adopted the meridian line from the Fairfax Stone as the boundary . The commissioner of Maryland contended for that meridian line . On March 5 , 1860 , the legislature of Maryland passed an act adopting ...
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... referred to it as the line between the State of Virginia and the State of Maryland . Lieutenant Michler in the frank and able report filed with his survey , recognizes this situation , for he says : " The meridian as traced by me last ...
... referred to it as the line between the State of Virginia and the State of Maryland . Lieutenant Michler in the frank and able report filed with his survey , recognizes this situation , for he says : " The meridian as traced by me last ...
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... referred to , and the details of which may be found in the very interesting document to which we have already made reference , the report of the committee of the Maryland His- torical Society . In the proposed settlements , for many ...
... referred to , and the details of which may be found in the very interesting document to which we have already made reference , the report of the committee of the Maryland His- torical Society . In the proposed settlements , for many ...
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... referred to . In that case , among other things , there was a controversy between the heirs of James H. Marshall and the heirs of John Marshall as to the ownership of the bed of the Potomac River from shore to shore , including therein ...
... referred to . In that case , among other things , there was a controversy between the heirs of James H. Marshall and the heirs of John Marshall as to the ownership of the bed of the Potomac River from shore to shore , including therein ...
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... referred to by the court below in the opening passage of its opinion , as follows ( 3 Porto Rico , 125 , 126 ) : " This is a creditors bili filed June 23 , 1902 , and permitted to remain on the docket of this court during the five years ...
... referred to by the court below in the opening passage of its opinion , as follows ( 3 Porto Rico , 125 , 126 ) : " This is a creditors bili filed June 23 , 1902 , and permitted to remain on the docket of this court during the five years ...
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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...