United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 177United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1900 - Courts |
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... present but the plaintiff Edwards and three other persons , besides the officers and Directors of the Company and their clerks . The Directors or their clerks did all the bidding on the stock , ex- cept the bids made for twenty shares ...
... present but the plaintiff Edwards and three other persons , besides the officers and Directors of the Company and their clerks . The Directors or their clerks did all the bidding on the stock , ex- cept the bids made for twenty shares ...
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... present bill contained this paragraph : " Your orators allege that the shares of stock in the said de- fendant Company are personal property , and its location is where the Company is incorporated and nowhere else , and that the locus ...
... present bill contained this paragraph : " Your orators allege that the shares of stock in the said de- fendant Company are personal property , and its location is where the Company is incorporated and nowhere else , and that the locus ...
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... present suit was to remove an in- cumbrance or cloud upon the title to certain shares of the stock of a Michigan corporation . No question is made as to the jurisdiction of the court so far as it rests upon the diverse citi- zenship of ...
... present suit was to remove an in- cumbrance or cloud upon the title to certain shares of the stock of a Michigan corporation . No question is made as to the jurisdiction of the court so far as it rests upon the diverse citi- zenship of ...
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... present case , if the stock in ques- tion is " within the district " in which the suit was brought . Whether the stock is in Michigan so as to authorize that State to subject it to taxation as against individual shareholders domiciled ...
... present case , if the stock in ques- tion is " within the district " in which the suit was brought . Whether the stock is in Michigan so as to authorize that State to subject it to taxation as against individual shareholders domiciled ...
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... present case . THE Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company was incorpo- rated under the laws of the State of Illinois in the month of August , 1892 , with a capital stock of five million dollars , which was increased in the month of April ...
... present case . THE Lake Street Elevated Railroad Company was incorpo- rated under the laws of the State of Illinois in the month of August , 1892 , with a capital stock of five million dollars , which was increased in the month of April ...
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Page 710 - The head of each department is authorized to prescribe regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of his department, the conduct of its officers and clerks, the distribution and performance of its business, and the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property appertaining to it.
Page 344 - State in which said bank is to be located, the amount of capital stock and the number of shares into which the same is divided, the name and place of doing business of each bank executing such certificate, and of all banks which have subscribed to the capital stock of...
Page 350 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a 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...
Page 32 - ... in the sale or transportation of any such article or commodity, or by which they shall agree to pool, combine or...
Page 296 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Page 634 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a State, or between different parts of the same State, and which does not extend to or affect other States. Such a power would be inconvenient and is certainly unnecessary. Comprehensive as the word "among" is, it may very properly be restricted to that commerce which concerns more States than one.
Page 538 - A private person may arrest another: 1. For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence. 2. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence. 3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
Page 312 - The rule that penal laws are to be construed strictly, is perhaps not much less old than construction itself. It is founded on the tenderness of the law for the rights of individuals; and on the plain principle that the power of punishment is vested in the legislative, not in the judicial department. It is the legislature, not the court, which is to define a crime, and ordain its punishment.
Page 9 - ... one or more of the defendants therein shall not be an Inhabitant of or found within the said district, or shall not voluntarily appear thereto...
Page 573 - All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section may be altered from time to time or repealed.