United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 120Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1887 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Opinion of the Court . ST . TAMMANY WATER WORKS v . NEW ORLEANS WATER WORKS . APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ... opinion of the court . Mr. G. L. Hall for appellant . Mr. J. R. Beckwith and Mr. E. II . Farrar for appellee . MR ...
... Opinion of the Court . ST . TAMMANY WATER WORKS v . NEW ORLEANS WATER WORKS . APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ... opinion of the court . Mr. G. L. Hall for appellant . Mr. J. R. Beckwith and Mr. E. II . Farrar for appellee . MR ...
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... Opinion of the Court . FORSYTH v . DOOLITTLE . ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS . Argued December 21 , 22 , 1886.- ) - Decided January 17 , 1877 . In Illinois when a declaration in an ...
... Opinion of the Court . FORSYTH v . DOOLITTLE . ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS . Argued December 21 , 22 , 1886.- ) - Decided January 17 , 1877 . In Illinois when a declaration in an ...
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... opinion upon any matter growing out of the facts supposed , will necessarily depend upon the simple or com- plicated character of the transactions recited , and the number of particulars which must be considered for the formation of the ...
... opinion upon any matter growing out of the facts supposed , will necessarily depend upon the simple or com- plicated character of the transactions recited , and the number of particulars which must be considered for the formation of the ...
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... Opinion of the Court . The suit was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky , where the plaintiff filed a bill in equity making the company and A. B. Cook defend- ants , and praying judgment ...
... Opinion of the Court . The suit was removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kentucky , where the plaintiff filed a bill in equity making the company and A. B. Cook defend- ants , and praying judgment ...
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... Opinion of the Court . are of opinion that , as a matter of fact , and even conceding that A. B. Cook was a competent witness , the assignment by him to his wife is not satisfactorily proved to have been made or delivered prior to the ...
... Opinion of the Court . are of opinion that , as a matter of fact , and even conceding that A. B. Cook was a competent witness , the assignment by him to his wife is not satisfactorily proved to have been made or delivered prior to the ...
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Page 697 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same, or if two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another...
Page 701 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 787 - That the circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 329 - ... false entry in any book, report, or statement of the association, with intent, in either case, to injure or defraud the association or any other company, body politic or corporate, or any individual person, or to deceive any officer of the...
Page 245 - ... that the plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which he complains or that his share thereafter devolved on him by operation of law...
Page 278 - ... be asked whether he has any legal cause to show why judgment should not be pronounced against him.
Page 464 - ... the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the state within which such circuit or district courts are held, any rule of court to the contrary notwithstanding,
Page 739 - An appeal is taken by filing with the clerk of the court in which the judgment or order appealed from is entered, a notice stating the appeal from the same, or some specific part thereof, and serving a similar notice on the adverse party, or his attorney.
Page 684 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory conspire, or go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another, for the purpose of depriving, either directly or indirectly, any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws, or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws...
Page 684 - If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States...