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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... cause of action , therefore , arose and existed at that time , and if in existence now it must have been so at the ... cause there might have been a recovery , if the proof had justified , for a sum less than that demanded . It was found ...
... cause of action , therefore , arose and existed at that time , and if in existence now it must have been so at the ... cause there might have been a recovery , if the proof had justified , for a sum less than that demanded . It was found ...
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... cause of action . Bank of Commonwealth v . Hopkins , 2 Dana , 395 ; Merritt v . Campbell , 47 Cal . 542. It is clearly so , when , as here , the judgment recites that the subject - matter of the suit had been adjusted and settled by the ...
... cause of action . Bank of Commonwealth v . Hopkins , 2 Dana , 395 ; Merritt v . Campbell , 47 Cal . 542. It is clearly so , when , as here , the judgment recites that the subject - matter of the suit had been adjusted and settled by the ...
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... cause . If its effect is to be determined by the statutes of Nevada , the same conclusion will be reached . The Civil Practice Act of that state , passed March 8 , 1869 , Gen. Stat . Nevada , 1885 , 3173 , is as follows : " An action ...
... cause . If its effect is to be determined by the statutes of Nevada , the same conclusion will be reached . The Civil Practice Act of that state , passed March 8 , 1869 , Gen. Stat . Nevada , 1885 , 3173 , is as follows : " An action ...
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... cause of action . This was confirmed by the consent of the attorney representing the United States . The judgment of dismissal was based on the ground of the finding of the court , as matter of fact and matter of law , that the subject ...
... cause of action . This was confirmed by the consent of the attorney representing the United States . The judgment of dismissal was based on the ground of the finding of the court , as matter of fact and matter of law , that the subject ...
Page 107
... cause why the property of the succession should not be sold to pay this judgment . To this rule the administratrix made answer , setting up the original judgment in her favor rejecting the claim , and averring that the subsequent ...
... cause why the property of the succession should not be sold to pay this judgment . To this rule the administratrix made answer , setting up the original judgment in her favor rejecting the claim , and averring that the subsequent ...
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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 701 - 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...
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Page 463 - States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 278 - ... be asked whether he has any legal cause to show why judgment should not be pronounced against him.
Page 787 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States, or a controversy between citizens of the same State, claiming lands under grants of different States, or a controversy between citizens of a State and foreign states, citizens, or subjects, and shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
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Page 246 - ... that the plaintiff was a shareholder at the time of the transaction of which he complains, or that his share had devolved on him since by operation of law...