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Page 768 - '. e., according to the usual course of things, from such breach of contract itself, or such as may reasonably be supposed to have been in the contemplation of both parties at the time they made the contract, as the probable result of the breach of it.
Page 248 - he has no remedy over, then the law will excuse him; but where the party, by his own contract, creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, notwithstanding any accident or delay by inevitable necessity; because he might have provided against it by contract.
Page 365 - The Judiciary Act provides, that " the laws of the several states" " shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply:
Page 620 - These associations also possess all the powers necessary for carrying on the business of banking, by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits, buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion ; by
Page 158 - necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law. And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of
Page 630 - from being included in the valuation of the personal property of such person or corporation in the assessment of taxes imposed by or under state authority, at the place where such bank is located, and not elsewhere, but not at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such state. 2. Provided further, That
Page 768 - made a contract which one of them has broken, the damages which the other party ought to receive in respect of such breach of contract should be such as may be fairly and reasonably considered
Page 238 - where the testator gave a fund to the husband of his daughter as trustee for the daughter for life, and after her death upon trust for such persons as she should appoint; and, in default of appointment, in trust for her legal representatives ; the term was held to
Page 534 - This opinion does not deprive the states of any resources which they originally possessed. It does not extend to a tax paid by the real property of the bank in common with the other real property within the
Page 622 - the shares of any of the said associations, held by any person or body corporate, from being included in the valuation of personal property of such person or corporation in the assessment of taxes imposed by and under state authority, at the place where such bank is located, and not elsewhere, but not at a