All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security... Report of Proceedings - Page 156by Washington State Bar Association - 1913Full view - About this book
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1872 - 752 pages
...and protected by the fourteenth amendment, and by the sixteenth section of said act it is declared, "That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States, shall have the same right in every State and territory of the United States, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence,... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1866 - 862 pages
...citizens thereof, is unconstitutional. And in respect to the special rights conferred by the Bill, "the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, sell, hold, and convey real and personal estate,... | |
| 1866 - 278 pages
...except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, to be sued, be parties and give evidence; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey personal... | |
| 1866 - 288 pages
...except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, to be sued, be parties and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey personal... | |
| 1868 - 422 pages
...except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, to be sued, be parties and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey personal... | |
| Louisiana - 1870 - 814 pages
...one thousand dollars, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 16. And be it further enacted, That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence,... | |
| Edward McPherson - 1870 - 144 pages
...disqualified to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States or any State. SEC. 15. That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence,... | |
| Edward McPherson - 1872
...more than one year, or fined not exceeding $1,000, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 16. That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence,... | |
| Edward McPherson - 1870 - 142 pages
...more than one year, or fined not exceeding $1,000, or both, at the discretion of the court. SEC. 16. That all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory in the United States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence,... | |
| 1890 - 542 pages
...the white race enjoy, and speaks of section 1977 of the Revised Statutes of Congress (which enacts that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right to eue, be parties and give evidence) as putting in the form of a statute what bad been... | |
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