United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 171United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1898 |
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... bill of particulars of such set - off filed a bill of particulars , amounting to thirty - one thousand seven hundred and ninety- one dollars and fifty - two cents ( $ 31,791.52 ) . Replications were duly filed and issues joined on all ...
... bill of particulars of such set - off filed a bill of particulars , amounting to thirty - one thousand seven hundred and ninety- one dollars and fifty - two cents ( $ 31,791.52 ) . Replications were duly filed and issues joined on all ...
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... bill was dismissed , and , on appeal to the Supreme Court of the State , the decree of dismissal was affirmed . From that decree the present writ of error has been duly prosecuted to this court . There are five assignments of error ...
... bill was dismissed , and , on appeal to the Supreme Court of the State , the decree of dismissal was affirmed . From that decree the present writ of error has been duly prosecuted to this court . There are five assignments of error ...
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... bill was re- ported from the Committee on Commerce no written report was made , but its purpose and scope were explained on behalf of that committee in each house and those explanations de- clared the object to be as above indicated ...
... bill was re- ported from the Committee on Commerce no written report was made , but its purpose and scope were explained on behalf of that committee in each house and those explanations de- clared the object to be as above indicated ...
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... bill . In no way , and through no channels , directly or indirectly , will courts allow an action to be maintained for the recovery of property delivered under an illegal contract , where , in order to maintain such recovery , it is ...
... bill . In no way , and through no channels , directly or indirectly , will courts allow an action to be maintained for the recovery of property delivered under an illegal contract , where , in order to maintain such recovery , it is ...
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... bill against the Central Company in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . The bill asked for an injunction to restrain the bringing of more suits for rent . It gave a general history of the ...
... bill against the Central Company in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . The bill asked for an injunction to restrain the bringing of more suits for rent . It gave a general history of the ...
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Page 306 - States governing their possessory title, shall have the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of all the surface included within the lines of their locations, and of all veins, lodes, and ledges throughout their entire depth...
Page 196 - America shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent, or charterers shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel...
Page 66 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 151 - The objection, that a contract is immoral or illegal as between plaintiff and defendant, sounds at all times very ill in the mouth of the defendant. It is not for his sake, however, that the objection is ever allowed; but it is founded in general principles of policy, which the defendant has the advantage of, contrary to the real justice, as between him and the plaintiff, by accident, if I may so say.
Page 465 - That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property to or from any port in the United States of America shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped, and supplied...
Page 601 - The negotiation of sales of goods which are in another State, for the purpose of introducing them into the State in which the negotiation is made, is interstate commerce.
Page 89 - ... extended downward vertically, although such veins, lodes, or ledges may so far depart from a perpendicular in their course downward as to extend outside the vertical side lines of such surface locations. But their right of possession to such outside parts of such veins or ledges...
Page 695 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine shall be permitted to be made by witnesses; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and jury as evidence of the genuineness, or otherwise, of the writing in dispute.
Page 71 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made by the tenth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and each year thereafter, for each one hundred feet in length along the vein until a patent has been issued therefor; but where such claims are held in common, such expenditure may be made upon any one claim; and upon a failure to comply with these conditions the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation...
Page 600 - We also repeat what is said in the case above cited, that " the act of Congress must have a reasonable construction, or else there would scarcely be an agreement or contract among business men that could not be said to have, indirectly or remotely, some bearing upon interstate commerce, and possibly to restrain it.