United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 142United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1892 - Courts |
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... District , 37 Iowa , 542 Wisconsin Central Railroad Co. v . Price County , 133 U. S. 496 PAGE 376 248 , 251 38 181 Wolcott v . Des Moines Co. , 5 Wall . 681 Wolsey v . Chapman , 101 528 , 531 U. S. 755 533 90 Willis , Ex parte , 1 Ves ...
... District , 37 Iowa , 542 Wisconsin Central Railroad Co. v . Price County , 133 U. S. 496 PAGE 376 248 , 251 38 181 Wolcott v . Des Moines Co. , 5 Wall . 681 Wolsey v . Chapman , 101 528 , 531 U. S. 755 533 90 Willis , Ex parte , 1 Ves ...
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... District of Pennsylvania , on a creditors ' petition , filed November 10 , 1871 , and appellants were appointed his assignees , January 12 , and the assignment of the bankrupt estate was duly made to them , January 24 , 1872. In ...
... District of Pennsylvania , on a creditors ' petition , filed November 10 , 1871 , and appellants were appointed his assignees , January 12 , and the assignment of the bankrupt estate was duly made to them , January 24 , 1872. In ...
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... DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI . No. 104. Argued November 24 , 1891. - Decided December 7 , 1891 . When a bill of exceptions is signed during the term , and purports to con- tain a recital of what transpired during the trial , it will be ...
... DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI . No. 104. Argued November 24 , 1891. - Decided December 7 , 1891 . When a bill of exceptions is signed during the term , and purports to con- tain a recital of what transpired during the trial , it will be ...
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... DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA . No. 69. Argued November 4 , 1801.- Decided December 14 , 1891 . In a suit in equity for the rescission of a contract of purchase , and to re- cover the moneys paid ...
... DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA . No. 69. Argued November 4 , 1801.- Decided December 14 , 1891 . In a suit in equity for the rescission of a contract of purchase , and to re- cover the moneys paid ...
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... District of Colorado , by the receiver of the First National Bank of Leadville , Colorado , against Nicho- las Finn , to recover $ 8750 , with interest upon $ 7000 thereof from September 28 , 1885 , and upon $ 1750 thereof from Janu ...
... District of Colorado , by the receiver of the First National Bank of Leadville , Colorado , against Nicho- las Finn , to recover $ 8750 , with interest upon $ 7000 thereof from September 28 , 1885 , and upon $ 1750 thereof from Janu ...
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Page 367 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 659 - ... and if on such examination there shall be found among such passengers any convict, lunatic, idiot, or any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge...
Page 463 - ... may be removed into the Circuit Court of the United States for the proper district by the defendant or defendants therein being non-residents of that State...
Page 177 - The Commissioner of the General Land Office shall perform, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, all executive duties appertaining to the surveying and sale of the public lands of the United States...
Page 227 - Constitution leads to the conclusion that no State has the right to lay a tax on interstate commerce in any form, whether by way of duties laid on the transportation of the subjects of that commerce, or on the receipts derived from that transportation, or on the occupation or business of carrying it on, and the reason is that such taxation is a burden on that commerce, and amounts to a regulation of it, which belongs solely to Congress.
Page 581 - But the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying. A person so testifying to the giving of a bribe which has been accepted, shall not thereafter be liable to indictment, prosecution, or punishment for that bribery, and may plead or prove the giving of testimony accordingly, in bar of such an indictment or prosecution.
Page 580 - Amendment; and compelling a man "in a criminal case to be a witness against himself," which is condemned In the Fifth Amendment, throws light on the question as to what is an "unreasonable search and seizure" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.
Page 498 - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of mandate.— 1873-345. 1085. It may be issued by any court, except a justice's or police court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station...
Page 68 - Each director, when appointed or elected, shall take an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves on him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of such association...
Page 351 - Amendment, that no State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was not intended to prevent a State from adjusting its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable ways.