United States Reports, Supreme Court: Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 3Little, Brown, 1877 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... ment of the revenue laws of Illinois against railroad corpora- tions , but the collection of the taxes assessed upon the capital stock and franchises of all other corporations in the State , ex- cept so far as such corporations ...
... ment of the revenue laws of Illinois against railroad corpora- tions , but the collection of the taxes assessed upon the capital stock and franchises of all other corporations in the State , ex- cept so far as such corporations ...
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... ment of the other is in no just or legal sense destroying or impeding the navigation . If it were , every structure erected in the bed of the river , whether in the channel or not , would be an obstruction . It might be a light - house ...
... ment of the other is in no just or legal sense destroying or impeding the navigation . If it were , every structure erected in the bed of the river , whether in the channel or not , would be an obstruction . It might be a light - house ...
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... ment of an account showing a balance of $ 3,407.73 ; that , believing the statement to be accurate , the defendants gave the notes in suit and two others , in all equalling the amount claimed by the statement ; that the statement was ...
... ment of an account showing a balance of $ 3,407.73 ; that , believing the statement to be accurate , the defendants gave the notes in suit and two others , in all equalling the amount claimed by the statement ; that the statement was ...
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... ment under an illegal sentence of the District Court of the United States for the said district , the same ( sentence ) being void and in law a nullity , for want of jurisdiction in the said court to pass it upon and against your ...
... ment under an illegal sentence of the District Court of the United States for the said district , the same ( sentence ) being void and in law a nullity , for want of jurisdiction in the said court to pass it upon and against your ...
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... ment thereof , then and in every such case the said company shall not be liable to the payment of the sum insured , or in any part thereof , and this policy shall cease and determine . " The Manhattan policy contained the additional ...
... ment thereof , then and in every such case the said company shall not be liable to the payment of the sum insured , or in any part thereof , and this policy shall cease and determine . " The Manhattan policy contained the additional ...
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Page 451 - ... upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity, and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops and munitions of war, supplies and public stores upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof, and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid (at fair...
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Page 139 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 442 - State shall be subject to the disposal of the legislature thereof, for the purposes aforesaid and no other; and the said railroad and branches shall be and remain a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 69 - ... upon a decree being rendered in any such case for an infringement, the complainant shall be entitled to recover, in addition to the profits to be accounted for by the defendant, the damages the complainant has sustained thereby ; and the court shall assess the same or cause the same to be assessed under its direction.
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Page 139 - And shall have exclusive cognizance of all crimes and offences cognizable under the authority of the United States...
Page 72 - State, may remove such suit into the Circuit Court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said Circuit Court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State Court...