Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 5; Volume 9Published for John Conrad and Company, 1812 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 11
... plea of payment to an action of debt upon upon the plea a bond , for 500 dollars , dated in 1781 , the defend- of payment to ant offered evidence to prove that in the year 1797 an the plaintiff acknowledged that he had received of bond ...
... plea of payment to an action of debt upon upon the plea a bond , for 500 dollars , dated in 1781 , the defend- of payment to ant offered evidence to prove that in the year 1797 an the plaintiff acknowledged that he had received of bond ...
Page 12
... plea of payment , and that the jury may and ought to presume therefrom that the whole sum mentioned in the condition of the said bond has been paid to the plaintiff , unless such presumption be repelled by other evidence in the cause ...
... plea of payment , and that the jury may and ought to presume therefrom that the whole sum mentioned in the condition of the said bond has been paid to the plaintiff , unless such presumption be repelled by other evidence in the cause ...
Page 13
... plea of payment . Judgment affirmed with costs . COOKE AND OTHERS v . WOODROW ERROR to the circuit court of the distri L of In an action of Columbia , in an action of trover brought by the rover , if the plaintiffs in error for sundry ...
... plea of payment . Judgment affirmed with costs . COOKE AND OTHERS v . WOODROW ERROR to the circuit court of the distri L of In an action of Columbia , in an action of trover brought by the rover , if the plaintiffs in error for sundry ...
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... plea the plaintiff replied , " that the said money in the several promises and undertakings tions , the ex- aforesaid above mentioned in the declaration , at the ception time of the making of the promises and underta- Tour of mer ...
... plea the plaintiff replied , " that the said money in the several promises and undertakings tions , the ex- aforesaid above mentioned in the declaration , at the ception time of the making of the promises and underta- Tour of mer ...
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... plea of the statute of limitations , and to file the above special replication . And that after the court had given judgment upon the demurrer , it re- fused to permit the defendants to withdraw their de- murrer , and their rejoinder ...
... plea of the statute of limitations , and to file the above special replication . And that after the court had given judgment upon the demurrer , it re- fused to permit the defendants to withdraw their de- murrer , and their rejoinder ...
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Page 306 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation, , or trade, of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea, by vessels of ten or more tons' burthen, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas ; saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is.
Page 309 - ... with design to evade the duties thereupon, or any part thereof, all such goods, wares, or merchandise, or the value thereof, to be recovered of the person making entry, shall be forfeited...
Page 136 - If the legislatures of the several States may at will annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments, the Constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery, and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals.
Page 308 - ... shall also have exclusive original cognizance of all seizures on land, or other waters than as aforesaid, made, and of all suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred, under the laws of the United States.
Page 87 - ... entity, a corporation aggregate, is certainly not a citizen; and, consequently, cannot sue or be sued in the courts of the United States, unless the rights of the members, in this respect, can be exercised in their corporate name. If the corporation be considered as a mere faculty, and not as a company of individuals, who, in transacting their joint concerns, may use a legal name, they must be excluded from the courts of the Union.
Page 136 - If the ultimate right to determine the jurisdiction of the courts of the Union is placed by the constitution in the several state legislatures, then this act concludes the subject ; but if that power necessarily resides in the supreme judicial tribunal of the nation, then the jurisdiction of the District Court of Pennsylvania, over the case in which that jurisdiction was exercised, ought to be most deliberately examined ; and the act of Pennsylvania, with whatever respect it may be considered, cannot...
Page 305 - An act to regulate the collection of duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandises, imported into the United States...
Page 23 - ... of the said province within the space of two months next after the making thereof, else to be void in law. And all deeds, grants, and conveyances of land (except as aforesaid) within the said province...
Page 307 - An act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same...
Page 341 - There is no error in the judgment of th'e circuit court, and it is affirmed, with costs.