Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States [August and December Terms, 1801-February Term, 1815], Volume 2; Volume 6Daniel Rapine, 1806 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... bond , taken under the bond which in laws of Virginia . reciting the execution , states the costs The execution , upon which the bond was taken , was to be 20 dol- for " 143 dollars and 67 cents , also twelve dollars , thir - lars ...
... bond , taken under the bond which in laws of Virginia . reciting the execution , states the costs The execution , upon which the bond was taken , was to be 20 dol- for " 143 dollars and 67 cents , also twelve dollars , thir - lars ...
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... bond stated it to be for " 143 dol- " lars 67 cents , also twenty dollars thirty - three cents , and 355 pounds of tobacco at the rate of 13 shillings and four pence per hundred weight ; and marshall's " fees and commissions , and all ...
... bond stated it to be for " 143 dol- " lars 67 cents , also twenty dollars thirty - three cents , and 355 pounds of tobacco at the rate of 13 shillings and four pence per hundred weight ; and marshall's " fees and commissions , and all ...
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... bond was dated 1st of Feb. 1780 , with condition to pay £ 105 on or before Dec. 17 , 1781 , with interest thereon from the 16th of Feb. 1779 ,. and it was decided that the debt arose in February 1779 , and was to be re- duced by the ...
... bond was dated 1st of Feb. 1780 , with condition to pay £ 105 on or before Dec. 17 , 1781 , with interest thereon from the 16th of Feb. 1779 ,. and it was decided that the debt arose in February 1779 , and was to be re- duced by the ...
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... bond given to pay £ 20 current money on delivery of a horse worth £ 20 current money in 1785. This is another case not with- in the spirit of the act Again , suppose a contract made in 1777 , when the market price of wheat was 20s . a ...
... bond given to pay £ 20 current money on delivery of a horse worth £ 20 current money in 1785. This is another case not with- in the spirit of the act Again , suppose a contract made in 1777 , when the market price of wheat was 20s . a ...
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... bond carries interest from a past day , the contract shall be considered as of a date antecedent to its execution , and the scale of that antecedent date shall be applied to it . The reason of this decision is , that the price of the ...
... bond carries interest from a past day , the contract shall be considered as of a date antecedent to its execution , and the scale of that antecedent date shall be applied to it . The reason of this decision is , that the price of the ...
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Page 362 - States shall be first satisfied, and the priority hereby established shall extend as well to cases in which a debtor, not having sufficient property to pay all his debts, makes a voluntary assignment thereof, or in which the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed, or absent debtor are attached by process of law, as to cases in which an act of bankruptcy is committed.
Page 390 - Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles are overthrown, where the general system of the laws is departed from, the legislative intention must be expressed with irresistible clearness to induce a court of justice to suppose a design to effect such objects.
Page 425 - Be it known that as well in own name as for and in the name and names of all and every other person or persons to whom the same doth, may, or shall appertain, in part or in all...
Page 399 - Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 235 - Any attempt to violate the laws made to protect this right, is an injury to itself which it may prevent, and it has a right to use the means necessary for its prevention. These means do not appear to be limited within any certain marked boundaries, which remain the same at all times and in all situations.
Page 452 - And where a suit is now pending, or may be hereafter brought in any state court in which there is a controversy between a citizen of the state in which the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state...
Page 328 - If an alien could acquire a permanent property in lands, he must owe an allegiance, equally permanent with that property, to the king of England; which would probably be inconsistent with that which he owes to his own natural liege lord : besides that thereby the nation might in time be subject to foreign influence, and feel many other inconveniences.
Page 396 - Marshall, said that in construing it "it would be incorrect and would produce endless difficulties if the opinion should be maintained that no law was authorized which was not indispensably necessary to give effect to a specified power. Where various systems might be adopted for that purpose it might be said with respect to each that it was not necessary because the end might be obtained by other means.
Page 235 - These means do not appear to be limited within any certain marked boundaries, which remain the same at all times and in all situations. If they are such as unnecessarily to vex and harass foreign lawful commerce, foreign nations will resist their exercise. If they are such as are reasonable and necessary to secure their laws from violation, they will be submitted to.