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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... rule of the court , ante , are not to be Vol . I. p . XVI . Being called upon by the court for such a statement , reduced by the Swann observed that there was but a single point in the case , and there- scale of depre- fore they had not ...
... rule of the court , ante , are not to be Vol . I. p . XVI . Being called upon by the court for such a statement , reduced by the Swann observed that there was but a single point in the case , and there- scale of depre- fore they had not ...
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... rule , whereby to settle and adjust the payment " of debts and contracts entered into , or made between " the first day of January , 1777 , and the first day of January , 1782 , unless some rule should be by law . established for ...
... rule , whereby to settle and adjust the payment " of debts and contracts entered into , or made between " the first day of January , 1777 , and the first day of January , 1782 , unless some rule should be by law . established for ...
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... rule by which the value of the debts , contracts , and demands , in the act mentioned , shall be asce tained ; and the fifth section enacts , " that " where a suit shall be brought for the recovery of a แ debt , and it shall appear that ...
... rule by which the value of the debts , contracts , and demands , in the act mentioned , shall be asce tained ; and the fifth section enacts , " that " where a suit shall be brought for the recovery of a แ debt , and it shall appear that ...
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... rule according to the circum- stances of each particular case . But the 5th section was intended for the benefit of debtors only . Every case of equity in favour of credi- tors was provided for by the exception in the 2d . The only two ...
... rule according to the circum- stances of each particular case . But the 5th section was intended for the benefit of debtors only . Every case of equity in favour of credi- tors was provided for by the exception in the 2d . The only two ...
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... rule which should produce a general good effect . It was predicated upon the idea that an equivalent ought to be paid for the consideration received . The consi- deration was presumed to pass at the time when the ob- ligation was given ...
... rule which should produce a general good effect . It was predicated upon the idea that an equivalent ought to be paid for the consideration received . The consi- deration was presumed to pass at the time when the ob- ligation was given ...
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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.