Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Band 17Published for John Conrad and Company, 1903 |
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... jurisdiction over an appeal , although the amount payable to each individual claimant was less than two thousand dollars . The aggregate amount which the defendant was decreed to pay , was more than two thousand dollars ; and as to him ...
... jurisdiction over an appeal , although the amount payable to each individual claimant was less than two thousand dollars . The aggregate amount which the defendant was decreed to pay , was more than two thousand dollars ; and as to him ...
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... jurisdiction of the court , and the appeal must be dismissed . But the court think the matter in controversy , in the Ken- tucky court , was the sum due to the representatives of the deceased collectively ; and not the particular sum to ...
... jurisdiction of the court , and the appeal must be dismissed . But the court think the matter in controversy , in the Ken- tucky court , was the sum due to the representatives of the deceased collectively ; and not the particular sum to ...
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... jurisdiction in civil cases , and gave an appeal from their determination " in a point of law , or upon the admission or rejection of evidence , " " to any of the superior courts of common law at Westminster . " It will be seen that an ...
... jurisdiction in civil cases , and gave an appeal from their determination " in a point of law , or upon the admission or rejection of evidence , " " to any of the superior courts of common law at Westminster . " It will be seen that an ...
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... jurisdiction . In order to give jurisdiction , the damages must appear on the face of the pleading on which the claim is made . Interest cannot be added , in com puting the amount , unless it is specially claimed in the libel.1 It is ...
... jurisdiction . In order to give jurisdiction , the damages must appear on the face of the pleading on which the claim is made . Interest cannot be added , in com puting the amount , unless it is specially claimed in the libel.1 It is ...
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... jurisdiction . It is stated by the counsel opposed to the motion , that it is the uniform practice in the southern district of New York , to establish , on the hearing , only the liability of the defendant , and to have the amount of ...
... jurisdiction . It is stated by the counsel opposed to the motion , that it is the uniform practice in the southern district of New York , to establish , on the hearing , only the liability of the defendant , and to have the amount of ...
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Seite 506 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Seite 325 - Perhaps the power of governing a territory belonging to the United States which has not by becoming a state acquired the means of self-government may result necessarily from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular state, and is within the power and jurisdiction of the % United * States. The right to govern may be the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory. Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned.
Seite 543 - In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. In all other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
Seite 324 - These courts, then, are not constitutional courts, in which the judicial power conferred by the constitution on the general government can be deposited. They are incapable of receiving it. They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Seite 160 - Congress in such case made and provided, and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof it is the opinion of this court that the...
Seite 147 - Persons who not only have an interest in the controversy, but an interest of such a nature that a final decree cannot be made without either affecting that interest, or leaving the controversy in such a condition that its final termination may be wholly inconsistent with equity and good conscience...
Seite 216 - On consideration whereof, it is now here ordered and adjudged by this court, that the judgment of the said circuit court in this cause be and the same is hereby reversed, with costs, and that this cause be and the same is hereby remanded to the said circuit court, with directions to award a venire facias de novo, and to proceed therewith, in conformity to the opinion of this court.
Seite 329 - to establish the Treasury Department," the 4th section of that act says: "It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and keep the moneys of the United States, and to disburse the same upon warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, countersigned by the Comptroller, and recorded by the Register, and not otherwise.
Seite 205 - No action shall be brought to charge any person, upon or by reason of any representation, or assurance made, concerning the character, conduct, credit, ability, trade, or dealings of any other person, unless such representation or assurance be made in writing, and signed by the party to be charged thereby, or by some person thereunto by him lawfully authorized.
Seite 26 - Where a court has jurisdiction, it has a right to decide every question which occurs in the cause; and whether its decision be correct or otherwise, its judgment, until reversed, is regarded as binding in every other court. But if it act without authority, its judgments and orders are regarded as nullities. They are not voidable, but simply void ; and form no bar to a recovery sought, even prior to a reversal, in opposition to them.