Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: With Notes, and a Digest, Band 10Little, Brown, 1864 |
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... question [ * 57 ] as to the competency of this witness is raised . He is not incompetent merely from the fact of his name being in- dorsed on the bill . To exclude his testimony , on this ground , he must have an interest in the result ...
... question [ * 57 ] as to the competency of this witness is raised . He is not incompetent merely from the fact of his name being in- dorsed on the bill . To exclude his testimony , on this ground , he must have an interest in the result ...
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... question somewhat analo- gous to the one under consideration , except in the present case there is no allegation of fraud , and the decision in that case was made to turn in part , at least , on that ground . In Pennsylvania , there is ...
... question somewhat analo- gous to the one under consideration , except in the present case there is no allegation of fraud , and the decision in that case was made to turn in part , at least , on that ground . In Pennsylvania , there is ...
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... question in this case is , whether the evidence offered upon the trial was sufficient to prevent the statute of limita- tion from barring the action . The suit was founded upon a promissory note made by the plain- tiff in error ...
... question in this case is , whether the evidence offered upon the trial was sufficient to prevent the statute of limita- tion from barring the action . The suit was founded upon a promissory note made by the plain- tiff in error ...
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... question , that an acknowledgment of the original justice of a claim was not sufficient to take the case out of the statute , but the acknowledgment must go to the fact that it was still due . And in Wetzell v . Bussard , 11 Wheat . 310 ...
... question , that an acknowledgment of the original justice of a claim was not sufficient to take the case out of the statute , but the acknowledgment must go to the fact that it was still due . And in Wetzell v . Bussard , 11 Wheat . 310 ...
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... questions have arisen in actions founded on simple contract as to the proof and effect of acknowledgments and promises offered in evidence for the purpose of ... question Peirsoll v . Elliott . 6 P. here , it 4 * JANUARY TERM , 1832 . 41.
... questions have arisen in actions founded on simple contract as to the proof and effect of acknowledgments and promises offered in evidence for the purpose of ... question Peirsoll v . Elliott . 6 P. here , it 4 * JANUARY TERM , 1832 . 41.
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Seite 254 - The united states in congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority or by that of the respective states — fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the united states — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states, provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Seite 225 - An act to regulate trade, and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Seite 141 - We are of opinion, that there is no error in the judgment of the court below, and that it ought to be affirmed.
Seite 190 - Colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign Prince or State, or of any Colony, district or people with whom the United States are at peace...
Seite 75 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered...
Seite 242 - The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial, with the single exception of that imposed by irresistible power, which excluded them from intercourse with any other European potentate than the first discoverer of the coast of the particular region claimed ; and this was a restriction which those European potentates imposed on themselves, as well as...
Seite 360 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by his Catholic Majesty or by his lawful authorities in the said territories ceded by his majesty to the United States shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of his Catholic Majesty...
Seite 41 - That in Actions of Debt or upon the Case grounded upon any Simple Contract no Acknowledgment or Promise by Words only shall be deemed sufficient Evidence of a new or continuing Contract...
Seite 344 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become...
Seite 397 - It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign, and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated, that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance, their relation...