...statute. But, as was observed in the case of The Charming Betsey (2 Cranch, 64), decided in 1804, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains." A few years later Chief Justice Marshall, in the case of The Nereide (9 Cranch, 388), declared that...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...Canal tolls controversy.20 The courts are bound by acts of Congress, but said Chief Justice Marshall, " an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." 21 With this principle Marshall construed the broad jurisdiction over offenses at sea conferred by...

...the United States, it was said by Chief Justice Marshall that "an act of Congress ought never to he construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains," Murray v. The Charming Betsy (1804), 2 Cranch, 64, 118. The relative authority of municipal and international...

...manifested by express words or a very plain and necessary implication. It has also been observed that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...the law of nations as understood in this country. These principles are believed to be correct, and they ought to be kept in view in construing the act...

...and, as said by Chief Justice Marshall, in Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118: . . . an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains. . . . That the Government has full power under the Volstead Act to prevent the landing or transhipment...

...as said by Chief Justice Marshall, in Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch, 64, 118: " . . . an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains. . . ." That the Government has full power under the Volstead Act to prevent the landing or transshipment...

...providing a rule different from that laid down by international law, the only observation made being that "an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains." In The Nereide* Marshall again declared: "Till an act [of Congress] be passed the court is bound by...