The Federal Reporter, Volum 89West Publishing Company, 1899 Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... contract , adjustment , or undertaking of the officers of the bank could thereafter in any wise bind or con- clude the statutory trustee , who holds for the benefit of creditors . Therefore the bank could not have consented to a ...
... contract , adjustment , or undertaking of the officers of the bank could thereafter in any wise bind or con- clude the statutory trustee , who holds for the benefit of creditors . Therefore the bank could not have consented to a ...
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... contract that the defendants were under obligation to take of Schwartz , Dupee & Co. , during the month , 1,150 shares of the stock in question at 222. On the same day ( August 3d ) the stock exchange was , by order of its officers ...
... contract that the defendants were under obligation to take of Schwartz , Dupee & Co. , during the month , 1,150 shares of the stock in question at 222. On the same day ( August 3d ) the stock exchange was , by order of its officers ...
Side 65
... contract between the brokers , the defendants could have demanded a conveyance at 222. But of whom could they have made such demand ? Cer- tainly not from the complainants . Their contract was for 229 , and no less . The devices of the ...
... contract between the brokers , the defendants could have demanded a conveyance at 222. But of whom could they have made such demand ? Cer- tainly not from the complainants . Their contract was for 229 , and no less . The devices of the ...
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... contract affected by a state stat- ute , and entered into before such statute had been construed by the state courts , a federal court is not bound by a subsequent construction by the state courts , but will exercise an independent ...
... contract affected by a state stat- ute , and entered into before such statute had been construed by the state courts , a federal court is not bound by a subsequent construction by the state courts , but will exercise an independent ...
Side 124
... contracts must be construed ac- cording to the law of the place of contract , unless the parties them- selves agree upon some other place , and , when they do , their agreement will be enforced . So clearly does this seem the settled ...
... contracts must be construed ac- cording to the law of the place of contract , unless the parties them- selves agree upon some other place , and , when they do , their agreement will be enforced . So clearly does this seem the settled ...
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Side 149 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Side 557 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Side 557 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Side 282 - What the company is entitled to ask is a fair return upon the value of that which it employs for the public convenience. On the other hand, what the public is entitled to demand is that no more be exacted from it for the use of a public highway than the services rendered by it are reasonably worth.
Side xl - States, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, by these presents.
Side 145 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court...
Side 476 - in all cases where a remedy is provided, or duty enjoined, or anything directed to be done by any act or acts of assembly of this commonwealth, the directions of the said acts shall be strictly pursued...
Side 59 - The policy of the law has relegated the determination of such questions to the jury, under proper instructions from the court It is their province to note the special circumstances and surroundings of each particular case and then say whether the conduct of the parties in that case was such as would be expected of reasonable, prudent men, under a similar state of affairs.
Side 512 - The seat of judicial authority is, indeed, locally here, in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations ; but the law itself has no locality. It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this question exactly as he would determine the same question if sitting at Stockholm...
Side 557 - All patents granted, or pre-emption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.