United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volum 161United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1896 |
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... void as impairing the obligation of the contract made by the State with the holders of such cou- pons in the statute under which they were issued , the court , speaking by Mr. Justice Matthews , held that the collector was liable to an ...
... void as impairing the obligation of the contract made by the State with the holders of such cou- pons in the statute under which they were issued , the court , speaking by Mr. Justice Matthews , held that the collector was liable to an ...
Side 22
... void , and the imprisonment of the officers was without authority of law . In re Ayers , 123 U. S. 443 , 489 , 502 , 506 , 507 . When the matter of the Virginia coupons was last brought before this court , Mr. Justice Bradley ...
... void , and the imprisonment of the officers was without authority of law . In re Ayers , 123 U. S. 443 , 489 , 502 , 506 , 507 . When the matter of the Virginia coupons was last brought before this court , Mr. Justice Bradley ...
Side 44
... void , because it failed to set forth an offence against the law of the United States . This contention rested on two propositions : First , that the indictment did not on its face contain a statement of the obscene matter charged to ...
... void , because it failed to set forth an offence against the law of the United States . This contention rested on two propositions : First , that the indictment did not on its face contain a statement of the obscene matter charged to ...
Side 48
... void a valid instrument . The wisdom of the rule announced in Commonwealth v . McCance , was well illustrated by the indict- ment presented in that case , as it is by the alleged indictment under consideration here . Will it be said ...
... void a valid instrument . The wisdom of the rule announced in Commonwealth v . McCance , was well illustrated by the indict- ment presented in that case , as it is by the alleged indictment under consideration here . Will it be said ...
Side 51
... void into a valid indictment , surely a prosecuting officer can have no such power . The indictment , being , as we think , fatally defective in failing to state an offence , which defect could not be supplied in the court below , and ...
... void into a valid indictment , surely a prosecuting officer can have no such power . The indictment , being , as we think , fatally defective in failing to state an offence , which defect could not be supplied in the court below , and ...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volum 320 United States. Supreme Court Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1944 |
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Side 4 - The shareholders of each association formed under the provisions of this act, and of each existing bank or banking association that may accept the provisions of this act, shall be held individually responsible, equally and ratably, and not one for another, for all contracts, debts, and engagements of such association to the extent of the amount of their stock therein at the par value thereof, in addition to the amount invested in such shares...
Side 594 - An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, or of any amendment thereof, on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him, may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture. But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing, concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise,...
Side 348 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance ' of such a claim,...
Side 617 - This can only be obviated by adhering to the rule that constitutional provisions for the security of person and property should be liberally construed. A close and literal construction deprives them of half their efficacy, and leads to gradual depreciation of the right, as if it consisted more in sound than in substance. It is the duty of the courts to be watchful for the constitutional rights of the citizen, and against any stealthy encroachments thereon.
Side 610 - No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or from producing documentary evidence before the commission or in obedience to the subpoena of the commission on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to criminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture.
Side 635 - It may be that it is the obnoxious thing in its mildest and least repulsive form; but illegitimate and unconstitutional practices get their first footing in that way, namely, by silent approaches and slight deviations from legal modes of procedure.
Side 531 - It is not intended to say that these words comprehend that commerce which is completely internal, which is carried on between man and man in a state, or between different parts of the same state, and which does not extend to or affect other states.
Side 509 - A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offence in respect of which his surrender is demanded is one of a political character...
Side 470 - ... loss or damage arising from negligence, fault, or failure in proper loading, stowage, custody, care, or proper delivery of any and all lawful merchandise or property committed to its or their charge.
Side 126 - In any case in which the jurisdiction of the court is in issue: in such cases the question of jurisdiction alone shall be certified to the Supreme Court from the court below for decision.