Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volum 2C. Wendell, printer, 1856 |
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... contract would be sent to them for execution , yet no such contract was sent from the department until the 12th of March , 1829 , and that they were consequently left to act , until the receipt of the letter of the 16th of February ...
... contract would be sent to them for execution , yet no such contract was sent from the department until the 12th of March , 1829 , and that they were consequently left to act , until the receipt of the letter of the 16th of February ...
Side 4
... contract before it had been actually signed , and destroyed the remaining credit of the petitioners , they were obliged to abandon their contract , and only continued to transport the mail until their successor was prepared to carry the ...
... contract before it had been actually signed , and destroyed the remaining credit of the petitioners , they were obliged to abandon their contract , and only continued to transport the mail until their successor was prepared to carry the ...
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... contract purports to have been executed on the 1st of October , 1828 ; but that this is not the true date of execution is evident from the facts : 1st . That on 7th October , the department writes , " a contract will be made out and ...
... contract purports to have been executed on the 1st of October , 1828 ; but that this is not the true date of execution is evident from the facts : 1st . That on 7th October , the department writes , " a contract will be made out and ...
Side 9
... contract . These letters are not the contract between the parties . That was subsequently executed , and dates back to the 1st October . It is not contended that this was executed under duress , or is not obligatory for any reason ...
... contract . These letters are not the contract between the parties . That was subsequently executed , and dates back to the 1st October . It is not contended that this was executed under duress , or is not obligatory for any reason ...
Side 20
... contract from the Postmaster General . To the Editors of the Mobile Commercial Register : GENTLEMEN : I have observed a communication in the United States Telegraph , of the 15th ult . , from the Post Office Department , to the ...
... contract from the Postmaster General . To the Editors of the Mobile Commercial Register : GENTLEMEN : I have observed a communication in the United States Telegraph , of the 15th ult . , from the Post Office Department , to the ...
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Side 19 - Now if there be no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.
Side 25 - But it lies for money paid by mistake, or upon a consideration which happens to fail, or for money got through imposition (express or implied), or extortion, or oppression, or an undue advantage taken of the plaintiff's situation, contrary to laws made for the protection of persons under those circumstances. In one word, the gist of this kind of action is, that the defendant, upon the circumstances of the case, is obliged by the ties of natural justice and equity to refund the money.
Side 20 - That it shall be lawful, under the special direction of the President of the United States, to make such advances to the disbursing officers of the government as may be necessary to the faithful and prompt discharge of their respective duties, and to the fulfillment of the public engagements...
Side 21 - ... but when the party by his own contract creates a duty or charge upon himself, he is bound to make it good, if he may, notwithstanding any accident by inevitable necessity, because he might have provided...
Side 49 - This kind of equitable action to recover back money, which ought not in justice to be kept, is very beneficial, and therefore much encouraged.
Side 27 - We must take this payment to have been made under a demand of right; and I think that where a man demands money of another as a matter of right, and that other, with a full knowledge of the facts upon which the demand is founded, has paid a sum, he never can recover back the sum he has so voluntarily paid.
Side 23 - Treasury to refund any duties paid under protest, nor shall any action be maintained against any collector, to recover the amount of duties so paid under protest, unless the said protest was made in writing and signed by the claimant, at or before the payment of said duties, setting forth distinctly and specifically the grounds of objection to the payment thereof.
Side 17 - ... nothing has been, on my part, nor to my knowledge, on the part of any other person, concealed or suppressed, whereby the United States may be defrauded of any part of the duty lawfully due on the said goods, wares, and merchandise...
Side 18 - Purposes," there to be kept with due and reasonable care, at the charge and risk of the owner, importer, consignee, or agent, and subject at all times to their order, upon payment of the proper duties and expenses, to be ascertained on due entry thereof for warehousing, and to be secured by a bond of the owner, importer, or consignee, with surety or sureties, to the satisfaction of the collector, in double the amount of the said duties, and in such form as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe...