Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volum 2C. Wendell, printer, 1856 |
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... fact , on the sixth day of July , A. D. 1855 , and made oath that the facts stated in the fore- going petition are true , to the best of his knowledge and belief . JOHN L. SMITH . THOMAS M. NEWELL vs. THE UNITED STATES . Opinion of the ...
... fact , on the sixth day of July , A. D. 1855 , and made oath that the facts stated in the fore- going petition are true , to the best of his knowledge and belief . JOHN L. SMITH . THOMAS M. NEWELL vs. THE UNITED STATES . Opinion of the ...
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... facts : 1st . That on 7th October , the department writes , " a contract will be made out and sent to you . ' 2d . That the contract shows by its endorsement that the oath re- quired by law was not taken until 2d April , 1829 . On 11th ...
... facts : 1st . That on 7th October , the department writes , " a contract will be made out and sent to you . ' 2d . That the contract shows by its endorsement that the oath re- quired by law was not taken until 2d April , 1829 . On 11th ...
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... fact that the contract , executed after all these letters , con- tains no stipulation in relation to the road , is not conclusive as the legal evidence , but conclusive that the parties have regarded the claim now presented as growing ...
... fact that the contract , executed after all these letters , con- tains no stipulation in relation to the road , is not conclusive as the legal evidence , but conclusive that the parties have regarded the claim now presented as growing ...
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... fact connected with the subject which it may be important for me to know , in making up an opinion on the eligibility of the route . I have written a similar letter to this to the postmaster at Mobile , and I wish you to confer with him ...
... fact connected with the subject which it may be important for me to know , in making up an opinion on the eligibility of the route . I have written a similar letter to this to the postmaster at Mobile , and I wish you to confer with him ...
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... fact of a most singular character , viz : That eastern intelligence published in the Mobile journals reached New Orleans several days before the regular mails ; and also that the mails are detained for days at Pascagoula bay . The ...
... fact of a most singular character , viz : That eastern intelligence published in the Mobile journals reached New Orleans several days before the regular mails ; and also that the mails are detained for days at Pascagoula bay . 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...