The New-York Legal Observer, Volume 3Samuel Owen Samuel Owen, 1845 |
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... intention of congress that present as well as future obligations should be discharged , it is but reasonable to suppose that they would have used words so plain- ly manifesting that intention as not to leave it an open subject for ...
... intention of congress that present as well as future obligations should be discharged , it is but reasonable to suppose that they would have used words so plain- ly manifesting that intention as not to leave it an open subject for ...
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... intention of its framers , I think we are bound to say that this debt has not been discharged . The history of the times has been drawn into the discussion for the purpose of proving that congress must have intend- It is proper to ...
... intention of its framers , I think we are bound to say that this debt has not been discharged . The history of the times has been drawn into the discussion for the purpose of proving that congress must have intend- It is proper to ...
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... intention to avoid the payment of their debts . " ( 2 Kent , 389. ) The new English bankrupt act , 6 Geo . 4 , ch . 16 , still confines the system to traders , and has done no more upon this head than to supply defects in definition ...
... intention to avoid the payment of their debts . " ( 2 Kent , 389. ) The new English bankrupt act , 6 Geo . 4 , ch . 16 , still confines the system to traders , and has done no more upon this head than to supply defects in definition ...
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... intention to avoid payment of their debts . " ( 2 Kent , 389. ) Now let us consult some of the most approved lexicographers . Bai- ley defines bankruptcy , as the " act of turning bankrupt . " Webster and Rich- ardson agree entirely in ...
... intention to avoid payment of their debts . " ( 2 Kent , 389. ) Now let us consult some of the most approved lexicographers . Bai- ley defines bankruptcy , as the " act of turning bankrupt . " Webster and Rich- ardson agree entirely in ...
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... intentions required no conceal- ment ( 9 Wheat . 188. ) If they had intended to confer a power covering the whole relation of debtor and creditor , I cannot suppose that they would have confined themselves to a single word , or if they ...
... intentions required no conceal- ment ( 9 Wheat . 188. ) If they had intended to confer a power covering the whole relation of debtor and creditor , I cannot suppose that they would have confined themselves to a single word , or if they ...
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Página 129 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandise, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards, shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same...
Página 341 - ... to the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered; and if, on such hearing, the evidence be deemed sufficient to sustain the charge...
Página 182 - And that either of the justices of the Supreme Court, as well as judges of the District Courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment...
Página 97 - In an action on the case for a nuisance to the occupation of a house by carrying on an offensive trade, the plea of not guilty will operate as a denial only that the defendant carried on the alleged trade in such a way as to be a nuisance to the occupation of the house, and will not operate as a denial of the plaintiff's occupation of the house.
Página 251 - The children of persons who have been duly naturalized under any law of the United States, or who, previous to the passing of any law on that subject, by the Government of the United States...
Página 29 - We know of no case, in which a legislative act to transfer the property of A to B, without his consent, has ever been held a constitutional exercise of legislative power in any State in the Union. On the contrary, it has been constantly resisted as inconsistent with just principles, by every judicial tribunal in which it has been attempted to be enforced.
Página 61 - Secondly, a misfortune of this kind may arise where both parties are to blame; where there has been a want of due diligence or of skill on both sides: in such a case, the rule of law is that the loss must be apportioned between them, as having been occasioned by the fault of both of them.
Página 364 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to annul, destroy or impair, any lawful rights of married women, or minors, or any liens, mortgages, or other securities, on property, real or personal, which may be valid by the laws of the States respectively, and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of the second and fifth sections of this act.
Página 183 - But if there be no jurisdiction in the instance in which it is asserted, as if a marshal of the United States, under an execution in favor of the United States against A, should seize the person or property of B, (d) then the state courts have jurisdiction to protect the person and the property so illegally invaded...
Página 182 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...