Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States. February Term, 1816[-January Term, 1827], Volume 4R. Donaldson, 1819 |
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... cause that is only required where the objects of the charity contravene the policy of the law ; nor is it necessary that the Court should superintend the ex- ecution of the trust , since the trustees are appointed by the testator ; nor ...
... cause that is only required where the objects of the charity contravene the policy of the law ; nor is it necessary that the Court should superintend the ex- ecution of the trust , since the trustees are appointed by the testator ; nor ...
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... cause , there is none in this : The statute of the 43d of Eliz . certainly gave validity to some devises to charitable uses , which were not valid , in- dependent of that statute . Whether this legacy be of that description , is a ...
... cause , there is none in this : The statute of the 43d of Eliz . certainly gave validity to some devises to charitable uses , which were not valid , in- dependent of that statute . Whether this legacy be of that description , is a ...
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... cause which can be assigned . If , as has been contended , charitable trusts , how- ever vague , could then , as now , have been enforced in Chancery , why pass an act to enable the Chancellor to appoint commissioners to inquire ...
... cause which can be assigned . If , as has been contended , charitable trusts , how- ever vague , could then , as now , have been enforced in Chancery , why pass an act to enable the Chancellor to appoint commissioners to inquire ...
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... cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record of the Court of the United States , for the Fifth Circuit , and the District of Virginia , and on the question therein stated , on which the Judges of that Court were divided in ...
... cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record of the Court of the United States , for the Fifth Circuit , and the District of Virginia , and on the question therein stated , on which the Judges of that Court were divided in ...
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... cause , are too in- formal and defective to pronounce a final decree upon the merits , the cause will be remanded to the Circuit Court , with directions to permit the pleadings to be amended , and for farther proceedings . APPEAL from ...
... cause , are too in- formal and defective to pronounce a final decree upon the merits , the cause will be remanded to the Circuit Court , with directions to permit the pleadings to be amended , and for farther proceedings . APPEAL from ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 405 - 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 I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 387 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Página 388 - The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived, by the state governments. The constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the state sovereignties...
Página 412 - This great principle is, that the constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof are supreme ; that they control the constitution and laws of the respective states, and cannot be controlled by them.
Página 87 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, 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, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Página 389 - The government of the Union, then (whatever may be the influence of this fact on the case), is, emphatically, and truly, a government of the people, In form and in substance it emanates from them, Its powers are granted by them, and are to be exercised directly on them, and for their benefit...
Página 391 - A Constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.
Página 390 - Among the enumerated powers, we do not find that of establishing a bank or creating a corporation. But there is no phrase in the instrument which, like the Articles of Confederation, excludes incidental or implied powers; and which requires that everything granted shall be expressly and minutely described. Even the 10th Amendment, which was framed for the purpose of quieting the excessive jealousies which had been excited, omits the word "expressly...
Página 390 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 565 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law, which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.