Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 9;Volume 13Published for John Conrad and Company, 1817 |
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... ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district Columbia , for the county , of Alexandria , in an action of ble in a bank , debt , by the Union Bank against Mandeville , upon his the maker au- promissory note to C. I. Nourse , indorsed to ...
... ERROR to the Circuit Court for the district Columbia , for the county , of Alexandria , in an action of ble in a bank , debt , by the Union Bank against Mandeville , upon his the maker au- promissory note to C. I. Nourse , indorsed to ...
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... error . By the laws of Virginia , in force in the county of Al- exandria , the Defendant is allowed to sett - off against the assignce of a promissory note any just claim which he had against the original payce before notice of the as ...
... error . By the laws of Virginia , in force in the county of Al- exandria , the Defendant is allowed to sett - off against the assignce of a promissory note any just claim which he had against the original payce before notice of the as ...
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... error be allowed . By making a note negotiable in bank , the maker au- thorizes the bank to advance on his credit to the owner of the note the sum expressed on its face . It would be a fraud on the bank to set up offsets against this ...
... error be allowed . By making a note negotiable in bank , the maker au- thorizes the bank to advance on his credit to the owner of the note the sum expressed on its face . It would be a fraud on the bank to set up offsets against this ...
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... Error . The points in dispute in this cause are stated in the bill of exceptions . The principal question is whether the three miles reserved for the use of the United States are to lay below or above the mouth of the Highwassee . We ...
... Error . The points in dispute in this cause are stated in the bill of exceptions . The principal question is whether the three miles reserved for the use of the United States are to lay below or above the mouth of the Highwassee . We ...
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... error say comprehends the lauds for which this suit is brought . After describing the ceded territory , the treaty pro- ceeds to say : " And whereas from the present cession " made by the Cherokees , and other circumstances , the ...
... error say comprehends the lauds for which this suit is brought . After describing the ceded territory , the treaty pro- ceeds to say : " And whereas from the present cession " made by the Cherokees , and other circumstances , the ...
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Absent....TODD act of congress ADELINE aforesaid appear assigned attachment authority belligerent BENNETT bill Blue Lick bond bound BRIG British Campbell capture cause cents charter charter party church church of England Circuit Court claim Claimants Clark's executors collector common law Complainants condemnation contended conveyed convoy debt decree deed Defendants district dollars duties enemy enemy's entitled entry equity evidence execution fact fieri facias freight Giles glebe grant intention interest judgment jury land law of nations legislature liable libel marshal MASTER ment Morris and Nicholson mortgage Munro NEREIDE neutral Nicholson and Greenleaf Oliver Evans owner parties patent PAWLET person Pinto Plaintiff Plaintiff in error port PRATT principle prize prize law prize of war proof Provincetown provisions purchase re-captured received residence rule sailed salvage SCHOONER ship squares statute tion town treaty U.STATES United Vermont vessel and cargo voyage
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Página 194 - The decisions of the Courts of every country, so far as they are founded upon a law common to every country, will be received, not as authority, but with respect. The decisions of the Courts of every country show how the law of nations, in the given case, is understood in that country, and will be considered in adopting the rule which is to prevail in this.
Página 286 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation, , or trade, of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea, by vessels of ten or more tons' burthen, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas ; saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is.
Página 232 - Treasury, for their examination, and to have been by them disallowed, in whole or in part, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant is, at the time of the trial, in possession of vouchers not before in his power to procure, and that he was prevented from exhibiting a claim for such credit at the Treasury by absence from the United States or by some unavoidable accident.
Página 46 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 377 - States shall be first satisfied, and the priority hereby established shall extend as well to cases in which a debtor, not having sufficient property to pay all his debts, makes a voluntary assignment thereof, or in which the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed, or absent debtor are attached by process of law, as to cases in which an act of bankruptcy is committed.
Página 414 - I believe it cannot be doubted, but that by the general law of nations, the goods of a friend found in the vessel of an enemy are free, and the goods of an enemy found in the vessel of a friend are lawful prize.
Página 423 - What is this right of search? Is it a substantive and independent right wantonly, and in the pride of power, to vex and harass neutral commerce, because there is a capacity to do so? or to indulge the idle and mischievous curiosity of looking into neutral trade? or the assumption of a right to control it? If it be such a substantive and independent right, it would be better that cargoes should be inspected in port before the sailing of the vessel, or that belligerent licenses should be procured....
Página 414 - This rule is founded on the simple and intelligible principle that war gives a full right to capture the goods of an enemy, but gives no right to capture the goods of a friend.
Página 212 - ... office of discount and deposit of the! bank of the United States within that state, to*be collected, in case of refusal?
Página 194 - This law is in part unwritten, and in part conventional. To ascertain that which is unwritten, we resort to the great principles of reason and justice: but, as these principles will be differently understood by different nations under different circumstances, we consider them as being, in some degree, fixed and rendered stable by a series of judicial decisions. The decisions of the courts of every country, so far as they are founded upon a' law common to every country, will be received, not as authority,...