Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States in August and December Terms 1801 and February Term 1803 - [February Term 1815], Band 1Published for ... Rapine, Conrad and Company, 1804 |
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... question where that law applies ; and the rules by which common law courts are bound , as to evidence of the law of nations , are equally binding on courts of admiralty . The court fuffered the dispatches , and decrees of France , to be ...
... question where that law applies ; and the rules by which common law courts are bound , as to evidence of the law of nations , are equally binding on courts of admiralty . The court fuffered the dispatches , and decrees of France , to be ...
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... question of prize or no prize . American citizens have no right to interfere , and wreft the neutral veffel from the poffeffion of the belligerent . The French have been represented as pirates , hoftes bu- mani generis . But if France ...
... question of prize or no prize . American citizens have no right to interfere , and wreft the neutral veffel from the poffeffion of the belligerent . The French have been represented as pirates , hoftes bu- mani generis . But if France ...
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... question of benefit . In the court below they relied wholly on the act of congrefs . Not a word was faid refpecting the fervice rendered . Let us then confider the claim of quantum meruit . To fupport this , there must be , 1. A lawful ...
... question of benefit . In the court below they relied wholly on the act of congrefs . Not a word was faid refpecting the fervice rendered . Let us then confider the claim of quantum meruit . To fupport this , there must be , 1. A lawful ...
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... question was not ar- gued , whether falvage could be claimed upon the re - cap- ture of a neutral , on the ground of benefit rendered ; and therefore the opinion of the court in that cafe does not militate with our claim . Auguft 11th ...
... question was not ar- gued , whether falvage could be claimed upon the re - cap- ture of a neutral , on the ground of benefit rendered ; and therefore the opinion of the court in that cafe does not militate with our claim . Auguft 11th ...
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... question , in the language of a French cruizer , a law of his own country furnishing a rule of conduct in time of war , will be spoken of as one of the laws of war . But the third and fourth facts in the statement admit the Amelia ...
... question , in the language of a French cruizer , a law of his own country furnishing a rule of conduct in time of war , will be spoken of as one of the laws of war . But the third and fourth facts in the statement admit the Amelia ...
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act of affembly act of congrefs action of debt affignment aforefaid againſt alfo alſo anſwer becauſe bill of exchange cafe caſe caufe cauſe caveat commiffion common law confequence confideration confidered conftitution contract counſel covenant cuſtom of merchants decifion declaration decree deed defendant demurrage diſcharge diſtrict drawer entry eſtabliſhed execution exifting exprefs faid Falmouth falvage fame fays feal fecretary feems Fendall fhall fhew fhould figned firſt fome ftate ftatute fubject fuch fufficient fuit fupport furvey Groverman Havre de Grace himſelf Hooe iffue indorfer inland bills itſelf judges judgment juftice jurifdiction jury land liable lord lord Mansfield Mafon mandamus muſt neceffary notice opinion paffed parties payable perfon plaintiff plaintiff in error poffeffion port prefent Prefident promiffory note promiſe proteft purchaſer purpoſe queſtion re-capture reaſon refpecting refuſed ſaid Samuel Dexter ſhall ſtate ſuch theſe thofe thoſe United unleſs uſed veffel Virginia weft Wilfon writ of error
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Seite ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Seite 175 - ... those who gave this power to say that in using it the Constitution should not be looked into? That a case arising under the Constitution should be decided without examining the instrument under which it arises? This is too extravagant to be maintained. In some cases, then the Constitution must be looked into by the judges, and, if they can open it at all, what part of it are they forbidden to read or to obey?
Seite 159 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Seite xiv - This court considers the former practice of the Courts of King's Bench and of Chancery, in England, as affording outlines for the practice of this court ; and will, from time to time, make such alterations therein as circumstances may render necessary.
Seite 319 - January, in the condition aforesaid above mentioned, according to the form and effect of the said condition: and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, whether the said...
Seite 162 - The conclusion from this reasoning is, that where the heads of departments are the political or confidential agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the president, or rather to act in cases in which the executive possesses a constitutional or legal discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically examinable.
Seite 167 - But where he is directed by law to do a certain act affecting the absolute rights of individuals, in the performance of which he is not placed, under the particular direction of the President, and the performance of which the President cannot lawfully forbid...
Seite 307 - ... if a conveyance be of goods and chattels and be not on consideration deemed valuable in law, it shall be taken to be fraudulent within...
Seite 158 - Where an officer is removable at the will of the executive, the circumstance which completes his appointment is of no concern, because the act is at any time revocable; and the commission may be arrested, if still in the office. But when the officer is not removable at the will of the executive, the appointment is not revocable, and cannot be annulled. It has conferred legal rights which cannot be resumed.
Seite 161 - ... act. If some acts be examinable and others not, there must be some rule of law to guide the court in the exercise of its jurisdiction. In some instances there may be difficulty in applying the rule to particular cases, but there cannot, it is...