The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and Authority Decided in the Courts of the Several States, from the Earliest Issue of the State Reports to the Year 1869, Volum 1Bancroft-Whitney, 1886 |
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Pàgina 94 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Pàgina 95 - That if a suit be commenced in any state court against an alien, or by a citizen of the State in which the suit is brought against a citizen of another State...
Pàgina 257 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man: and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Pàgina 485 - Interest thereon at the Rate of Five per Centum per Annum from the...
Pàgina 95 - ... shall, at the time of entering his appearance in such state court, file a petition for the removal of the cause for trial, into the next circuit court...
Pàgina 609 - Ohio ; and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the state of Ohio ; and all indictments shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the same.
Pàgina 16 - The detriment caused by the breach of a covenant against encumbrances in a grant of an estate in real property is deemed to be the amount which has been actually expended by the covenantee in extinguishing either the principal or interest thereof...
Pàgina 171 - Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. A. motion was made to set aside the verdict, and from the order denying the same ,his appeal Is taken.— CHASE, J.
Pàgina 598 - ... every will shall be construed with reference to the real and personal estate comprised in it, to speak and take effect, as if it had been executed immediately before the death of the testator or testatrix, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will.
Pàgina 141 - Every person," said Mr. Justice KENT in Le Guen v. Gouverneur, 1 Johns. Cas. 502, "is bound to take care of his own rights, and to vindicate them in due season, and in proper order. This is a sound and salutary principle of law. Accordingly, if a defendant, having the means of defense in his power, neglects to use them, and suffers a recovery to be had against him in a competent tribunal, he is forever precluded.