Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Volume 2Callaghan, 1882 - District courts |
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... matter of the suit should be made parties ; that if it appear at any stage of the case , that there are parties in interest , not so made parties , the court may withhold a decree until such parties are brought before the court , or ...
... matter of the suit should be made parties ; that if it appear at any stage of the case , that there are parties in interest , not so made parties , the court may withhold a decree until such parties are brought before the court , or ...
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... matter of the controversy , " In 16 Georgia R. , 137 , it was held : " That a court of equity will extend to one who is not a party to the bill , the privilege of becoming a party at his own instance , when , from the case made , it ...
... matter of the controversy , " In 16 Georgia R. , 137 , it was held : " That a court of equity will extend to one who is not a party to the bill , the privilege of becoming a party at his own instance , when , from the case made , it ...
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... matter in dispute exceeds $ 500 ; " but there are several provisions of the Revised Statutes which extend the jurisdiction to suits involving less than this amount . See section 629 , subdivisions 10 , 11 , 12 , 16 and 17. Nor can it be ...
... matter in dispute exceeds $ 500 ; " but there are several provisions of the Revised Statutes which extend the jurisdiction to suits involving less than this amount . See section 629 , subdivisions 10 , 11 , 12 , 16 and 17. Nor can it be ...
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... matter is shown . Now , this is precisely what is accomplished by the joint operation of the act of 1875 and subdivision three . The former requires the appli- cation for the removal of all suits , including a suit between a citizen of ...
... matter is shown . Now , this is precisely what is accomplished by the joint operation of the act of 1875 and subdivision three . The former requires the appli- cation for the removal of all suits , including a suit between a citizen of ...
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... matter necessarily implies a negative , but only so far as it is clearly and indis- putably contradictory and contrary to the former act in the very matter ( Foster's Case , ) and the repugnancy such that the two acts cannot be ...
... matter necessarily implies a negative , but only so far as it is clearly and indis- putably contradictory and contrary to the former act in the very matter ( Foster's Case , ) and the repugnancy such that the two acts cannot be ...
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Page 742 - There must be reasonable evidence of negligence; but where the thing is shown to be under the management of the defendant or his servants, and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have the management use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by the defendants, that the accident arose from want of care.
Page 108 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Page 258 - And when in any suit mentioned in this section there shall be a controversy which is wholly between citizens of different states, and which can be fully determined as between them, then either one or more of the defendants actually interested in such controversy may remove said suit into the circuit court of the United States for the proper district.
Page 67 - State, subject only to the two restrictions, that the taxation shall not be at a greater rate than is assessed upon other moneyed capital in the hands of individual citizens of such State, and that the shares of any national banking association owned by non-residents of any State shall be taxed in the city or town where the bank is located, and not elsewhere.
Page 763 - The circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 473 - States are plaintiffs or petitioners, or in which there shall be a controversy between citizens of different States...
Page 275 - Whereas no action at law is now maintainable against a person who by his wrongful act, neglect, or default may have caused the death of another person, and it is oftentimes right and expedient that the wrongdoer in such case should be answerable in damages for the injury so caused by him...
Page 27 - When a suit is between a citizen of the State in which it is brought and a citizen of another State, it may be so removed on the petition of the latter...
Page 354 - Not only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the States, through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the National government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Page 26 - State, may remove such suit into the Circuit Court of the United States for the proper district, at any time before the trial thereof, when it shall be made to appear to said Circuit Court that from prejudice or local influence he will not be able to obtain justice in such State Court...