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... Congress , approved March 3 , 1851 , as amended by the act of Congress , approved June 19 , 1886 , said libellant was not in any wise liable for said loss or damage ; and claiming further , in the event of any liability , the benefit of ...
... Congress , approved March 3 , 1851 , as amended by the act of Congress , approved June 19 , 1886 , said libellant was not in any wise liable for said loss or damage ; and claiming further , in the event of any liability , the benefit of ...
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... Congress must be in order to be valid ; even if the validity of such legislation is not con- fined to the commerce clause of the Constitution , and may be supported by the clause touching the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the ...
... Congress must be in order to be valid ; even if the validity of such legislation is not con- fined to the commerce clause of the Constitution , and may be supported by the clause touching the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the ...
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... Congress , when the purpose of the law is that it be unlimited and unrestricted . If this act be good , there is no limit to the power of Congress in the regulation of commerce . The Constitution does not restrict it to water , and ...
... Congress , when the purpose of the law is that it be unlimited and unrestricted . If this act be good , there is no limit to the power of Congress in the regulation of commerce . The Constitution does not restrict it to water , and ...
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... Congress broad enough to control or regulate internal commerce or traffic between citizens of the same State . This clause was intended to place such com- merce beyond its control . See Veazie v . Moore , 14 How . 573 et seq .; Gibbons ...
... Congress broad enough to control or regulate internal commerce or traffic between citizens of the same State . This clause was intended to place such com- merce beyond its control . See Veazie v . Moore , 14 How . 573 et seq .; Gibbons ...
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... Congress requiring a vessel engaged solely in internal commerce , and entirely dis- connected from interstate or foreign commerce , to be licensed , or which otherwisè regulates such a vessel . Many can be cited against this power of ...
... Congress requiring a vessel engaged solely in internal commerce , and entirely dis- connected from interstate or foreign commerce , to be licensed , or which otherwisè regulates such a vessel . Many can be cited against this power of ...
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Page 644 - ... board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 487 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 84 - ... have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any promissory note, or other chose in action, in favor of an assignee, unless a suit might have been prosecuted in such court to recover the said contents if no assignment had been made, except in cases of foreign bills of exchange.
Page 331 - States may be sued in respect of any act or transaction of his in carrying on the business connected with such property, without the previous leave of the court in which such receiver or manager was appointed...
Page 3 - The power of congress, then, comprehends navigation within the limits of every State in the Union, so far as that navigation may be, in any manner, connected with " commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States, or with the Indian tribes.
Page 110 - the rule for jurisdiction is that nothing shall be intended to be out of the jurisdiction of a superior court but that which specially appears to be so, and, on the contrary, nothing shall be intended to be within the jurisdiction of an inferior court but that which is so expressly alleged;" and this rule has been so frequently repeated as to have become a maxim in the law.
Page 251 - No right Is held more sacred, or is more carefully guarded, by the common law. than the right of every individual to the possession and control of his own person, free from all restraint or Interference of others, unless by clear and unquestionable authority of law.
Page 392 - No person or corporation shall, directly or indirectly, take or receive any money, goods or things in action, or in any other way, any greater sum or greater value for the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action, than is above prescribed.
Page 704 - And when the writing itself upon its face is couched in such terms as import a complete legal obligation without any uncertainty as to the object or extent of the engagement, it is conclusively presumed that the whole engagement of the parties, and the extent and manner of their undertaking, were reduced to writing.
Page 112 - Except as to crimes the punishment of which is expressly provided for in this title the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of crimes committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except the District of Columbia, shall extend to the Indian country.