United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 248United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1919 - Courts |
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Page 183
... seamen in the merchant marine of the United States ; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion ... seamen on foreign vessels while in harbors of the United States , and the courts of the United States shall be open to ...
... seamen in the merchant marine of the United States ; to abolish arrest and imprisonment as a penalty for desertion ... seamen on foreign vessels while in harbors of the United States , and the courts of the United States shall be open to ...
Page 184
... seamen on foreign vessels while in harbors of the United States , and the courts of the United States shall be open to such seamen for its enforcement ? " " The certificate is made under § 239 of the Judicial Code which makes provision ...
... seamen on foreign vessels while in harbors of the United States , and the courts of the United States shall be open to such seamen for its enforcement ? " " The certificate is made under § 239 of the Judicial Code which makes provision ...
Page 185
... seamen shipping abroad on a foreign vessel , pursuant to contracts valid under the foreign law ; and that such advancements may be allowed for in paying such seamen in a port of the United States . P. 195 . A provision in this act for ...
... seamen shipping abroad on a foreign vessel , pursuant to contracts valid under the foreign law ; and that such advancements may be allowed for in paying such seamen in a port of the United States . P. 195 . A provision in this act for ...
Page 186
... seamen engaged in ports of the United States for service on foreign vessels , " Congress showed its purpose to prohibit advances to the full ex- tent and thereby to equalize wages and to make possible the enforcement of the other humane ...
... seamen engaged in ports of the United States for service on foreign vessels , " Congress showed its purpose to prohibit advances to the full ex- tent and thereby to equalize wages and to make possible the enforcement of the other humane ...
Page 187
... seamen as a class are preserved by such legislation . " The immediate purpose which Congress had in view in adopting this criminal provision was evidently to prohibit the entry into the ports of the United States of vessels with seamen ...
... seamen as a class are preserved by such legislation . " The immediate purpose which Congress had in view in adopting this criminal provision was evidently to prohibit the entry into the ports of the United States of vessels with seamen ...
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Page 52 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act, may sue therefor in any circuit court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Page 140 - Any carrier or party liable on account of loss of or damage to any of said property shall have the full benefit of any insurance that may have been effected upon or on account of said property, so far as this shall not avoid the policies or contracts of insurance: Provided, That the carrier reimburse the claimant for the premium paid thereon.
Page 194 - That it shall be, and is hereby made, unlawful in any case to pay any seaman wages in advance of the time when he has actually earned the same, or to pay such advance wages, or to make any order, or note, or other evidence of indebtedness...
Page 306 - The following contracts are invalid, unless the same, or some note or memorandum thereof, is in writing and subscribed by the party to be charged or by his agent: 1. An agreement that by its terms is not to be performed within a year from the making thereof; 2.
Page 197 - The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 404 - And all such lands, so granted by this section, which shall not be sold or disposed of by said company within three years after the entire road shall have been completed, shall be subject to settlement and pre-emption, like other lands, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to be paid to said company.
Page 203 - But the general and almost universal rule is that the character of an act as lawful or unlawful must be determined wholly by the law of the country where the act is done...
Page 344 - Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises...
Page 415 - Whoever shall order, purchase, or cause intoxicating liquors to be transported in interstate commerce, except for scientific, sacramental, medicinal, and mechanical purposes, into any State or Territory the laws of which State or Territory prohibit the manufacture or sale therein of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes...
Page 91 - There is no such thing as property in a trade-mark except as a right appurtenant to an established business or trade in connection with which the mark is employed. The law of trade-marks is but a part of the broader law of unfair competition...