Cases on International Law: Principally Selected from Decisions of English and American CourtsJames Brown Scott |
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... owner of them by the law of that country , has sold under a f . o . b . contract for export to this country . The Court is asked to ignore the law of the foreign country under which the ven- dor acquired his title , and to lend its ...
... owner of them by the law of that country , has sold under a f . o . b . contract for export to this country . The Court is asked to ignore the law of the foreign country under which the ven- dor acquired his title , and to lend its ...
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... owner of the Euryale , not as an individual , but as sovereign of France . This is sub- stantially averred in the libel . On his deposition the sovereignty does not change , but merely the person or persons in whom it resides . The ...
... owner of the Euryale , not as an individual , but as sovereign of France . This is sub- stantially averred in the libel . On his deposition the sovereignty does not change , but merely the person or persons in whom it resides . The ...
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... owner from whom the plain- tiff in error claims title to the property involved in this case , was a wealthy resident of Torreon and was a dealer in hides in a large way . Being an adherent of Huerta , when Torreon was captured Martinez ...
... owner from whom the plain- tiff in error claims title to the property involved in this case , was a wealthy resident of Torreon and was a dealer in hides in a large way . Being an adherent of Huerta , when Torreon was captured Martinez ...
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... owner , or of the purchaser from him , of the property in controversy , if either has any remedy , must be found . in the courts of Mexico or through the diplomatic agencies of the po- litical department of our Government . The ...
... owner , or of the purchaser from him , of the property in controversy , if either has any remedy , must be found . in the courts of Mexico or through the diplomatic agencies of the po- litical department of our Government . The ...
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... owner of the upland . The Philippine courts held that under the Partidas , III , tit . 28 , laws 3 , 4 , 6 , 24 and 26 , and the Law of Waters of 1866 , the title to the accretions remained in the government , and the vexed question has ...
... owner of the upland . The Philippine courts held that under the Partidas , III , tit . 28 , laws 3 , 4 , 6 , 24 and 26 , and the Law of Waters of 1866 , the title to the accretions remained in the government , and the vexed question has ...
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Popular passages
Page 432 - Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 151 - ... that it is bona fide his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Page 142 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 142 - States to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains and penalties, and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 719 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.
Page 455 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 358 - That all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the United States shall continue to be regulated in conformity with the existing laws of the States, respectively, wherein such pilots may be, or with such laws as the States may respectively hereafter enact for the purpose, until further legislative provision shall be made by Congress.
Page 13 - For this purpose, where there is no treaty, and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision, resort must be had to the customs and usages of civilized nations; and, as evidence of these, to the works of jurists and commentators, who by years of labor, research, and experience, have made themselves peculiarly well acquainted with the subjects of which they treat.
Page 230 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 301 - ... 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. All exceptions, therefore, to the full and complete power of a nation within its own territories, must be traced up to the consent of the nation itself. They can flow from no other legitimate...