The Federal Reporter, Volume 161West Publishing Company, 1908 - Law reports, digests, etc Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. |
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... company which were in fact expended for its own benefit , but ostensibly for the benefit of the other company to which they were charged ; that by reason of the latter's control by the railroad company so secured it was wholly unable to ...
... company which were in fact expended for its own benefit , but ostensibly for the benefit of the other company to which they were charged ; that by reason of the latter's control by the railroad company so secured it was wholly unable to ...
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... Company ; that thereafter , and in the month of September , 1904 , the Mexican Company caused a cut to be made in the bank of the Colorado river and in the Republic of Mexico , and at a place where the bed of the river was much higher ...
... Company ; that thereafter , and in the month of September , 1904 , the Mexican Company caused a cut to be made in the bank of the Colorado river and in the Republic of Mexico , and at a place where the bed of the river was much higher ...
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... Company and its business . And in the event of any vacancy occurring in the office of director held by either of said persons elected by the Southern Pacific Company or in said office of president , then the California Development Com ...
... Company and its business . And in the event of any vacancy occurring in the office of director held by either of said persons elected by the Southern Pacific Company or in said office of president , then the California Development Com ...
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... company to exclude , and it did exclude , from said board all save persons who would be subservient to the wishes ... Company ; that the object of the Southern Pacific Company in entering into the said contract was the saddling of debts ...
... company to exclude , and it did exclude , from said board all save persons who would be subservient to the wishes ... Company ; that the object of the Southern Pacific Company in entering into the said contract was the saddling of debts ...
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... Company by the California . Development Company or its stockholders . It is distinctly alleged that the " Southern Pacific Company has made large expenditures of money loaned and advanced to said California Development Company , under ...
... Company by the California . Development Company or its stockholders . It is distinctly alleged that the " Southern Pacific Company has made large expenditures of money loaned and advanced to said California Development Company , under ...
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Page 238 - That it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court admitting any alien to citizenship that, immediately preceding the date of his application, he has resided continuously within the United States five years at least...
Page 237 - The petition shall also be verified by the affidavits of at least two credible witnesses, who are citizens of the United States, and who shall state in their affidavits that they have personally known the applicant to be a resident of the United States...
Page 271 - In my opinion, the judgment of the Circuit Court should be reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial.
Page 757 - Any natural person, except a wage-earner or a. person engaged chiefly in farming or the tillage of the soil, any unincorporated company, and any corporation engaged principally in manufacturing, trading, printing, publishing or mercantile pursuits, owing debts to the amount of one thousand dollars or over, may be adjudged an Involuntary bankrupt...
Page 521 - Raym., 1028) ; and if it can be gathered from a subsequent statute in pari materia what meaning the legislature attached to the words of a former statute, they will amount to a legislative declaration of its meaning and will govern the construction of the first statute.
Page 207 - In narrow channels every steam vessel shall, .when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.
Page 473 - ... no discharge shall be given to any enlisted man before his term of service has expired except by order of the President, the Secretary of War, the commanding officer of a department, or by sentence of a general court-martial.
Page 16 - When a corporation is acting within the general scope of the powers conferred upon it by the Legislature, the corporation, as well as persons contracting with it, may be estopped to deny that it has complied with the legal formalities which are prerequisites to its existence or to its action, because such requisites might in fact have been complied with. But when the contract is beyond the powers conferred upon it by existing laws, neither the corporation nor the other party to the contract can be...
Page 21 - ... for taxes, except In cases where the taxes have been paid or the land redeemed, as provided by law, shall be commenced within two years from the time of recording the tax deed of sale and not thereafter.
Page 398 - Intentionally to do that which is calculated in the ordinary course of events to damage, and which does, in fact, damage another in that other person's property or trade, is actionable if done without just cause or excuse.