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..... & page 72 u. s. 5 co., 71 jermyn st., london." there were 8 cavalry sabres, having the british crown on their guards; 11 sword bayonets, 992 pairs of army boots, 97 pairs of russet brogans, and 47 pairs of cavalry boots &c.; the vessel set sail from london, december 8, 1862, and was captured february 3, 1863, making ..... by this deponent from the aforesaid claimants, and from documents in deponent's possession, placed there by said claimants, and that such communications authorize this deponent to intervene and act as agent as well as proctor and advocate for the said claimants as to the above cargo. " the master, mate, and steward, were examined as witnesses in preparatorio ..... of the prize commissioners' report of the contents of the packages of the gertrude disclose the following facts: the report in the case of the springbok specified "18 bales of army blankets, butternut color," each marked a, in a diamond, and numbered 544 to 548, 550, 552, and 555 to 565. the report in the case of the .....
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..... which the goods were seized was the property of the government of the united states, in the employment and control of the quartermaster's department of general banks' army at the time of the seizure -- the government receiving $3,000 for the use of the vessel. an officer of this department accompanied the expedition, which went ..... of admiralty and the prize court. under the constitution of the united states, the instance court of admiralty and the prize court of admiralty are the same court, acting under one commission. still, however, the property cannot be condemned as prize under this libel, nor would its dismissal be equivalent to a condemnation, nor recognized ..... such is not the case here. the district court holds both its prize jurisdiction and its jurisdiction as an instance court of admiralty from the constitution and the act of congress, and it is but one court, with these different branches of admiralty jurisdiction as well as cognizance of other and distinct subjects. the case of .....
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..... and thomas croxall at that time. it remains to consider the effect of the statute of limitation relied upon by the defendant in error. the second section of the act of the 5th of june, 1787, declares that thirty years' actual possession, where such possession was obtained by a fair and bona fide purchase of ..... 3 ] declaring that from that day "no statute of the parliament of england or great britain should have force within the state of new jersey." also that (by act of june 5, 1787, section 2d), [ footnote 4 ] "thirty years' actual possession of any lands, tenements, or other real estate, uninterruptedly continued as aforesaid, . . . wherever such ..... wife, and morris croxall, by peter gordon, his guardian, submitted a remonstrance. the remonstrance was afterward withdrawn, and with the consent of all the parties, an act of the legislature was passed february 14, 1818, which appointed three commissioners, with power to divide the estate into four equal parts, and to set off and apart .....
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..... " " [the document issued by the governor, and delivered to the petitioners " " pursuant to the above decree] " "manuel micheltorena, general of brigade in the mexican army, adjutant-general of the staff of the same, commandant-general, governor and inspector of the department of california:" "whereas, francisco and ramon de haro have solicited the grant of ..... for whose benefit, after our conquest, the claim was page 72 u. s. 605 presented for confirmation to the board of land commissioners, established by the act of march, 1851, to settle private land claims in california. when the claim was pending before the land commissioners, two papers additional to those set out at ..... future grant on the happening of any event whatever. but the dispatch goes further and forbids the de haros to sell or alien it or do any act prejudicial to the property of the establishment, on penalty "of losing their right to this provisional concession." the prohibition against sale and alienation by necessary .....
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..... it. he observes, [ footnote 4 ] "it is said that this is a political, not civil, controversy between the parties, and so not within the constitution or thirteenth section of the judiciary act. as it is viewed by the court on the bill alone, had it been demurred to, a controversy as to the locality of a point three miles south of ..... the states named into five military districts and page 73 u. s. 51 made it the duty of the president to assign to each one an officer of the army and to detail a sufficient military force to enable him to perform his duties and enforce his authority within his district. it made it the duty of this officer to ..... the latter year and submission to the constitution and laws of the union; the withdrawal of the military government from georgia by the president, commander-in-chief of the army; and the revival and reorganization of the civil government of the state with his permission; and that the government thus reorganized was in the possession and enjoyment of all .....
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..... been presented for adjudication. the twelfth section of the act of 1789, and the third section of the act of the 2d march, 1833, relating to revenue officers, present the same question. we are not aware that a doubt as to ..... so. [ footnote 2 ] the jurisdiction here in question involves the same principle, and rests upon the same foundation with that conferred by the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of 1789. page 73 u. s. 254 the constitutionality of that provision has been uniformly sustained by the unanimous judgment of this court whenever the subject has ..... -in-chief of the forces thereof, in suppression of the rebellion, and that all the acts complained of, if done, were done under the authority and for the benefit of the united states and the army thereof; and that the said acting mayor and aldermen, at the time when the trespasses are alleged to have been committed, had .....
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..... , as it is clear that navy agents cannot be appointed in any other mode than that prescribed in the act of congress providing for their appointment. authority to appoint navy agents is derived from the third section of the act of the third of march, 1809, which provides that "no other permanent agents" than those previously mentioned in ..... those purposes or for the disbursement in any other manner of moneys for the use of the navy of the united states. [ footnote 5 ] paymasters of the army and pursers of the navy, as well as "the other officers already authorized by law," are excepted from the prohibition, and the clear implication from the language employed ..... provision, as fully competent to make contracts, purchase stores and supplies, or disburse moneys for the use of the navy as paymasters of the army or other officers authorized by law are for the army or other branches of the public service. page 73 u. s. 793 usage has sanctioned that construction of the provision, and the practice .....
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..... was the house of a friend of clark named boisfontaine, then casually unoccupied; another friend, a protege of clark's, who had been a sea captain and afterwards in the army, colonel davis, a brother-in-law of boisfontaine, making the specific arrangements. "the child," said davis, in an account found in the record, "was placed where it ..... and wished to terminate the existing disreputable connection, for we have no right, unless there is clear proof it is so, to ascribe a bad motive for a good act. it may be zulime was unwilling longer to continue the connection, and clark, rather than part with her, married her. but whatever were the controlling motives with the parties ..... , on his return in july following, he encloses to him a communication which, "in case of accident or misfortune to me," he directs davis to open, and to act in regard to the contents as "i directed you with respect to the other affairs committed to your charge before leaving new orleans." "to account," he says, "in .....
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..... missouri, adopted in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and have carefully considered the same; that i have never, directly or indirectly, done any of the acts in said section specified; that i have always been truly and loyally on the side of the united states against all enemies thereof, foreign and domestic; that i will bear ..... protection of any foreign government, through any consul or other officer thereof, in order to secure exemption from military duty in the militia of this state, or in the army of the united states; nor shall any such person be capable of holding in this state any office of honor, trust, or profit, under its authority; or of ..... of the so-called 'confederate states of america;' or has ever left this state, and gone within the lines of the armies of the so-called 'confederate states of america,' with the purpose of adhering to said states or armies; or has ever been a member of, or connected with, any order, society, or organization, inimical to the government .....
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..... extinguished, that it is only suspended during the war, and revives in full force on the restoration of peace. [ footnote 13 ] under the thirty-fourth section of the judiciary act, the statutes of limitations of the several states, where no special provision has been made by congress, form the rule of decision in the courts of ..... twenty-one years, femes covert, non compos mentis, persons imprisoned or beyond the seas, were excepted out of the operation of the third section of page 73 u. s. 539 the act, and were allowed the same period of time after such disability was removed. just exceptions indeed are to be found in all such statutes, ..... operation of law between the partners as to their respective rights, duties, and obligations, both public and private, which necessarily dissolves the relation, independent of the will or acts of the parties. [ footnote 4 ] direct consequence of the rule as established in those cases is that as soon as war is commenced, all trading, negotiation, .....
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