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..... states, to preserve private rights of property, and to provide that the change of sovereignty should work no impairment of such rights. the philippine act of 1902, carried into the section of the judicial code which we have quoted, intended to give this court jurisdiction in cases involving rights secured by the treaty of 1898 and ..... to be respected. but the treaty, if applicable, cannot be supposed . . . to contravene the principle of 9, which only codifies common morality and fairness. the section is not retrospective, in any sense, for it introduces no new rule." certainly this was far from holding that a right of appeal existed because a right secured by ..... held that the name "isabela," which appellees were charged with using, was a geographical and descriptive term, and incapable of registration as a trademark either under the philippine act no. 666 or the law as it existed under the spanish regime; that the spanish tradename, as registered, consisted of the words "la flor de la isabela .....
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..... was worked out in practice, are clearly settled by the antitrust statute and the decisions of this court interpreting it. the applicable provision of the act (c. 647, 26 stat. 209) reads: "section 1. every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several states . ..... be sent to each member of the association (whether participating in the plan or not) pointing "out changes in conditions both in the producing and consuming sections, giving a comparison of production and sales and in general an analysis of the market conditions." 7. meetings shall be held once a month at cincinnati ..... others, although members do follow their most intelligent competitors, if they know what these competitors have been actually doing." "the monthly meetings held in various sections of the country each month have improved the human relations existing between the members before the organization of this plan." and, in another later and somewhat .....
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..... legatee or legatees either in whole or in part from time to time as he may deem advisable, or use it for their benefit: provided also that sections one and two of this act shall not apply to the five civilized tribes or the osage indians." the secretary of the interior made regulations which were proper to the exercise of the power ..... should apply to page 256 u. s. 321 indian allotments and to interests therein, and that the secretary of the interior should be governed by the same," and that "section 8341 of the code of oklahoma created an indefeasible descent in favor of the husband and that the will of a wife which attempts to will away from her husband ..... code. for this, jefferson v. fink, 247 u. s. 288 , is adduced. but against the contention and conclusion the act of congress approved february 14, 1913, c. 55, 37 stat. 678, is opposed. section 2 of that act is as follows: "sec. 2. that any persons of the age of twenty-one years having any right, title, or interest in any allotment held .....
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..... his property." passing on 3224 of the revised statutes, which was urged against the suit, it was decided that the section had no application, and that 35 of title ii of the prohibition act did not confer the power the collector threatened to exercise. describing the power, we said that the collector was undertaking to ..... punish lipke "by fine and penalty for an alleged criminal offense without hearing, information, indictment or trial by jury, contrary to the federal constitution." and we said further that, if the "section ..... and decisive. the government concedes that the case is conclusive against the "penalties and double taxes," but contends that, under tax laws which antedated the national prohibition act, only inconsistent laws are repealed, and that taxes in this case were levied under a law not inconsistent. for this, 35 is adduced. lipke v. lederer .....
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..... v. treasurer and receiver general, 237 mass. 403. what the commonwealth did was to help the people of the towns which the railway served when the railway's finances threatened its collapse by taking over the lease of the railway company for a valuable consideration. page 260 u. s. 315 there was no restriction upon the power of ..... percent for the remainder of public operation, which is for a period of ten years, and thereafter as the commonwealth shall determine. the company's stockholders having accepted the act, the trustees took over the possession and operation of the railway. they found the railway in bad repair, and charged $2,000,000 for depreciation and $2, ..... and fixed the fares to meet the cost of service, including taxes, rentals, interest on the company's indebtedness and dividends to its stockholders as fixed by the act. payments necessary to meet deficits or diminution of reserve were to be made by the state, and the amounts assessed upon the several cities and towns, as an .....
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..... of have been found by the commission to be legal and while in force had to be collected by the carrier? page 260 u. s. 163 section 7 of the anti-trust act gives a right of action to one who has been "injured in his business or property." injury implies violation of a legal right. the legal rights ..... that no lower rate from st. paul on tow and excelsior could have been legally maintained without reconstituting the whole rate structure for many articles moving in an important section of the country. but it is the commission which must determine whether a rate is discriminatory, at least in the first instance. see abilene case, supra; great northern ..... rates are legal is determined by the act to regulate commerce. under 8 of the latter act, the exaction of any illegal rate makes the carrier liable to the "persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation," together with a reasonable attorney's fee. sections 9 and 16 provide for the recovery .....
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..... the majority of the capital stock of which is owned by aliens, shall be considered an alien for the purposes of this prohibition." [ footnote 2 ] "section 1. in this act, unless the context otherwise requires," "(a) 'alien' does not include an alien who has in good faith declared his intention to become a citizen of ..... draft of the instrument, namely, "to lease land for residential, commercial, industrial, manufacturing and other lawful purposes." 4. the act complained of is not repugnant to 33 of article ii of the state constitution. that section provides that "the ownership of lands by aliens . . . is prohibited in this state. . . ." appellants assert that ..... as defined in clauses (d) and (b) of section 1 respectively. the class so created includes all, but is not limited to, aliens not eligible to become citizens. eligible aliens who have not declared their intention to become citizens are included, and the act provides that unless declarants be admitted to citizenship within seven .....
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..... may be taken direct to the supreme court, as provided in 238 of the judicial code, unless otherwise provided by law. section 128, judicial code, as amended by act jan. 28, 1915, c. 22, 2, 38 stat. 803. there is no other provision of law for appeals from ..... s. 82 , 146 u. s. 88 ; lau ow bew v. united states, 144 u. s. 47 , 144 u. s. 58 . section 238, judicial code, as amended by act jan. 28, 1915, c. 22, 38 stat. 803, allows appeals direct from the district courts to this court: "1st. in any case in ..... of the federal constitution. this motion must therefore be denied, but the ground upon which we deny it requires us to go further. the act of sept. 14, 1922, 42 stat. 837, requires us, when an appeal has been taken to this court that should have been ..... appeal, it would be our duty and within our power to order a transfer of the appeal to the circuit court of appeals under act sept. 14, 1922. the record shows, however, that the appeal is not so limited. the order of transfer to the circuit court .....
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..... v. white, 264 u. s. 443 ; zartarian v. billings. 204 u. s. 170 ; low wah suey v. backus, 225 u. s. 460 , 225 u. s. 476 . section 3 of the act of 1917 defines and enumerates the classes of aliens who are to be excluded -- idiots, imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, paupers, professional beggars, diseased persons, criminals, polygamists, anarchists, prostitutes, and ..... under 18 years, etc., held, that the exception applies only to aliens coming from the regions referred to. p. 265 u. s. 313 . 4. section 2(d) of the quota act provides that, when the maximum number of aliens of any nationality shall have been admitted, page 265 u. s. 311 all others of such nationality applying during ..... 2(d) of the quota law of 1921, as amended may 11, 1922, are both operative, and should be construed as acts in pari materia. p. 265 u. s. 312 . 3. section 3 of the immigration act of 1917, after an enumeration of excluded classes ending with the natives of a designated part of asia and those of certain islands .....
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..... (c) interurban electric railways unless operated as a part of a general railroad system of transportation or engaged in the general transportation of freight," etc. section 402, amending 1, which provides for the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity in the case of construction, extension or abandonment of a line ..... by the commission in many cases and for many purposes. since 1915, interurban electric roads have been required to file with it annual reports of their finances and operations. [ footnote 3 ] jurisdiction over urban electric lines, 33 i.c.c. 536. in exercising authority over their passenger fares, no distinction ..... correctness of the commission's action in assuming jurisdiction over the interurban roads is confirmed by the action of congress which, in recent amendments of the act to regulate commerce, limited, in respect to certain subjects, the authority over them. the commission entertained, in 1908, applications of interurban electric railroads to .....
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