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..... liberty to deny the facts therein stated. no grant has been shown under which the plaintiff sets up his claim; his title was therefore incomplete, and by the fourth section of the act of 1805, 3 l.u.s. 653, the person claiming the land was bound to deliver to the register of the land office or recorder of land titles within ..... ascertaining and adjusting the titles and claims to land within the territory of orleans and the district of louisiana," passed march 2, 1805, and of the fourth section of "an act respecting claims of land in the territories of orleans and louisiana," passed march 3, 1807. this was an action of ejectment in the district court of missouri brought by daniel ..... writing of his claim, or cause to be recorded such written evidence of the same, all his right, so far as the same is derived from the two first sections of the act, shall become void and forever thereafter barred. if any doubt should arise whether the original right claimed in this case comes within the two first .....
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..... chancery. this is the true import of the section, and it does not appear that the courts of ohio have given it a different construction. thus construed, it promotes the convenience of nonresidents who own lands in ohio, ..... never have intended by this provision, to place the real property of the citizens of that state at the disposition of a foreign court. the language used in the act does not require such a construction. it refers to deeds executed by individuals in any other state, and not to conveyances made by the decree of a court of ..... , and concealed it, equity could give him no relief. the concealment would have been a fraud on lamb, which would have enabled him to annul the contract. but watts acted in good faith, and being mistaken, unless some injury consequently resulted to lamb, or an unreasonable delay followed, page 31 u. s. 396 equity would look with a favorable .....
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..... be true, for in the answer of zacharie & turner (which is evidence in the cause) it is expressly stated that boyle, "so far from disapproving of the acts of these defendants, as above stated, thanked them for their prompt and correct management of his business and undertook and promised to indemnify them from any loss which they ..... for general relief. the grounds relied on by the plaintiff for this purpose were first that his property is exempted from the levy by his discharge under the insolvent act; secondly, that he is entitled to credit for certain page 31 u. s. 643 commissions accruing to him for certain business done for zacharie since the judgment ..... richard relff, with a view to the benefit of the complainant, became security for the complainant and procured the release of the brig. the complainant approved of their acts, and undertook and promised to indemnify them for any loss they might sustain on his account. he afterwards gave the defendants a security for their liability on 1 may .....
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..... be here stated that writs of capias ad satisfaciendum in maryland are the same in substance in their exigency as those prescribed in the common law. in another section of the act ( 4), there is a proviso that nothing therein contained shall be construed to extend to prevent the several courts, as they might heretofore lawfully do, from ..... on application of he sheriff of the county, to order writs of capias ad satisfaciendum to be issued for the recovery of all fines and forfeitures. another section of the act declares it to be the duty of the sheriffs to return the writ of capias ad satisfaciendum to the courts to which they are returnable at the term ..... in default thereof the court, upon motion of the attorney general or his deputy, shall order judgment against the sheriff for the amount of costs. there is a prior act of 25 december, 1789, ch. 42, which, after reciting that plaintiffs are often willing to grant indulgence to defendants arrested on writs of capias ad satisfaciendum, but .....
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..... proved that, at the time the attachment was laid on the land, it was situated in williamson county, and that on 16 november, 1807, the legislature of tennessee passed an act dividing the county of williamson and erecting part of the same into a separate county, denominated maury county, and that a portion of the land in controversy was situated in .....
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..... justice story delivered the opinion of the court. this is a writ of error to the supreme court of the state of pennsylvania, brought under the twentieth section of the judiciary act of 1789, chapter 20. the original suit is an ejectment by the defendants in error for certain lands in lancaster county in the state of pennsylvania, ..... under any pretense whatsoever. now, for the purpose of carrying into effect the real intent of the parties, and of quieting and securing the estates so transferred," "section 1. be it enacted by the senate and house of representations of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of ..... in the first case. page 33 u. s. 90 on 3 april, 1826, the legislature of pennsylvania made the following law. "a supplement to an act entitled 'an act for the better confirmation of the estates of persons holding or claiming under feme coverts, and for establishing a mode in which husband and wife may hereafter convey their .....
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..... estate can be acquired by a fraudulent grant; covinous conveyance of land is as no conveyance as against the interest intended to be defrauded. and it must follow that no act or deed which is fraudulent can be the foundation of an adverse possession, because, being absolutely void and not merely voidable, it cannot afford color of title, and without color ..... (1834) gregg v. lessee of sayre 33 u.s. (8 pet.) 244 error to the district court of the united states for the western district of pennsylvania syllabus the eighth section of the statute of limitations of pennsylvania fixes the limitation of twenty-one years as taking away the right of entry on lands, and the ninth ..... section provides that if any person or persons having such right or title be or shall be, at the time such right or title first descended or accrued, within the age .....
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..... of a creditor's obligation to go into equity, in a case of manumission, after other personal assets are insufficient to pay debts. manumission is good by the act of maryland, 1796; ch. 67, sec. 13; if it be not in prejudice of creditors. if ample funds exist, and they are accessible, by the laws of maryland, to the creditors, they ..... an executor because he has carelessly, though bona fide, paid debts beyond assets. upon the whole then, our opinions are that, by the statute of maryland 1796, ch. 67, sec. 13, manumissions of slaves by will and testament, may be made to take effect at the death of the testator; that the testator may devise or charge his real estate ..... mentioned, to mulatto kitty, $10 for each year." the law of maryland permitting the manumission of slaves by will is in these words; act of 1796, ch. 67, sec. 13; "that from and after the passage of this act, it shall and may be lawful for every person or persons, capable in law to make a valid will and testament, to grant .....
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..... at law, as contradistinguished from admiralty and equity cases, an criminal prosecutions, made in pursuance of the seventeenth section of the judiciary act of 1789, and of the first section of the act of congress of 26 may, 1824, entitled 'an act to regulate the mode of practice in the courts of the united states for the district of louisiana.'" and ..... declares that the modes of proceeding in suits of common law, shall be the same as are now used in the said courts respectively, in pursuance of the act entitled, "an act to regulate process in the courts of the united states;" viz., the same as are now used and allowed in the supreme courts of the respective states, ..... district judge, who shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers, which, by the act, the title whereof is in this section recited, were given to the district judge of the territory of orleans. by the act here referred to for the jurisdiction and powers of the court, 3 laws u.s. 606, a district court .....
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..... the decree of 27 october, 1817, the chancellor said, "the court being of opinion that this is not a case page 34 u. s. 104 embraced by the act against frauds and perjuries, doth adjudge, &c.;" a change of the law afterwards made in kentucky cannot affect contracts previously valid. it remains to inquire whether the appellants are ..... or ancillary to the agreement, but a part execution of the substance of the agreement, and which would not have been done unless on account of the agreement, an act -- in short, unequivocally referring to and resulting from the agreement, and such that the party would suffer an injury amounting to fraud by the refusal to execute that ..... the respondent will file the originals. the respondent protests against the jurisdiction of the court of virginia to operate on the lands in kentucky to compel conveyance by any act done by the guardian of said williams, and that if the decree is only to operate upon the said john r. williams, the title of the complainants can .....
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