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..... the performance of covenants should "be commenced within sixteen years after the cause of such action should have accrued, and not after." but by a proviso in the seventh section of the act it is declared that every person who was or should be, at the time of such cause of action, beyond the limits of the state might institute his action ..... age of twenty-one years, insane, or feme covert, and then in that case the rights of such persons shall be saved for the time limited by the different sections of said act after his or her becoming of full age, sane, or feme sole. approved february 11, 1837." upon the trial, the opinions of the judges were opposed upon the ..... u. s. 784 entry, accrued, to maintain their action within ten years after their return, was expressly repealed by the first section of the act of january, 1814, which, by a subsequent clause in the third section of the same act, was to take effect at the expiration of six months from its passage, and it was not until more than a year .....
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..... as paupers? it may well be questioned whether their proportion of this burden exceeds the ratio of their great wealth and population. but it appears by the second section of the act now before us that all persons whose poverty, age, or infirmities render them page 48 u. s. 460 incompetent to maintain themselves are not permitted to ..... here referred to are those of the federal government, and not of the states. the general government only is known in our foreign intercourse. by the forty-sixth section of the act of march, 1799, the wearing apparel and other personal baggage, and the tools or implements of a mechanical trade, from a foreign port, are admitted free of ..... laws do regulate commerce, to a certain extent, is admitted; but from what authority do they derive their force? certainly not from the states. by the fourth section of the act of 7 august, 1789, it is provided "that all pilots in the bays, inlets, rivers, harbors, and ports of the united states shall continue to be regulated .....
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..... , the officer has had ample time and means for inquiry and correction. this is true as it respects each quarterly account rendered. besides, by the fourth section of the act of 1797, no claim for an equitable credit can be admitted, upon the trial, but such as shall appear to have been presented to the accounting officers ..... by congress; but these moneys may be transferred from one depositary to any other depositary, by direction of the secretary of the treasury, under the authority of the tenth section of the act. . . . respectfully," "levi woodbury, secretary of the treasury " page 51 u. s. 132 mr. justice nelson delivered the opinion of the court. this is a ..... for which the jury may allow him such reasonable compensation and indemnity as they may find him entitled to therefor. 13. the fees of office, under the act of 1799, sec. 2, payable by persons concerned in trade and navigation to the collector for defined services, and not forming a deduction from invoices of the united states in .....
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..... case, the survey on file is probably conclusive upon the government and errors cannot be corrected, whilst in the former case they may be. the second section of the act of 1836 makes no provision for a relocation of an unlocated claim confirmed on the report of the commissioners, and further legislation will be necessary for such ..... , the form of such a title, translated from the spanish, is hereto annexed. " don joan ventura morales, principal comptroller of the armies, intendant ad interim of the royal finances of the provinces of louisiana and west florida, superintendent, subdelegate, judge of the admiralty of the royal lands and domain &c.;: " "whereas (d. m. d) an ..... of which i have ordered these presents to be drawn under my hand, and sealed with the seal of my arms, and countersigned by the undersigned notary of the royal finances; who, as well as the principal comptroller's office, will register it." "given at new orleans, 29 may, 1802." "[l.s.] [signed] juan ventura morales" .....
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..... this claim does, near one-third of its supposed size. finally, on what is properly before us under the twenty-fifth section, we think that the defendants, as grantees from congress of the "hospital and bakehouse lots," act of 26 may, 1824, in 4 stat. 67, should not be disturbed in their occupation of the latter lot, with the ..... proof could control written or monuments restrain distances &c.;, would not be revisable here under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act. they would depend on common law principles or the peculiar laws of the state, and not on any acts of congress or doings of our public officers. but the plaintiff insisted that when a conflict began concerning ..... officers to decide, even on locations, only as to "all lands confirmed by this act" 5, ch. 122. but the bakehouse grant was not one of those "confirmed" by that act, and was not granted to the defendants till near two years after. the fourth section of the other law ch. 128, which is also to regulate their powers as .....
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..... treasury note law deemed important "to promote the public interests and convenience, and secure the united states and the holders of said notes against fraud and losses." sec. 12 of the act of 1837, before cited. the neglect to do this is a manifest and injurious breach of his bond. the judgment below, then, must, for both of ..... us, it must be done by congress and not the courts of law. anything less than this -- any less strict rule, in the public administration of the finances, would leave everything loose or unsettled and cause infinite embarrassments in the accounting offices and numerous losses to the government. the argument which has been pressed to exonerate him ..... had retired, the counsel for the defendants aforesaid requested and prayed the court to charge the jury as follows:" " that the defendant, t. g. morgan, when acting as collector of the customs, not being under the law a disbursing officer, and the payment of the drafts drawn on him by the treasurer of the united states .....
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..... certainly relieved now from one consequence by way of damages or penalty which once existed, and which was to forfeit the materials of the machine to the patentee. see section 4 in act of april 10, 1790, 1 stat. 111. it must be a very extreme case, too, where a judgment below should be reversed on account of damages like ..... elapse before the act would be generally known, and then a still further period before copies of the drawings and models could be procured. patentees were not responsible for the fire, nor did ..... office, and that during the intermediate time the rights of the patentee might be violated with impunity. we do not assent to this view." "in the first place, the act of congress providing for the restoration was not passed until 3 march, 1837, and in the second place, in addition to this, a considerable period of time must necessarily .....
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..... an action on the case against the defendant in error to recover of him the sum of $4,588.61 in obedience to the directions of the seventeenth section of the act of congress of july 2, 1836, 5 stat. 83, which declares "that in all cases where any sum or sums of money have been paid out ..... only singularity marking this arrangement is the fact of its associating the powers and duties created by it peculiarly with this defendant individually, by declaring that the division of finance shall be under the superintendence of the chief clerk, o. b. brown. but beyond this general provision contained in rule eighth of the post office regulations, it ..... s, the solicitor's office, and the pay office." the language of this rule, if standing singly, must be understood as sufficiently comprehensive to embrace everything relating to finance -- to the fiscal concerns of the department, and it must be perceived too that all the functions and duties comprehended within this rule are attached to the office .....
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..... claim for a failure to complete the work by 25 december, 1844, unless the jury should find that the failure to complete the work proceeded wholly from the acts or default of the defendant. the refusal by the circuit court of both the instructions appearing upon this exception is entirely approved. it is difficult to conceive upon ..... have so completed and delivered the said house on 25 december aforesaid, and notwithstanding the jury may further find that the building and completion thereof were delayed by the act of the defendant." "which instruction the court refused to give; to which refusal page 52 u. s. 471 the defendant excepts, and this his bill of exceptions ..... the time for said completion and delivery was not extended beyond the said 25 december, 1844, by the agreement of the said plaintiff and defendant, or by the act of the defendant, then the plaintiff is not entitled to recover in this action." "which the court refused to give; to which refusal the defendant prays leave to .....
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..... . indeed, why should it not be sufficient? a new mode of operating or a new composition to produce better results is the daily ground for a patent. all which the act of congress itself requires is that the invention be for "any new and useful improvement on any art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter," &c.;, 5 stat., p. 119, 6 ..... produced when applied to the metallic knob, inasmuch as the fused metal by which the shank was fastened to the knob prevented the shank page 52 u. s. 267 from acting immediately upon the knob, it being enclosed and firmly held by the metal; that for this reason the clay or porcelain knob was not so liable to crack or be .....
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