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..... bearing on this view we refer to wood v. united states, 16 pet. 362. in that case, the court said "the question then arises whether the 66th section of the act of 1799, chap. 128, has been repealed, or whether it remains in full force. that it has not been expressly or by direct terms repealed is admitted, ..... the inference that the legislature intended no conveyance by a feme covert should be valid unless acknowledged in the form prescribed by that act? we think no such inference can be drawn. in the first section of that act, in reference to ordinary acknowledgements of conveyances, in order, when recorded, that they might operate as notice to subsequent purchasers, ..... repealed, the deed is unquestionably valid. the plaintiffs in error contend that the above statute was repealed by the act of 1785, and also of 1796. the act of 1785 is entitled "an act for regulating conveyances," in the 1st section of which it is provided, "that no estate of inheritance or freehold or for a term of more than .....
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..... the inhabitants of st. louis filed their notice of claim, plat, and evidences in 1806, asking to have the town common confirmed to them. by the first section of the act of 1812 (june 13th), congress confirmed the claim to commons adjoining and belonging to st. louis, with similar claims made by other towns. but no extent or ..... for louisiana (now missouri and arkansas) sat at st. louis, as at that place the recorder's office was established and is yet kept. by the fourth section of the act, all those asserting claims to land founded on concessions or other assumptions of right to obtain titles from the united states, and which claims originated with the french ..... town or village lots, outlots, common field lots, and commons in, adjoining, and belonging to the said towns or villages, confirmed to them respectively by the first section of the act of congress, entitled &c.;, passed on 13 june, 1812." in the course of the trial, a transcript of a record and deed were offered in evidence on .....
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..... m. phipps, william r. haile, and david h. gibson, having been examined separate and apart from their husbands, and acknowledged that they signed, sealed, and delivered the same as their act and deed, free of fears, threats, or compulsion of their said husbands." "given under my hand and seal, this 15 september, 1835." "n.w. calmes, j.p. " "received for record ..... to the parties of the second part. the lessors of the plaintiff are not described as grantors, and they use no words to convey their interest. it is altogether the act of the husbands, and they alone convey. now in order to convey by grant, the party possessing the right must be the grantor, and use apt and proper words to .....
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..... persons incapable of purchasing particular property except under particular restraints, on account of the rules of equity, is compendiously given by sir edward sugden, in his second section of purchases by trustees, agents &c.; it has been adopted by almost every subsequent writer, and we cite the passage with confidence, having verified its ..... "and the said jean francois girod moreover declared that he sells, abandons, transfers, and sets over, without any other warranty than that arising of his personal acts and deeds, but with substitution and subrogation to all the warranties which have been given to them by their original vendors, unto the said nicolas girod, his ..... residing in suburb st. mary, who has, by these presents, sold, transferred, and conveyed, from this day and forever, with no other warranty than that of his own acts and deeds, unto mr. nicolas girod, of this city, merchant, here present and accepting purchaser for himself, his heirs and assigns." "1st. six lots of ground," .....
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..... that were in the situation of the plaintiff's, the united states being defendants and either party having the right of appeal to the supreme court. the fifth section of the act declares "that any claim not brought before the district court within two years from the passing thereof shall be forever barred, both in law and equity, and ..... be regarded as owners of land until their real titles are delivered completed, with all the formalities before recited." the formalities recited are found in the three preceding sections, which give precise instructions how the title is to be made out and where it is to be recorded by the officers of the general intendancy. the nineteenth ..... the matter was referred to the attorney general, and in september, 1842, he gave it as his opinion that the confirmations must yield to prior confirmations, school sections, ordinary sales prior to the act of july 4, 1836, &c.; a confirmation of a spanish or french claim, either by a board of commissioners under the .....
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..... secretary of the treasury, in conformity with the provision of a law of the last session of congress, yesterday drew a bill upon the minister of state and finance of the french government for the first installment and the interest thereupon, and for the interest upon the remaining installments, which interest is stipulated to be paid by ..... of america and france made 4 july, a.d., 1831, and ratified 2 february, a.d., 1832 ( prout same), together with an act of congress passed 13 july, 1832 (prout) , by the seventh section of which it was made the duty of the secretary of the treasury" "to cause the several installments, with the interest payable thereon, ..... at the treasury department of the united states, washington, 7 february, 1833, by the secretary of the treasury on the minister and secretary of state for the department of finance of the kingdom of france for 4,856,666 66/100 francs, payable at sight to the order of defendants' cashier ( prout bill); and the several endorsements thereon, .....
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..... a mere revenue measure. so its actual policy for fifteen years has been to lessen the use of spirit in both the army and navy, and by the third section of the act of aug. 29, 1842, ch. 267, 5 stat. 546, this policy is recognized and encouraged by law. so when resorting to internal duties, for a like ..... , on which verdict the supreme judicial court of massachusetts pronounced judgment, and from which a writ of error was prosecuted to this court under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of 1789. the bill of exceptions shows that some of the sales charged in the indictment were of foreign liquors, in regard to which the court directed ..... of error to the superior court of judicature of new hampshire, where the judgment was affirmed. the present writ of error is prosecuted, under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of 1789, to reverse the judgment of the state court of new hampshire on the grounds above stated. and the question and the case presented for our consideration .....
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..... court where the person or persons granting such freedom shall reside, within six months from the date of such instrument of writing. upon the construction of this section of the act of 1796 arose the questions presented to the court below, and now brought here for adjudication. these questions are various, as appears by the bill of ..... and devisees, to decree that the deed be recorded, that thereby validity might be restored to it. the chancellor, deeming himself so authorized by the third section of the act of 1785, decreed that the deed be admitted to record within six months from the date of his decree. the court of appeals reversed this decision of ..... kilty's laws, chap. 67, the power of manumission by writing under seal was reenacted from previous statutes, enumerated, and repealed in the 31st section of the act of 1796. in the 29th section, many of the conditions contained in the prior laws are prescribed, and amongst these are the requisitions, that the slave to be emancipated shall be .....
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..... below differed pro forma, and a certificate was made out, showing that their opinions were opposed on the following points:" "first. whether, under the 4th section of the act of 12 february, 1793, 'respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters, on a charge for harboring and concealing a fugitive ..... 215 on certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the circuit court of the united states for the district of ohio syllabus under the fourth section of the act of 12 february, 1793, respecting fugitives from justice and persons escaping from the service of their master, on a charge for harboring and concealing fugitives ..... case made and provided, and was argued by counsel; on consideration whereof, it is the opinion of this court: 1st. that, under the fourth section of the act of 12 february, 1793, respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their master, on a charge for harboring and concealing fugitives .....
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..... fraud and a tort on the shippers, and the fire that occurred and consequent loss of life a crime on the part of the master. by the twelfth section of the act of 1838, chap. 191, every person employed on any steamboat or vessel by whose negligence page 47 u. s. 394 to his respective duty the life of ..... , and the phrase, "the right to a common law remedy where the common law is competent to give it," contained in the saving in the ninth section of the judiciary act, showing their just operation in limiting the admiralty within proper bounds. i deem it wholly irregular to attempt to adduce general admiralty powers from the cognizance vested ..... and maritime jurisdiction, and therefore the circuit court should have remanded it to the district court, to be tried before a jury. he referred to the ninth section of the judiciary act, which declared that "the trials of issues of fact in the district courts, in all causes except civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, shall be by .....
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