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..... was incompetent to acquire title to any real estate in colorado, except such as might be necessary for the transaction of its business as a smelting and refining company, and that the premises in controversy were not necessary for that purpose, but were acquired for speculation. the plaintiff filed a replication denying its incompetency to hold ..... warrior should be offered for sale by an officer of the land department unless specifically directed by the secretary of the treasury, and declared that if the indian abandoned the reserved land it should become forfeited to the united states, a patent was issued for the land, which did not show that the secretary had ..... upon matters within their exclusive jurisdiction, unassailable except by a direct proceeding for its correction or annulment. the execution and record of the patent are the final acts of the officers of the government for the transfer of its title, and as they can be lawfully performed only after certain steps have been taken, that .....
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..... not join him, and praying to have him declared a bankrupt. held that this, as to the other partner, is a case of involuntary bankruptcy within the meaning of the act of june 22, 1874, c. 130, 10, 18 stat. 180. 4. on a reference in equity to a master, the findings of the master are prima facie correct. only such ..... conveyances by an insolvent could be assailed as void under the bankrupt law were four and six months, and all its allegations seemed aimed at such acts as would be unassailable after those periods. but the act of 1874 has shortened these periods to four and two months in cases of involuntary bankruptcy. 18 stat. 180, c. 390, 10. we do not .....
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..... priority of like debts over their claims as stockholders. the same principles must govern the present case which were applied by this court in st. john v. erie railway company, 22 wall. 136, where creditors took preferred stock. it was held that they ceased to be creditors and could be regarded only as stockholders, with a chance ..... their assent necessary to the validity, as against them, of the mortgages in question, and that, represented as they were by the corporation and its directors, the act of making the mortgages was a sufficient assent of the preferred stockholders, if assent were necessary, there being no allegation in the cross-bill inconsistent with the fact ..... to the stockholders before the payment of all the debts of the company, all the stockholders of such company shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of such debts." the railroad law of indiana of march 3, 1865, 1 davis' stat. 728, entitled "an act to authorize, regulate, and page 108 u. s. 397 confirm .....
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..... subscribed for or purchased by them, the said townships shall acquire all the rights and privileges respectively of other stockholders of said company, and it shall be lawful for the commissioners provided for in this act, or either of them with the consent of the others, or a majority of the said commissioners, to participate in ..... and to act in all the regular and legally authorized meetings of the stockholders, and either of them may act as director of said company, if he shall be duly elected as such." by 4, the commissioners were directed to report annually ..... dollars, issued on the faith and credit of said township in pursuance of an act entitled" "an act to authorize certain towns in the counties of somerset, morris, essex, and union to issue bonds and take stock in the passaic valley and peapack railroad company," "approved april 9, 1868." "in testimony whereof the undersigned, commissioners of the .....
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..... inquire whether the locality of the homicide for which the prisoner was convicted of murder is within that description. the first section of the indian intercourse act of june 30, 1834, defines the indian country as follows: "that all that part of the united states west of the mississippi, and not within the states of missouri and ..... statutes, clauses which have been repealed may still be considered in construing provisions which remain in force. 3. the definition of the term "indian country" contained in c. 61, 1 of the act of 1834, 4 stat. 729, though not incorporated in the revised statutes, and though repealed simultaneously with their enactment, may be referred ..... of the united states, whether within a reservation or not, and whether acquired before or since the passage of that act. 4. the legislation of the united states may be constitutionally extended over indian country by mere force of a treaty, without legislative provisions. 5. neither the provisions of article 1 in the treaty .....
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..... property adverse to him, although the defendant may not be page 112 u. s. 411 in possession thereof, for the purpose of determining and quieting the question of title." this act confers upon anyone against whom another, whether in or out of possession, claims an adverse title or interest in real estate the substantial right of having the disputed title settled ..... sufficient, under the indiana statute, to justify the relief prayed for in the bill. the appellant next insists that the appellee, being a national bank, had no power, under the act establishing national banks, to take a conveyance of the 200-acre tract of land from vance and watson and that, as such a conveyance formed a part of the agreement .....
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..... in common with all other property found within the state. we held in the case of city of new orleans v. eclipse towboat company, recently decided by us, but not reported, * that the clause in the federal constitution giving to congress the power to regulate commerce ..... meaning of the federal constitution, and such is the doctrine laid down by the supreme court of the united states. state tax on railway gross receipts, 15 wall. 293. . . ." " third. this tax cannot be regarded as a duty or impost levied by ..... for example, which gives to congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with the indian tribes -- is a different question. this brings us to the consideration of the second assignment of error, which is founded on ..... seen by the following extracts from its opinion, filed as part of the judgment. the court said: " first. this act [act no. 77 of 1880] does not in its terms discriminate against the products of other states or the property of the .....
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..... river, entered into an agreement to consolidate their railroads, property, and capital stock, and to become one corporation under the name of the toledo, wabash and western railway company, with a capital stock of $15,000,000, "upon the basis and conditions hereinafter page 114 u. s. 589 to be specified," the material parts of ..... agreement, when ratified by the stockholders, should "be deemed and taken to be the agreement and act of consolidation of said companies," and also contained the following provisions: "sec. 3. upon the making and perfecting the agreement and act, as provided in the preceding section, and filing the same or a copy with the secretary of ..... ohio, indiana, and illinois passed before the issue of those bonds, and to which the contract of the bondholders was therefore subject. the effect of the ohio consolidation act was to merge the old corporations into the new one, which took their place, succeeded to their property, and assumed their liabilities. shields v. ohio, 95 u .....
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..... appears from the agreement of july 18, 1881, between the united states and the indians, which was ratified by act of congress of july 3, 1882. that agreement recites that the utah and northern railway company had applied for permission to construct a line of railway through the reservation, and that the indians had agreed, for the consideration thereafter mentioned, to surrender to the united states ..... of the territory by the act of march 3, 1863, creating it, and the treaty of july 3, 1868, with the eastern band of shoshonees and the bannack tribe does not necessarily except it from the jurisdiction of the territory. the lands and railroad of the utah & northern railway company situated within the limits of the fort hill indian reservation are subject to territorial .....
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..... of speculations not authorized by their legal powers, and which might very possibly, to say the least, lead to extraordinary losses on the part of the railway company." this became a leading case in england, where its doctrines have been steadily followed. it is cited with approval in pearce v. madison and indianapolis ..... manningtree, a place about ten miles from the port of harwich. the directors of these companies conceived that it would add to the traffic and profits of ..... these are colman v. eastern counties railway co., 10 beav. 1; madison plank road co. v. watertown & portland plank road co., , 7 wis. 59. in the first of these cases, under the powers contained in the acts of parliament, the eastern counties railway company and the eastern union railway company had formed a railroad from london to .....
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