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..... as soon as our rules will admit. accordingly, congress has begun by extending about twenty particular laws by their titles to louisiana. among these is the act concerning intercourse with the indians, which establishes a system of commerce with them admitting no monopoly. that class of rights therefore are now taken from under the treaty and placed under the ..... in the district court for south carolina, for the possession of 356 bales of cotton which had been wrecked on the coast of florida, abandoned to the insurance companies, and subsequently brought to charleston. canter claimed the cotton as bona fide purchaser at a marshal's sale at key west by virtue of a decree of a ..... . 298 the constitution has made in favor of human liberty are applicable to every condition or status has been clearly pointed out by this court in chicago, rock island &c.; railway v. mcglinn, (1885) 114 u. s. 542 , where, speaking through mr. justice field, the court said (p. 114 u. s. 546 ): "it is a general rule of .....
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..... might be acquired by the establishment of a disputed line. these distinctions were conspicuous in the opinion of mr. justice johnson at circuit, in the case of american insurance company v. canter, 1 pet. 511. in that case, the relation of florida to the united states page 182 u. s. 210 was necessary to be considered, ..... the removal, and the case proceeds as if no such removal had taken place. cowley v. northern pacific railroad co., 159 u. s. 569 , 159 u. s. 583 ; mansfield railway co. v. swan, 111 u. s. 379 ; mexican nat. railroad v. davidson, 157 u. s. 201 . this, however, is more a matter of words than of substance ..... and take effect within such territory ipso facto, and without any fresh act of legislation expressly giving such extension to the preexisting laws. i can see no reason for a discrimination in this effect between acts regulating foreign commerce and the laws regulating intercourse with the indian tribes." as showing the construction put upon this question by the legislative .....
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..... liable for injuries inflicted exclusively by negligence of a pilot accepted by a vessel compulsorily. this was an action at law, brought by the homer ramsdell transportation company, a corporation of new york, against the compagnie generale transatlantique, a corporation of the republic of france, to recover damages caused by the defendant's steamship ..... held that, upon general principles and independently of the express provisions in the english statutes, the compulsory taking of a pilot relieved the owner from all responsibility for his acts. in lucey v. ingram, (1840) 6 m. & w. 302, 315, baron parke, delivering the judgment of the court of exchequer, spoke of the ..... foundation, and probably the only foundation, on which it can rest independently of the statutes; but the language of the exempting clause in the last pilot act certainly carries the doctrine further, and it may well be conceived that this extension of the common law doctrine was not accidental, but intentional. the object .....
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..... southern district:" " it appearing from the records of this court that the said william r. reagan was a duly appointed, qualified, and acting commissioner for the united states court for the third judicial division of the indian territory, located at chickasha, on page 182 u. s. 420 the 1st day of march, 1895, it is hereby ordered that, in ..... as follows: "i. the claimant was, on the 25th day of april, 1893, appointed by the united states court for the indian territory united states commissioner within said territory, under the provisions of section 39 of an act of congress approved may 2, 1890, chapter 182 (1st supp.rev.stat. 737), and upon the 1st day of march, 1895, ..... reported 35 ct.cl. 90. mr. chief justice filler delivered the opinion of the court. section 39 of the act of may 2, 1890, 26 stat. 98, c. 182, provided: "that the united states court in the indian territory shall have all the powers of the united states circuit courts or circuit court judges to appoint commissioners within .....
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..... may be rendered as in any other case." under the authority of these statutes, upon a hearing after complaint and notice, the railroad commissioners found that the railway company was charging excessive and illegal rates for travel over what is known as the boonville bridge across the missouri river, and made and entered of record an order directing ..... construction of the amendment has since been followed. that amendment refers only to suits brought against a state. but, applying the same principles of construction to the removal acts and to cases in which it is claimed that the state, though not the nominal, is in fact the real, party plaintiff, it may fairly be held that ..... of said court, and to enforce and collect page 183 u. s. 56 the forfeitures and penalties herein provided in all respects according to the provisions of this act. and in case of any disobedience of any such injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, it shall be lawful for such court to issue writs of .....
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..... to maintain jurisdiction by taking judicial notice of the fact 'that the mountain view lode claim was located upon what had been or was an indian reservation,' and 'of the act of congress declaring the north half of the reservation upon which the claim was located, to have been restored to the public domain,' notwithstanding ..... and prohibited from importing or causing to be imported or brought into sebastian county or the twelfth judicial circuit of arkansas, and that the st. louis & san francisco railroad company, its agents, servants, and employees, each, both, and all of them, be enjoined, restrained, and prohibited from importing, hauling, or bringing, or causing to be ..... rely on in their pleading. the averments brought no controversy in this regard into court, in respect of which resort might be had to judicial knowledge." oregon short line &c.; railway v. skottowe, 162 u. s. 490 ; chappell v. waterworth, 155 u. s. 102 ; commonwealth v. wheeler, 162 mass. 429; partridge v. strange, 1 .....
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..... other provision of the constitution -- that, 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." the question has been repeatedly answered by this court to the effect "that no state has the right to lay a tax on ..... the port of san juan, porto rico, upon merchandise imported into that port from the port of new york after may 1, 1900, and since the foraker act. this act requires all merchandise "coming into porto rico from the united states" to be "entered at the several ports of entry upon payment of fifteen percentum of the duties ..... assembly of porto rico shall have enacted and put into operation a system of local taxation to meet the necessities of the government of porto rico, by this act established, and shall by resolution duly passed so notify the president, he shall make proclamation thereof, and thereupon all tariff duties on merchandise and articles going into .....
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..... 77; duncan v. landis, 106 f. 839. the case of pirie v. chicago title & trust company, 182 u. s. 438 , the most recent decision of this court under the act of 1898, arose under another clause of the act, and is not directly applicable to the question we have here considered, but, so far as it ..... , assignment or conveyance], having reasonable cause to believe such person is insolvent, and that such attachment, payment, pledge, assignment, or conveyance is made in fraud of the provisions of this act, the same shall be void." "sec. 29. . . . no discharge shall be granted . . . if the bankrupt . . . within four months before the commencement of such proceedings, . ..... without entering judgments thereon until the debtors became embarrassed. such securities are held in some of the states, amounting to millions upon millions. the bankrupt act had a very different purpose. it was to secure equality of distribution of that which insolvents have when proceedings in bankruptcy are commenced, and of that .....
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..... 9, $345,000.00, july, 1897, which said false and fraudulent claims the said captain carter caused to be made by knowingly permitting the said atlantic contracting company, which had previously entered into contracts, dated october 8, 1896, to furnish the united states certain mattresses, page 183 u. s. 370 stone, and other ..... do not, because they are such officers, become money furnished and intended for the military service. illustrations are found in the administration of appropriations for the indian service, the light house service, superintending the washington aqueduct, maintaining the public grounds about the white house, and the like. the appropriations made for ..... the second the "specification." the charge proper designates the military offense of which the accused is alleged to be guilty. the specification sets forth the acts or omissions of the accused which form the legal constituents of the offense. the pleading need not possess the technical nicety of indictments as at common .....
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..... rate, toll, or compensation they may charge was self-executing, and that no duty to enforce it was imposed on the commission; that the railroad companies were shut up by the act to the final determination of the commission that they have charged more than a just and reasonable rate; that, on the trial of indictments for failure to ..... , while other page 183 u. s. 511 persons are permitted to receive reasonable profits upon their invested capital, the company is deprived of the equal protection of the laws. stone v. farmers' loan & trust co., 116 u. s. 345 ; chicago, milwaukee & st. paul railway co. v. minnesota, 134 u. s. 418 ; reagan v. farmers' loan & trust co., 154 u. s ..... . 362 ; smyth v. ames, 169 u. s. 466 ; lake shore & michigan southern railway co. v. smith, 173 u. s. 684 . we certainly have no disposition to overrule or disregard cases so recently decided and so elaborately considered. and accordingly, if it appeared, in .....
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