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Maricopa and Phoenix R. Co. Vs. Arizona

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , 1895 156 u.s. 347 appeal from the supreme court of the territory of arizona syllabus when congress grants to a railway company organized under the laws of a territory a right of way over an indian reservation within the territory, and the road is constructed entirely within the territory, that part of it within the reservation is ..... irrespective of the amount involved. after the organization of the territory of arizona, certain land situated within its geographical limits was set apart as an indian reservation, for the use of the pima and maricopa indians. act of february 28, 1859, c. 66, 3, 11 stat. 401. the tract is known as the "gila river reservation." the maricopa ..... of power. its necessary effect was, to the extent of the grant and for the purposes thereof, to withdraw the land from the operation of the prior act of reservation. and the immediate consequence of such withdrawal, so far as it affected the property and rights withdrawn, was to reestablish the full sway and dominion of .....

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Ry. Co. Vs. Shane

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , colorado & santa fe ry. co. v. shane, 157 u.s. 348 (1895) gulf, colorado and santa fe railway company v. shane no. 212 submitted january 29, 1895 decided april 1, 1895 157 u.s. 348 error to the united states court for the indian territory syllabus it being settled that, by the joint resolution of march 3, 1891, 26 stat. 1115, the ..... brought the case here by error. the writ of error was allowed and sealed on june 5, 1891. it is contended that we are without jurisdiction because, by the act creating the circuit courts of appeals, the court of appeals for the eighth circuit has alone jurisdiction of this controversy. it is settled "that, by the joint resolution of ..... sued out, or taken before july 1, 1891, the court has jurisdiction of this case, the writ of error having been allowed and sealed june 5, 1891. under the act of may 2, 1890, c. 182, providing a temporary government for the territory of oklahoma, the provisions of the statutes of arkansas that if either party shall desire a panel .....

Adipurnam Pillai Vs. D'Sena and Ors.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1896)ILR19Mad85

..... of mr. justice shephard disposing of an application under section 182 of the indian companies act in the matter of the madras building association (limited).2. the madras building association (limited) is now in liquidation, but prior to the petition for liquidation certain shareholders gave notice of withdrawal from the company, and the question for decision is, what are the rights of the withdrawing .....

Jaipal Gir and ors. Vs. H. Dharmapala

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (1896)ILR23Cal60

..... should be answered in the affirmative.38. the learned counsel for the petitioners next contended that the religious worship and religious ceremonies which section 296 of the indian penal code contemplates, must be real religious worship and real religious ceremonies, and not such as are colourable only, and that the worship and ceremonies ..... which the complainant and his party were engaged in, were merely a pretext to cover their act of asserting their right against the claims of the mahant. whilst admitting fully the correctness of the first branch of this contention, that the religious worship ..... . the enshrinement may have involved the performance of religious worship or religious ceremony, but their inimediate object was to enshrine it and not simply to perform an act of worship. they wore told, before the enshrinement was complete, or before worship commenced, to remove the image, they were prevented from lighting the candles, .....

The Madras Mutual Benefit Permanent Fund Vs. Ragava Chetti and anr.

Court : Chennai

Reported in : (1896)ILR19Mad200

..... the said association is one falling within the latter part of section 4 of the indian companies act, which runs as follows:no company, association, or partnership consisting of more-than twenty persons shall be formed after the commencement of this act; for the purpose of carrying on any business (other than banking) that has for ..... is to lend money at intervals upon successive contracts, therefore the thornhill arms society carries on a 'business.' a society is not within section 4 of the companies act, 1862, unless its business has for its object the ' acquisition of gain.' but thornhill arms society lends money at interest; therefore it is an association carrying ..... what the borrowing members gain; but lending members gain and each member has the possibility of acquiring gain. therefore the thornhill arms society is prohibited by the companies act, 1862, section 4, and is illegal.' the argument which might be suggested against the above view that the words in section 4 'by the individual .....

Weeks Vs. Bridgman

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the passage of title by the grant, and the determination of its final destination would rest with the government and the claimant. railway company v. dunmeyer, 113 u. s. 629 ; railroad company v. whitney, 132 u. s. 357 ; bardon v. railroad company, 145 u. s. 535 ; ard v. brandon, 156 u. s. 537 ; whitney v. taylor, 158 u. s. 85 ..... of the occupation of the stations, and upon compliance with the laws and regulations in other respects applicable to the case. on may 26, 1860, congress passed an act entitled "an act for the relief of george f. brott," providing, 12 stat. 843, c. 63: "that george f. brott be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter ..... appropriated as aforesaid) shall be held by the territory or future state of minnesota for the use and purpose aforesaid." the minnesota and pacific railroad company was organized as a railroad corporation under and pursuant to an act of the legislature of the territory, now state, of minnesota, approved may 22, 1857. the st. paul and pacific railroad .....

Folsom Vs. United States

Court : US Supreme Court

..... value of the matter in dispute did not reach five thousand dollars, we could not take jurisdiction of page 160 u. s. 126 the particular case. aztec mining company v. ripley, 151 u. s. 79 . it was urged that congress could not have intended that such cases should be brought to this court by reason of the ..... decrees of district and circuit courts. section 13 gives the same appellate jurisdiction over the decisions of page 160 u. s. 127 the united states court in the indian territory, distributed in accordance with sections 5 and 6. section 15 gives the same appellate jurisdiction over the territorial courts, but confines it to the courts of appeals ..... rendered inevitable, in our opinion, by the restriction of the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of appeals to cases in which their judgments were made final by the act, and the same rule seems applicable in the disposal of the question under consideration. by the sixth section, the circuit courts of appeals are vested with appellate jurisdiction .....

Louisville and Nashville R. Co. Vs. Kentucky

Court : US Supreme Court

..... their passengers; in the railroad commission cases, 116 u. s. 307 , to the right of a state to reasonably limit the amount of charges by a railway company for the transportation of persons and property within its jurisdiction notwithstanding a statute which granted to it the right "from time to time to fix, regulate, and receive ..... may desire to unite their said road with." on december 15, 1855, the legislature of tennessee passed an act to amend an act entitled "an act to charter the louisville and nashville railroad company, and the several acts amending said act passed by the legislatures of kentucky and tennessee," under which it had been authorized to construct its road ..... appear to have been deemed so little in contravention of the public policy of the state that the general assembly did not hesitate to confirm them by special acts, and to receive taxes upon them as part of the l. & n. system. while the doctrine of contemporaneous construction is doubtless of great value in determining .....

In Re: Ambrose Summers, an Insolvent

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : (1896)ILR23Cal592

..... , amount to an act of insolvency; although such assignment was made in part for a new consideration and to secure a new advance as well as the antecedent debt. upon ..... the case of a new advance or consideration one of exception to the general rule, and would have rendered such an assignment as this, notwithstanding the new consideration, an act of insolvency. even though the after-acquired property may not pass at law without a subsequent appropriation, still the question is partly one of intent, and the assignee ..... act. that has been so held by the late supreme court in the case of agra bank v. cochrane 3 tay and bell 63. one of the questions expressly considered and determined in that case was whether an assignment by a trader of his stock-in-trade covering future assets would, if made after the date of the indian insolvent act .....

Seneca Nation Vs. Christy

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of opinion "that the grant of august 31, 1826, was a valid transaction, and was not in contravention of the provisions of the federal constitution or of the indian intercourse act of 1802, and vested in the purchasers a good title in fee simple absolute to the lands granted, free from any claim of the seneca nation," and also ..... reservations in this state." laws new york, 1845, p. 146, c. 150; n.y.rev.stat. (7th ed.) 295. the first section of this act reads as follows: " 1. the seneca indians residing on the allegany and cattaraugus reservations in this state, shall be deemed to page 162 u. s. 287 hold and possess the said reservations as a ..... that, conceding "the invalidity of the grant of august 31, 1826, under the indian intercourse act of 1802, nevertheless the title was subsequently confirmed and made good by the act of congress of 1846, authorizing the president to receive from the ontario bank, and deposit in the treasury of the united states, .....