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Star of Hope

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the sacrifice was voluntary and contributed to save the associated interests from the impending danger to which the same were exposed. [ footnote 4 ] such claims have their foundation in equity, and rest upon the doctrine that whatever is sacrificed for the common benefit of the associated interests shall be made good by all the interests which ..... is one for general average, although the ship was totally lost, if the stranding was voluntary and was designed for the common safety and it appears that the act of stranding resulted in saving the cargo. [ footnote 10 ] undoubtedly the sacrifice must be voluntary and must have been intended as a means of saving the remaining ..... that the will of man did not in some degree contribute to the stranding of the ship, which is all that is required to constitute the stranding a voluntary act within the meaning of the commercial law. [ footnote 12 ] suppose the storm outside the bay was irresistible and overpowering, still it does not follow that there .....

Hepburn Vs. Griswold

Court : US Supreme Court

..... instrument by a narrow and literal rule of construction, and these have been specially directed to the general clause which we have cited as the foundation of the auxiliary powers of the government. it has been said that this clause, so far from authorizing the use of any means which could ..... hundred would not come within the prohibition against arbitrary privation of property. we confess ourselves unable to perceive any solid distinction between such an act and an act compelling all citizens to accept, in satisfaction of all contracts for money, half or three-quarters or any other proportion less than the whole ..... obliterate every criterion which this court, speaking through the venerated chief justice in the case already cited, established for the determination of the question whether legislative acts are constitutional or unconstitutional. undoubtedly among means appropriate, plainly adapted, really calculated, the legislature has unrestricted choice. but there can be no implied power to .....

Rubber Company Vs. Goodyear

Court : US Supreme Court

..... issued in 1844. the invention has since been covered by a succession of patents, the last of which, the reissues in question, are still unexpired and are the foundation of this litigation. the discovery was one of very great value. it is a mine of wealth to the possessors. since the first patent was issued, there have ..... this was a specific grant by the government, and vested in him exclusively the legal title. the suffix of executor signified the trustee character in which he assumed to act, and in which he was recognized and dealt with by the commissioner. the designation, and the trust which it implied, did not prevent the passage of the legal ..... probate of his will and issue letters testamentary. 2. where several executors are appointed by the will of a patentee decedent -- provision being made, however, for one alone acting -- and but one proves the will and receives the letters of administration, he alone can maintain till action for infringement of the letters patent at common law. 3. .....

In Re: William Tayler

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 44Ind.Cas.930

..... charge which you preferred against mr. justice dwarkanath mitter, of casting an unmeasured imputation upon you without one tittle of evidence to support it, was false and without any foundation. you knew that, according to the case as it stood, when mr. justice dwarkanath mitter pronounced judgment, he was fully justified in saying what he did. you ..... you say the words had reference to something gone by long ago. bat the letter, on the face of it, could not have referred to those bygone acts, as those acts had, and could have, no connection with the charge against a judge of the high court. besides those transactions occurred many years ago and in the paragraph ..... intention may have been innocent; but, as lord mansfield has said, the fact, whence the illegal motive is inferred, must be traversed; and the party, admitting the act, cannot deny the motive. the maxim actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea,' cannot be made applicable to this subject in the ordinary administration of justice; as .....

In Re: Banks and Fenwick

Court : Kolkata

Reported in : 45Ind.Cas.113

..... and form opinions for themselves. the press is fair, it is not scurrilous; the public are not captions; and public men do not object to have their public acts freely discussed and fairly criticised. oar courts, therefore, are generally free from complaints against the press, either civil or criminal, on the ground of defamation'.226. he ..... and in no way endeavoured to prer judice proceedings.182. [macpherson, j.--the article of the 26th april states or at least imputes that the chief justice acted wrongfully and attacked and turned everything against mr. tayler that he possibly could, and then protests against the cruelty (not the severity) of the sentence. there ..... established by royal charter, they would have no power to exercise such a jurisdiction as i mentioned before, as the administration has oarefully withdrawn all such power--act xxv of 1861, section 1863.78. no court except those established by royal charter has any jurisdiction, and when so established it has only that power to .....

Smith Vs. Sac County

Court : US Supreme Court

..... or propositions which the evidence is intended to establish, and not the evidence on which those ultimate facts are supposed to rest. [ footnote 2/29 ]" whether the foundation of the judgment be a statement of facts, a special verdict, or a special finding, the statement must be sufficient in itself, without inferences or comparisons or balancing ..... nothing short of conclusions of fact will answer the requirement of the law in a court of errors, whether the foundation of the judgment is an agreed statement, a special verdict, or a special finding under the recent act of congress, as in the case before the court. what is required is that the findings shall contain the ..... bills of exceptions and to determine, where the finding is special," whether the facts found are sufficient to support the judgment. unless the finding is special the act of congress does not give this court jurisdiction to reexamine anything except the rulings of the court, but when the finding is special the court may also .....

Legal Tender Cases

Court : US Supreme Court

..... to deny the implied power to make paper emissions a legal tender will be to cripple the government, is a mere chimera, without any solid constitutional foundation for its support. comprehensive, however, as the power of federal taxation is, being without limitation as to amount, still there are some restrictions as to ..... principles of eternal justice upon the existence of which all constitutional government is founded and without which government would be an intolerable and hateful tyranny. there are acts, says mr. justice chase in calder v. bull, [ footnote 5/25 ] which the federal and state legislatures cannot do without exceeding their authority. ..... indirectly impair the obligation of contracts, if by the expression be meant rendering contracts fruitless, or partially fruitless. directly it may, confessedly, by passing a bankrupt act, embracing past as well as future transactions. page 79 u. s. 550 this is obliterating contracts entirely. so it may relieve parties from their apparent .....

United States Vs. Dashiel

Court : US Supreme Court

..... of the argument is that a writ of error lies only on a final judgment and that the plaintiff, when he accepts full satisfaction for his judgment, removes the only foundation on which the writ of error can be allowed. suffice it to say in answer to that suggestion that no such question arises in the case, which is all that ..... writ of error, but the court, on due application, will enjoin the proceedings and set the execution aside, and it has been held that the sheriff and all the parties acting in the matter, are liable in trespass. [ footnote 15 ] page 70 u. s. 703 neither the decisions of the courts, therefore, nor text writers afford any countenance to the theory ..... sale was then adjourned. the only evidence as to what led to an adjournment of the sale appeared in a letter from the deputy marshal who superintended it to the acting marshal, his principal, sent up in the record, which came up on certiorari for diminution after the writ of error was taken out. in regard to this, the record, .....

Merchants' Bank Vs. State Bank

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the directors may limit his authority as they deem proper, but this would not affect those to whom the limitation was unknown. [ footnote 21 ] the foundation upon which this liability rests was considered in an earlier part of this opinion. those dealing with a bank in good faith have a right to presume ..... doubts were entertained whether the supposed admission was understandingly made, as it was obvious that the cashier was abruptly and unexpectedly arraigned for his unauthorized and illegal acts in terms of complaint and in tones of accusation and command, but the judges were quite satisfied, even if the language as reported was deliberately employed ..... by buying and selling exchange, coin, and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; by obtaining, issuing, and circulating notes, according to the provisions of this act," &c.; it is further provided that the directors may, by bylaws, regulate the manner in which its business shall be conducted and its franchises enjoyed, and that .....

Seymour Vs. Osborne

Court : US Supreme Court

..... is brought. undoubtedly the burden to establish both of those allegations is, in the first place, upon the party instituting the suit, as they lie at the foundation of every such claim, but the law is well settled that the letters patent in question, where they are introduced in evidence in support of the claim, if ..... before he had reduced it to practice, broke it up as something requiring more thought and experiment, and laid the parts aside as incomplete, provided it appears that those acts were done without any definite intention of resuming his experiments, and of restoring the machine with a view to apply for letters patent. [ footnote 22 ] he is ..... the several reissued letters patent are all in due form, and that they contain all the usual recitals asserting a compliance with the requirements specified in the patent act, and it is equally certain that the respondents did not introduce any proofs to establish the theory of fact assumed in the answer. authority to accept the surrender .....