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..... the possession given by martinez could be ascertained upon the land, and that the objects called for in the second, and reduced or limited possession ordered and given on the representation of the fathers of the mission of san francisco, and which was intended to be covered by and included in the final grant of sola, could also be ascertained on .....
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..... in the colonies, namely, the principle that recognizes the property of the people as their own, and which, therefore, regards all taxes for the support of government as gifts of the people through their representatives, and regards taxation without representation as subversive of free government, was the origin of our own revolution. ..... of their own government -- privileges and immunities which their own governments respectively would be bound to respect and maintain. in this free country, the people of which inherited certain traditionary rights and privileges from their ancestors, citizenship means something. it has certain privileges and immunities attached to it which the ..... this, it is true, was the violation of a political right, but personal rights were deemed equally sacred, and were claimed by the very first congress of the colonies, assembled in 1774, as the undoubted inheritance of the people .....
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..... the rebel state of georgia," authorized the said state to make a constitution, which being submitted to congress and approved by it, the state was to be entitled to representation. the people of the state did accordingly make a new constitution and submit it to congress. this new constitution provided that "each head of a family should be entitled to a homestead ..... of the united states, which by an act of june page 82 u. s. 614 25, 1868, [ footnote 2 ] "to admit the states of georgia &c.;, to representation in congress," reciting that whereas the people of georgia, north carolina &c.;, had in pursuance of the already quoted act of march 2, 1867, "framed constitutions of state government which are republican, and have .....
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..... county, acting under a special and limited authority, the exercise of which was supposed to be carefully guarded, and he could not enlarge that authority by any representation that he possessed what was never conferred. the statutes of the state never intended to make the liabilities of its counties dependent upon the mere statements of any ..... , upon the following grounds: 1st. the county judge had no power to issue bonds binding upon the county, without previous authority conferred by a vote of the people. such is the construction given to the statutes of iowa, which are supposed to confer such power, by the supreme court of that state, and that construction ..... a loan was thus authorized, the form of the securities not being prescribed, negotiable bonds might be issued. the statute provides that the judge may submit to the people, at a regular or special election, "the question whether money may be borrowed to aid in the erection of public buildings," and other questions not necessary to be .....
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..... reduce the amount secured by it; and so with the third mortgage, in reference to the first and second. there could be no community of interest, and no right of representation, a matter which could exist only by reason of community of interest, where consecutive encumbrances are held by different persons, each of whom has rights adverse to all who precede ..... if a corporation executed a mortgage on its property, on its face, to secure bonds to be issued (only by the canceling of a like amount of previous bonds) and people bought them without seeing that such like amount had been canceled, they could not come into equity and claim the security of the mortgage for such second bonds, though they .....
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..... were made out in general from the freight bills, though occasionally where the collector knew the captain, and thought he could trust in his word, from the captain's verbal representations; no actual knowledge being had by the collectors here more than at dayton, of the truth of what the captain certified to. at cincinnati, of course, there were no further ..... and make personal inspection of cargoes or in this way or in any way have actual and personal knowledge whether the representation of the captains or of the bills was strictly accurate. but however made, the captain would always certify the representation on which the clearance was granted to be true. when, however, arriving at its destination, the boat came to be .....
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..... that if one of the late slaveholding states should desire to exclude all its colored population from the right of voting at the expense of reducing its representation in congress, it could do so. the existence of a large colored population in the southern page 92 u. s. 248 states, lately slaves and ..... by looser and less definite relations, constitute the state. . . . in the constitution, the term 'state' most frequently expresses the combined idea just noticed, of people, territory, and government. a state, in the ordinary sense of the constitution, is a political community of free citizens, occupying a territory of defined boundaries, organized under ..... if he has been illegally prevented from voting, it was by an unauthorized and illegal act of the inspectors. the word "state" "describes sometimes a people or community of individuals united more or less closely in political relations, inhabiting temporarily or permanently the same country; often it denotes only the country or territorial .....
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..... their commission and authority is, from its nature and circumstances, peculiarly known to the officer or agent, in which case the principal will or may be bound by the false representations of the agent respecting its authority and its extent and scope." the present is exactly such a case. the town officers had means of knowledge which the purchaser had not ..... assessment rolls of the township would have shown as much. the authority of starin v. genoa has not been increased by the subsequent action of the new york courts. in people v. mead, 24 n.y. 114, the ruling was followed, but judge denio, who only gave an opinion, claimed that the decision in starin v. genoa had been made on ..... to deliver the bonds directly to the company -- a doctrine denied in this court, in the supreme court of pennsylvania, and even in the court of appeals of new york. people v. mead, 24 n.y. 124; town of venice v. woodruff, 62 id. 462. they assert also that where an authority is given to an officer to execute and .....
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..... should issue to the latter a certificate of stock to the amount of $100,000, which was accordingly done. on the 6th of october, 1871, upon the representation of the president of the company and others, that the work on said railroad was far advanced toward completion through the county of randolph, but that from unavoidable ..... all loans to corporations of municipal credits after july 2, 1870. if, however, a subscription for that purpose had already been authorized by a vote of the people, the right to make such subscription was not affected by the prohibition. if not authorized before the date mentioned, the subscription was absolutely prohibited. if previously authorized, ..... shall not be construed as affecting the right of any municipality to make such subscriptions when the same have been authorized under existing laws by a vote of the people of such municipality prior to such adoption." this provision took effect on the 2d of july, 1870. richards v. donaghue, 66 ill. 73. if, then, .....
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..... or of opinion, liable to modification or abandonment upon a charge of circumstances of which neither party can have any certain knowledge. the only case in which a representation as to the future can be held to operate as an estoppel is where it relates to an intended abandonment of an existing right, and is made to ..... relief in such cases. but until thus corrected, the policy must be taken as expressing the final understanding of the assured and of the insurance company. the previous representation of the agent could in no respect operate as an estoppel against the company. apart from the circumstance that the policy subsequently issued alone expressed its contract, an ..... that no such notification was given to him before the maturity of the second premium, and for that reason he did not pay it at the time required. this representation before the policy was issued, it was contended page 96 u. s. 547 in the court below, and in this court constituted an estoppel upon the company against .....
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