United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 268 |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action actual affirmed Amendment amount applied Argument Association Attorney authority Bank bill Board brief brought cause cent charged Circuit Court claim Commission Company Congress Constitution construction contract corporation cost County Court of Appeals damages decision decree deduction defendant delivered denied determined direct District Court effect entered error established evidence fact federal filed give given Government granted ground held included income intended interstate interstate commerce issued judgment June jurisdiction JUSTICE lands lease limited March means ment Messrs Michigan nature officers operation Opinion Pacific paid payment person petition petitioner plaintiff present proceedings production provisions purchase question Railroad Railway rates reasonable received respect respondent result rule schools Stat statute suit supra tion trade transfer transportation Trust Union United writ of certiorari York
Popular passages
Page 357 - But no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he may testify, or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, before...
Page 362 - ... or to permit any income return or copy thereof or any book containing any abstract or particulars thereof to be seen or examined by any person except as provided by law; and it shall be unlawful for any person to print or publish in any manner whatever not provided by law any income return, or any part thereof or source of income, profits, losses or expenditures appearing in any income return...
Page 303 - The court shall order the trustee to pay all taxes legally due and owing by the bankrupt to the United States, State, county, district or municipality in advance of the payment of dividends to creditors...
Page 487 - Columbia, the compensation received as such), of whatever kind and in whatever form paid, or from professions, vocations, trades, businesses, commerce, or sales, or dealings in property, whether real or personal, growing out of the ownership or use of or interest in such property; also from interest, rent, dividends, securities, or the transaction of any business carried on for gain or profit, or gains or profits and income derived from any source whatever.
Page 506 - But the possession and enjoyment of all rights are subject to such reasonable conditions as may be deemed by the governing authority of the country essential to the safety, health, peace, good order and morals of the community.
Page 487 - July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen; the compensation of the present President of the United States during the term for which he has been elected, and the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts of the United States now in office, and the compensation of all officers and employees of a State, or any political subdivision thereof, except when such compensation is paid by the United States Government.
Page 487 - Includes gains, profits, and income derived from salaries, wages, or compensation for personal service * * * of whatever kind and in whatever form paid, or from professions, vocations, trades, businesses, commerce...
Page 393 - ... owe permanent allegiance to the United States, and who may become residents of any State or organized Territory of the United States, with the following modifications: The applicant shall not be required to renounce allegiance to any foreign sovereignty ; he shall make his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States at least two years prior to his admission; and residence within the jurisdiction of the United States, owing such permanent allegiance, shall be regarded as...
Page 381 - States, suit shall be brought only in the district of the residence of either the plaintiff or the defendant ; nor shall any circuit or district court have cognizance of any suit, except upon foreign bills of exchange, to recover the contents of any promissory note or other chose in action in favor of any assignee, or of any subsequent holder if such instrument be payable to bearer and be not made by any corporation...
Page 648 - For present purposes we may and do assume that freedom of speech and of the press — which are protected by the First Amendment from abridgment by Congress — are among the fundamental personal rights and " liberties " protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment from impairment by the States.