Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States, Volume 10

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Page 141 - We are of opinion, that there is no error in the judgment of the court below, and that it ought to be affirmed.
Page 194 - Colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign Prince or State, or of any Colony, district or people with whom the United States are at peace...
Page 75 - Dobe, being marked and numbered as in the margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned, at the aforesaid port of Piscataqua, New-England, (the danger of the seas only excepted), unto Mr.
Page 246 - The Indian nations had always been considered as distinct, independent political communities, retaining their original natural rights, as the undisputed possessors of the soil, from time immemorial, with the single exception of that imposed by irresistible power, which excluded them from intercourse with any other European potentate than the first discoverer of the coast of the particular region claimed ; and this was a restriction which those European potentates imposed on themselves, as well as...
Page 362 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by His Catholic Majesty or by his lawful authorities in the said Territories ceded by His Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the Territories had remained under the Dominion of His Catholic Majesty.
Page 401 - It may not be unworthy of remark, that it is very unusual, even in cases of Conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the Sovereign, and assume dominion over the Country. The modern usage of Nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is Acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world, would be ou,traged^ if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled.
Page 14 - That where any revenue officer or other person hereafter becoming indebted to the United States, by bond or otherwise, shall become insolvent, or where the estate of any deceased debtor in the hands of executors or administrators shall be insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debt due to the United States shall be first satisfied...
Page 41 - That in Actions of Debt or upon the Case grounded upon any Simple Contract no Acknowledgment or Promise by Words only shall be deemed sufficient Evidence of a new or continuing Contract...
Page 348 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision. But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become...
Page 236 - And we do further declare it to be our royal will and pleasure, for the present, as aforesaid, to reserve under our sovereignty, protection, and dominion, for the use of the said Indians...

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