Commission Under the Convention Between the United States & Paraguay: Statements and Arguments for Claimants and for the Republic, and Opinion and Award of CommissionersH. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1860 - Počet stran: 163 |
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... ment at San Antonio , and of the largest size ; one day's pro- duct of which would be 10,000 bricks . The cost in the United States , with labor at $ 1 per day , and wood at $ 5 per cord , would be $ 4 per thousand . The value in ...
... ment at San Antonio , and of the largest size ; one day's pro- duct of which would be 10,000 bricks . The cost in the United States , with labor at $ 1 per day , and wood at $ 5 per cord , would be $ 4 per thousand . The value in ...
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... . Further : it is not perceived upon what principle it is that , in addition to this , the capital raised is to be as- sumed to have been borrowed by the company upon an agree- ment to pay interest semi - annually ; and this 12.
... . Further : it is not perceived upon what principle it is that , in addition to this , the capital raised is to be as- sumed to have been borrowed by the company upon an agree- ment to pay interest semi - annually ; and this 12.
Strana 13
... ment to pay interest semi - annually ; and this being assumed , that there are to be semi - annual rests , and the interest com- pounded , as against the Republic of Paraguay . Proofs will be offered of the importations actually made by ...
... ment to pay interest semi - annually ; and this being assumed , that there are to be semi - annual rests , and the interest com- pounded , as against the Republic of Paraguay . Proofs will be offered of the importations actually made by ...
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... ment of liability , would be to charge him with a direct vio- lation of his instructions , of which I am quite sure he could never be guilty . To say also that the President of the United States thus limited Mr. Bowlin's discretion , in ...
... ment of liability , would be to charge him with a direct vio- lation of his instructions , of which I am quite sure he could never be guilty . To say also that the President of the United States thus limited Mr. Bowlin's discretion , in ...
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... ment . To avoid the acknowledgment , Venezuela sent a special minister to this country , with an earnest request that the negotiation should be transferred to Washington , where the damages , it was alleged , might be more equitably as ...
... ment . To avoid the acknowledgment , Venezuela sent a special minister to this country , with an earnest request that the negotiation should be transferred to Washington , where the damages , it was alleged , might be more equitably as ...
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affidavit agent alleged allowed American citizens amount applied Asuncion authority barrack Bowlin Buenos Ayres C. E. Hopkins Captain CARLOS ANTONIO LOPEZ cigar factory claim claimants commission commissioners conduct consul convention cost counsel cree damages decree demand despatch doubt el Señor Presidente employés enterprise ernment establishment Estados Unidos estimate evidence expedition expenditure expenses expulsion fact favor Ferguson government of Paraguay Governor Marcy guay injury insult interest introduced into Paraguay inventor judgment judicial justice labor land letter liability license Lieutenant Page Lieutenant Powell loss machinery Marcy ment mill Montevideo Morales officers operations outrages pany Paraguay Navigation Company Paraguay river Paraguayan government parties patent persons President Lopez privileges proceedings profits proof purchase question Republic of Paraguay respect San Antonio saw-mill says Secretary sold soldier South America steam testimony thousand dollars tion treaty United vessel Water Witch whole witness wrong
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Strana 32 - But we think the real answer to the objection is, that no wrongdoer can be allowed to apportion or qualify his own wrong ; and that as a loss has actually happened whilst his wrongful act was in operation and force, and which is attributable to his wrongful act, he cannot set up as an answer to the action the bare possibility of a loss, if his wrongful act had never been done.
Strana 111 - I The Government of the Republic of Paraguay binds itself for the responsibility in favor of the "United States and Paraguay Navigation Company," which may result from the decree of commissioners, who, it is agreed, shall be appointed as follows.
Strana 101 - The probable or possible benefits of a voyage, as yet in fieri, can never afford a safe rule by which to estimate damages in cases of marine trespass. There is so much uncertainty in the rule itself, so many contingencies which may vary or extinguish its application, and so many difficulties in sustaining its legal correctness, that the court can not believe it proper to entertain it.
Strana 37 - States believe it to be their duty, and they mean to execute it, to watch over the persons and property of their citizens visiting foreign countries, and to intervene for their protection when such action is justified by existing circumstances and by the law of nations. Wherever their citizens may go through the habitable globe, when they encounter injustice they may appeal to the government of their country, and the appeal will be examined into with a view to such action in their behalf as it may...