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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... correctness of this account , and of the statements therein , will be shown by the books of the company , the oaths of its officers and agents , and the testimony of other persons who had means of information on the subject , 2.
... correctness of this account , and of the statements therein , will be shown by the books of the company , the oaths of its officers and agents , and the testimony of other persons who had means of information on the subject , 2.
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... officer . It is possible that he had an exaggerated idea of his consular position , and of his official duty to protect the rights and interests of his countrymen . But we have looked in vain through the corres- pondence in this case ...
... officer . It is possible that he had an exaggerated idea of his consular position , and of his official duty to protect the rights and interests of his countrymen . But we have looked in vain through the corres- pondence in this case ...
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... officers of the Water Witch have concurred . There were no other Americans in Para- guay . We have given the best evidence of which the case is capable . As far as possible we have had our witnesses before the commission , and all our ...
... officers of the Water Witch have concurred . There were no other Americans in Para- guay . We have given the best evidence of which the case is capable . As far as possible we have had our witnesses before the commission , and all our ...
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... officers and agents have sworn to the truth of the accounts presented . We quote from record , page 185 : “ With reference to the evidences of accounts adduced and exhibited by the company , Mr. Carlisle repeats and consents to have ...
... officers and agents have sworn to the truth of the accounts presented . We quote from record , page 185 : “ With reference to the evidences of accounts adduced and exhibited by the company , Mr. Carlisle repeats and consents to have ...
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... officers of the United States exploring expedition , now in this country - Lieutenants Powell and Ammon , and Engineer Lamdin - by the testi- mony of defendant's witness , Ferguson , by that of the six Paraguayan exiles , by the ...
... officers of the United States exploring expedition , now in this country - Lieutenants Powell and Ammon , and Engineer Lamdin - by the testi- mony of defendant's witness , Ferguson , by that of the six Paraguayan exiles , by the ...
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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...