 | Austin Abbott - 1861 - 572 páginas
...principal might be ousted, it does not follow that the possession of the government can thus be lost. " As the United States are not suable of common right,...Congress, or the court cannot exercise jurisdiction in it" (Per Chief-justice Marshall; United States a. Clark, 8 Peters, 463 ; and in Cohen a. Virginia,... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims - 1937 - 710 páginas
...INTERNAL REVENUE. See Taxes. JURISDICTION. I. The United States cannot be sued as of right; a plaintiff must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress, and comply with the conditions prescribed by the statutes. Continental Mills, Inc., 247. II. The granting... | |
 | 1868 - 584 páginas
...be lost. " As the United States are not suable of common right, the party who institutes sucli snit must bring his case within the authority of some act...Congress, or the court cannot exercise jurisdiction in it." (Per Chief-justice Marshall ; United States a. Clark, 8 Peters, 463 ; and in Cohen a. Virginia,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1869 - 802 páginas
...legal proceedings at law or in equity without their consent; and whoever institutes such proceedings must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress. Such is the language of this court in United States v. Clarke.* The same exemption from judicial process... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 800 páginas
...legal proceedings at law or in equity without their consent; and whoever institutes such proceedings must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress. Such is the language of this court in United States v. Clarke.* The same exemption from judicial process... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1871 - 726 páginas
...proceedings at law or in equity without their consent, and that whoever institutes such proceedings must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress, says: " The same exemption from judicial process extends to the property of the United States, and... | |
 | Jere Baxter - 1879 - 750 páginas
...legal proceedings at law or in equity without their consent; and whoever institutes such proceedings, must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress." This case cites the admiralty cases, the most numerous - class I have yet found, to show the extent... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit) - 1880 - 742 páginas
...independent State is not suable except by its own consent. This general proposition will not be controverted. As the United States are not suable of common right,...within the authority of some act of Congress, or the courts cannot exercise jurisdiction over it. Argument for the United States. United Slatet \. Clarke,... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit), Robert William Hughes - 1880 - 750 páginas
...proposition will not be controverted. As the United States are not suable of common right, the partv who institutes such suit must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress, or the courts cauuot exercise jurisdiction over it. Argument for the United States. United States v. Clarke,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1881 - 618 páginas
...which judgment the district attorney, on behalf of the United States, prayed an appeal to this court. As the United States are not suable of common right,...or the court cannot exercise jurisdiction over it. The counsel for the United States contends that George JF Clarke has not, by his petition, made a case... | |
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They cannot be subjected to legal proceedings, at law or in equity, without their consent ; and whoever institutes such proceedings must bring his case within the authority of some act of Congress. 
