Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court [and District Court] of the Canal Zone, Volume 3Isthmian Canal Commission Press, 1927 |
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Act of Congress Adamson Act affidavit agent alleged appears Attorney for defendant Attorney for plaintiff auditor authority Balboa Division Canal Zone Canal Zone police cause of action charge Circuit Court Civil Code claim Colon Commission common law complaint contract Court of Appeals criminal cross petition damages decision decree defendant company defendant's demurrer deportation discharge District Court District Judge divorce duty employee entitled evidence Executive Order fact filed follows Gorgona Government habeas corpus held injury issue Isthmian Canal Commission judgment jurisdiction jury libellants mandamus marriage Mata Redonda matter motion negligence officer Olockson Panama Canal Act Panama R. R. Panama Railroad Company parties person petitioner plaintiff pleading President proceedings proof prosecution question reason recover regulations rendered Republic of Panama res judicata right of action rule salary ship statute suit Supreme Court territory thereof tion treaty trial United vessel West Himrod Wolsum writ
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Page 36 - Territories and any foreign nation or nations, shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in such commerce, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee; and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee...
Page 73 - Disbursing officers, or the head of any Executive Department, or other establishment not under any of the Executive Departments, may apply for and the Comptroller of the Treasury shall render his decision upon any question involving a payment to be made by them or under them, which decision, when rendered, shall govern the Auditor and the Comptroller of the Treasury in passing upon the account containing said disbursement.
Page 311 - They are legislative Courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables Congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Page 301 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 65 - An Act to provide for the opening, maintenance, protection, and operation of the Panama Canal, and the sanitation and government of the Canal Zone...
Page 66 - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of mandate.— 1873-345. 1085. It may be issued by any court, except a justice's or police court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station...
Page 301 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of said Canal...
Page 115 - Commission unnecessary the President is authorized by Executive order to discontinue the Isthmian Canal Commission, which, together with the present organization, shall then cease to exist; and the President is authorized thereafter to complete, govern, and operate the Panama Canal and govern the Canal Zone, or cause them to be completed, governed, and operated, through a governor of the Panama Canal and such other persons as he may deem competent to discharge the various duties connected with the...
Page 606 - Sea three marine miles from mean low water mark and extending to and across the Isthmus of Panama into the Pacific ocean to a distance of three marine miles from mean low water mark with the proviso that the cities of Panama and Colon and the harbors adjacent to said cities, which are included within the boundaries of the zone above described, shall not be included within this grant.
Page 116 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made, on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, within their respective districts as well as upon the high seas...