...evidence to show the recovery and the title on which it rested.4 The 34th section of the judiciary act6 provides, " That the laws of the several States, except...the United States, in cases where they apply." This act does not, however, include cases in admiralty, and, until the passage of recent statutes, interested...

...Congress or some rule of the Federal Courts made in pursuance of law. The Act of 1789, s. 34, 1 Stat., 81, provides, that "the laws of the several States, except...of the United States, in cases where they apply." In Waiiman v. Southard, 10 Wheat., 1, it was observed by the Court, that the laws of the several States...

...would follow if this question were to be governed by section 34 of the judiciary act of 1789, which provides that "the laws of the several States, except...of the United States, in cases where they apply." Carroll v. Watkins. Having given the statutes and decisions of the courts of the State on this question,...

...are requisite for jurors by the laws of the State of which they are citizens" ; and still further, " that the laws of the several States, except where...the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply."2 Under these injunctions it was very easy, if not natural, for the national l Acts 37th Cong....

...testimony of Clements was improperly rejected. The section in question declares that the laws of the [*363] several * States, except where the constitution, treaties,...courts of the United States, in cases where they apply. The language of this section cannot, upon any fair construction, be extended beyond civil cases at...

...34th section of the Judiciary Act of September 24th, 1789, (1 US Stat. at Large, 92). That section provides, " that the laws of the several States, except...decision, in trials at common law, in the Courts of the United States, in 3 Segee v. Thomas. cases where they apply." This section was intended to furnish...

...further, " that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statntes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide,...the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply."2 LTnder these injunctions it was very easy, if not natural, for the national l Acts 37th Cong....

...thirty-fourth section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, enacting "that the laws of the several States . . shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common...of the United States, in cases where they apply," does not apply to questions of a general nature not based on a local statute or usage, nor on any rule...

...court to follow the decisions of the State tribunals in all cases to Avhich they apply. The section provides " that the laws of the several States, except...of the United States, in cases where they apply." In order to maintain the argument, it is essential, therefore, to hold, that the word " laws," in this...

...statutes of the United States shall otherwise require, or provide, shall be regarded as the rules of decision in trials at common law, in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply; and whereas by the laws of Virginia it is provided, that in cases not capital, the offender shall not...