...doctrine of construction is in accord with the long-heeded admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." The Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118. See The Nereide, 9 Cranch 388, 423; MacLeod v. United...

...as said by Chief Justice Marshall,.in Murray v. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch, 64, 118: " . . . an act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains. . . ." That the Government has full power under the Volstead Act to prevent the landing or transshipment...

...mind the admonition of Mr. Chief Justice Marshall in The Charming Betsy, 2 Cranch 64, 118 (1804), that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains . . . ." We therefore conclude, as we did in Bern, that for us to sanction the exercise of local sovereignty...

...Fairf. 118; 9 Greenl. 140; 6 Greenl. 112; 3Greenl.326; 3 Venn. 507; 3 S. & R. 1«9; 4 Greenl. 140. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...'law of nations, if any other possible construction remain. Murray v. The Charming Betsey, 2 Cranch, 64. In construing the statutes of a state, the Supreme...

...Brig Aurora v. The United States, 7 Cranch, 382; 2 Cond. Rep. 040. An act of Congress ought never tobe construed to violate the law of nations, if any other possible construction remains ; and consequently can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce,...

...the Supreme Court entirely concurs'in that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 95. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations, if any other possible construction remains; and consequently can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect neutral commerce, further...

...the Supreme Court entirely :oncurs in that opinion. Grant v. Naylor, 4 Cranch, 224 ; 2 Cond. Rep. 90. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations, if any other possible instruction remains ; and consequently can never be construed to violate neutral rights, or to affect...

...and Murray vs. Schooner Charming Betsy, 2 Cr. R., 118, the Supreme Court lay it down as a rule, that an act of Congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possiifeconstruction remains. This rule commends itself both by its wisdom and its justice, and it...

...— Pothier on Contracts, part l,ch. \, art. 7, rule3. The Supreme Court of the United States say, " An act of congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations," (or the law of nature, they might have said, for the same reason, for the two are substantially synonymous...

...and usages of nations or the general doctrines of national law. Talbot ve. Seeman, 1 Crane*, 43. 10. An act of Congress ought never to be construed to...nations if any other possible construction remains, and, consequently, can never be construed to violate neutral rights or to affect neutral commerce further...