U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone records, 1907-1945.

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U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone records, 1907-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122519508

The collection consists of: rulebooks and handbooks (1916-1939) to be used by the officers of the U.S. District Court for the Canal Zone; copies of the 1934 Bill and Act establishing a code of laws for the Zone; publications of the Isthmian Canal Commission (1907-1912); records of cases tried (1907-1910) and certain fees collected (1929-1935); legal documents such as opinions and memoranda of two divisions of the District Court (1940-1944); and short records for the Central American Construction Company (1912). The legal documents concern the right of the court to hold an individual for trial when there was no corroboration of the "evidence of accomplices" given during an "examining" trial (GOVERNMENT OF THE CANAL ZONE VS. ELMER JOHN HUNYADA), recovery of promissory notes (WALLINGFORD AND ARANGO VS. HOMER P. MCCARTY), and a land case which was in the courts for over thirty-seven years (PLAYA DE FLOR LAND AND IMPROVEMENT CO. VS. U.S.A.).

1 linear ft. (7 items, 18 pr. v., 3 ms. v.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6746059

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Playa de Flor Land and Improvement Company.

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United States. District Court (Canal Zone)

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The Canal Zone was a U.S. dependency within the country of Panama from 1904 to 1979. The Zone was established by a treaty between the United States and Panama which gave the U.S. the right to build and operate a canal and to act as a sovereign within the Zone. The Zone extended approximately 40 miles along each side of the canal. As a U.S. dependency, the Canal Zone was subject to U.S. laws and executive orders, and its District Court was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fift...

Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.)

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Hunyada, Elmer John.

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McCarty, Homer P.

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Wallingford and Arango.

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United States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)

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Central American Construction Company.

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