...St:itr>. SKI'. 1977. All persons within t ho jurisdiction of the United States shall have the game ritjlit in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts,...evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person» and property as is enjoyed by \vhit« citizen«, and shall...

...Section 1977 of the ES, passed to give effect to this amendment, provides that "all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same...right in every state and territory to make and enforce 376 P ARBOTT'S CHINESE CASE. [Cir. Ct. Opinion of Sawyer, CJ [March, 1880.] Opinion of Sawyer, CJ contracts,...

...previous condition of slavery, or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, should have the same right in every state and territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, Dist. Cal.] SAN MATEO COUNTY v. SPBR...

...except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall have the same right, in every State and Territory, to make and enforce contracts, to sue, to be sued, be parties and give evidence ; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey personal...

...civil-rights act, after the adoption of the amendment. That act, 1 after providing that all persons within'the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same...evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, declares that...

...chap. 114, after the adoption of the amendment. That act, after providing that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same...evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, declares in...

...taxed, are citizens of the United States : that such citizens of every race and ' color shall have the same right in every state and territory to make and...enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, etc., and to the full and equal benc'fit of all laws and proceedings for the security of person and...

...act, as re-enacted in 1870, and, aguin, in the revised statutes, provides that "all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every state and territory * * * to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property, as...

...as re-enacted in 1870', and, again, in the Revised Statutes, provides that "All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory ... to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property, as...

...declared that all citizens of the United States of every race or color should have the same rights in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence; to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, own, and convey real and personal...