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Reversed Intellectual Property 1807

Marshall v. Currie

*Humphrey Marshall and wife v. James Currie. La/nd la/w of Kmtuohy. Loose and vague expressions in an entry of land, in Kentucky, may be rendered sufficiently certain, by the reference to natural objects mentioned in the entry, and by compa

8 U.S. 172 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1807

Sthreshley v. United States

*Sthreshley and O’Bannon v. United States. Collectors of mt&rndl revenue. A collector of the revenue of the United States, after removal from office, has no authority to collect the duties outstanding at the time of his removal, and which h

8 U.S. 169 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1807

United States v. Cantrill

*United States v. Zebulon Cantrill. Indictment. — Repugnancy. The act of congress of 27th of June 1798, to punish frauds committed on the bank of the United States, is, in itself, repugnant, and will not support an indictment for knowingly

8 U.S. 167 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1807

Hopkirk v. Bell

Hopkirk v. Bell. Statute of Imitations. The act of limitations of Virginia is no bar to a British creditor’s demand on a promissory note, dated 21st August 1772, although one of the plaintiffs was in the country, after the treaty of peace,

8 U.S. 164 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1807

French's executrix v. Bank of Columbia

French’s executrix v. Bank of Columbia. Notice of nonpayment. The indorser of a promissory note for the accommodation of the maker, is entitled to strict notice. If the drawer of a bill of exchange, at the time of drawing, has a right to ex

8 U.S. 141 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Insurance Law 1807

Smith v. Carrington

Smith and others v. Carrington and others. Competency of witness. — Letters.—Exception.—Charge. A witness interested to diminish certain admitted items in the plaintiff’s acconnt, is still a competent witness to disprove other items. The de

8 U.S. 62 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1807

O'Neale v. Long

*O’Neale v. Long. Bond. — Alteration.—Surety. If a bond be executed -by O., as a surety for S., to obtain an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, in Maryland, and the bond' is rejected by the justice, and afterwards, without

8 U.S. 60 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1807

United States v. Willings & Francis

*United States v. Willings & Francis. Shipping. — Registry. An American registered vessel, in part transferred by parol, while at sea, to an American citizen, and resold to her original owners, on her return into port, before her entry, doe

8 U.S. 48 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1807

Ex parte Bollman

*Ex parte Bollman and Ex parte Swartwout. Habeas corpus. — Treason by levying war. — Commitment.—Criminal jurisdiction. This court has power to issue the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum. To constitute a levying of war, there must he a

8 U.S. 75 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1807

Jennings v. Carson

Jennings v. Carson. Prize. The owner of a privateer, capturing neutral property, is not liable to a decree of restitution, unless the property or its proceeds, came to his hands. The district courts of the United States are courts of prize;

8 U.S. 2 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1807

Diggs v. Wolcott

Diggs & Keith v. Wolcott. Injunction. A court of the United States cannot enjoin proceedings in a state court. This was an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the district of ■Connecticut, in a suit in chancery. The appellants, Di

8 U.S. 179 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1807

Viers v. Montgomery

Viers and wife v. Montgomery. Volimtwry cowoeycmce. A court of equity will not interfere between a donee of land, by deed, and a devisee under a will of the donor, in a case where there is no fraud. Error to the District Court of Kentucky,

8 U.S. 177 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1807

Skillern's executors v. May's executors

Skillern’s executors v. May’s executors. Fraud and failure of consideration. If the obligee of a bond obtain title in bis own name, for part of the lands, tbe assignment of which to the obligor was the consideration of the bond, and suffer

8 U.S. 137 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1807

Pendleton v. Wambersie

Pendleton & Webb v. Wambersie et al. Equity jurisdiction. — Parties. An assignee of an assignee of a copartner in a joint purchase and sale of lands, may sustain a bill in equity against the other copartners and the agent of the concern, to

8 U.S. 73 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1807

Montalet v. Murray

Montalet v. Murray. Jurisdiction. — Costs. When both parties are aliens, the courts of the United States have not jurisdiction. If it do not appear upon the record, that a suit might have been maintained in the courts of the United States,

8 U.S. 46 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1807

Rhinelander v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania

Rhinelander v. Insurance Company of Pennsylvania. Marine insurance. — Loss by capture. — Aba/ndonmemb. A capture of a neutral as prize, by a belligerent, is a total loss, and entitles the insured to abandon. The state of the loss, at the ti

8 U.S. 29 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1807

United States v. Kid

United States v. Kid & Watson. Import duties. Round copper bars, round copper plates, and round copper plates turned up at the edges, are not subject to duty upon importation. This case was certified from the Circuit Court of the district o

8 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion