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Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1814

Brown v. United States

Armitz Brown v. United States. Confiscation of enemy's property. British property, found in the United States, on land, at the commencement of hostilities with Great Britain, cannot be condemned as enemy’s propei’ty, without a legislative a

12 U.S. 110 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1814

Beatty' administrators v. Burnes's administrators

Beatty’s administrators v. Burnes’s administrators. Statute of limitations. The Maryland statute of limitations of three years, is a good bar to an action of assumpsit for money had and received, brought to try a title to lands in the city

12 U.S. 98 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1814

Crowell v. McFadon

*Crowell and others v. McFadon. Seizure — Embargo. Under the 11th section of the embargo act of 25th April 1808, the collector was justified in detaining a vessel, by his honest opinion, that there was an intention to violate or evade the p

12 U.S. 94 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1814

Beale v. Thompson

Beale v. Thompson and Morris. Deposition de bene esse. It is a fatal objection- to a deposition taken under the judiciary act of 1789 § 30, that it was opened out of court. Error to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia. On the tri

12 U.S. 70 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1814

Smith v. Edrington

Smith and others v. Edrington. Wills. — After-acquired la/nds. Under the statute of Virginia respecting wills, it is necessary, in order that lands acquired after the date of the will, may pass by the will, that the intention of the testato

12 U.S. 66 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1814

McCall v. Marine Insurance

McCall et al. v. Marine Insurance Company. Ma/rine insurance. — Loss hy iloehade. If a policy insures against “ unlawful arrests, restraints and detainments of ail kings, princes,” &e., the qualification, “unlawful,” extends in its operatio

12 U.S. 59 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Insurance Law 1814

Pleasants v. Maryland Insurance

Pleasants v. Maryland Insurance Company. Marine insurance.— Valuation. When a cargo is insured by diverse polices, in some of which the rate of exchange is fixed, at which the prime cost of the cargo shall be valued ; in ascertaining the am

12 U.S. 55 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1814

Gracie v. Marine Insurance

*Gracie v. Marine Insurance Company of Baltimore. Ma/rvne insurance. — Termination of rislc. — Ransom. A policy on goods, to be safely landed at Leghorn, is discharged, by landing them at the Lazaretto; that being the usage of the trade.* Q

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

Affirmed 1814

Clementson v. Williams

*Clementson v. Williams. Statute of limitations. An acknowledgment of the original justice of a claim, is not sufficient to take the case out of ■ the statute of limitations; the acknowledgment must go to the fact, that it is still due. The

12 U.S. 72 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1814

Common Council v. Preston

* Common Council of Alexandria v. Preston. Liability for taxes. A purchaser of real estate, in Alexandria, is not personally liable for arrears of taxes, assessed before his purchase. Error to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia,

12 U.S. 53 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1814

Hall v. Leigh

Hall v. Leigh et al. Principal and factor. If two joint-owners of merchandise consign it to a merchant for sale, and inform him that'each owns one moiety; and if they give separate and variant instructions, each for his own moiety; one of t

12 U.S. 50 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1814

Marcardier v. Chesapeake Insurance

Marcardier v. Chesapeake Insurance Company. Marine insv/ranoe. — Total loss. — Memorandum a/riicles. — Charter-party. Where a technical total loss is sought to be maintained, upon the mere ground of deterioration of the cargo, at an interme

12 U.S. 39 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1814

Bank of Alexandria v. Herbet

*Bank of Alexandria v. Herbert. Trustees in insolvency. Tke trustee of an insolvent debtor, in the district of Columbia, represents the creditors of the insolvent, and cam take advantage of a defect in a mortgage, of which the insolvent him

12 U.S. 36 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1814

Griffith v. Frazier

Griffith v. Frazier. Administration.— Void judgment. So long as a qualified executor is capable of exercising tbe authority with which he has been invested by the testator, that authority cannot be conferred, either with or without limitati

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

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1814

Pratt v. Carroll

*Pratt and others v. Carroll. Equity. — Specific performance. Alter a lapse of seven j-ears, the court will refuse to decree a specific performance of a contract, in the part execution of which the complainants, or those under whom they cla

12 U.S. 471 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1814

Prince v. Bartlett

Prince v. Bartlett. Priority of the United States. In case of insolvency, the United States are riot entitled to priority of payment, unless the insolvency be a legal and known insolvency, manifested by some notorious act of the debtor, pur

12 U.S. 431 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1814

United States v. Brigantine Mars

*The Mars. United States v. The Brigantine Mars. Forfeiture. —Bona fide purchaser. A forfeiture under the 3d section of 28th June 1809, oh. 9, will overreach a bond fide sale V, • purchaser, for a valuable consideration, without notice of t

12 U.S. 417 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1814

Vowles v. Craig

Vowles and others v. Craig and others. Military land-warrant. If a person who has obtained a survey, upon a military land-warrant, under the commonwealth of Virginia, for 2000 acres, sell and transfer, for a valuable consideration, his righ

12 U.S. 371 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1814

The Frances

The Frances, Boyer, Master: Graham’s claim. Prize. — Further proof. Where the affidavits produced on the order for further proof are positive, but their credibility impaired by the non-production of letters mentioned in the affidavits, a se

12 U.S. 348 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1814

Harford v. United States

Harford, claimant of 480 Pieces of Cotton Bagging v. United States. Lcmding of imported goods. The penalty of the 60th section of the collection law of 2d March 1M9, which requires a permit for the landing of goods imported, applies to good

12 U.S. 109 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Insurance Law 1814

Gracie v. Maryland Insurance

Gracie v. Maryland Insurance Company.

12 U.S. 84 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1814

Van Ness v. Forrest

Van Ness v. Forrest. Action on promissory note. A promissory note given by one member of a commercial company, to another member, for the use of the company, will sustain an action at law by the promisee, in his own name, against the maker,

12 U.S. 31 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion