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Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1818

United States v. Palmer

The United States v. Palmer et al. A robbcry committed on the high seas, although such robbery if com., milled on land would not by the lav s of the United Surtes bo punishable with death, is piracy under the 8th section of the act of 1700»

16 U.S. 610 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1818

Ross v. Triplett

(practice.) Ross v. Triplett. Thta court .tuis no jurisdiction of causes brought before it,-upon .certificate of a division of opinions of the judges of tho circuit court for the.District of Columbia. Tlief. appellate jut isdicliori ofthis

16 U.S. 600 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1818

Craig v. Radford

(chancery.) Craig et al. v. Radford. 'If, under tho Virginia land law, tlio warrant Blast be lodged irti tTiff office of the surveyor at the time when th.q,. survey is made, his Certificate, stating that the survey was made by virtue of tho

16 U.S. 594 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1818

Craig v. Leslie

(Chancery;) Craig v. Leslie et al. ■ft. C., a citizen of Virginia, being seized of real property in that Mato, made his will: “In the first place 1 give, devise, amt bequeath unto J. L.” and four others, ‘‘all my estate, real and personal,

16 U.S. 563 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1818

The Amiable Nancy

(prize. The Amiable Nancy. The district courts of the United States'have jurisdiction of queci(iohs of prize, and its incidents, independent of the special provisions of the- prize act of tho 26th June, 1812, eh.- 430. (CV1I. J tfa an illeg

16 U.S. 546 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1818

Murray's Lessee v. Baker

(Common Law.) Murray’s Lessee v. Baker et al. Tha terms “ beyond seas,” in the proviso or saving clause of a statute of limitations, are equivalent to without the limits of the State where the statute is enacted ; and the party who is witho

16 U.S. 541 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1818

Burton's Lessee v. Williams

(local law.) Burton’s Lessee v. Williams et al. The f fate of North Carolina, by her act of cession of the western land* of 1789, ch. 3. recited in the act of congress of 1790, eh. 33. ac* cepting that cession, and by her act of 1803. ch. 3

16 U.S. 529 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1818

Lenox v. Prout

(CuANCSKTbJ Lenox et al. v. Prout. íbe endorser of s promissory note, w hi> h.is been chargfd by doe no" Vice of :he default of ihe maker, is no« en ¡lied to he protect ion of a ■ court of oquit) aa n surety ; the holder may proceed against

16 U.S. 520 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1818

Evans v. Eaton

(common law.) Evans v. Eaton. Under life fi.tb.section of the patent law of 1793, ch; 156. the defend,ant pleaded the general issue, and. gave notice that tie woulq prove at Jim'trial, that the machine, for l he use of which, without licens

16 U.S. 454 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1818

Brown v. Jackson

[Common Law.) Brown v. Jackson. Although the grantees in a deed executed after, but recorded' Before, another conveyance of the same land, being bond fide purchasers without notice, are by law deemed to possess the better titleyet where L.

16 U.S. 449 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1818

The Anne

(Pbize.) The Anne, Barnabeu, Claimant. The captors are competent witnesses upon an order for farther. proof, where the benefit- of it is extended to both parties. The captors are always competent' witnesses, as to the circumslancec of the c

16 U.S. 435 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1818

The Atalanta

(Prize.) The Atalanta.—Foussat Claimant. AAeuttral cargo found on board an armed er emv’s vessel is not fiable to condemnation as prize of war. A question of proprietary interest. Farther proof ordered. Appeal from the circuit Court for the

16 U.S. 409 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1818

Houston v. Moore

(Practice.) Houston v. Moore fha court has no' jurisdiction under the 25th section of the judiciary sett' of 1789, cb. 20; linio» the judgment, or decree, óf th* etatecourt.be ■¿final judgment or decree. A judgment reversing that of jan inf

16 U.S. 433 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1818

The Æolus

(IiwtTance Court.) The Æolus—Weed, Claimant. A question of fact under the non-importation laws. Dcfenca, set Up on the -plea of distress', repellad. Condemnation. Appeal front the circuit court for the district of Massachusetts. This vessel

16 U.S. 392 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1818

Gelston v. Hoyt

(Constitutional and Common Law.) Gelston, et al. v. Hoyt. Under the judiciary act of 1789', ch. 20. s. 25. giving appellato jurisdiction to iha supreme court of the United States, from the fina! , judgment or decree bf the highest court of

16 U.S. 246 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1818

The Fortuna

(Prize.) The Fortuna.—Krause et al. Claimants. A question of proprietary interest, and concealment of papers. Farther, proof ordered, open to both parties. On the production of farther proof by the claimant, condemnation pronounced. • TfVhe

16 U.S. 236 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Civil Rights 1818

Hampton v. M'Connel

(Constitutional Law.) Hampton v. M'Connel. A judgment of a state court has the samo credit, validity, and effect in every other court within the United States, which it had in the state whore it was rendered; and whatever pleas would be goo

16 U.S. 234 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1818

United States v. 150 Crates of Earthen Ware

(Instance Court.,) The United States v. 150 Crates of Earthen Ware. Libel for a forfeiture of goods imported, and alleged to have been in” v.oiced at a less sum than the actual cost at the place of exportation, with design to evade the duti

16 U.S. 232 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1818

Dunlop v. Hepburn

(Chancery.)' Dunlop v. Hepburn, et al. IhpíaAalion of the decree in this cause, (reported ante; Vol. I. p. 719'. that.the defendants were only to be accountable ' for the rent* and' profits'of the lauds, referred'to in’the proceedings; actu

16 U.S. 231 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1818

Robinson v. Campbell

(constitutional .AND Xocal law.) Robinson v. Campbell. the compact of Í802, settling the boundary lina'between Virginia trait Tennessee, and the laws made in pursuance thereof, it is declared that •all claims and titles to lands derived, fr

16 U.S. 212 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1818

United States v. Bevans

(Constitutional Law.) The United States v. Bevans. Admitting that the 3d article of the constitution of the United States, which declares that “ the judicial power shall extend to all cases ot admiraltv and maritime jurisdiction,” vests in

16 U.S. 336 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1818

Patton v. Nicholson

(common law. Patton v. Nicholson. On* ehiaeB-of the United .States hi* no right to purchase of,or nil to Mother, a- license or pans f{om the public enemy, to harped onf hoard an Amerioah vessel. Error to the circuit court, of the district o

16 U.S. 204 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1818

Shepherd v. Hampton

(Common Law.) Shepherd et al. v. Hampton. In an action by the vendee for the breach erf a contract ofsqlb oy the vendor, in not delivering the .articlo, the measure of damage ¡8 the price of the article at the time of the breach of the cont

16 U.S. 200 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law 1818

Olivera v. Union Insurance

(Common Law.) Olivera v. The Union Insurance Company. A vessel within a port, blockaded after the commencement of her voy- . age, and prevented from proceeding on it, sustains, a loss by a peril tvithin that clause of the policy insuring ag

16 U.S. 183 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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