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Remanded 1820

United States v. Lancaster

(Practice.) The United States v. Lancaster. The District Judge cannot sit in the Circuit Court in a cause brought by writ of error from the District to the Circuit CourtJ and the cause cannot in such a case be brought from the Circuit to th

18 U.S. 434 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1820

The Atalanta

(Prize.) The Atalanta.-Faussat, Claimant. A question of proprietary interest on farther proof. Condemnation pronounced.

18 U.S. 433 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1820

Campbell v. Pratt

(Chancery.) Campbell v. Pratt et al. Explanation of the former decree of this Court in the same caáé, 9 Cranch, 500. THIS cause was argued by Mr. Key, for the appel.lant, and by Mr. Jones, for the respondents. March 13th. March 16th.

18 U.S. 429 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1820

Conn v. Penn

(Chancery.) Conn et al. v. Penn. In appeals to this'court, from the Circuit Courts, in Chancery cases, . the parol testimony- which is heard at the trial, in the Court below, ' ought to appear in the record. A final decree in equity, or an

18 U.S. 424 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Civil Rights 1820

Owings v. Speed

(Constitutional Law.) Owings v. Speed et al. The present Constitution of the United States 'did not commence its , operation until the first Wednesday in March, 1789, and the provision in the Constitution, that “ no State shall make any law

18 U.S. 420 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Immigration Law 1820

United States v. Holmes

(Law of Nations. Constitutional Law.) The United States v. Holmes et al. The Courts of the United States have jurisdiction under the act of the 30th of April, 1790, 'c. 36. of murder or robbery committed on the high seas, although not commi

18 U.S. 412 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1820

Lyle v. Rodgers

(Common Law.) Lyle et al. v. Rodgers. Where claims against a party, both in his own right, and in a representative character, are submitted to the award of arbitrators, it is a valid objection to the award, that it does not precisely distin

18 U.S. 394 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1820

La Amistad de Rues

(Prize.) La Amistad de Rues.-Almiral, Libellant. Quiere, Whether, where a prize has been taken by a privateer fitted out in violation of our neutrality, the vessels of the United States have a right to recapture the prize and bring it into

18 U.S. 385 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1820

Lessee v. Anthony

(Local Law.) Handly’s Lessee v. Anthony et al. The boundary of the State of Kentucky extends only to low water mark on the western or northwestern side of the river Ohio; and does not include a peninsula, or island, on the western or northw

18 U.S. 374 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1820

The Josefa Segunda

(Prize and Instance Court.) The Josefa Segunda, Carricabura et al. Claimants. An information under the act of the 3d of March, 1807, c. 77. to prevent the importation of slaves into the United States. The alleged unlawful importation attemp

18 U.S. 338 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1820

Blake v. Doherty

(Locai, Law.) Blake et al. v. Doherty et al. It is essential to the validity of a grant, that the thing granted should be so described as to be capable of iieing distinguished from other things of the same kind. But it is not necessary that

18 U.S. 359 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1820

Mechanics' Bank v. Bank of Columbia

(Common Law.) Mechanics’ Bank of Alexandria v. The Bank of Columbia. The 17tii section of the act, incorporating the Mechanics’Bank of Alexandria, providing “ that alt bills, bonds, notes, and every other contract or engagement on behalf of

18 U.S. 326 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1820

Loughborough v. Blake

(Constitutional Law.) Loughborough v. Blake. Congress has authority to impose a direct tax on the district of Co7 lumbia, in proportion to the census directed- to be taken by the constitution. The power of Congress to levy and collect taxes

18 U.S. 317 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1820

Marshall v. Beverley

(Chancery.) Marshall v. P. R. Beverley. In Equity, á final decree cannot he pronounced until all parties in interest are brought before the Court. Where a bill was filed for a perpetual injunction, on judgments obtained on certain bills of

18 U.S. 313 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1820

Lessee v. Wendell

(Local Law.) Polk’s Lessee v. Wendell et al. There are cases in which a grant is absolutely void; as where the' State ' has no title to the thing granted, or where the officer had no authority to issue the grant,, ifc. In such cases, the va

18 U.S. 293 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1820

Wallace v. Anderson

(Practice.) Wallace v. Anderson. Au information for a quo warranto, to try the title to an office, cannot be maintained but at the instance of the Government; and the consent of parties will not give jurisdiction in such k case. Error to th

18 U.S. 291 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1820

Mandeville v. Welch

(Common Law.) Mandeville v. Welch. Bills of exchange and negotiable promissory notes, are distinguished from all other parol contracts by the circumstance that they arc prima facie evidence of valuable consideration, both between the origin

18 U.S. 277 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1820

Perkins v. Ramsey

(Local Law.) Perkins et al. v. Ramsey et al. The following -entry is -invalid for want of tbat -certainty and precision required by law: “ William Perkins and William Hoy, enter 6,714 acres of land on a treasury warrant, No. 10,692, to join

18 U.S. 269 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1820

Stevenson's Heirs v. Sullivant

(Chancery and Local Law ) Stevenson’s Heirs v. Sullivant. Previous to the year 1775, H. S. of Virginia, cohabited with A. W., and had by her the appellants, whom he recognized as his children. In July, 1775, he made his will, which was duly

18 U.S. 207 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1820

United States v. Furlong

(Constitutional Law, and Law op Nations.) The United States v. Furlong, alias Hobson. The United States v. The Same. The United States v. The Same. The United States v. The Same. The United States v. Griffen and Brailsford. The United State

18 U.S. 184 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1820

United States v. Smith

The United States v. Smith. The act of the 3d of March, 1819, c. 76. s. 5. referring to the law of nations for a definition of the crime of piracy, is a constitutional exercise of the power of Congress to define and punish that crime. The c

18 U.S. 153 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1820

United States v. Klintock

The United States v. Klintock. A commission issued by Aury, as “ Brigadier of tbe Mexican republic,” (a republic whoso existence is unknown and unacknowledged,) or as “ Generalissimo of the Floridas,” (a province in the possession of Spain,

18 U.S. 144 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1820

The Venus

(Prize.) The Venus, Jademerowsky, Claimant. A question of proprietary interest, on farther proof. Restitution decreed. Captors’ costs and expenses ordered to be paid by the claimant, it being his fault that defective documents were put on b

18 U.S. 127 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1820

The London Packet

(Prize.) The London Packet.—Merino, Claimant. A question of proprietary interest on farther proof. Restitution dfi, creed, with costs and expenses to be paid by the claimant. In general, the circumstance of goods being found on board an ene

18 U.S. 132 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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