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Goldsborough v. Orr
Goldsborough, Plaintiff in error, v. Orr, defendant in error. Independent covenants. — Attachment. Where the acts stipulated to be done, are to be done at different times, the covenants are to be construed as independent of each other. Appl
Childress v. Emory
*Anderson Childress, Executor of Joel Childress, Plaintiff in error, v. Emory and McCleur, Executors of John G. Comegys, surviving partner of William Cochran & Comegys, Defendants in error. Jurisdiction,. — Action against executors. — Prof
Hunt v. Rousmanier's Administrators
Hunt v. Rousmanier’s Administrators. Revocation of power by death. — Reformation of contract in equity.— Parol evidence. A letter of attorney may, in general, be revoked by the party making it, and is revoked by his death. Where it forms a
Corporation of the City of Washington v. Pratt
Corporation of the City of Washington and others, Appellants, v. Pratt, Francis and others, Respondents. Tax sales in Washington. Under the 8th section of the act of 1812, to amend the act for the incorporation of the city of Washington, a
Gracie v. Palmer
Archibald Gracie and others, Plaintiffs in error, v. John Palmer and others, Defendants in error. Lienf'w freight. By a charter-party, the sum of $30,000 was agreed to be paid for the use or hire of the ship, on a voyage from Philadelphia t
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of New Haven
*Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts v. Town of New Haven and William Wheeler. Foreign charitable corporations. — Effect of treaty of peace. A corporation for religious and charitable purposes, which is endowed solely
Wormley v. Wormley
Hugh Wallace Wormley, Thomas Strode, Richard Veitch, David Castleman and Charles McCormick, appellants, v. Mary Wormley, wife of Hugh Wallace Wormley, by George F. Strother, her next friend, and John S. Wormley, Mary W. Wormley, Jane B. Wor
Johnson & Graham's Lessee v. McIntosh
*Johnson and Graham’s Lessee v. William McIntosh. Indian grants. A title to lands, under grant to private individuals, made by Indian tribes or nations north-west of the river Ohio,in 1773 and IMS, cannot be recognised in the courts of the
La Nereyda
La Nereyda : The Spanish Consul, Libellant. Title under condemnation as prize. — Further proof. Quaere ? Whether a regular sentence of condemnation, in a court of the captor, or his ally, the captured property having been carried infra prce
Sneed v. Wister
Sneed and others, Plaintiffs in error, v. Wister and others, Defendants in error. Interest. — Oyer.—Pleading. The act of assembly of Kentucky, of the 7th of February 1812, “ giving interest on judgments for damages, in certain cases,” appli
Hugh v. Higgs
Hugh, Plaintiff in error, v. Higgs and wife, Defendants in error. Action on record. No action of law will lie on the decretal order of a court of equity. Eeroe to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. March 6th, 1823. This cause w
The Frances & Eliza
*The Frances and Eliza : Coates, Claimant. Na/oigaiion laws. — Continuity of voyage. If a British ship come from a foreign port (not British) to a port of tin» United States, the continuity of the voyage is not broken, and the vessel is not
The Sarah
The Sarah : Hazard, Claimant. Seizw'es. In cases of seizures made on land, under the revenue laws, the district court proceeds as a court of common law, according to the course of the exchequer, on informations in rem, and the trial of issu
Daly's Lessee v. James
Daly’s Lessee v. James. Executory devise. — Power of sale. J. B. devises all his real estate to the testator’s son, J. B., jun., and his heirs lawfully begotten; and, in case of his death without such issue, he orders A. Y., his executors a
The Mary Ann
*The Mary Ann: Plumer, Claimant. Admiralty pleading. A libel of information, under the 9th section of the state-trade act of March 2d, 1807, c. 77, alleging that the vessel sailed from the ports of New York and Perth Amboy, without the mast
The Pitt
*The Pitt: McNutt, Claimant. Navigation laws. — Continuity of voyage. The non-intercourse act of the 18th of April 1818, c. 65, prohibits the coming of British vessels to the ports of the United States, from a British port closed against th
Fleckner v. President of the Bank of the United States
*Fleckner, Plaintiff in error, v. The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, Defendants in error. Banking. — Discount. —Negotiability.—Usury. The act of the 10th of April 1816, c. 44, incorporating the Bank of th
The Luminary
*The Luminary : L’Amoureaux, Claimant. Burden of proof. A case of forfeiture, under the 27th section of the registry of vessels act, of December 31st, 1792, c. 146, for the fraudulent use of a register, by a vessel not actually entitled to
Nicholas v. Anderson
Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney-General of Virginia, v. Richard C. Anderson, Surveyor, &c. Surveyors' fees. Under the act of assembly of Virginia, of October 1783, for the better locating and surveying the lands given to the officers and
Seth Spring & Sons v. South Carolina Insurance
Seth Spring & Sons, appellants, v. South Carolina Insurance Co., Gray & Pindar, William Lindsay and John Haslett, respondents. ¿assignment for the benefit of creditors. — Interpleader.—Costs.—Lien of insurance broker. — Handwriting. in inso
Buel v. Van Ness
Buel v. Van Ness. Error to state cowrt. — Forfeiture. The appellate jurisdiction of this court, under the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, c. 20, may be exercised by a writ of error issued by the clerk of the circuit court, under
Nicholls v. Webb
*Nicholls, Plaintiff in error, v. Webb, Defendant in error. Protest of note. — Notary's boolcs. No demand of payment or notice of non-payment, by a notary-public, is necessary, in the case of promissory notes. A protest is (strictly speakin
Hughes v. Union Insurance Co. of Baltimore
*Hughes v. Union Insurance Company of Baltimore. Debt on policy of insurance. — Deviation. Insurance for $18,000 on vessel, valued at that sum, and $2000 on freight, valued at $12,000, on the ship Henry, “ at and from Teneriffe, and at and
The Experiment
The Experiment. Collusive ccupiure. In eases of collusive capture, papers found on board one captured vessel may be invoked into the case of another, captured on the same cruise. A commission obtained by fraudulent misrepresentations, will
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