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Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1824

Renner v. President of the Bank of Columbia

•[Promissory Note. Evidence.. Pleading. Local Law.] Renner, Plaintiff in Error, v. The President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Columbia, Defendants in Error. By the custom of the banks in the District of Columbia, payment of-a prom

22 U.S. 581 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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The Merino

[Instance Court. Slave Trade Acts.]. The Merino. The Constitution. The Louisa. Barrias, and others, Claimants. The technical niceties of the common law are not regarded in Admiralty proceedings. It is sufficient, if an .information set fort

22 U.S. 391 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1824

Gibbons v. Ogden

[Constitutional Law.] Gibbons, Appellant, v. Ogden, Respondent. The acts of the Legislature of the State of New-York, granting to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton the exclusive navigation of all the waters within, the jurisdiction of

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

Reversed 1824

Danforth v. Wear

[Local Law.] Danforth v. Wear. The acts of Assembly of North Carolina, passed between, the years 1783 and 1789, invalidate all entries,,surveys, and grants, ofland within the Indian territory, which now forms apart of the territory of the S

22 U.S. 673 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1824

Hughes v. Edwards

[CaAWCERy. Aliiw. Mortgage.] Hughes and others, Appellants, v. Edwards and Wife, Respondents. Where the mortgage deed contained a defeasance that the mortgagor should pay the debt, according to the condition of a bond recited in the deed, b

22 U.S. 489 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Stewart v. Ingle

[Practice.] Stewart v. Ingle and others. ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. Feb. 24th. At a former day of this term, Mr. Hatfi for the plaintiff in error, had obtained a certiorari, upon a suggestion of diminution in t

22 U.S. 526 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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The Emily

[Instance Court. Suave Trade Acts.] The Emily and The Caroline, Broadfoot, Claimant. A libel of information does not require all the technical precision ot ' an indictment at common law. If the allegations describe the .offence, it is all t

22 U.S. 381 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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Walden ex dem. Denn v. Craig

[Practice.] • Walden ex dem. Denn v. Craig. In ejectment, an amendment, so as to enlarge tbe term laid in the .declaration, will be permitted, in the discretion of tbe Court. But a writ of error will not lie, in a case where the Court below

22 U.S. 576 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1824

Meredith v. Picket

[Locaa Law.] Meredith and others, Appellants, v. Picket and others, Respondents. Under the following entry, “ H..R. enters 2000 acres' in Kentucky, by virtue of. a warrant for military services performed by him in the last war, in the fork

22 U.S. 573 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1824

Baits v. Peters

[Extinguishment.] Baits v. Peters & Stebbins. A covenant, under seal, to come to .a settlement within, a limited time, and to pay the balance which might be found due, is merejy collateral, and cannot be pleaded as an extinguishment of a si

22 U.S. 556 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1824

Smith v. M'Iver

[Chancery. Jurisdiction.]' Smith v. M'Iver. In all-cases of concurrent jurisdiction, the Court which first-lias possession of the subject, must determine it conclusively.. Although Courts of equity have concurrent jurisdiction with Courts o

22 U.S. 532 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1824

Mason v. Muncaster

[Local Law.] John Mason, Appellant, v. John Muncaster, survivor of George Deneale and John Muncaster, Church-Wardens of Christ Church, Fairfax Parish, Alexandria, and the said John Muncaster and Edmund J. Lee, present Church-Wardens of the

22 U.S. 445 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1824

The Margaret

[Instance Cocbt. Ship Registry Act.] The Margaret, alias Carlos Fernando, Haley, Claimant. A transfer of a registered vessel of the United States, to a foreign subject, in a foreign port, for the purpose of evading the revenue laws of the f

22 U.S. 421 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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M'Iver v. Wattles

[PRACTICE.] M'Iver and others v. Wattles. Where, the writ of error, is. dismissed, for. want of jurisdiction, no •costs are allowed. ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. Feb. 13th. Upon inspection of the record, it appea

22 U.S. 650 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1824

Kirk v. Smith ex dem. Penn

[Local Law.] Kirk and others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Smith, ex. dem. Penn, Defendant in Error. The act of Pennsylvania, of 1779, “ for vesting the estates of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania, in this Commonwealth,” did not con fiscat

22 U.S. 241 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Immigration Law 1824

M'Creery's lessee v. Somerville

[Descent, Alien.] M'Creery’s lessee v. Somerville. The statute of II and 1. ■ Wni. III. c. 6., thich is in force in Maryland, removes the common law disability of claiming title through an alien ancestor, but does not apply to a living alie

22 U.S. 354 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Family Law 1824

Taylor v. Mason

[Devise. Condition precedent or subsequent.] Robert J. Taylor and others, Appellants, v. John Thompson Mason, Respondent. R. B., being seised of lands in Maryland, • made three instruments of writing, each purporting to be his will. The fir

22 U.S. 325 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion