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Outcome n/a Employment Law 1826

The Marianna Flora

[Prize.] The Marianna Flora. The Vice Consul of Portugal, Claimant. In Admiralty proceedings, amendments are made in the appellate-Court, not only as to form, but as to matter of substance, as by the ■ filing a new count to the libel; the p

24 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1826

Cassell v. Carrollton

[Feudal and Constitutional Law. Assignment bz the Husband, of a,Chose in Action, belonging to the Wife.] Henry Cassell, Administrator of Louisa Browning, v. Charles Carroll of Carrollton. The title and claim of Charles,Lord Baltimore, his h

24 U.S. 134 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1826

United States v. Ortega

[Constitutional Law.] The United States v. Ortega. An índiotment under the Crimes'Act of 1790, c. 36. [IX.] s. 37. for infracting the law of nations by offering violence.to the person of a foreign minister, is not a case “ affecting ambassa

24 U.S. 467 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1826

United States v. Amedy

[Construction of Statute. Evidence.] The United States against Amedy. Under the act of .the 26th of May, 1790, c. 38. [xtj copies of the legislative acts of the several States, authenticated by having the seal of the State affixed thereto,

24 U.S. 392 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1826

Etting v. President of the Bank

[Fraud and Concealment in Contracts. Practice.] Solomon Etting, Plaintiff in Error, v. The President, Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States, Defendants in Error. Although a Judge may refuse to declare the law to the jury on

24 U.S. 59 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1826

Carnochan v. Christie

[Chancery. Award,] Carnochan and Mitchel against Christie and Another. An award must decide the whole matter submitted to the arbitrators; it must, not extend to any matter not. comprehended in the submission; and it must be certain, final,

24 U.S. 446 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1826

Miller's Heirs v. M'intire

CocAXi Law. Miller's Heirs against M'Intire & Others. Q«ere. Whether the compact of 1789, between Virginia and Kentucky, restrained the legislature of Kentucky from' prolonging the time for surveying one entry to the prejudice of another? B

24 U.S. 441 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1826

Mills v. President of the Bank

[Promissory Note.] Mills, Plaintiff in Error, against The President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of the United States, Defendants in Error. No precise form of notice to the endorser of a promissory note is necessar. ;and n is not nec

24 U.S. 431 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1826

United States v. Tappan

[Construction of Statute.] The United States against Tappan and Others. The words “ true value,” in the 11th section of the duty act of the 20th of April, 1818, c. 361. mean the actual cost of the goods to the importer at the place from whi

24 U.S. 419 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1826

Doe ex dem. Governeur's Heirs v. Robertson

[Alien. Local Law.] Doe, ex dem. Governeur’s Heirs, against Robertson and Others. An alien may take, real property, by grant, whether from the State or a private citizen, and may hold the same until his title is devested by an inquest of of

24 U.S. 332 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1826

United States v. Kelly

[Construction of Statute.] The United States v. Kelly and Others. Although the Crimes Act of 1790, c. 36. [ix.] s. 12. does hot define the offence of endeavouring to make a revolt, it is competent for the Court to give a judicial definition

24 U.S. 417 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1826

Walker v. Griffin's Heirs

[Devise.] Walker and Wife, Appellants against Cyrus Griffin’s Heirs, Respondents. Devise of the testator’s estate, “ One fourth part to be given to me families of G. Holloway, W. B. Blackbourn, and A. Bartlett, to those of their children th

24 U.S. 375 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1826

Shelby v. Guy

[Statute of Limitations. Pleading. Local Law.] Shelby and Others, Executors of Shelby, Plaintiffs in Error, against Guy, Defendant in Error. The terms “beyond seas,” in the saving .clause of a statute of limitations, are to be construed as

24 U.S. 361 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1826

Piles v. Bouldin

[Locaa Law.] Piles and Others, Plaintiffs in Error, against Bouldin and Others, Defendants in Error. nder the statute of limitations of Tennessee of 1797, c. 43. s. 4. peaceable and uninterrupted possession, claiming to hold the land advers

24 U.S. 325 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1826

Doe ex dem. Patterson v. Winn

[Local Law.] Doe, ex dem. Patterson, against Winn and Others. Iii general, the validity of a patent for lands can only be impeached for causes anterior to its being issued, in a-Court of equity. But where the grant is absolutely void, as wh

24 U.S. 380 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1826

Armstrong v. Toler

[Jj-leoai, Contract.] Armstrong, Plaintiff in Error, against Toler, Defendant in Error. Where a contract grows immediately out of, and is connected with, an illegal or immoral act, a Court of justice will not lend its aid to enforce it. So,

24 U.S. 258 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1826

Perkins v. Hart

[Plsadiho. Practice.] Perkins against Hart, Executor of Hart. Where there is a special agreement, open and subsisting at the time, the cause of action arises, a general indebitatus assumpsit cannot be maintained. But, if the agreement has b

24 U.S. 237 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1826

Fowle v. Common Council

[Demurrer to Evidence.] Fowle against The Common Council of Alexandria. No judgment can be rendered upon a demurrer to evidence untii there is a joinder in demurrer ; and issue cannot be joined upon the demurrer so long as there is any matt

24 U.S. 320 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1826

Harding v. Wheaton

[Chancery. Fraudulent Defd.] Stephen Harding and Others, Appellants, v. Asa Handy and Caleb Wheaton, Respondents. Asa Handy and Caleb Wheaton, Appellants, v. Stephen Harding and Others, Respondents. There must be sufficient equity apparent

24 U.S. 103 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1826

Finley v. President of the Bank

[Practice. Chancery. Mortgage.] Finley, Appellant, against the President, Directors, and Company, of the Bank of the United States, Respondents. Although, in general, all encumbrancers must be made parties to a bill of foreclosure, yet wher

24 U.S. 304 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1826

Lessee v. Longworth

[Statute of Frauds. Evidence.] Hinde’s Lessee against Longworth. Question as to the sufficiency of a certificate of acknowledgment of a deed at lands in Ohio. In examining the admissibility of testimony in the Court above, the party excepti

24 U.S. 199 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1826

Taylor's Devisee v. Owing

[Locar Law.'i Taylor’s Devisee against Owing and Others. An entry, calling for the land to lie on the east side of Slate creek, a soul Invest branch of the main fork of .Licking, “ beginning where a buffalo road crosseth said creek at the m

24 U.S. 226 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1826

Littlepage v. Fowler

[Local Law.]' Littlepage against Fowler and Others. The following entry is invalid, for want of that certainty and precision which the local laws and decisions require: “ January 27 1788. J. C. L. enters 20,000 acres of land on twenty treas

24 U.S. 215 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1826

Chirac v. Reinicker

[Ejectment. Evidence. Phactice.J Chirac and Others against Reinicker. A counsel or attorney is not a competent witness to testify as to facts communicated to either by his client, in the course of the re- • lation subsisting between them, b

24 U.S. 280 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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