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Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1839

Bank of Augusta v. Earle

The Bank of Augusta, Plaintiffs in error, vs. Joseph B. Earle, Defendant in error. The Bank of the United States, Plaintiffs in error, vs. William D. Primrose, Defendant in error. The New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad Company, Plaintiffs

38 U.S. 519 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1839

Wilcox v. Jackson

De la Fayette Wilcox, Plaintiff in error, vs. John Jackson, on the demise of Murray M'Connel, Defendant in error. Ejectment for' a tract of land in Cook county, Illinois, being a fractional section, embracing the military post called Fort'D

38 U.S. 498 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1839

Meredith v. United States

Jonathan Meredith and Thomas Ellicott, Plaintiffs in error, vs. The United States, Defendants in error. An action was instituted by the United State's, to recover from the assignees' of S. Smith and Buchanan,-insolvent merchants, the duties

38 U.S. 486 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1839

Burton v. Smith

Thomas O. Burton, Appellant, vs. William L. Smith and others, Appellees. 'Under the laws of Virginia in relation to lands of which the debtor has an actual seisin, • although there is no statute,in Virginia Which expressly makes a judgment

38 U.S. 464 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1839

Carr v. Hoxie

Nathan Carr and others, Appellants, vs. Joseph Hoxie, Appellee. An original decree was made in the Circuit Court of Rhode Island, at Tune term, 1834, and an appeal was taken to January term', 1835, of the Supreme Court. This appeal' was dis

38 U.S. 460 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1839

Keene v. Whittaker

Richard Raynall Keene vs. Warren Whittaker and others. A 'case cannot be brought by writ of error ftom a Circuit Court of the United States, upon an agreed statement of facts. The rules of the Supreme Court require that the clerk of the Cir

38 U.S. 459 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1839

Bagnell v. Broderick

Carey Bagnell and the Executors of Morgan Byrne, Plaintiffs in error, vs. George W. Broderick, Defendant in error. The plaintiff in error had exhibited, in an action instituted against him in thé Circuit Court of Missouri, evidence conducin

38 U.S. 436 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1839

Anthony v. Butler

Barrington Anthony, Marshal of the United States, Plaintiff in error, vs. Cyrus Butler, Defendant in error. A mortgage was .execute!! by D. G. as the agent of the Union Steam Mitt Company, conveying to the mortgagee certain lands in Rhode I

38 U.S. 423 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1839

Williams v. Suffolk Insurance

Charles L. Williams vs. The Suffolk Insurance Company. The government of the United States having insisted, and continuing to insist, through its-egular executive authority that the Falkland islands do not constitute any part.of the dominio

38 U.S. 415 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1839

Heirs of Emerson v. Hall

The Heirs of William Emerson, Plaintiffs in error, vs. Charles H. Hall, Defendant in error. The Josepha Secunda, was condemned for a violation of the laws of the United States, prohibiting the slave trade; and by a decree, the District Cour

38 U.S. 409 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1839

Ex parte Whitney

Ex parte Myra Clarke Whitney. The district judge of the eastern district of Louisiana, while holding a Circuit Court, ordered proceedings on a bilMn equity to be in conformity with the rules of the Courts of . Louisiana, thus disregarding t

38 U.S. 404 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1839

New England Insurance v. The Brig Sarah Ann

The New England Insurance Company, vs. The Brig Sarah Ann, Woodbury and others, claimants. The right of the master to sell a vessel stranded, depends on the circumstances under which it is done to justify it. The master must act in good fai

38 U.S. 387 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1839

Lupton v. Janney

Ann Lupton, Appellant, vs. Phineas Janney, Executor of David Lupton, the younger, deceased, Appellee. The executor of 1. filed.- his. accounts in. thé Orphans Court of .Alexandria, in 1818 and 1818, and' settled his final, amount in 1821. N

38 U.S. 381 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1839

Wilcox v. Hunt

John Wilcox and others, vs. Crester Hunt and others. In the District Court of Louisiana, the defendant pleaded the plea of reconvention, which is authorized by the Code of Practice of Louisiana. The District Court, on the motion of the plai

38 U.S. 378 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1839

Story v. Livingston

Benjamin Story, Appellant, vs. Louisa Livingston, Executrix of Edward Livingston, Appellee. Chancery. Strictly, in - Chancery practice, though it is different in some of the states of the ' Union, no exceptions to .a master’s report can Be

38 U.S. 359 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1839

Moncure v. Dermott

Richard C. L. Moncure, and Walter P. Conway, Executors of Mary James, Plaintiffs in error, vs. Ann R. Dermott, Defendant in error. An action of covenant was instituted by the executors of M. J. upon an obligation executed ■ by A. R. D., und

38 U.S. 345 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1839

Columbian Insurance v. Ashby & Stribling

The Columbian Insurance Company of Alexandria, Plaintiffs in error, vs. Ashby and Stribling and others, Defendants in error. The brig Hope, with a cargo, bound from Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, for Barbadoes, insured in Alexandr

38 U.S. 331 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1839

M'Elmoyle ex rel. Bailey v. Cohen

William M‘Elmoyle, for the use of Isaac S. Bailey, vs. John J. Cohen, administrator of Levy Florence. Although i judgment in the Court of a state is not to be regarded in the Courts of her sister states as a foreign judgment, or as merely p

38 U.S. 312 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1839

Moore v. Bank of the Metropolis

Thomas P. Moore, Plaintiff in error, vs. The Bank of the Metropolis, Defendants in error. The defendant in an, action in the Circuit Court, had with others, received the proceeds of a joint and several promissory note discounted for them at

38 U.S. 302 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1839

Van Ness v. Hyatt

John P. Van Ness, Appellant, vs. Alpheus Hyatt and others, Appellees. The principle of the common law undoubtedly is, that no property but that in which the , debtor has a legal title is liable to be taken in execution; and, accordingly, it

38 U.S. 294 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1839

Hardy v. Hoyt

Edward Hardy vs. Jesse Hoyt. Stockings and half-stockings made entirely of silk, imported from Liverpool in October, 1838, were exempted from the payment of duty, by the act of Congress passed March 2, 1833, entitled “An act to modify the a

38 U.S. 292 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1839

Ex parte Hoyt

Ex parte Jesse Hoyt, Collector of the Port of New York. Mandamus. The Supreme Court will not issue a mandamus to the district'judge of the southern district of New York, in a case in which the district judge decided that the custody of good

38 U.S. 279 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Employment Law 1839

Bend v. Hoyt

William B. Bend vs. Jesse Hoyt. The plaintiff, as the importer of certain merchandise from England, entered the same at the customhouse in New York, on the 29th of March, 1837, as cases containing cotton gloves. He gave ,a bond for the duti

38 U.S. 263 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1839

Ex parte Hennen

Ex parte, in the matter of Duncan N. Hennen. Mandamus. Motion'for .a rule on the district judge of the eastern district of Louisiana, . to show cause why a mandamus should not be issued requiring him to restore Duncan N. Hennen to the offic

38 U.S. 230 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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