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Outcome n/a 1839

Ex parte Hennen

Ex parte, in the matter of Duncan N. Hennen. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, residing in the fourth Circuit, who, under the act of Congress of 1802, ch. 31, holds the Court at the August term, has not power to grant a rule for a man

38 U.S. 225 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1839

Stein v. Bowman

John F. Stein, Plaintiff in error, vs. William Bowman and others, Defendants in Error. Certain German documents were offered in evidence by the plaintiff in the District Court of Louisiana, for the purpose of using such parts of, them as co

38 U.S. 209 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1839

Downes & Co. v. Church

Downes and Company vs. Edward B. Church. The plaintiffs in an action on the second set of a foreign hill of exchange, which was pro-' tested for non-acceptance, with the protests thereto attached, can'recover, without producing tire first o

38 U.S. 205 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1839

Clark v. Smith

Meriwether L. Clark, Executor, and William P. Clark, George R. H. Clark, and Jefferson Kennerly Clark, an Infant under the age of twenty-one years, by his Guardian ad litem and next Friend, the said George R. H. Clark, Heirs at Law of Willi

38 U.S. 195 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1839

Stokes v. Saltonstall

William B. Stokes, Plaintiff in Error, vs. Francis W. Saltonstall, Defendant in Error. In an action against the owner of a stage coach used for carrying passengers, for an injury sustained by one of the passengers by the upsetting of the co

38 U.S. 181 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1839

United States v. Hardyman

The United States vs. James E. Hardyman. The defendant was indicted for receiving treasury notes of the United States, stolen from the • United States mail. The indictment, in one of the counts, described one of the treasury notes as bearin

38 U.S. 176 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1839

Walker v. Parker

John Walker, Appellant, vs. George Parker and others, Appellees. The testator devised to'his wife one-third of his personal estate forever, for her own proper use and benefit, and also one-third of all his real estate, during her lifetimé,

38 U.S. 166 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1839

Ocean Insurance v. Polleys

The Ocean Insurance Company, Plaintiffs in error, vs. William Polleys, Defendant in error. The settled construction given by the Supreme Court to the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1789, is, that to bring a case within the reach of th

38 U.S. 157 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1839

Lessee of Reed v. Marsh

Lessee of Samuel Reed, Plaintiff in error, vs. William Marsh, Defendant in error. The certificate of the clerk of the Court, that a motion was made for a new trial, and reasons and certain papers filed on which the motion was founded, which

38 U.S. 153 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1839

Wallace v. M'Connell

William Wallace, Plaintiff in Error, vs. Corry M'Connell, Defendant in Error. An action was instituted oh a promissory note against the drawer, by which the drawer promised to.pay at the oiHqe of discount and deposite of the Bank of the Uni

38 U.S. 136 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1839

United States v. Heirs of Arredondo

The United States, Appellant, vs. The heirs of F. M. Arredondo, and others, Appellees. A concession of thirty-eight thousatid acres of land was made in 1817, by the governor of East Florida, to F. M. Arredondo, in consideration of services

38 U.S. 133 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1839

King v. Thompson

Charles King, Appellant, vs. Josias Thompson and others, heirs at law of George King, deceased, Appellees. A bill was filed claiming a specific performance of an alleged contract to convey a house and lot in Georgetown, for the benefit of t

38 U.S. 128 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1839

Bank of the United States v. Peter

The Bank of the United States, Appellants, vs. George W. Peter and others, Appellees. ít is a well settled principle in equity, that a judgment creditor, where he is compelled to payoff prior encumbrances on land to obtain the benefit of hi

38 U.S. 123 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1839

Bank of the United States v. Lee

The Bank of the United States, Appellant, vs. Elizabeth Lee, Edmund J. Lee, and Richard Smith, Appellees. R.' B. L. in. 1809, then residing in Virginia, for a valuable consideration, Made a conveyance in trust for the benefit of his wife, o

38 U.S. 107 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1839

Bradley v. Washington, Alexandria, & Georgetown Steam Packet Co.

William A. Bradley, Plaintiff in error, vs. The Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam Packet Company, Defendants in error. The plaintiff in error had, by an agreement in writing, hired a steamboat to be put “on the route” from Washin

38 U.S. 89 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1839

United States v. Heirs of de la Maza Arredondo

The United States, Appellants, vs. The Heirs of Fernando de la Maza Arredondo, Appellees. A concession, by the Governor of East Honda made before the Florida treaty, in consideration of services, confirméd. APPEAL frota the Superior Court o

38 U.S. 88 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1839

United States v. Burgevin

The United States, Appellants, vs. Andrew Burgevin, Appellee. A grant of land in East Florida, by the Spanish governor, on the condition that a water sawmill should be erected on the land, declared void; the Condition of the grant not havin

38 U.S. 85 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1839

United States v. Drummond

The United States, Appellant, vs. William Drummond, Appellee. A concession was made by the Governor of Florida, before Florida was .ceded to the United States, on condition that the grantee should erect a water sawmill, “and with the precis

38 U.S. 84 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1839

United States v. Levy

The United States, Appellant, vs. Moses E. Levy, Appellee. A grant by'Governor Coppinger, of fourteen thousand fivp hundred acres of land, in East Florida, part of thirty thousand acres, granted in consideration of services to the' crown of

38 U.S. 81 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1839

Andrews v. Pond

Joseph J. Andrews, Plaintiff in error, vs. Lewis W. Pond, Thomas M. Converse, and Francis L. Wadsworth, Defendants in error. A bill of exchange, ip payment of a debt due on a protested bill, was taken, in New York, from one Of the parties t

38 U.S. 65 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1839

Ross v. Duval

William Ross and Henry King, Plaintiffs in error, James S. Duval and others, Defendants in error. A judgment-was obtained in tile Circuit Court of the UnitedV§tates for the District ofj . Virginia, in December, 1821, and a writ of fieri fac

38 U.S. 45 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1839

Smith v. Richards

William R. Smith, Appellant, vs. Guy Richards, Appellee. A bill Was filed in the Circuit Court of the southern district of New York, praying that a contract foy the purchase and sale of a portion of a tract of land in Goochland county, in t

38 U.S. 26 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1839

Rhode Island v. Massachusetts

The State of Rhode Island vs. The State of Massachusetts. The State of Khode Island, on leave granted at January Term, 1838, to amend a bill previously filed by the state against tile state of Massachusetts, amended the bill at this term, b

38 U.S. 23 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1839

Van Ness v. Bank of the United States

John P. Van Ness and William Jones, Plaintiffs in error, vs. The Bank of the United States, Defendant in error. The proceedings of the Courts of- the state of Maryland, and the laws of that state prior to. the passing of laws by Congress pr

38 U.S. 17 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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