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Outcome n/a 1840

Holmes v. Jennison

No. II. George Holmes, Plaintiff in error vs. Silas H. Jennison, Governor of the State of Vermont, and John Starkweather, Sheriff of the County of Washington, in the said State of Vermont, and their successors in office, Defendants in error

39 U.S. 614 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1840

Decatur v. Paulding

No. I. Susan Decatur, Plantiff in error, vs. James K. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy, Defendant in error.

39 U.S. 599 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Immigration Law 1840

Holmes v. Jennison

George Holmes, Plaintiff in error, vs. Silas H. Jennison, Governor of the State of Vermont; and John Starkweather, Sheriff of the County of Washington, in the said State of Vermont, and their successors in office; Defendants in error. In th

39 U.S. 540 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1840

United States v. Gratiot

The United States, Plaintiff in error, vs. John P. Gratiot, Robert Burton, Charles S. Hempstead, and Dickerson B. Moorehouse, Defendants in error. The United States instituted an action on a bond given by the defendants, conditioned that ce

39 U.S. 526 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1840

United States v. Stone

The United States vs. Samuel B. Stone. Action in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, by the United States againstythe defendant, for a penalty under the act of 1838, “to provide for the better secu

39 U.S. 524 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1840

Decatur v. Paulding

Susan Decatur, Plaintiff in error, vs. James K. Paulding, Secretary of the Navy, Defendant in error. On the 3d of March, 1837, Congress passed an act giving to the widow of apy 'officer who had died in the naval service of the United States

39 U.S. 497 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1840

William & James Brown & Co. v. M'Gran

William and James Brown and Company, Plaintiffs in error, vs. Thomas M'Gran; Defendant in error. An action was instituted against the consignees of two hundred bales of cotton, shipped by the direction of the owner to Liverpool, on which th

39 U.S. 479 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1840

United States v. Heirs of Waterman

The United States, Appellants, vs. The Heirs of Eleazer Waterman, Appellees. A grant of land by the government of Florida, made before the cession of Florida to the United States by Spain, confirmed.1 every point involved in the ease having

39 U.S. 478 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1840

United States v. Morris

The United States vs. Isaac Morris. Indictment under the second and third sections of the act of Congress, entitled, “An Act to prohibit the carrying on the Slave-trade, from thé United States to any foreign Place or Country;” passed'10th M

39 U.S. 464 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1840

Philadelphia & Trenton Railroad v. Stimpson

The Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company, Plaintiffs in error, vs. James Stimpson, Defendant in error. Action for the violation of a patent right, granted to the patentee for “ a new and useful improvement in turning short curves on ra

39 U.S. 448 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1840

United States v. Wood

The United States vs. Samuel R. Wood. The defendant was indicted for perjury in falsely taking and swearing “the owner’s oath, in cases where goods have been actually purchased,” as prescribed by the fourth' section pf the supplementary col

39 U.S. 430 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1840

Lessee of Pollard's heirs v. Kibbe

Lessee of William Pollard's heirs, &c., Plaintiffs in error, vs. Gaius Kibbe, Defendant in error. Action of ejectment in the state Court of Alabama, for a tot of ground in the city of Mobile. The plaintiff claimed the title to the lot under

39 U.S. 353 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1840

United States v. Wiggins

The United States, Appellants, vs. Elizabeth Wiggins, Appellee. A grant 'of land by Estrada, the Governor of East Florida, was made on the 1st of Au- . gust, 1815, to Elizabeth .Wiggins, on her petition, stating, that “ owing to the diminut

39 U.S. 334 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1840

Games v. Stiles ex dem. Dunn

John F. Games and Nathan Gilbert, Plaintiffs in error, vs. John Stiles, ex dem. of Walter Dunn, deceased, Defendant in error. A deed was executed in Glasgow, Scotland, by which land in Ohio, which had bqen patented tp David Buchanan by. the

39 U.S. 322 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1840

Fowler v. Brantly

Samuel L. Fowler, Plaintiff in error, vs. Harris Brantly and others, Defendants in error. Action on a promissory note for two thousand dollars, drawn for the purpose of being discounted at the Branch Bank at Mpbile, payable'to the cashier o

39 U.S. 318 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1840

United States v. Knight

The United States, Plaintiff in error, vs. Jacob Knight, Benjamin Knight, Isaac Knight, and Edward Knight, Defendants in error. Action on a bond given tb the United States for the liberty, of the jail yard in, Portland, in the state of Main

39 U.S. 301 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1840

Irvine ex rel. Lumberman's Bank v. Lowry

Guy C. Irvine, for the use of The Lumberman’s Bank at Warren, vs. Nathaniel A. Lowry. An action was brouglit by toreign attachment, in the Court of Common Pleas of Warren county, Pennsylvania, in the.name of a citizen of Pennsylvania, for t

39 U.S. 293 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1840

De Valengin's Administrators v. Duffy

Albert P. De Valengin’s Administrators, Plaintiffs in error, vs. John H. Duffy, Defendant in error. It has been frequently held, that the device of covering properly as neutral, when in truth it was belligerent) is not contrary to the laws

39 U.S. 282 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1840

Rhode Island v. Massachusetts

The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Complainant, vs. The State of Massachusetts, Defendant. By a rule of the Supreme Court, the practice of the English Courts of Chancery is the practice in the Courts of Equity of the Unit

39 U.S. 210 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1840

Sprigg v. Bank of Mount Pleasant

Samuel Sprigg, Appellant, vs. The Bank of Mount Pleasant, Appellee. The principles decided in the case of Sprigg vs. The Bank of Mount Pleasant, reported in 10 Peters, 257, examined and affirmed. It is equally well settled in Courts of Equi

39 U.S. 201 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1840

Lessee of Brewer v. Blougher

The Lessee of Henry Brewer, Plaintiff in error, vs. Jacob Blougher and Daniel Blougher, Defendants in error. Construction of the act of the legislature of Maryland, passed December session, 1825, entitled, “ An Act relating to Illegitimate

39 U.S. 178 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1840

Taylor v. Longworth

James Taylor, Appellant, vs. Nicholas Longworth and Thomas D. Carneal, Appellees. Specific performance of a contract by T., for the sale by. him of a lot of- ground in the city of Cincinnati, was asked, by a bill filed in the Circuit Court

39 U.S. 172 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1840

Keene v. Whitaker

Richard Raynal Keene, Plaintiff in error, vs. Warren Whitaker, Laura Wade, George Dougherty, Francis Marks, and C. Cunningham, Defendants in error. The case of Foster and Elam vs. Neilsofi, 2 Peters, 254; and Garcia vs. Lee, 42 Peters, 511,

39 U.S. 170 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1840

Edmonds v. Crenshaw

Jefferson L. Edmonds and others, Appellants, vs. Anderson Crenshaw, Appellee. Where there are two executors in a will, it is clear that each has a right to receive the debts due to the estate, and all other assets which shall come into his

39 U.S. 166 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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