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Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1840

Walden v. Bodley

Ambrose Walden and others, Appellants, vs. Henry I. Bodley and others, Appellees. There are cases in Chancery where amendments are permitted at any stage or progress- of the cause, as where an essential party has been omitted: but amendment

39 U.S. 156 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1840

Lessee of Walden v. Craig's Heirs

The Lessee of Ambrose Walden, Plaintiff in error, vs. John Craig’s Heirs and others, Defendants in error. In a scire facias to revive a judgment in ejectment, where it is stated that the term recovered is yet unexpired, this is sufficient.

39 U.S. 147 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1840

Bank of Alexandria v. Dyer

The Bank of Alexandria, Plaintiff in error, vs. Edward and Francis Dyer, Defendants in error. An action was instituted iy the Bank of Alexandria, in the county of Alexandria, against the defendants, residents in the county of Washington, in

39 U.S. 141 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1840

Preston v. Keene

Isaac T. Preston, Executor of James Brown, deceased, Plaintiff in error, vs. Richard R. Keene, Defendant in error. Louisiana. A paper was executed by R. R. K., of the city of New Orleans, stating that the grantor, for, and in consideration

39 U.S. 133 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1840

Runyan v. Lessee of Coster

George Runyan, Plaintiff in error, vs. The Lessee of John G. Coster and Thomas K. Mercien, who survived John Hone, Defendant in error. The legislature of the state of New York, on the 18th of April, 1823, incorporated “The New York and Schu

39 U.S. 122 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1840

Atkins v. N. & J. Dick & Co.

James Atkins, Appellant, vs. N. and J. Dick and Company, Appellees. A bill for an injunction was filed, alleging that the jparties who had obtained a judgment at law for the amount of . a bill of exchange, of which the complainant- was endo

39 U.S. 114 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1840

Peters v. Warren Insurance

John Peters, and John Peters, Jr., Plaintiffs, vs. The Warren Insurance Company, Defendants. Insurance. Insurance was made to the amount.of eight thousand dollars on the ship Paragon, for one year. The policy contained.the usual risks,'and

39 U.S. 99 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Settled 1840

Frevall v. Bache

Peter E. Frevall, Appellant, vs. Franklin Bache, Administrator of John Dabadie, deceased, Appellee. A claim for the sum awarded by the commissioners under the treaty of indemnity with France of July fourth, 1831. The powers and duties of th

39 U.S. 95 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1840

Remington v. Linthicum

William Remington, Plaintiff in error, vs. Otho M. Linthicum, Defendant in error. A sale of land by the sheriff, under the laws of Maryland, seized under a fieri facias, transfers the legal estate to the vendee by operation of law, and does

39 U.S. 84 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1840

Carr v. Duval

William A. Carr, Appellant, vs. Samuel H. Duval and others, Appellees. A decree for a specific performance of a contract to sell lands, refused, because a definite and certain contract was not made; and because the ¡rarty who claimed the pe

39 U.S. 77 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1840

Suydam v. Broadnax

Henry A. Suydam and William Boyd, Plaintiffs in error, vs. Robert Broadnax and Isaac Newton, Administrators of David Newton, deceased, Defendants in error. The plaintiffs, merchants of New York, instituted a suit'in the Circuit Court of Ala

39 U.S. 67 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1840

Commercial & Rail Road Bank v. Slocomb, Richards & Co.

The Commercial and Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg, Plaintiff in error, vs. Slocomb, Richards and Company, Defendants in error. An action was brought in the Circuit Court of Mississippi, against the Commercial and ■ Rail Road Bank of Vicksburg,

39 U.S. 60 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1840

Commonwealth Bank v. Griffith

The Commonwealth Bank of Kentucky, Plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas Griffith and others, Defendants in error. Under the twenty-fifth section ofthe Judiciary Act ofl789,' three things are necessary to . give the Supreme Court jurisdiction of.

39 U.S. 56 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1840

West v. Brashear

Francis West and others, Appellants, vs. Walter Brashear, Appellee. The mandate of the Supreme Court to the Circuit Court must be its guide in executing the judgment or decree on which.it issued. The mandate is the judgment of the Supreme C

39 U.S. 51 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1840

Mitchell v. Lenox

John S. Mitchell, Executor and Devisee of Andrew Mitchell deceased, Plaintiff in error, vs. Robert Lenox and others, Defendants in error. The fourth article qf the Constitution of the United States, which declares that “ Full faith and cred

39 U.S. 49 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1840

Smith v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.

Joseph Smith, Appellant, vs. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, Appellees. The legislatures of Virginia and Maryland authorized the surrender of the charter granted by those states to the Potbmac Company to be made to the Chesapeake and

39 U.S. 45 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1840

Covington v. Comstock

William Covington, Plaintiff in error, vs. David A. Comstock, Defendant in error. An action was instituted in the QjrctSt Court of Mississippi, on a promissory note, dated at and pray able in New York.., 'The 'declaration, omilted to state

39 U.S. 43 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1840

Kane v. Paul

Elias Kane, Plaintiff in error, vs. Gabriel Paul, Executor of Edward Coursault, deceased. Letters testamentary to the estate, of Edward Coursault, a merchant, who had died at Baltimore, were granted to Gabriel Paul, one of the executors nam

39 U.S. 33 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1840

President of Bank of the Metropolis v. Guttschlick

The President and Directors of The Bank of the Metropolis, Plaintiff in error, vs. Erastus Guttschlick, Defendant in error. Action on an agreement in writing, by which Guttschlick had purchased a lot of ground in the city of Washington, fro

39 U.S. 19 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1840

Lessee of Lattimer v. Poteet

Lessee of Margaret Lattimer and others, Plaintiffs in error, vs. William Poteet, Defendant in error. ■Ejectment for forty-niné thousand acres óf iand in the state' of North Carolina, claimed by the plaintiffs under a grant from the state, d

39 U.S. 4 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1840

Evans v. Gee

Joseph Evans, Plaintiff in error, vs. Sterling H. Gee, Defendant in error. It is the settled doctrine of the Supreme Court.of the United States that a writ of error does not lie from the Circuit Court,on a refusal of a motion to .quash an e

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