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Cutler v. Rae

Pliny Cutler, Appellant, v. William A. Rae. (7 Howard, 729-738.)

49 U.S. 615 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1849

United States v. King

The United States, Plaintiffs in error, v. Richard King and Daniel W. Coxe, Defendants. The case of the United States v. King ánd Coxe (3 Howard, 773) reviewed. According to the-practice of Louisiana, where cases are carried to an appellate

48 U.S. 833 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1849

Stearns v. Page

George B. Stearns, Administrator de bonis non of John O. Page, Appellant, v. Rufus R. Page. The general rules stated which govern, a court of equity in opening accounts and sustaining claims which are barred by the statute of limitations. G

48 U.S. 819 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1849

Nesmith v. Sheldon

Jonathan W. Nesmith and Thomas Nesmith, Complainants, v. Thomas C. Sheldon, Horace H. Comstock, David French, William E. Peters, James Forton, Atta E. Mather, Henry B. Holbrook, Samuel P. Mead, Francis E. Eldred, Phebe Ann Dean, Cullen Brow

48 U.S. 812 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1849

Backus v. Gould

Eleazer F. Backus, Plaintiff in error, v. William Gould and David Banks, who sue as well for the United States as themselves. By the sixth section of the act of February ád, 1831, entitled “An act to amend the several acts respecting copyri

48 U.S. 798 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1849

Lawrence v. Allen

Cornelius W. Lawrence, Plaintiff in error, v. Gilbert Allen and Samuel C. Paxton. By the fifth section, of the tariff act passed on the 30th of August, 1842, (5 Stat. at Large, 555,) a duty of thirty per cent, is imposed on “India-rubber oi

48 U.S. 785 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1849

Van Rensselaer v. Watts's Executors

Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Appellant, v. John Watts’s Executors. Mr. Blunt, of counsel for the appellant in this cause, moved he court to direct the clerk to docket the case ás of the time when, the transcript of the record was received by hi

48 U.S. 784 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1849

Lewis v. Lewis

William Lewis, who sues for the Use of Nicholas Longworth, Plaintiff, v. Thomas Lewis, Administrator de bonis non of Moses Broadwell, deceased. By a law of the State of Illinois, passed in 1827, “every action of covenant shall be commenced

48 U.S. 776 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1849

Neilson v. Lagow

Hall Neilson, Plaintiff in error, v. Wilson Lagow. Where, upon the trial of a casé in a State court, a party claims the land in dispute,. •' under an authority which he alleges has been exercised by the Secretary of the Treasury, in behalf

48 U.S. 772 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1849

Udell v. Davidson

Grant B. Udell and Jacob Miller, Plaintiffs in error, v. Alexander B. Davidson. The act of 1838, (5 Stat. at Large, 251,) relating to preemption rights, provides, that “ before any person claiming the benefit of this law shall have a patent

48 U.S. 769 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1849

Massingill v. Downs

W. and H. Massingill, Plaintiffs, v. A. C. Downs, Claimant. Where a judgment was obtained in the Circuit .Court of the United States for the District of'Mississippi in 1839, and in 1841 the State of Mississippi passed a law, requiring judgm

48 U.S. 760 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1849

McDonald v. Hobson

William McDonald, Administrator of Duncan McArthur, deceased, Plaintiff in error, v. Matthew Hobson. Where the complainant and respondent in a suit in chancery entered into a mutual covenant, that, pending the.suit, they, would divide the m

48 U.S. 745 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1849

Smith v. Hunter

Hezekiah Smith, Plaintiff in error, v. William Hunter, Treasurer of Butler County, James B. Cameron, Auditor of Butler County, and the President and Trustees of the Miami University. Where a complainant alleged that a school tax, which was

48 U.S. 738 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1849

Cutler v. Rae

Pliny Cutler, Appellant, v. William A. Rae. Where a vessel was rim on shore by the captain in order to save the lives of those on board, and for the preservation of the cargo, by which act the vessel was totally lost, but the cargo saved an

48 U.S. 729 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1849

Hardeman v. Harris

William Hardeman and Henry R. W. Hill, Complainants, v. Benjamin D. Harris. If an exception be taken to an answer in chancery upon the ¡pound that certain allegations in the bill are neither answered, admitted, nor denied, it becomes ne- ■

48 U.S. 726 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1849

Townsend v. Jemison

Thomas Townsend, Plaintiff in error, v. Robert Jemison. ¡Although, as a general rule, all issues, whether of law or fact, ought to be disposed of iu some way by the court below, yet, under the. particular circumstances of this case, which p

48 U.S. 706 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1849

Harris v. Wall

Benjamin D. Harris, Plaintiff in error, v. James D. Wall, The conditions under which a parly is permitted and a magistrate authorized to take a deposition de bene esse by the thirtieth section of the Judiciary Act are,— 1st That the witness

48 U.S. 693 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1849

Jones v. Unite States

Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, Plaintiff in error, v. The Unite States. Where a running account is kept at the Post-Office Department between the United ■ States and a postmaster, in which all postages are charged to him, and credit is given for

48 U.S. 681 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1849

State of Missouri v. Iowa

The State of Missouri, Complainant, v. The State of Iowa, Respondent. The State of Iowa, Complainant, v. The State of Missouri, Respondent.— Cross-Bill. The western and northern boundary-lines.of the State of Missouri, as-described in the f

48 U.S. 660 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1849

United States v. Heirs of Boisdore

The United States, Appellants, v. The Heirs of Louis Boisdore. The meaning of the forty-third rule of this court is,.that, if a judgment'or decree in -the court below be rendered more than thirty days before the commencement of the term oft

48 U.S. 658 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Intellectual Property 1849

Barnard v. Gibson

Frederick J. and Samuel W. Barnard and Henry Q. Hawley, Appellants, v. John Gibson. Where a decree in chancery refers th§ matters to a.master to ascertain the amount of damages, and in the mean time the bill is not dismissed, nor is there a

48 U.S. 650 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1849

Sadler v. Hoover

William and Francis Sadler, Complainants, v. Thomas B. Hoover, Sylvanus Chambers, and Samuel H. Dinkins, Partners by the Style of Thomas B. Hoover and Company. Where an appeal from a Circuit Court, sitting in chancery, is brought up to this

48 U.S. 646 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1849

Shawhan v. Wherritt

John L. Shawhan, Daniel Shawhan, George H. Perrin, Benjamin Beery, Catharine Snodgrass, and Isaac Miller, Appellants, v. Perry Wherritt, Assignee of the Bankrupt Estate of Benjamin Brandon. A decree of the District Court of the United State

48 U.S. 627 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1849

Colby v. Ledden

Abraham Colby, Plaintiff in error, v. James Ledden. The decision of this court in the preceding case of Peck v. Jenness affirmed. This, like the preceding case of Peck v. Jenness, was brought up from the Superior Court of Judicature of the

48 U.S. 626 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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