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Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1850

Newton v. Stebbins

Isaac Newton, Claimant of Steamboat New Jersey, Appellant, v. John H. Stebbins. Where a sailing vessel was descending'the Hudson River with but a trifling wind, and chiefly by the' force of the current, and came into collision with a steame

51 U.S. 586 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1850

St. John v. Paine

Edward B. St. John, Claimant of the Steamboat Neptune, Appellant, v. Zebulon A. Paine, Sarah Norwood, John Bucknam, Andrew Bradford, and Augustus Norton, Libellants. The following are the rules which ought to-govern vessels when approaching

51 U.S. 557 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1850

Town of East Hartford v. Hartford Bridge Co.

The Town of East Hartford, Plaintiff in error, v. The Hartford Bridge Company. The decision in the preceding case, between the same parties, affirmed. In error to the Supreme Court of Errors for the State of Connecticut. The facts in this c

51 U.S. 541 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1850

Town of East Hartford v. HartFord Bridge Co.

The Town of East Hartford, Plaintiff in error, v. The Hartford Bridge Company. Erom the year 1681 to 1783, a franchise in the ferry over the Connecticut River be-, longed to the town of Hartford, situated on the west bank of the river. In 1

51 U.S. 511 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1850

Gayler v. Wilder

Charles J. Gayler and Leonard Brown, Plaintiffs in error, v. Benjamin G. Wilder. After a case has been decided, and judgment pronounced by this court, it is too late to move to open the judgment for the purpose of amending the bill of excep

51 U.S. 509 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Personal Injury 1850

Gayler v. Wilder

Charles J. Gayler and Leonard Brown, Plaintiffs in error, v. Benjamin G. Wilder. An assignment of a patent right, made and recorded in the Patent-Office before the patent issued, which purported to convey, to the assignee 'all the inchoate

51 U.S. 477 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1850

Louisville Manufacturing Co. v. Welch

The Louisville Manufacturing Company, Plaintiff in error, v. Michael Welch. The following guaranty, viz. “ I hereby guaranty the payment of any purchases of bagging and rope, which Thomas Barrett may have occasion to make between this and t

51 U.S. 461 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1850

United States v. Brooks

The United States, Plaintiffs in error, v. Jehiel Brooks and others, Defendants. A supplementary article to a treaty between the United States and the Caddo Indians', providing that certain persons “ shall have their right to the said four

51 U.S. 442 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1850

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

The Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam Packet Company, Plaintiffs in error, v. Frederick E. Sickles and Truman Cook. Where the declaration contained two counts; viz. the first upon a special contract that the plaintiffs had placed

51 U.S. 419 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1850

Butler v. Pennsylvania

John B. Butler, Levi Reynolds, Junior, and William Overfield, late Board of Canal Commissioners of Pennsylvania, Plaintiffs in error, v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1836, the State of Pennsylvania passed a law directing Canal Commi

51 U.S. 402 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1850

Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad v. Nesbit

The Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company, Plaintiff in error, v. Alexander Nesbit and Penelope D. Goodwin. The State of Maryland granted a charter to^. railroad company, in which provision was made for the condemnation of land to the

51 U.S. 395 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1850

Philadelphia & Wilmington Railroad v. Maryland

The Philadelphia and Wilmington Railroad Company, Plaintiff in error, v. The State of Maryland. The' Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company Was formed by the union of several railroad companies' which had been- previously

51 U.S. 376 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1850

Landes v. Brant

Isaac Landes, Plaintiff in error, v. Joshua B. Brant. Where the Commissioners who acted under the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1807, for the adjustment of land titles in Missouri, decided in favor of a claim, and issued a cert

51 U.S. 348 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1850

Stimpson v. Baltimore & Susquehanna Railroad

James Stimpson, Plaintiff in error, v. The Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company. Stimpson’s patent “ for an improvement for the purpose of carrying railroads through the streets óf towns, or in other situations where it may be desirab

51 U.S. 329 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1850

Henderson v. Tennessee

Thomas Henderson and Thomas Calloway, Plaintiffs in error, v. The State of Tennessee. If the defendant in an ejectment suit claims a right to the possession of land derived under a title which springs from a reservation in a treaty between

51 U.S. 311 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1850

Barnard v. Adams

Charles Barnard, Abel Adams, George M. Barnard, and Charles Larkin, Plaintiffs in error, v. Joseph Adams, Andrew H. Bennet, and Joseph Fletcher. It was a proper case for contribution in general average for the loss of a vessel where there w

51 U.S. 270 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1850

Gilmer v. Poindexter

James B. Gilmer, Plaintiff in error, v. George Poindexter. On the 30th of January, 1835, Poindexter purchased from Thomas a right of entry in certain lands in Louisiana, with authority to locate the lands in the name of Thomas, and they wer

51 U.S. 257 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1850

Maxwell v. Griswold

Hugh Maxwell, Plaintiff in error, v. Nathaniel L. Griswold, George Griswold, George W. Gray, and George Griswold, Junior. The points ruled in the preceding case of Greely v. Thompson and Forman adopted and applied to this case also, so far

51 U.S. 242 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1850

Greely v. Thompson

Philip Greely, Junior, Plaintiff in error, v. William Thompson and William Henry Forman, Merchants and Copartners, trading under the Style and Firm of Thompson and Forman, Aliens and Residents of London, Defendants. In an action brought aga

51 U.S. 225 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1850

Trigg v. Drew

James Trigg, Richard Pryor, and John W. Paup, Plaintiffs in error, v. Thomas S. Drew, as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and successor of Archibald Yell, deceased. The decision, in the preceding case of Paup et al. v. Drew again affirmed

51 U.S. 224 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1850

Paup v. Drew

John W. Paup, James Trigg, and Richard Pryor, Plaintiffs in error, v. Thomas S. Drew, as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and successor of Archibald Yell, deceased. The decision of the court in the preceding case of Woodruff y. Trapnall a

51 U.S. 218 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Tax Law 1850

Woodruff v. Trapnall

William E. Woodruff, Plaintiff in error, v. Frederick W. Trapnall. In 1836, the legislature >of Arkansas chartered a bank, the whole of the capital of which belonged to the State, and the president and directors of which w.ero appointed by

51 U.S. 190 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1850

Sears v. Eastburn

Sherburne Sears, Plaintiff in error, v. Joseph R. Eastburn. The act bf Congress passed in May, 1828 (4 Stat. at Large, 278),'directs'that the forms and modes of proceeding in the courts of the United States, in suits at common law in the St

51 U.S. 187 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1850

Hallett v. Collins

William R. Hallett and Robert L. Walker, Executors of Joshua Kennedy, deceased, John G. Aikin and Clarissa his Wife, John H. Hastie and his Wife Secluda, Augustus R. Meslier and his Wife, Mary Augusta Kennedy, Joshua Kennedy, James Inerarit

51 U.S. 174 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion