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Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1851

Pennsylvania v. Wheeling & Belmont Bridge Co.

The State of Pennsylvania, Complainant, v. The Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company, William Otterson and George Croft. The State of Pennsylvania having constructed lines of canal and railroad, and other means of travel and transportation, w

54 U.S. 518 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1851

Jecker v. Montgomery

Juan Bautista Jecker, Luis Jecker, Thomas de la Torre, Geidero de la Torre, and Jose E. Fernandez, Merchants, trading, under the name and style of Jecker, Torre & Company, Appellants, v. John B. Montgomery. — And John B. Montgomery, Appella

54 U.S. 498 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1851

Lawrence v. Caswell

Cornelius W. Lawrence, Plaintiff in error, v. John Caswell and Solomon T. Caswell. By the Tariff of 1846, the duty of one hundred per cent., ad valorem, upon brandy, - ought to be charged only upon the quantity actually imported, and not on

54 U.S. 488 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1851

United States v. Hodge

The United States, Plaintiffs in error, v. Andrew Hodge, Jr. and Levi Pierce. In a suit upon a postmaster’s bond, when treasury transcripts are offered in evidence, ic is not necessary that they should contain the statements of credits clai

54 U.S. 478 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1851

Pillow v. Roberts

Jerome B. Pillow, Plaintiff in error, v. Truman Roberts. Where a deed, executed iu Wisconsin, and attested by tbe seat of a court, stamped upon tbe paper, instead of wax or a wafer, was offered in evidence upon a trial in • Arkansas, it was

54 U.S. 472 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1851

Goodall v. Tucker

Charles P Goodall, Plaintiff in error, v. Joseph W. Tucker, Executor of Abner Robinson, deceased. The principles laid down in the preceding case of Hill'w. Tucker, again affirmed. This case, like the preceding one, of Hill v. Tucker, was br

54 U.S. 469 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1851

Hill v. Tucker

Catharine Hill, Plaintiff in error, v. Joseph W. Tucker, Executor of Abner Robinson, deceased. The relations or privity between executors and their testators in Louisiana, do not differ from those which exist at common law. The interest of

54 U.S. 458 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1851

McAfee v. Crofford

Morgan McAfee, Madison McAfee, and James Alford, Plaintiffs in error, v. James T. Crofford. In an action of trespass, for forcibly invading a plantation, carrying off "some slaves, and frightening others away, it was proper for the plaintif

54 U.S. 447 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1851

Rogers v. Lindsey

Lewis Rogers, Appellant, v. Joseph G. Lindsey, Henry S. Atwood, and John S. Bennett. The following paper, viz. “The Piesident or Cashier of the Planters and .Merchants Bank will please jiold, subject to the order of Mr. J. G. Lindsey, all t

54 U.S. 441 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1851

Norris v. Crocker

John Norris, Plaintiff, v. Edwin B. Crocker and Elisha Egbert. The fourth section of the act of Congress, approved on the 12th day of February, 1793, (1 Stat. at Large, 302,) entitled “An act respecting fugitives escaping from justice, and

54 U.S. 429 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1851

Howard v. Ingersoll

John H. Howard, Plaintiff in error, v. Stephen M. Ingersoll ; John H. Howard and Josephus Eckolls, Plaintiffs in error, v. Stephen M. Ingersoll. In 1802, when Georgia ceded her .back lands to the United States, she had jurisdiction over the

54 U.S. 381 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1851

Fowler v. Hart

Joseph Fowler, Junior, Appellant, v. Nathan Hart. Beal property, in'Louisiana, was bound by a judicial mortgage. The owners of--the property then took the benefit of the Bankrupt Act of the United States. A creditor of the bankrupt then fil

54 U.S. 373 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1851

Day v. Woodworth

Horace H. Day, Plaintiff in error, v. W. James Woodworth, Miller Turner, William W. Pynchorn, Robert L. Fuller, Andrew Sisson, Harvey Clemence, Thomas Bolton, Merret Bristol, Joseph Bowen, Andrew Elmandorf, Seth G. Pope, Edward Gorham, Ephr

54 U.S. 363 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1851

Very v. Levy

Martin Very, Appellant, v. Jonas Levy. In equity; where a creditor agrees to receive specific articles in satisfaction of a debt, . even although it be a debt upon bond, secured by mortgage, he will be held to the performance of his agreeme

54 U.S. 345 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1851

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. Howard

The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company, Plaintiffs in error, v. Sebre Howard. In Maryland, thu clerk of a connty court was properly admitted to prove the verity of a copy of the docket-entries máde by him as clerk, bec

54 U.S. 307 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1851

Tremlett v. Adams

Thomas Tremlett, Plaintiff in error, v. Joseph T. Adams. The .tariff law' of July 30,1846 (9 Stat. at Large, 42.) reduced the duties on imported coal, and was to take effect on the 2d of December, 1846. The sixth section provided thdt all g

54 U.S. 295 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1851

Taylor v. Doe ex dem. Miller

Washington and Sanders Taylor, Plaintiffs in error, v. John Doe, ex dem. Austin Miller. By the laws of Mississippi, deeds of trust and mortgages are valid, as against creditors, and purchasers only from the time when they are recorded. A ju

54 U.S. 287 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1851

Walsh v. Rogers

John Walsh, Edward Walsh, and Dickinson B. Morehead, owners of the Steamboat Iowa, Appellants, v. Patrick Rogers, Thomas Sherlock, John B. Simmons, Edward Montgomery, John W. Baker, and P. A. Anshute, Claimants of the Steamboat Declaration,

54 U.S. 283 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1851

De Forest v. Lawrence

William W. De Forest, George F. Thomas, and Robert W. Rodman, Plaintiffs in error, v. Cornelius W. Lawrence, late Collector of New York. The tariff law of 1846, passed on the 30th of July, (9 Stat. at Large, 42,) contains no special mention

54 U.S. 274 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1851

Neves v. Scott

William Neves and James C. Neves, Appellants, v. William H. Scott and Thomas N. Beall, Administrators of William F. Scott, deceased, and George W. Rowell and Lawrence G. Rowell, Executors of Richard Rowell, deceased. The courts of the Unite

54 U.S. 268 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1851

de Vilemont v. United States

The Heirs of Don Carlos de Vilemont, Appellants, v. The United States. In 1795, Baron de Carondelet, the Governor-General of Xouisiana, made a grant of land on the Mississippi Kiver, upon condition that a road and clearing should be made wi

54 U.S. 261 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1851

Glenn v. United States

John Glenn and Charles M. Thruston, Appellants, v. The United States. In 1796, when Delassus was commandant of the port of New Madrid, he exercised the powers of sub-delegate, and had authority, under the instructions of the Governor-Genera

54 U.S. 250 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1851

Campbell v. Doe ex dem. Trustees & Treasurer of Original Surveyed Township

John Campbell, William Ellison, George Steece, and Hiram Campbell, Plaintiffs in error, v. John Doe, ex dem. the Trustees and Treasurer of Original Surveyed Township, No. 1, in Range No. 19, &c. On the 20th of May, 1826, Congress passed an

54 U.S. 244 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1851

Tyler v. Black

Cyril C. Tyler, and his wife, Sarah P. Tyler, Appellants, v. George N. Black. Where a person desired to purchase land from a party who was ignorant that he had any title to it, or where the land was situated; and the purchaser made ftaridul

54 U.S. 230 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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