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Outcome n/a 1851

Saltmarsh v. Tuthill

Alanson Saltmarsh, Plaintiff in error, v. James W. Tuthill. In a suit by the ’indorsee against the indorser of a bill, where the dgfgnce was usury, • the drawer and drawee were incompetent witnesses, when offered to prove certain facts, whi

54 U.S. 229 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1851

Miller v. Austen

Henry Miller, Plaintiff in error, v. David Austen, William S. Wilmerding, and David Austen, Jr., Defendants. A statute of Ohio declares all promissory notes, -drawn for a sum certain, payable to any person or order, or to any person or his

54 U.S. 218 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1851

United States v. McCullagh

The United States, Appellants, v. William and Alexander McCullagh and James Cornahan, Trustees of the heirs of Alexander McCullagh and David McCaleb. 'The, act of June 17, 1844, (5 Stat. at Large, 676,) reviving the act of 1844, gives juris

54 U.S. 216 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1851

Morsell v. Hall

James S. Morsell, Special Bail of William Smith, Plaintiff in error, v. Henry A. Hall. In Maryland, it is correct to take a recognizance of bail before two justices of the ieace. ere a scire facias was issued against special bail, who plead

54 U.S. 212 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1851

Lord v. Goddard

Sampson B. Lord and George W. Jenness, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Goddard. Where an action was brought against certain persons for giving a commercial letter . of recommendation with intention to defraud and deceive, whereby the party to

54 U.S. 198 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1851

Weems v. George

Alexander H. Weems, Plaintiff in Error, v. Ann George, Conelly George, Rose Ann George, wife of John Steen, Mary Ann George, wife of Thomas Conn, Nancy George, wife of James Gilmour, Margaret George, wife of William Miller, John Steen, Thom

54 U.S. 190 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1851

Coffee v. Planters Bank

Thomas J. Coffee, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Planters Bank of Tennessee. By the eleventh section of the. Judiciary Act, 1 Stat. at Barge, 78, no action can be brought in the Bederal courts upon a promissory note or other chose in.action, by

54 U.S. 183 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1851

Hogan v. Ross ex rel. Patterson

Smith Hogan, Arthur S. Hogan, and Reuben Y. Reynolds, Plaintiffs in error, v. Aaron Ross, who sues for the use of Robert Patterson. Where a declaration contained two counts, one of which set out an injunction-bond with the condition thereto

54 U.S. 173 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1851

Buckingham v. McLean

John S. Buckingham and Mark Buckingham, Appellants, v. Nathaniel C. McLean, Assignee, in Bankruptcy of John Mahard, Jr. Where a bill in chancery was filed by the assignee of a bankrupt, claiming certain shares of bank stock, the same .being

54 U.S. 151 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1851

Buckingham v. McLean

John S. Buckingham and Mark Buckingham, Appellants, v. Nathaniel C. McLean, Assignee in Bankruptcy of John Mahard, Jr. Where a defendant in error or an appellee wishes to have a case dismissed because no citation has been served-upon him, h

54 U.S. 150 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1851

Mitchell v. Harmony

David D. Mitchell, Plaintiff in Error, v. Manuel X. Harmony. In some of the States it is the practice for the court to express its opinion npon facts, in a charge to the jury'. In these States, it is not improper for the Circuit Court of th

54 U.S. 115 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1851

Williamson v. Barrett

Euclid Williamson, Thomas F. Eckert, and John Williamson, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Alexander B. Barrett, Robert Clark, Nathaniel D. Terry, Henry Lyne, James T. Donaldson, William Brown, and John B. Sprowle. The_usage upon the Kiver Ohio is,

54 U.S. 101 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1851

Parish v. Murphree

Henry Parish, Daniel Parish, Leroy M. Wiley, John R. Marshall, Thomas P. Norris, and Thomas Parish, merchants and partners trading under the firm and style of Parish & Co., Appellants, v. Caleb Murphree, Administrator of George Goffe, decea

54 U.S. 92 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1851

Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad v. Louisa Railroad

The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The Louisa Railroad Company. The legislature of Virginia incorporated the stockholders of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company, and in

54 U.S. 71 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1851

Bradford v. President of the Union Bank of Tennessee

John D. Bradford and Benjamin M. Bradford, Appellants, v. The President, Directors, and Company of the Union Bank of Tennessee. Where there was a contract for the sale of land for the purchase of which indorsed notes were given, but before

54 U.S. 57 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1851

Barrow v. Hill

Robert R. Barrow, Plaintiff in error, v. Nathaniel B. Hill. Where the only exceptions taken in the court below were to the refusals of the coiirt to continue the case to the next term; and it appears that the continuance asked for below and

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

United States v. Ferreira

The United States, Appellants, v. Francis P. Ferreira, Administrator of Francis Pass, deceased. The treaty of 1819, between the United Státes and Spain, contains the following stipulation, viz.: — “The United States shall cause satisfaction

54 U.S. 40 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1851

McCormick v. Gray

Cyrus H. McCormick, Appellant, Charles M. Gray, and William B. Ogden. Where two partners assigned ail. their partnership property to a trustee with certain instrpetions how to dispose of it, and afterwards agreed between themselves to appoi

54 U.S. 26 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1851

Doe ex dem. Hallett v. Beebe

John Doe, Ex. Dem. Hallett & Walker, Executors of Joshua Kennedy, deceased, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Alfred R. Beebe, George W. Hilliard, Alexander M. Carr, Charles T. Ketchum and John Horsfeldt. The principles established in the eases of 3

54 U.S. 25 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1851

Ballance v. Forsyth

Charles Ballance, Plaintiff in error, v. Robert Forsyth, Lucien Dumain, and Anthony R. Bovis. On the 15th of May, 1820, Congress passed an act (3 Stat. at . Large, 605,) for the benefit of the inhabitants of the village of Peoria, by which

54 U.S. 18 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1851

Darrington v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama

John Darrington, Lorenzo James, and Robert D. James, Plaintiffs in error, v. The Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama. John Darrington and Lorenzo James, v. Same. The bills of a banking corporation, which has corporate property, are n

54 U.S. 12 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1851

Crawford v. Points

Alexander Crawford, Appellant, v. James Points, Assignee in Bankruptcy of Henry Hottle. An appeal does not lie to this court, from the decision of a District Court in a ease of bankruptcy. Even if it would, the decree of the District Court

54 U.S. 11 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1851

United States v. Pillerin

The United States, Appellants, v. Armand Pillerin and others ; The United States, Appellants, v. A. B. Roman ; The United States, Appellants, v. Carlos de Villemont’s heirs and others ; The United States, Appellants, v. Jean B. Labranche’s

54 U.S. 9 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1851

United States v. Hughes

The United States, Appellants, v. Joseph Hughes. The decision in the two preceding cases again affirmed. This was a land case arising under the acts of 1824 and 1844, and came up by appeal from the. District Court of the United States for L

54 U.S. 7 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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