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Outcome n/a 1854

Lewis v. Bell

Mary Lewis, Administratrix of Stephen J. Lewis, deceased, Appellant, v. Edward R. Bell, Assignee of I. Bell, Junior. Where a claimant upon the government of Brazil assigned his claim to a creditor soon aftprjhe transaction occurred which ga

58 U.S. 616 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1854

Judson v. Corcoran

William Judson, Appellant, v. William W. Corcoran. Where a prior assignee of a claim, against Mexico gave no information of the assignment until a subsequent assignee had prosecuted the claim before the commissioners, and obtained an award

58 U.S. 612 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Employment Law 1854

Griffin v. Reynolds

Jack T. Griffin and Wife, Plaintiffs in Error, v. James Y. Reynolds. Whore a suit was brought for damages sustained by the breach o'f a covenant of warranty of title to land in Alabama, and the plaintiff, in order to establish the existence

58 U.S. 609 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1854

Dennistoun v. Stewart

Alexander Dennistoun, John Dennistoun, William Craig Mylne, and William Wood, Partners, under the Style of A. Dennistoun and Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Roger Stewart. Where the protest of a bill of exchange contained an exact copy of

58 U.S. 606 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1854

Christy v. Alford

William Christy, Plaintiff in Error, v. Lodovick P. Alford, Administrator of Henry D. Bullard, deceased. The fifteenth section of the statute of limitations of Texas is as fdllows: “Every suit to be instituted to recover real estate, as aga

58 U.S. 601 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1854

Hays v. The Pacific Mail Steam-ship Co.

John C. Hays, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Pacific Mail Steam-ship Company. The acts of congress require that every vessel shall he registered by the collector of the district in -which is the port nearest to the place where her owner or owne

58 U.S. 596 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Employment Law 1854

Ayres v. Carver

Eli Ayres and Thomas N. Niles, Complainants on crossbill, Appellants, v. Hiram Carver, Joseph W. Matthews, James Brown, Jacob Thompson, John P. Jones, William H. Duke, and John D. Bradford. Where a complainant filed a hill in chancery again

58 U.S. 591 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1854

Wanzer v. Bennett R.

Moses Wanzer and Jabez Harrison, Appellants, v. Bennett R. and J. H. Truly. Where a promissory note was given, in Mississippi, for the purchase of slaves, the title of the vendor of which afterwards proved to be. defective, but in the mean

58 U.S. 584 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1854

Coy v. Mason

Jane A. Coy, in her own Right and as Guardian of Lucy, Benjamin, Mary, Amelia, and Mahitable Coy, her minor Children, Complainants and Appellants, v. Charles Mason. In 1824, the United States made a treaty with the Sae-and Fox Indians, in w

58 U.S. 580 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1854

Webb v. Den

Gray P. Webb and others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Den, Lessee of Polly Weatherhead. In 1839, the legislature of Tennessee passed a law containing the following provision, namely: “That whenever a deed has been registered twenty years, o

58 U.S. 576 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1854

Fremont v. United States

John Charles Fremont, Appellant, v. The United States. By the act of congress passed on the3d March, 1851, (9 Stats, at Large, 631,) to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California, it is made the duty of every pe

58 U.S. 542 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1854

United States v. Ritchie

The United States, Appellants, v. Archibald A. Ritchie. By an act of congress passed on the 3d of March, 1851, (9 Stats, at Large, 631,) provision was made for the appointment of a board of commissioners to settle private land claims in Cal

58 U.S. 525 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1854

Florida v. Georgia

The State of Florida, Complainant, v. The State of Georgia. In cases in which this court has original jurisdiction, the form of proceeding is not regulated by act of congress, but by the rules and orders of the court. These rules and orders

58 U.S. 478 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1854

Minturn v. Maynard

Charles Minturn, Appellant, v. Lafayette Maynard, Gilbert A. Grant, Thomas G. Wells, Lucien Skinner, Frederick Billings, Charles J. Brenham, Isaac T. Mott, J. De La Montagne, E. M. Neal, and Thomas L. Chapman. Where a libel was filed in per

58 U.S. 477 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1854

Pulliam v. Osborne

Zachary Pulliam, Executor of Amos Albritton, Plaintiff in Error, v. Alexander Osborne, Administrator of Samuel Woodward. Although, by the laws of Alabama, a lien upon property accrues from the delivery of the execution to the sheriff or mar

58 U.S. 471 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1854

Wickliffe v. Eve

Robert Wickliffe, Administrator, with the Will annexed, of Luke Tiernan, deceased, Complainant and Appellant, v. Benjamin Eve, in his own Right and as Administrator of Joseph Eve, deceased, Richardson Adams, Executor of Randolph Adams, dece

58 U.S. 468 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1854

Rhodes v. Farmer

James Rhodes, Complainant and Appellant, v. William B. Farmer, William Fellows, and Cornelius Fellows. Where a complainant sought to recover by bill in chancery the proceeds of a judgment which he alleged that his debtor had against a third

58 U.S. 464 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1854

Carpenter v. Commonwealth

Samuel H. Carpenter, acting Executor, and Charles Wilkins Short and J. Cleves Short, Executors named and Residuary Legatees in the Will of William Short, deceased, Plaintiffs in Error v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The State of Pennsy

58 U.S. 456 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1854

Stevens v. Gladding

James Stevens, Appellant, v. Royal Gladding and Isaac T. Proud. Whether patent-rights and copyrights, held under the laws of the United States, are subject to seizure and sale on execution, is a question upon which the court dogs not expres

58 U.S. 447 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1854

Hendrickson v. Hinckley

Richard H. Hendrickson, Complainant and Appellant, v. Samuel L. Hinckley. A court of equity does not interfere with- judgments at law, unless the complainant has an equitable defence of which he could not avail himself, at law, because it d

58 U.S. 443 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1854

Bruce v. United States

Amos J. Bruce and Franklin Steele, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The United States. A treasury transcript was admissible in evidence, in a suit brought by the United . States against their debtor, although authenticated copies ot' the receipts wh

58 U.S. 437 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1854

City of Boston v. Lecraw

The City of Boston, Plaintiff in Error, v. David R. Lecraw. By the old laws of Massachusetts, a littoral proprietor of lancl owned down to low-water mark; subject, however, to the condition that, until he occupied the space between high and

58 U.S. 426 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1854

Herndon v. Ridgway

Edward Herndon, Appellant, v. James C. Ridgway, Eri Ridgway, William H. Gasque, and Henry Davis. Where a bill was filed in the district court of the United States for the northern district of Mississippi, against four defendants, who all re

58 U.S. 424 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Employment Law 1854

Adams v. Law ex rel. Robinson

James Adams, Executor of Thomas Law, deceased, and Henry May, Administrator of Edmund and Thomas Law, Appellants, v. Joseph E. Law, by his next Friend, Mary Robinson. Where marriage articles, executed as an antenuptial settlement, recited t

58 U.S. 417 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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