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Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1854

West v. Cochran

Edward M. West, Plaintiff in error, v. Joseph Cochran. The act of congress, passed on the 3d of March, 1807, (2 Stats, at Large, 441,} appointing commissioners to adjudicate land claims against the United States, required that where titles

58 U.S. 403 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1854

Bogart v. The Steamboat John Jay

Sebra M. Bogart, William J. Wilcox, and Leonard F. Fitch, Libellants and Appellants, v. The Steamboat John Jay, her Tackle, &c. George Logan, Claimant. The courts of the United States, in the exercise of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction,

58 U.S. 399 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Immigration Law 1854

Fontain v. Ravenel

William Fontain, Administrator de bonis non cum testa mento annexo of Frederick Kohne, deceased, Appellant v. William Ravenel. A resident in Pennsylvania made his will, in 1829, giving annuities to his wife and others, and directing that hi

58 U.S. 369 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1854

Hinkle v. Wanzer

Morgan B. Hinkle, in his own right, and as Administrator de bonis non of John Fisher, deceased, Complainant and Appellant, v. Moses Wanzer, James F. Johnson, and John S. Hunter. Where a complainant in chancery averred that a note of which h

58 U.S. 353 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1854

Burchell v. Marsh

Peter J. Burchell, Appellant, v. Stewart C. Marsh, Alexander Frear, and William M. Arbuckle. If an award is within the submission, and contains the honest decision of the arbitra--' tors, after a full and fair bearing of the parties, a cour

58 U.S. 344 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1854

Boone v. Missouri Iron Co.

Levi D. Boone, Administrator of Jesse B. Thomas, deceased, and the Heirs of J. B. Thomas, Complainants and Appellants, v. The Missouri Iron Company. Where a bill was filed for the specific execution of a contract, and it appeared that the n

58 U.S. 340 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1854

Booth v. Clark

William A. Booth, Appellant, v. Ferdinand Clark. There was a judgment recovered in the supreme court of New York, upon which a fieri facias was issued, the return to which was, “ no goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant to be lev

58 U.S. 322 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1854

Clark v. Clark

Ferdinand Clark, Appellant, v. Benjamin C. Clark and William H. Y. Hackett. Where a person took the benefit of the bankrupt law of the United States; omitted, in first schedule of property, to take any notice of a claim which he had against

58 U.S. 315 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1854

United States ex rel. Goodrich v. Guthrie

The United States, at relation of Aaron Goodrich, Plaintiff in error, v. James Guthrie, Secretary of the Treasury. The circuit court of the United States for the District of Columbia, had not the power to issue-a writ of mandamus, commandin

58 U.S. 284 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1854

Stafford v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co.

In the matter of Josiah S. Stafford and Jeannette Kirkland, his Wife, Appellants, v. The New Orleans Canal and Banking Company. The decision in the preceding case of Stafford and Wife v. The Union Bank of Louisiana, again affirmed. This, li

58 U.S. 283 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Family Law 1854

Stafford v. Union Bank

In the matter of Josiah S. Stafford and Jeannette Kirkland, his Wife, Appellants, v. The Union Bank of Louisiana. Where an appeal from a decree in chancery is intended to operate as a supersedeas, the security given in the appeal bond must

58 U.S. 275 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1854

Gooding v. Oliver

John Gooding, Junior, Administrator de bonis non of John Gooding, deceased, Appellant, v. Charles Oliver and Robert M. Gibbes, Executors of Robert Oliver, deceased. The decision in the preceding case, of Williams, administrator of Williams

58 U.S. 274 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1854

Williams v. Gibbes

John S. Williams, Administrator of James Williams, deceased, Appellant, v. Robert M. Gibbes and Charles Oliver, Executors of Robert Oliver, deceased. In 1816, an association called the Baltimore Company, was organized in Baltimore, for the'

58 U.S. 239 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1854

McBlair v. Gibbes

Charles H. McBlair, Administrator of Lyde Goodwin, deceased, v. Robert M. Gibbes and Charles Oliver, Executors of Robert Oliver, deceased. In 1816 an association, called the Baltimore Company, was organized in Baltimore for the purpose of f

58 U.S. 232 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1854

United States ex rel. Tucker v. Seaman

The United States, ex relatione Beverly Tucker, Plaintiff in error, v. A. G. Seaman, Superintendent of Public Printing. By the act of congress passed on the 26th of August, 1852, ch. 91, it was made the duty of the superintendent of public

58 U.S. 225 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1854

Henshaw v. Miller

John Henshaw, Plaintiff, v. John R. Miller, Executor of Charles E. Miller, deceased. Where an action on the case was brought in Virginia, against a person to recover damages for fraudulently recommending a third party as worthy of credit, w

58 U.S. 212 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1854

United States v. Nickerson

The United States, Plaintiff, v. Lindsey Nickerson, Junior. The act of congress passed on the 29th July, 1813, (3 Stats, at Large, 49,) enacts 'that the ouaerof every fishing vessel shall, previous to receiving the allowance mentioned in th

58 U.S. 204 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1854

Iasigi v. Brown

Joseph Iasigi and Thomas A. Goddard, Plaintiffs in error, v. James Brown, and Thomas B. Curtis, Trustee of said Brown. Where an action was brought against a person for making false representations of the pecuniary condition of a certain par

58 U.S. 183 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1854

Peck v. Sanderson

James B. Peck, William Heilman, and Edwin H. Fresmuth, Owners of the Steam-ship Columbus, Appellants, v. John Sanderson, Libellant. üi a collision which took place at sea between a steam-ship and a schooner, by means cf which the schooner W

58 U.S. 178 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1854

The Schooner Catharine v. Dickinson

The Schooner Catharine, her Tackle, &c., Starks W. Lewis and others, Owners and Claimants, Appellants, v. Noah Dickinson and others, Libellants. In oases of collision, where the injured vessel has been abandoned, the measure of damages is t

58 U.S. 170 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1854

City of Providence v. Clapp

The City of Providence, Plaintiff in error, v. Daniel R. Clapp. The statutes of Rhode Island require towns to keep the highways safe and convenient for travellers, at all seasons of the year; and, in case of neglect, “ that they shall be.li

58 U.S. 161 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1854

President of the Bank of Tennessee v. Horn

The President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Tennessee, Plaintiffs in error, v. Lewis B. Horn. By an act of the legislature of Louisiana, passed in 1826, all the property of an insolvent petitioner mentioned in his schedule, becomes

58 U.S. 157 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1854

Monticello v. Mollison

The Propeller Monticello, John Wilson, Master and Claimant, Appellant, v. Gilbert Mollison. In a case of collision upon Lake Huron, between a propeller and a schooner, ihe evidence shows that the propeller was in fault The fact that the lib

58 U.S. 152 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1854

Ring v. Maxwell

Zebedee Ring, David A. Bokee, Robert S. Hone, and John P. Hone, Executors of Philip Hone, deceased, and Cornell S. Franklin, Complainants, v. Hugh Maxwell. The tariff act of 1842, (5 Stats, at Large, 548,) provided that if the appraised val

58 U.S. 147 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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