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Outcome n/a 1856

Sturgis v. Honold

Lathrop L. Sturgis, Plaintiff in Error, v. Christian Honold. The decision in the preceding case again affirmed. This, like the preceding case, of which it constituted a branch, was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the

60 U.S. 393 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1856

Bulkley v. Honold

George Bulkley, Plaintiff in Error, v. Christian Honold. The law of Louisiana imposes on the seller the obligation of warranting the thing sold against its hidden defects, which are those which could not be discovered by simple inspection;

60 U.S. 390 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Burke v. Gaines

Patrick Burke, Plaintiff in Error, v. William H. Gaines and Wife, et al. Where a party brought an ejectment in a State court, founding, his title upon documents showing a-settlement claim under the.laws of the United States; and the Supreme

60 U.S. 388 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

United States v. City Bank of Columbus

The United States, Plaintiffs, v. The City Bank of Columbus. Where a question was certified from the Circuit Court to,this court, viz: whether a certain letter, written hy the cashier of a bank without-the knowledge of the directory, though

60 U.S. 385 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Platt v. Jerome

Obadiah H. Platt, Plaintiff in Error, v. Chauncey Jerome. The competent parties to agree that a case shall he settled, and the writ of error dismissed, are usually the parties upon the record. If either of them has assigned his interest, an

60 U.S. 384 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Ballard v. Thomas

Albert Ballard, Charles Chadbourne, Eliphalet Gilman, and Henry W. Heird, trading under the firm of Ballard, Chadbourne, & Co., v. Philip P. Thomas, Collector. In estimating tlie duty payable at the custom-house upon imported iron, it was p

60 U.S. 382 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Michigan Central Railroad v. Michigan Southern Railroad

The Michigan Central Railroad Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The Michigan Southern Railroad Company et al. Where a case is brought up to this court by a writ of error issued to the Supreme Court of a State, under the twenty-fifth section

60 U.S. 378 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1856

McRea v. Branch of the Bank of Alabama

Margaret McRea and Bracy McRea, Administrators of John D. Bracy, Appellants, v. The Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Mobile. Where money wag borrowed from a bank upon á promissory note, signed by the principal and two Sureties,

60 U.S. 376 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1856

Roberts v. Cooper

Enoch C. Roberts, Plaintiff in Error, v. James M. Cooper. Where the judgment of the Circuit Court, in an action of ejectment, was against the defendant, in which nominal damages only were awarded, who sued out a writ of error in order to. b

60 U.S. 373 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Fellows v. Blacksmith

Joseph Fellows, Survivor of Robert Kendle, Plaintiff in Error, v. Susan Blacksmith and Ely S. Parker, Administrators of John Blacksmith, Deceased. The United States made two treaties, one in 1838, and one in 1842, with the Seneca Indians, r

60 U.S. 366 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

United States v. Sutherland

The United States, Appellants, v. Thomas W. Sutherland, Guardian of Victoria, Isabel, Miguel, and Helina, Minor Children of Miguel de Pedrorena, Deceased. That the Spanish grants of land in California -were large, is no reason why this cour

60 U.S. 363 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Tod v. Pratt

Daniel Tod, Daniel P. Rhodes, Robert C. Yates, and James Ford, Libellants and Appellants, v. Samuel F. Pratt and Edward P. Beals, Claimants of Steamboat Sultana, her Engine, Boiler, &c. The decision in the preceding case of Pratt, &c., clai

60 U.S. 362 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1856

Pratt v. Reed

Samuel F. PRATT, Pascal P. Pratt, and Edward P. Beals, Claimants of the Steamboat Sultana, Appellants, v. Charles M. Reed, Libellant. In order to creitte a maritime lien for supplies furnished to a vessel, there must be a necessity for the

60 U.S. 359 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Walton v. Cotton

Josiah Walton, Administrator of Priscilla Cotton, et al., Complainants and Plaintiffs in Error, v. Allen Cotton, Noah Cotton, and William E. Jones. Under the act of Congress passed on the 2d of June, 1832, providing for the relief of certai

60 U.S. 355 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1856

McCullough v. Roots

John McCullough and Cyrus D. Culbertson, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Gurnsey Y. Roots and Erastus P. Coe. Where a sale was made of merchandise, and two parties,' viz: Roots & Ooe as one party, and Henry Lewis as the other party, both claimed to

60 U.S. 349 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

United States v. Peralta

The United States, Appellants, v. Domingo and Vicente Peralta. Where a claimant of land in • California produced documentary evidence in his favor, copied from the archives in the office of the surveyor general and other original grants by

60 U.S. 343 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1856

Ballance v. Papin

Charles Ballance, Plaintiff in Error, v. Adolph Papin, Henry Papin, and Mary Atchison. Under the circumstances described in the-preceding case, if there -was no sufficient evidence of a survey under the act of 1823, the title claimed, under

60 U.S. 342 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1856

Bryan v. Forsyth

William F. Bryan and Rudolphus Rouse, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Robert Forsyth. By the acts Of Congress passed on the 15th of May, 1820, and March 3d, 1823, provision "was made, that each of the settlers in Peoria, Illinois, should be entitle

60 U.S. 334 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1856

Field v. Seabury

Edward Field, Plaintiff in Error, v. Pardon G. Seabury et al. The decision in the preceding case of Field v. Seabury, again affirmed. This, like the preceding case, was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United Stat

60 U.S. 333 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1856

Field v. Seabury

Edward Field, Plaintiff in Error, v. Pardon G. Seabury et al. When, a grant or patent for land, or legislative confirmation of titles to land, has i heen given by the sovereignty or legislative authority only having the right to make it, wi

60 U.S. 323 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1856

Commercial Mutual Marine Insurance v. Union Mutual Insurance Co.

The Commercial Mutual Marine Insurance Company, Appellants, v. The Union Mutual Insurance Company of New York. Where application for reinsurance, was made on Saturday,’ upon certain terms, which were declined, and other terms demanded, and

60 U.S. 318 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1856

Garrison v. Memphis Insurance Co.

Oliver and Daniel R. Garrison, Appellants, v. The Memphis Insurance Company. Where -bills of lading for goods, shipped on board of a steamboat in the river Mississippi, mentioned that the carrier was not to be responsible for accidents whic

60 U.S. 312 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1856

Byers v. Surget

William Byers, Appellant, v. Francis Surget. Where there -was a judgment for costs against the'plaintiff, in a suit where the defendant pleaded a discharge in bankruptcy, and' the attorney for the defendant taxed those costs, directed the p

60 U.S. 303 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1856

Babcock v. Wyman

Archibald Babcock, Appellant, v. Edward Wyman. Parol evidence is admissible to show that a conveyance of property, absolute upon the face of it, was really a mortgage or deed of trust. In the present case, parol evidence, taken in conjuncti

60 U.S. 289 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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