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Affirmed 1857

Hyde v. Stone

John E. Hyde and Joseph H. Oglesby, trading under the name and style of Hyde & Oglesby, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Henry L. Stone. Where a suit was brought upon a bill of exchange in one of the State courts of Louisiana, and by that court was

61 U.S. 170 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1857

Grant v. Poillon

William B. Grant, William Bradstreet, William L. Flitner, Peter Grant, in his own right and Administrator of Thomas Grant, deceased, Elizabeth F. Grant, Administratrix, William S. Grant and George Bacon, Administrators of the Estate of Samu

61 U.S. 162 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1857

Hungerford v. Sigerson

William S. Hungerford, Appellant, v. John Sigerson. Where a bill in chancery was filed for the purpose of enjoining a judgment at law, obtained upon a promissory note, and the bill did not allege that adequate relief could not be had at law

61 U.S. 156 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1857

Lyon v. Bertram

Joseph H. Lyon, Plaintiff in Error, v. John Bertram, Alexander H. Twombly, and Edwin Lamson. Where there -was a contract for the purchase of a cargo of flour, aud a portion of it was delivered, paid for, and used by the purchaser, he cannot

61 U.S. 149 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1857

Smith ex rel. Cushing v. Corporation of Washington

Ann C. Smith, use of Caleb Cushing, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Corporation of Washington. The power granted by Congress to the corporation of the city of Washington, “ to open and keep in repair streets, avenues, lanes, alleys, &c., agreeab

61 U.S. 135 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Family Law 1857

McMicken v. Perin

Charles McMicken, Appellant, v. Franklin Perin. Where this court affirmed a decree of a Circuit Court, which was, that a conveyanee of property should be executed upon the payment of a sum of money; and the Circuit Court proceeded to carry

61 U.S. 133 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1857

Mattingly v. Boyd

J. M. Mattingly and Sarah Ann his wife, Appellants, v. John H. Boyd, Administrator of David H. Boyd, deceased. By the la-ws of Virginia, -where an absent defendant is sued, and a garnishee is found within the State having funds of the absen

61 U.S. 128 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1857

Teller v. Patten

James B. Teller and Thomas W. Swinney, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Jonathan T. Patten and John J. Lane. Where the question before the jury was, whether or not one of the defendants wa3 a partner in a commercial firm, it was proper for the court

61 U.S. 125 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1857

Commercial Bank v. Buckner

The Commercial Bank of Manchester, Complainant and Appellant, v. Henry S. Buckner. The Circuit' Court of- the United States has no power to entertain an original bill brought by a creditor, who has come in and proved his debt against the ba

61 U.S. 108 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1857

Secombe v. Steele

David A. Secombe et al. v. Franklin Steele. When a transcript of a record of another court was attached to the answer as an exhibit, and portions of it particularly referred to, and the record of the entire case pleaded, a decree, certified

61 U.S. 94 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1857

Withers v. Buckley

David D. Withers, Plaintiff in Error, v. Ransom Buckley, Daniel Wilson, Newton Huff, Hugh R. Davis, Douglas H. Cooper, Charles Vaughan, and James Metcalf. This court has no jurisdiction, under the 25th section of the judiciary act of 1189,

61 U.S. 84 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1857

Dynes v. Hoover

Frank Dynes, Plaintiff in Error, v. Jonah D. Hoover. The Constitution of the United States gives to Congress the power to provide maintain a navy, and to make rules for its government. In the exercise of this power, Congress provided for th

61 U.S. 65 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1857

United States v. Cambuston

The United States, Appellants, v. Henry Cambuston. The regulations for the colonization of the Territories of the Government of Mexico, made 21st November, 1828, in pursuance of the act of the General Congress, August 18, 1824, provided: 1s

61 U.S. 59 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1857

Brown v. Shannon

Isaac Brown, Appellant, v. Joseph P. Shannon et al. Where a bill is filed to enforce the specific execution of a contract in relation to tlie use of a patent right, this court has no appellate jurisdiction, unless the matter in controversy

61 U.S. 55 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1857

Hudgins v. Kemp

Elliott W. Hudgins and John L. Hudgins, Appellants, v. Wyndham Kemp, Assignee in Bankruptcy of John L. Hudgins. In this case, as in the preceding, no exceptions haying been taken in tile court below to a master’s report respecting rents and

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

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1857

Hudgins v. Kemp

Robert Hudgins, John L. Hudgins, Elliott W. Hudgins, and Rebecca P. Hudgins, Executrix of Albert G. Hudgins, deceased, Appellants, v. Wyndham Kemp, Assignee in Bankruptcy of John L. Hudgins. Deeds of large tracts of land made by-a grantor w

61 U.S. 45 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1857

Wade v. Leroy

Amos Wade, Plaintiff, v. Jacob R. Leroy and Henry E. Pierrepoint. In an action against the owners of a ferry boat, for personal injuries sustained by the negligence of its officers, it was held that the plaintiff might show that he was enga

61 U.S. 34 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1857

Doswell v. De La Lanza

J. Temple Doswell, Plaintiff in Error, v. Enrique De La Lanza et al. This court again decides, as in former cases, that a refusal of the court below to grant a new trial is not a proper subject for a bill of exception. In an action of eject

61 U.S. 29 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1857

Rector v. County of Philadelphia

The Rector, ChurchWardens, And Vestry, of Christ Church, in the City of Philadelphia, in Trust for Christ Church Hospital, Plaintiffs in Error, v. The County of Philadelphia. Wher-e-it-does not appeal either by expresa averment or by a nece

61 U.S. 26 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1857

Bacon v. Howard

John Bacon, Alexander Symington, and Thomas Robins, Complainants and Appellants, v. Volney E. Howard. By the laws of the Republic of Texas, no action would lie.on a foreign judgment, and all actions of debt were in four years. When about to

61 U.S. 22 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Immigration Law 1857

Jones v. McMasters ex rel. Ybarba

James R. Jones, Charles C. Jones, William G. Gorman, Robert Lott, John Tippin, Matthew T. Tippin, and John R. Tally, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Catherine McMasters, by her next friend, Manuel Ybarba. Where a person, was horn at Goliad, then in

61 U.S. 8 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1857

Garland v. Wynn

Josiah Garland, Plaintiff in Error, v. Robert H. Wynn, Executor and Devisee of William Wynn, deceased. Where several parties set up conflicting claims to property, with which a special tribunal may deal, as between one party and the Governm

61 U.S. 6 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1857

Wynn v. Morris

Robert H. Wynn, Executor and Devisee of William Wynn, deceased, Plaintiff in Error, v. Charles B. Morris et al. In the present case, the complainant and appellant did not derive his title to the land in dispute from any statute of the Unite

61 U.S. 3 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1857

Morgan v. Curtenius

Benjamin F. Morgan, Plaintiff in Error, v. Alfred G. Curtenius and John L. Griswold. Where the Circuit Court adopted the construction of a State statute which wag placed upon it by the Supreme Court of the State, the decision was oorrecrt;

61 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion