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Smith v. Orton

George Smith, Appellant, v. John J. Orton. After various proceedings in the mode of deeds, bonds, &c., the legal title to a piece of property became vested in one person, and the equitable title in another. The holder of the equitable title

62 U.S. 241 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1858

Lessee of French v. Spencer

Lessee of William C. French and Wife, Plaintiff in Error, v. William H. Spencer, Jun., Joseph Spencer, and Anna A. Spencer. By an act of Congress passed in 1816, (3 Stat. at L., 256,) a bounty in land was given to those American citizens wh

62 U.S. 228 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Settled Employment Law 1858

Campbell v. Boyreau

William Campbell and Thirty-seven others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Clement Boyreau. This'court has heretofore decided, in several cases,, that, in order to bring the ' questions of law before this court by writ of -error; the facts! must be

62 U.S. 223 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1858

Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Quigley

The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Philip Quigley. A railroad company is responsible in its corporate capacity for acts done by its agents, either ex contractu or in delicto, in the course

62 U.S. 202 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law 1858

Insurance Co. of the Valley v. Mordecai

The Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Moses C. Mordecai. A writ of error must be made returnable to the first day of the term, which is now the first Monday in December. If made returnable to any subsequen

62 U.S. 195 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1858

Cushing v. Owners of the Ship John Fraser

William Cushing, John N. Cushing, and Caleb Cushing, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, Owners of the Brig James Gray, Libellants and Appellants, v. The Owners of the Ship John Fraser and the Steamer General Clinch. An ordinance of the city aut

62 U.S. 184 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1858

United States v. Sutter

The United States, Appellants, v. John A. Sutter. The evidence is satisfactory to' this court, that Alvarado, the Governor of California, granted a tract of land, to the extent of eleven leagues, to John A. Sutter, in 1841. Although the ori

62 U.S. 170 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1858

Barreda v. Silsbee

Frederick L. Barreda and Philip Barreda, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Benjamin H. Silsbee, John H. Silsbee, Benjamin W. Stone, William Stone, George T. Sanders, and William D. Pickman. Where a vessel was chartered to bring a cargo of guano from

62 U.S. 146 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1858

Livermore v. Jenckes

Edward M. Livermore and David B. Sexton, Appellants, v. Thomas A. Jenckes, Alexander Farnum, and Stephen Waterman. The laws of Rhode Island allow an assignment to be made by a failing debtor, for the benefit of certain preferred creditors,

62 U.S. 126 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1858

Covington Drawbridge Co. v. Shepherd

The Covington Drawbridge Company and Richard M. Nebeker, Appellants, v. Alexander O. Shepherd and others. The decision of this court in 20 Howard, 227, as to what averment in the declaration is sufficient to give jurisdiction to the courts

62 U.S. 112 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1858

Pennsylvania v. Ravenel

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Plaintiff in Error, v. William Ravenel, Executor of Eliza Kohne, deceased. The question of domicil, .so far as it depends upon the facts, is one fof the jury. But it was proper for the court to instruct the

62 U.S. 103 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1858

Winans v. New York & Erie Railroad

Ross Winans, Plaintiff in Error, v. The New York and Erie Railroad Company. ■ Where objection was made, during the trial of a .cause, to the reception of the deposition of a witness, which had been taken under a commission, it was properly

62 U.S. 88 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1858

Kelsey v. Forsyth

James Kelsey and Thomas P. Hotchkiss, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Robert Forsyth. The agreement of parties cannot authorize this court to revise a judgment of an ■, inferior court in any other mode of proceeding .than that which the- law pre- -

62 U.S. 85 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1858

Rice v. Minnesota & Northwestern Railroad

Edmund Rice, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company. Where a common-law case was dismissed-at the last term for want of jurisdiction, (file record showing that no final judgment was given in the court below,)

62 U.S. 82 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1858

Richmond v. City of Milwaukie

Dean Richmond, Appellant, v. The City of Milwaukie and Ferdinand Kuehn. There-being no special provision in tlje act of Congress regulating appeals from the District Court of the United States in Wisconsin, they are governed by the • genera

62 U.S. 80 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1858

Leggett v. Humphreys

Thomas Leggett, Junior, Samuel Smith, and Smith Lawrence, Appellants, v. Benjamin G. Humphreys. .■ There Was a suit brought in the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi, against a sheriff and his sureti

62 U.S. 66 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1858

Union Insurance v. Hoge

The Union Insurance Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Blair Hoge. Under a general act of the Legislature of New York, passed on the 10th of' . April, 1849, which authorized the incorporation of insurance companies -in the State under it

62 U.S. 35 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1858

Propeller Niagara v. Cordes

The Propeller Niagara, her Engine, &c., Ansel R. Cobb and others, Claimants and Appellants, v. Joseph H. Cordes. The Propeller Niagara, her Engine, &c., Ansel R. Cobb and others, Claimants and Appellants, v. Lester Sexton and others. Where

62 U.S. 7 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1858

Claimants of the Steamer Louisiana v. Fisher

The Claimants and Owners of the Steamer Louisiana, Appellants, v. Isaac Fisher and others, Owners of the Schooner George D. Fisher. Where a steamer approaches air object at night, and the captain is .uncertain what it is, he should slacken

62 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1858

Watterson v. Payne

WATTERSON v. PAYNE. ERROR, to the circuit court of the united states for the EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. No. 56. Submitted February 1, 1858. Decided February 24, 1858. It appearing that this cause was brought here for delay only, the cou

154 U.S. 534 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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