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Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1859

Luco v. United States

Juan M. Luco and Jose Leandro Luco, Appellants, v. the United States. A grant of land in California, purporting to have been made to one Jose de la Bosa, dated 4th of December; 18415, and purporting to be signed by Pio Pico as acting Govern

64 U.S. 515 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Alabama v. Georgia

The State of Alabama, Complainant, v. the State of Georgia. The boundary line between the States of Georgia and Alabama depends upon the construction of the following words of the contract of cession between the United States and Georgia, d

64 U.S. 505 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1859

Gridley v. Westbrook

Ruel Gridley, Clarissa H. Beebe, Sarah P. Snyder, and Charles Snyder, and others, Appellants, v. Edwin S. Westbrook and James P. Guager. Where proceedings are instituted in the State court of Iowa under certain articles of their code, and t

64 U.S. 503 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1859

Gridley v. Wynant

Ruel C. Gridley, Clarissa H. Beebe, Sarah P. Snyder, and Charles Snyder, and others, Appellants, v. David Wynant. Where a married woman became a trustee of land for the' benefit of her son- in law, and executed a deed (without joining her h

64 U.S. 500 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1859

United States v. Widow & Heirs of Berreyesa

The United States, Appellants, v. the Widow and Heirs of Jose E. Berreyesa, deceased. A decree of tbe District Court affirmed, in a case where the genuineness of the grant of land in California and the fulfilment of its conditions are estab

64 U.S. 499 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Yontz v. United States

John Yontz, Administrator of Jose Dolores Pacheco, deceased, Appellant, v. the United States. Where a grant of land in California had this clause, viz: “ The tract of which grant is made is of the extent mentioned in the plan, which goes wi

64 U.S. 495 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Morewood v. Enequist

George B. Morewood, John R. Morewood, and Frederic R. Routh, Appellants, v. Lorenzo N. Enequist, owner of the Brig Gothland. The admiralty j uriadiction of the courts of the United States extends to contracts of charter-party and afífeightm

64 U.S. 491 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1859

Mayor of New York v. Ransom

The Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty, of the City of New York, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Franklin Ransom and Uzziah Wenman. In an action for; damages for the infringement of a patent right, the plaintiff must furnish some data by which the jur

64 U.S. 487 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1859

Green v. Custard

Thomas J. Green, Plaintiff in Error, v. William Custard. Where the Circuit Court of the United States has jurisdiction over the parties and cause of action, by virtue of the 12th section of the judiciary act, it cannot be affected by any am

64 U.S. 484 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1859

Clifton v. Sheldon

John Clifton, Claimant of the Brig Water Witch, her Tackle, &c., Appellant, v. William H. Sheldon. Where a decree was made by the Circuit Court, sitting in admiralty, that two persons should pay freight, one in the sum of $583.84, and the o

64 U.S. 481 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Callan v. Statham

John F. Callan and Michael P. Callan, Appellants, v. Charles W. Statham and others. Where a bill in chancery was filed to set aside a deed as being fraudulent against creditors, and it is charged in the bill that the consideration mentioned

64 U.S. 477 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1859

United States v. Murphy

The United States, Appellants, v. James Murphy. The United States, Appellants, v. Emanuel Pratt. This court again decides'that a claim to land in California, founded upon “.Sutter’s general title,” is net valid. These two cases were appeals

64 U.S. 476 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Family Law 1859

Very v. Watkins

Martin Very, Plaintiff in Error, v. George C. Watkins. Where a surety upon a bond is sued, a conversation between his co-surety (now dead) and a third person is not admissible in evidence for the purpose of fixing a liability upon the defen

64 U.S. 469 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

United States v. Castillero

The United States, Appellants, v. Andres Castillero. By a special dispatch from the Minister of the Interior, under the order of the Mexican President, dated 20th July, 1838, the Governor'of California, with the concurrence of the Departmen

64 U.S. 464 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1859

Doe ex dem. Mann v. Wilson

John Doe, ex dem. Curtis Mann and Dolphus Hannah, Plaintiffs in Error, v. William Wilson. In a treaty made with, the Pottawatomie' Indians in 1832, there were reservations to individual Indians, which should be selected under the direction

64 U.S. 457 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Jenkins v. Banning

Charles E. Jenkins, Moses Kneeland, and Jackson Hadley, Plaintiffs in Error, v. William S. Banning. Where a case is brought up to this court, and the writ of error appears to have been sued out for delay, the judgment will be affirmod with

64 U.S. 455 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Whitridge v. Dill

Thomas Whitridge and others, Claimants of the Schooner Fannie Crocker, Appellants, v. Joshua Dill and others. In a collision which took place between two schooners in the Chesapeake bay, the colliding vessel, being the larger, and fastest s

64 U.S. 448 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1859

Frederickson v. Louisiana

Frederick Frederickson, Agent for Caroline, Widow Plaefflin, and others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the State of Louisiana. The following is an article of a treaty concluded between the King ofWurtemberg and the United States in 1844, (8 Stat.

64 U.S. 445 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1859

Bell v. Mayor of Vicksburg

Thomas Bell, Plaintiff in Error, v. the Mayor and Council of the City of Vicksburg The statutes of Mississippi provide that no plea of non. est factum, shall be admitted or received, unless the truth thereof shall be proved by oath or affir

64 U.S. 443 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1859

Castro v. Hendricks

Salvador Castro, Appellant, v. Thomas A. Hendricks, Commissioner of the General Land Office. Where there were 'two' separate claimants of land in California, both claiming under one original grant, and the surveyor, in running out their lin

64 U.S. 438 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Minturn v. Larue

Edward Minturn, Complainant and Appellant, v. James B. Larue, Carlisle P. Patterson, and John R. Fouratt. The charter of the town (now city) of Oakland, in California, which conferred upon the corporation power to regulate ferries, did not

64 U.S. 435 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Bliven v. New England Screw Co.

Charles Bliven and Edward B. Mead, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the New England Screw Company. Where the screw company sued persons who had received the manufactured articles, and the defence was, that the whole amount which had been ordered had

64 U.S. 433 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1859

Bliven v. New England Screw Co.

Charles Bliven and Edward B. Mead, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the New England Screw Company. Where there was a company incorporated for the purpose of making screws, and they were sued by certain persons with whom they had been in the habit of

64 U.S. 420 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law 1859

Sun Mutual Insurance v. Wright ex rel. Maxwell, Wright, & Co.

The Sun Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. John S. Wright, use of Maxwell, Wright, & Co. The principles with respect to a policy of insurance in the preceding case of the Orient Mutual Insurance Company against Wright, reaffir

64 U.S. 412 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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