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Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

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

The Orient Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. John S. Wright, use of Maxwell, Wright, & Company. An open or running policy of insurance upon “ coffee laden or to be laden on board tbe good vessel or vessels from Bio Janeiro to

64 U.S. 401 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1859

Zabriskie v. Cleveland, Columbus, & Cincinnati Railroad

Christian A. Zabriskie, Appellant, v. the Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati Railroad Company, and John A. Butler, and others. In 1851, the Legislature uof Ohio passed a general law relating to railway companies, which empowered them at an

64 U.S. 381 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1859

Wiseman v. Chiappella

William Wiseman, Plaintiff in Error, v. Achille Chiappella. Where the notarial protest of a bill of exchange stated that the bill had been handed to him on the day it was due, that he went several times to the office of the acceptors of it

64 U.S. 368 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Immigration Law 1859

Adams v. Norris

Edwin G. Adams, Plaintiff in Error, v. Samuel Norris. In California, where a will with its codicils was offered in evidence, the testator of which died in 1848, an objection to its admission because it had never been admitted to probate was

64 U.S. 353 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1859

United States v. Bolton

The United States, Appellants, v. James R. Bolton. Where a claimant of land in California produced as evidence of his title a grant, dated-on...the 10th February, 1846, made by Pio Pico, ‘‘first member of the Assembly of the Department of t

64 U.S. 341 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

United States v. Gomez

The United States, Appellants, v. Vicente P. Gomez. When this court is satisfied, from the evidence before it, that no appeal to it had been granted- by the court below, and that the cause was not before it when an prder was passed, at the.

64 U.S. 326 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Employment Law 1859

United States v. Pico

The United States, Appellants, v. Francisco Pico and others. Where the archives of California show that a petition for land was presented to the justice of the peace and military commandant at New Helvetia in 1846; that a favorable report w

64 U.S. 321 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Sutton v. Bancroft

William B. Sutton, Samuel L. Griffith, and James Sutton, Copartners under the Firm and Style of Sutton, Griffith, & Co., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Stacy B. Bancroft, Thomas Beaver, and others, Copartners under the Firm and Style of Bancroft,

64 U.S. 320 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

United States v. Alviso

The United States, Appellants, v. Jose Antonio Alviso. Where proceedings for a grant of land in California were commenced by a Mexican in 1838, and continued from time to time and the claimant has been in possession since 1840, and no suspi

64 U.S. 318 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Employment Law 1859

United States v. Noe

The United States, Appellants, v. James Noe. Where a grant of land in California? was inade in 1841, under the colonization laws; which looked to the settlement and improvement of the country, and eleven years elapsed, during which time the

64 U.S. 312 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Day v. Washburn

George W. Day, Bowen Matlock, Isaac H. Frothingham, and George W. Warner, Appellants, v. William A. Washburn and John A. Keith. Where a motion was made to dismiss an appeal, upon the ground that the appeal was taken by part only of the comp

64 U.S. 309 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1859

Haney v. Baltimore Steam Packet Co.

Benjamin Haney, Charles Ogden, and John Trenchard, Libellants and Appellants, v. the Baltimore Steam Packet Company, Owners of the Steamer Louisiana, and George W. Russell. In a collision which took place in the Chesapeake oay between a ste

64 U.S. 287 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1859

United States v. Osio

The United States, Appellants, v. Antonio Maria Osio. Where an island in the bay o'f San Francisco, in California, was claimed, not under the colonization law of 1824, or-the regulations of 1828, but under certain special orders issued to t

64 U.S. 273 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Immigration Law 1859

United States v. Rose

The United States, Appellants, v. John Rose and George Kinlock. Sutter’s general title to lands in California again examined, together with the ' historical events which'preceded and attended it. The court again decides that claims under th

64 U.S. 262 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1859

United States v. Bennitz

The United States, Appellants, v. William Bennitz. The general title of Sutter to land in California again decided to convey no valid . title. This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the northern district of Cali

64 U.S. 255 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

United States v. White

The United States, Appellants, v. Ellen E. White, Administratrix of Charles White, deceased. Where two persons appear to have conflicting claims to land in California, and the United States do not appear to have any interest in the matter,

64 U.S. 249 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1859

Hooper v. Scheimer

Nathan E. Hooper, Louisa J. Hooper, and Amanda E. Hooper, Minors, by Absalom Fowler, their next friend, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Jacob Scheimer. It is the settled doctrine of this court, that no action of ejectment will lie on an entry made

64 U.S. 235 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1859

Dermott v. Jones

Ann R. Dermott, Plaintiff in Error, v. Zepheniah Jones. Where there was a special contract to build a house by a certain day, which was not fulfilled, owing to various circumstances, and the.contractor brought a suit setting forth the speci

64 U.S. 220 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1859

Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad v. Philadelphia & Havre de Grace Steam Towboat Co.

The Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Company, Appellants, v. the Philadelphia and Havre de Grace Steam Towboat Company. The jurisdiction of courts of admiralty in torts depends entirely on localit’ , and this court have here

64 U.S. 209 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1859

Beaubien v. Beaubien

John Baptiste Beaubien and others, Complainants and Appellants, v. Antoine Beaubien and others, Defendants. Where a bill in chancery was filed by persons residing in Canada, claiming title to property in Detroit which had been in the exclus

64 U.S. 190 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1859

Castle v. Bullard

Edward H. Castle, Elihu Granger, and J. P. Phillips, survivors of Joseph Filkins, deceased, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Edward F. Bullard. The Circuit Courts of the United States.have no power to grant a peremptorynonsuit against the will of th

64 U.S. 172 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Irvine v. Redfield

Samuel Irvine and Peter Forbes, Plaintiffs, v. Herman J. Redfield, late Collector of the Customs of the United States at the Port of New York. The duties upon foreign merchandise are to be computed on their value on the day of the sailing o

64 U.S. 170 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Ogden v. Parsons

David Ogden, Appellant, v. Jotham Parsons, John A. McGraw, Joshua Atkins, Edwin Atkins, and Joshua Atkins, Jun. Where a charter-party stipulated that a vessel should receive-a full cargo, the opinions of.experts are the best criteria of how

64 U.S. 167 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Benjamin v. Hillard

Simeon Benjamin, Plaintiff in Error, v. Oliver B. Hillard and Moses C. Mordecai. Where there was a contract for furnishing a steam engine, the following guar anty was made: “ Por value received, I hereby guaranty the performance of the with

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

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