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Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1859

Hale v. Gaines

John C. Hale, Plaintiff in Error, v. William H. Gaines and Maria Gaines his Wife, Albert Belding, Henry Belding, and George Belding, Heirs and Legal Representatives of Ludovicus Belding, deceased, Defendants. In an action' of ejectment for

63 U.S. 144 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

City of New Orleans v. Gaines

The City of New Orleans, Plaintiff in Error, v. Myra Clark Gaines. Where streets were opened in New Orleans, a sum of money, as indemnity, was allowed to G> as being the supposed owner of the property condemned. D claimed to be the owner of

63 U.S. 141 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1859

Roy v. Tatham

Thomas Otis Le Roy and David Smith, Appellants, v. Benjamin Tatham, Jun., Henry B. Tatham, and George N. Tatham. The patent of the Tathams, for an improvement upon the machinery used for making pipes and tubes from lead or tin, when in a se

63 U.S. 132 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Roach v. Chapman

Bryan Roach and Dennis Long, composing the Firm of Roach & Long, Libellants and Appellants, v. William Chapman and others, Claimants of the Steamer Capitol, and Daniel Edwards and Joseph Maillot, Sureties. Where a steamboat was built at Lou

63 U.S. 129 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Brewster v. Wakefield

William Brewster, Appellant, v. William Wakefield. Whilst Minnesota was a Territory, the following statute was passed: Sec. 1. Any rate of interest agreed upon by the parties in contract, specifying the same in writing, shall be legal and v

63 U.S. 118 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Insurance Co. v. Mordecai

The Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Moses C. Mordecai. Where there was insurance upon the freight of a vessel on a voyage from Charleston to»Rio Janeiro, and from thence to a port of discharge in the Uni

63 U.S. 111 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1859

Bank of Pittsburgh v. Neal

The Bank of Pittsburgh, Plaintiff in Error, v. John S. Neal and Reuben E. Neal. A commercial house sent to a correspondent eight bills of exchange, four purporting to be the first and the other four the second of exchange, and the whole eig

63 U.S. 96 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

United States v. Galbraith

The United States, Appellants, v. James D. Galbraith, John Sine, David T. Bayley, and Richard H. Stanton. Where the clear weight of the proof is against the possession or occupation by the grantee of land in California, the date of the gran

63 U.S. 89 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Hodge v. Williams

J. W. Hodge, John W. Hunter, Haywood Hunter, Thomas Coleman, and Young Coleman, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John A. Williams. A writ of error cannot be amended, in this court. Therefore, where the party who was really the plaintiff in error, an

63 U.S. 87 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

Cucullu v. Emmerling

Joseph S. Cucullu, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louis Emmerling. Where, according to the practice in Louisiana, the facts of the case are stated by the court below in the nature of a special verdict, an objection that the contract sued upon could

63 U.S. 83 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1859

Morrill v. Cone

Elisha Morrill, Plaintiff in Error, v. John Cone and Carlos J. Cone. Although under a power of attorney, authorizing a conveyance of lands, the ' legal title does not pass when the attorney executes a deed, unless the sale was made in accor

63 U.S. 75 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1859

Kock v. Emmerling

Charles Kock, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louis Emmerling. Where an agent was employed to sell an estate iwF'Louisiana, and the owner refused, without sufficient reasons, to fulfil an agreement which the agent had made, a right to demand compens

63 U.S. 69 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1859

Springfield Township v. Quick

Springfield Township, of Franklin County, Plaintiff in Error, v. John H. Quick, Auditor, and William Robeson, Treasurer, of Franklin County. Cungress reserved the sixteenth section of the public lands in all the new States for the simnori,

63 U.S. 56 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1859

Nelson v. Leland

Stephen O. Nelson, Ellison Banksmith, Henry C. Walker, and Thomas A. Nelson, Partners under the Firm of S. O. Nelson & Co., Appellants, v. Lucius C. Leland, John H. Cooke, Duncan C. Williams, and McRae, Coffman, & Co., Claimants of the Stea

63 U.S. 48 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Overton v. Cheek

John Overton, Robert C. Brinkley, Robertson Topp, and James Jenkins, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Elijah Cheek and George W. Cheek. Where a writ of error was allowed in open court, in the Circuit Court, but this writ had no seal, and was not ret

63 U.S. 46 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1859

Emerson v. Slater

Charles Emerson, Plaintiff in Error, v. Horatio N. Slater. :[n the case- of Slater v. Emerson, 19 Howard, 224, this court held that where there -was a contract to finish a railroad by a given day, the parties to which were the contractor wi

63 U.S. 28 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1859

Lawler v. Claflin

William B. Lawler, Appellant, v. Horace B. Claflin, William H. Mellen, Nathaniel F. Miller, David H. Conkling, and Henry Stone. Where proceedings were had in Minnesota for the sale of property mortgaged to secure a debt, and the judgment of

63 U.S. 23 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1859

White v. Wright, Williams, & Co.

J. J. B. White (Defendant) and Gilbert S. Hawkins and Peter J. Cockburn, composing the Firm of Oakey, Hawkins, & Co., and Mrs. W. C. W. Faust, Widow, and Mrs. Rebecca J. White, aided and assisted by her Husband, J. J. B. White, (Intervenors

63 U.S. 19 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1859

Parker v. Kane

Joel Parker, Plaintiff in Error, v. Alonzo L. Kane. Where a deed for land in Wisconsin was voluntarily' destroyed by the parties without its being recorded, and adverse parties were bona fide purchasers with . out notice, (according to the

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

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