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Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1860

Day v. Washburn

George W. Day, Bowen Matlock, Isaac H. Frothingham, and George W. Warner, Plaintiffs in Error, v. William A. Washburn and John A. Keith. Where creditors, who were so upon simple contract debts, filed a bill m chancery to set aside a deed ma

65 U.S. 352 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1860

United States v. Castro

The United States, Appellants, v. Jose Castro and others As a general rule, in order to support a title to land in California under a Mexican grant, the written- evidence of the grant in the forme required by the ■ Mexican law must be found

65 U.S. 346 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1860

Washington, Alexandria, & Georgetown Steam-Packet Co. v. Sickles

The Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam-Packet Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Frederic E. Sickles and Trueman Cook. The Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Steam-Packet Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Frederic E. Sickles and

65 U.S. 333 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1860

Fackler v. Ford

John M. Fackler, Appellant, v. John R. Ford and others. The fourth and fifth sections of the act of Congress passed on the 31st of March, 1830, (4 Stat. at L., 392,) entitled “ An act for the relief of purchasers of pub . lie lands, and for

65 U.S. 322 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1860

Mayer v. White

Charles F. Mayer, surviving Permanent Trustee of John Gooding, Appellant, v. William-Pinkney White, Administrator de bonis non of John Gooding and Robert M. Gibbes and Charles Oliver, surviving Executors of Robert Oliver, deceased. Another

65 U.S. 317 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Employment Law 1860

Martin v. Thomas ex rel. Rogers

John T. Martin, Andrew Proudfit, and John Keefe, Plaintiffs in Error, v. William H. Thomas and Robert A. Baker, Administrators of Major J. Thomas, deceased, use of George T. Rogers. Where- there was an action of replevin in Wisconsin, by vi

65 U.S. 315 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1860

Union Steamship Co. v. New York & Virginia Steamship Co.

The Union Steamship Company of Philadelphia, claimants and owners of the steamship Pennsylvania, her tackle, &c., Appellants, v. the New York and Virginia Steamship Company. In a collision which took place in Elizabeth river, in 1855, betwe

65 U.S. 307 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1860

Wiggins v. Gray

William Wiggins, James M. Jones, and John B. Weller, Complainants, v. John B. Gray and Knowles Taylor. The Circuit Court certified that they had divided in opinion upon a question whether a party had a right to proceed summarily on motion t

65 U.S. 303 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1860

Rector of Christ Church v. County of Philadelphia

The Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen, of Christ Church, in the city of Philadelphia, in trust for Christ Church Hospital, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the County of Philadelphia. [n 1833, the Legislature- ofTemrsylvania -enacted that “the r

65 U.S. 300 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1860

Bissell v. City of Jeffersonville

George B. Bissell, David T. Robinson, and Calvin Day, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the City of Jeffersonville. The common council of the city of Jeffersonville, in Indiana, had authority to subscribe for stock in a railroad company, and to issue

65 U.S. 287 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1860

Cleveland Insurance v. Reed

The Cleveland Insurance Company, Appellants, v. George Reed, Juliet S. Reed, James H. Rogers, and the Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad Company. Where a mortgagor's interest in land was sold under the bankrupt act of the ' United States, t

65 U.S. 284 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1860

Lessee of Frost v. Frostburg Coal Co.

The Lessee of Isaiah Frost and others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the Frostburg Coal Company. An. act of the- Legislature of Maryland examined whereby certain named persons,- and such others as might be associated with them, were incorporated

65 U.S. 278 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1860

Greer v. Mezes

John Greer and others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. S. M. Mezes, Maria de la Solidad Ortega de Arguello, and Jose Ramon Arguello. Where the plaintiffs in ejectment showed a legal title to land in California undei a patent from the United States

65 U.S. 268 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1860

Foote v. Egery

Henry S. Foote, Plaintiff in Error, v. Cyrus W. Egery and Joseph F. Smith. The decision in the preceding case of League ». Egery and others concludes this also. This case was brought up by writ of error from the District Court of the United

65 U.S. 267 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1860

League v. Egery

Thomas M. League, Plaintiff in Error, v. Cyrus W. Egery, Joseph E. Smith, and Sarah A. Smith, Administratrix. By the colonization laws of Mexico passed in 1824 and 1828, the consent of the federal Executive of Mexico was essential to the va

65 U.S. 264 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1860

Gue v. Tide Water Canal Co.

Robert Gue, Appellant, v. The Tide Water Canal Company. A corporate franchise to take tolls on a canal cannot be seized and sold under a fieri jadas, unless authorized by a statute 6f the State which granted the act of incorporation. Neithe

65 U.S. 257 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1860

Powhatan Steamboat Co. v. Appomattox Railroad

The Powhatan Steamboat Company, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the Appomattox Railroad Company. In the code of Virginia, chapter 196, are the following sections, viz: “ Sec. 1C. If a free person, on a Sabbath day, be found laboring at any trade or

65 U.S. 247 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1860

McEwen v. Den

William S. McEwen and Henry H. Wiley, Plaintiffs in Error, v. John Den, Lessee of Charles Bulkley and Stuart Brown. By the laws of Tennessee anterior to 1856, a deed for lands lying in Tennessee could not be acknowledged or proven in anothe

65 U.S. 242 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1860

Thompson v. Roberts

William Thompson and John Pickell, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Lewis Roberts, Gideon R. Burbank, and Addison Roberts. The general rule of law is, that the judgment of a court of law or a deéree of á' court of equity, directly’upon the samé poin

65 U.S. 233 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1860

Pearce v. Page

Christopher G. Pearce and others, incorporated and acting under the name of the Niles Works, Appellants, v. Jesse W. Page and others, claimants of the steamboat Doctor Robertson. Ill-a collision which took place.in the Ohio river between a

65 U.S. 228 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1860

Chandler v. Von Roeder

James A. Chandler, Plaintiff in Error, v. Otto Von Roeder, Hamilton Ledbetter, and Charles Von Rosenburg. It is the duty of the court to determine the competency of evidence and to decide all legal questions that arise in the progress of a

65 U.S. 224 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1860

Davila v. Mumford

Miguel Davila, Plaintiff in Error, v. David Mumford and Jesse Mumford. THe statute of limitations of Texas provides in its fifteenth section, “ that Avery suit to be instituted to recover real estate, as against him, her,- or them, in posse

65 U.S. 214 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1860

Vigel v. Naylor

Susan Vigel, Plaintiff in Error, v. Henry Naylor, administrator of George Naylor, deceased. On a petition for freedom, the petitioner proved that one Kirby had emancipated all his slaves by will; some immediately and some at a future day. T

65 U.S. 208 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1860

Sampson v. Welsh

George R. Sampson and Lewis W. Tappan, merchants doing business under the names and firm of Sampson & Tappan, claimants of the ship Sarah, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, Appellants, v. Samuel Welsh, John Welsh, and William Welsh, tradi

65 U.S. 207 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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