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Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1862

Ogilvie v. Knox Insurance

Ogilvie et al. vs. Knox Insurance Company et al. 1. The creditors of an indebted corporation may have the aid of a Court of Equity against such corporation and its debtors, to compel the collection of what is due to it, and the payment of t

67 U.S. 539 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1862

Wright v. Bales

Wright vs. Bales. The statutory enactments of the States of the Union, in respect to evidence in cases at common law, are obligatory upon Judges of the Courts of the United States, who are bound to apply them as rules of decision. Error to

67 U.S. 535 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1862

Sumner v. Hicks

Sumner et als. vs. Hicks et als. 1. An assignment by an indebted party for the benefit of creditors in trust that the assignee shall sell the property, “ on such terms and conditions, as .in his judgment may appear best and most for the int

67 U.S. 532 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1862

Bronson v. Railroad Co.

Bronson vs. Railroad Company. 1. Where a Railroad Company, at different times, executed two mortgages on distinct portions of its road, to secure the debts of separate creditors, one mortgagee is not necessarily a party to a suit which the

67 U.S. 524 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Civil Rights 1862

Griffing v. Gibb

Griffing vs. Gibb. 1 If a bill in equity, brought by the proprietor of a City lot, avers that the rights of the plaintiff are illegally, wrongfully and injuriously affected by the acts of the defendants, the bill on its face entitles the pl

67 U.S. 519 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1862

Gilman v. City of Sheboygan

Gilman vs. The City of Sheboygan. 1 Where a State Legislature authorizes a City to borrow money, issue bonds and tax all the property in the city to pay- it, this is not a contract with the bondholders, that the' State shall not afterwards

67 U.S. 510 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1862

Noonan v. Lee

Noonan vs. Lee. 1. Parol evidence, not inconsistent with a written instrument, is admissible to apply such instrument to its subject. 2. Where a map or plat is referred to in a deed for the purpose of fixing a boundary, the effect is the sa

67 U.S. 499 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1862

Mississippi & Missouri Railroad v. Ward

Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company vs. Ward. . 1 A public nuisance may be abated on a bill in equity, brought by a private party, who has suffered special damage. 2. It is necessary for the plaintiff in such a bill to show that he ha

67 U.S. 485 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1862

Taylor v. Morton

Taylor vs. Morton. I A case coming into this Court from the Circuit Court on a writ of error, issued under the 22d section of the Judiciary Act, when the record shows, that no exception was taken below, is not to be treated like a case with

67 U.S. 481 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Civil Rights 1862

Curtis's Administratrix v. Fiedler

Curtis’s Administratrix vs. Fiedler. 1. An importer-from whom a collector exacted illegal duties could not under the Act of 1839, maintain assumpsit to recover back the excess, unless the suit was brought before the officer paid the money i

67 U.S. 461 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1862

Chilton v. Braiden's Administratrix

Chilton vs. Braiden’s Administratrix 1. Purchase-Unoney is treated by Courts of Equity as a lien on the land sold where the purchaser has taken no separate security, and this is on the principle that one who gets the estate of another shoul

67 U.S. 458 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1862

Trustees of the Wabash & Erie Canal Co. v. Beers

Trustees of the Wabash and Erie Canal Company vs. Beers. 1. Where the Legislature of a State, authorized Commissioners to borrow money to be used in making a canal and for the redemption of the loan pledged the canal itself, its tolls, rent

67 U.S. 448 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1862

Ward v. Chamberlain

Ward et al. vs. Chamberlain et al. 1. The power of the Supreme Court of the United States to revise the proceedings of a Circuit Court in a ease brought up on a certificate of division is'strictly confined to the questions stated in the cer

67 U.S. 430 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1862

Chicago City v. Robbins

Chicago City vs. Robbins. 1. A municipal corporation, having the exclusive care and control of the streets, is obliged to see that they are képt safe for the passage of persons and property, and to abate all nuisancés that might prove dange

67 U.S. 418 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1862

King v. Ackerman

King vs. Ackerman. 1. It is an established rule of the common law, that a devise of lands without words of limitation confers an estate for life only. 2. But because this rule generally defeated the intention of the testator, the Courts hav

67 U.S. 408 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Family Law 1862

United States v. Galbraith

United States vs. Galbraith et al. 1. In a California land case, the production of a fraudulent and false certificate of- approval signed by the Governor and Secretary who signed the grant, and proved by the saíne witnesses in the same way

67 U.S. 394 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1862

Calais Steamboat Co. v. Scudder

Calais Steamboat Co., vs. Scudder, Adm’r of Van Pelt. I A person residing in California, employed an agent to contract for, and superintend the building of a ship at New York. The agent was furnished with funds for the purpose, and speciall

67 U.S. 372 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1862

United States v. Castillero

The United States vs. Andres Castillero. Andres Castillero vs. The United States. 1. Paredes, President of Mexico, from 15th December, 1845, until 29th July, 1846, exercised extraordinary powers, but it is not certain that such of his acts

67 U.S. 17 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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