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Outcome n/a Tax Law 1864

The Slavers. (Reindeer.)

The Slavers. (Reindeer.) 1. A vessel begun to be fitted, equipped, &c., for the purpose of a slave-voyage, in a port of the United States, then going to a foreign port, in order evasively, to complete the fitting, equipping, &e., and so com

69 U.S. 383 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1864

The Slavers. (Weathergage.)

The Slavers. (Weathergage.) •The general principle declared in The Kaie and of The Sarah (supra, pp. 366, 372) acted on in' a case of the same general type, but where the facts were more close. Where the size, build, equipment, and cargo of

69 U.S. 375 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1864

The Slavers. (Sarah.)

The Slavers. (Sarah.) of the vessel. He shipped Delano under the name of Com-stock, and paid his advance-money. ' Delano swore that Miller, “ on board, acted as captain, mate, and all hands,” and signed receipts for the cargo. Miller, in th

69 U.S. 369 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1864

Harvey v. Tyler

Harvey v. Tyler. 1. The court reprehends severely the practice of counsel in excepting to instructions as a whole, instead of excepting as they ought, if they except at all, to each instruction specifically. Referring to Rogers v. The Marsh

69 U.S. 328 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1864

Case v. Brown

Case v. Brown. A claim for a combination of several devices, so combined together as to produce a particular 'result, is not good as a claim for “ any mode of combining those devices which would produce that result,” and can only he sustain

69 U.S. 320 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1864

Ransom v. Williams

Ransom v. Williams. Under the statute of Illinois which authorizes execution to issue against the lands of a deceased debtor, provided that the plaintiff in the execution shall give notice to the executor or administrator, if there he any,

69 U.S. 313 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1864

Pico v. United States

Pico v. United States. When a claim to land in California is asserted as derived through the Mexican Land System, the absence from the archives of the country, of evidence supporting the alleged.grant, creates a presumption against the vali

69 U.S. 279 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Personal Injury 1864

The Venice

The Venice. 1. The military occupation of the city of New Orleans by the forces of the United States, after the dispossession of the rebels from that immediate region in May, 18G2, may be considered as having' been substantially complete fr

69 U.S. 258 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1864

Marine Bank v. Fulton Bank

Marine Bank v. Fulton Bank. 1. Money collected by one-bank for another, placed by the collecting bank with the bulk of its ordinary banking funds, and credited to the transmitting bank' in account, becomes the money of the former. Hence, an

69 U.S. 252 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1864

Miller v. Sherry

Miller v. Sherry. 1. A creditor’s bill, to be a Us pendens, and to operate as a notice against real estate, must be so definite in the description of the estate, as that any one reading it can learn thereby what property is the subject of t

69 U.S. 237 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1864

Smith v. United States

Smith et al. v. United States. 1 Where several persons sign a hond to the Government as surety for a Government officer, -which hond, statute requires shall be.approved by a judge, before tho officer enters on the duties of his office, an e

69 U.S. 219 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1864

Cooke v. United States

Cooke v. United States. 1. The mere fact that an act of Congress authorizes a judgment obtained' by the Government against a party, to he discharged by the payment of a sum less than $2000, is no ground to ask a dismissal of a case of ■whic

69 U.S. 218 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1864

Florentine v. Barton

Florentine v. Barton. A State legislature may, constitutionally, pass a private act authorizing a court to decree, on the petition of an administrator, private jsale of the real estate of an intestate to pay his debts, even though the act s

69 U.S. 210 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1864

Bank Tax Case

Bank Tax Case. A tax laid by a State on banks, “ on á valuation equal to the amount of their capital stock paid in, or secured to bé paid in,” is a tax on the property of the institution; and when that property consists of stocks of the Fed

69 U.S. 200 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1864

Campbell v. Read

Campbell v. Read. A question involving the construction, of a statute regulating intestacies within the District of Columbia, is not a question of law of “ such extensive interest and operation,” as that if the matter involved is not of the

69 U.S. 198 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1864

Chittenden v. Brewster

Chittenden et al. v. Brewster et al. 1. It is the duty of assignees, for the benefit of creditors, who have oii.ce accepted the trust, not only to appear, but so far as the nature of the transaction, and the facts and circumstances of the c

69 U.S. 191 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1864

Sheets v. Selden's Lessee

Sheets v. Selden’s Lessee. 1. When a deed is executed on behalf of a State by a public officer duly authorized, and this fact appears upon the face of the instrument; it is the deed of the State, notwithstanding the officer may be described

69 U.S. 177 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1864

Freeborn v. Smith

Freeborn v. Smith. 1. When Congress has passed an act admitting a Territory into the Union as a State, .but omitting to provide, by such act, for the disposal of cases pending in this court on appeal or writ of error, it may constitutionall

69 U.S. 160 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1864

The Circassian

The Circassian. 1. A blockade may be', made effectual by batteries on shore as well as by ships afloat; and, in case of an inland port, may be maintained by batteries commanding the river or inlet by which it may be approached, ■supported b

69 U.S. 135 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1864

Ex parte Dugan

Ex parte Dugan. On a mere petition for a certiorari, the court, according' to its better and more regular practice, will decline to hear -the case on its merits, even -though the counsel for the petitioner produce a copy of the record admit

69 U.S. 134 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1864

Heckers v. Fowler

Heckers v. Fowler. 1. A declaration in covenant by a patentee, setting out a sealed contract by defendant to pay him a certain tariff in consideration of an exclusive right to use the patent within a certain district, is good. 2. The practi

69 U.S. 123 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1864

Murray v. Lardner

Murray v. Lardner. Coupon bonds, of the ordinary kind, payable to bearer, pass by delivery. And a purchaser of them, in good faith, is unaffected by want of title in the vendor. The burden of proof, bn a question of such faith, lies on the

69 U.S. 110 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1864

Humiston v. Stainthorp

Humiston v. Stainthorp. A- decree in chancery, awarding to a patentco a permanent injunction, and for an account of gains, and profits, and that the cause he referred to a master to take and state the amount; and to report to the court, is

69 U.S. 106 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Family Law 1864

Day v. Gallup

Day v. Gallup. 1. In trespass in a State court against the 'marshal of the United States for levying on goods which ought not to have been levied on, the marshal’s title as marshal is not necessarily drawn in question. Ho may he sued, not a

69 U.S. 97 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion