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Beard v. Federy
Beard v. Federy. 1. The act of August 31st, 1852, relating to appeals from the Board of Land Commissioners to ascertain and settle private land claims in California, created under the act of March 3d, 1851, provides that the filing of a tra
Simpson & Co. v. Dall
Simpson & Co. v. Dall. 1. Where a bill of exceptions at all fairly discloses the fact that the exceptions were made in proper time, this court will not allow the right of review by it to be defeated because the bill uses words in the presen
The Sally Magee
The Sally Magee. 1. When a vessel is liable to confiscation, the first presumption is that the cargo is so as well. 2. The prim& facie legal effect of a bill of lading, as regards the consignee, is to vest the ownership of the goods consign
Green v. Van Buskerk
Green v. Van Buskerk. The ten days given hy the 23d section of the Judiciary Act, to ta^e a writ of error from this court, run from the day when judgment is entered in the court whore the record remains; and when judgment is given in the hi
United States v. Fisk
United States v. Fisk. “Bankers” who sell the Federal securities no otherwise than for the United States ar.d for themselves, and who, therefore, do not sc-U them for others or for a commission, are not liable to pay the duties imposed by t
United States v. Cutting
United States v. Cutting. Under the Internal Revenue Act of June 30, 1864, as amended by the act of March 3, 1865, the sales of stocks, bonds, and securities made by “ brokers" for themselves are subject to the same duties as those made by
Peralta v. United States
Peralta v. United States. 1. Written documentary evidence, no matter how formal and complete, or how well supported by the testimony of witnesses, if coming from private , hands, is insufficient to establish a Mexican grant if there is noth
The Iron-clad Atlanta
The Iron-clad Atlanta. 1. On a question under the act of Congress of July 17, 1862, which distributes prize-money according to the fact whether the captured vessel-* is of equal or superior force to the vessel or vessels making the capture,
Barrel v. Transportation Co.
Barrel v. Transportation Company. A petition for an appeal to this court fro^ the Circuit Court, filed in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court merely, unaccompanied by an allowance of the appeal by that court, does not bring the cas
De Sobry v. Nicholson
De Sobry v. Nicholson. 1. A motion to dismiss a case, from want of proper citizenship in the parties, cannot he made at the trial and after pleading a general issue and special defences. 2. Where a contract, under which a party would he pre
United States v. Holliday
United States v. Holliday. Same v. Haas. 1. The 12th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which gives to the Circuit Courts concurrent jurisdiction of all crimes and offences cognizable in the District' Courts, is prospective, and embraces
Comstock v. Crawford
Comstock v. Crawford. 1. The recital in the record of proceeding of a Probate Court, under a statute of Wisconsin Territory, of facts necessary to give such court jurisdiction, is primO, facie evidence of the facts recited. S. The jurisdict
McGuire v. Commonwealth
McGuire v. The Commonwealth. (MERITS.) 1. A license granted by the United States, under the Internal Revenue Act of July 1,1862, to carry on the business of a wholesale liquor'dealer, in a particular State named, does not, although it have
McGuire v. Commonwealth
McGuire v. The Commonwealth. (MOTIONS.) 1. Where a party is indicted in a State court for doing an act contrary to the statute of the State, and sets up a license from the United States under one of its statutes, and the decision of the Sta
Brown v. Tarkington
Brown v. Tarkington. Promissory notes given for a balance found due on settlement in a transaction itself forbidden by statute and illegal, or for money lent to enable a party to pay bills which the person taking the promissory notes had hi
McAndrews v. Thatcher
McAndrews v. Thatcher. The liability of a cargo to contribute, in general average, in favor of the ship, does not continue after the cargo has been completely separated from the vessel, so as to leave no community of interest remaining. Thi
Buck v. Colbath
Buck v. Colbath. I. A suit prosecuted in the State courts to the highest court of such State, against a marshal of the United States for trespass, who defends himself on the ground that the acts complained of were performed by him under a w
Minnesota Co. v. National Co.
Minnesota Company v. National Company. The court — deciding that the present case is the same in fact as one already twice before it and already twice decided in the same way — rebukes, with some asperity, the practice of counsel who attemp
Thomson v. Lee County
Thomson v. Lee County. The general doctrines of this court, as settled by various recent decisions, on the subject of railroad bonds issued by municipal corporations to “bearer,” and which have passed into the hands of íoná fule holders for
Cheang-Kee v. United States
Cheang-Kee v. United States. 1. The action of a Circuit Court relative to a motion and order for judgment, is a matter within the Circuit Court’s discretion, and not a subject for review here. 2. Tinder a statute of California, which provid
Suffolk Co. v. Hayden
The Suffolk Company v. Hayden. 1. Where a party having made application for a patent for certain improvements, afterwards, with his claim, still on file, makes application for another but distinct improvement in the same branch of art, in w
The Granite State
The Granite State. 1. Where tbe question of fault in a collision lies, on the one hand, between a boat fast at a wharf, out of the track of other vessels, and moored, in all respects of place and signals, or want of them, according to the p
Mining Co. v. Boggs
Mining Company v. Boggs. 1. In a suit to recover mineral lands on the Pacific coast, with the mines therein, an allegation of record, of prior possession of the land for the purpose of taking out the minerals, without an allegation that suc
Havemeyer v. Iowa County
Havemeyer v. Iowa County. 1. The case of Gelpcke v. The City of Dubuque (1 Wallace, 175), affirmed and enforced; and the doctrine reasserted, that if a contract, when made, was valid by the constitution and laws of a State, as then expounde
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