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Cincinnati City v. Morgan
Cincinnati City v. Morgan. 1. The properly constituted authorities of a municipal corporation may bind the corporation whenever they ha ye power to act in the premises. 2. To acquire, as against all mortgagees and incumbrances, a lien by st
The Ottawa
The Ottawa. 1. The court admitting that within reasonable limits cross-examination is a right, and on many accounts of great value, reflects upon an exercise of it as excessive in a case where there were between four and five hundred cross-
Newell v. Norton & Ship
Newell v. Norton and Ship. 1. A libel in rem against a vessel and personally against her master may properly under tbe present practice of the court be joined. And if the libellant have originally proceeded against vessel, master, owners, a
Daniels v. Railroad Co.
Daniels v. Railroad Company. Under the act of April 29, 1802 (§ 6), providing “that whenever any question shall occur before a Circuit Court upon which the opinions of the judges shall be opposed, the point upon which the disagreement shall
Blanchard v. Brown
Blanchard v. Brown. In Illinois, and under its statutes relating to ejectment, when a question of fraud in obtaining a title to real estate has been submitted, in a suit in ejectment, to a jury, and determined against the party setting it u
City v. Babcock
The City v. Babcock. 1. Courts sitting in error will not discuss questions not raised by the record before them. 2. Where a party has a verdict given against him on insufficient evidence, his remedy is by motion for new trial. He has no rem
Territory v. Lockwood
Territory v. Lockwood. A proceeding in the nature of a Quo Warranto, in one of the Territories of the United States, to test the right of a person to exercise the functions of a judge of a Supreme Court of the Territory, must he in the name
The Cheshire
The Cheshire. 1. The property of a commercial house, established in the enemy’s country, is subject to seizure and condemnation as prize though some of the partners may have a neutral domicile. 2. The approach of a vessel to the mouth of a
The Convoy's Wheat
The Convoy’s Wheat. 2; Where a bill of lading, signed by a master, shows that a voyage to a particular place named on it is but part of a longer transit which it is understood is to be made by the cargo shipped, and that the cargo is to be
The Cornelius
The Cornelius. 1. Presumption of an intent to run a blockade by a vessel bound apparently to a lawful port, may be inferred from a combination of circumstances, as ex. gr. the suspicious character of the supercargo; the suspicious character
Turnpike Co. v. State
Turnpike Company v. The State. 1. If a State grant no exclusive privileges to one company which it has incorporated, it impairs no contract by incorporating a second one which itself largely manages and profits by to the injury of,the first
Blossom v. Railroad Co.
Blossom v. Railroad Company. 1. A bidder at a judicial sale at public auction, whose bid has not been at • cepted, — the sale being adjourned for sufficient cause and finally dis continued — cannot insist, even though he have been the highe
Blackburn v. Crawfords
Blackburn v. Crawfords. 1. Though on a question of marriage and legitimacy, it is competent, in order to prove an heirship asserted, to give in evidence the declarations of any deceased member of that family to which the person from whom th
The Louisiana
The Louisiana. 1. A vessel .drifting from lier moorings and striking against another vessel aground on a bar out of the channel or course of navigation will be liable for damage done to the vessel aground, unless the drifting vessel can sho
The Thompson
The Thompson. 1. Prize courts properly deny damages or costs where there has been “ probable cause” for seizure. 2. Probable cause exists where there are circumstances sufficient to warrant suspicion, even though not sufficient to warrant c
Walker v. Transportation Co.
Walker v. The Transportation Company. 1. The first section of the act of Congress of March 3, 1851, entitled “An act to limit the liability of ship-owners and for other purposes,” ex empts the owners of vessels in cases of loss by fire from
Fennerstein's Champagne
Fennerstein’s Champagne. In order to show the actual market value of articles of merchandise at a particular place in a foreign country, letters by third parties abroad to other third parties — offering to sell at such rates — if written in
Cliquot's Champagne
Cliquot’s Champagne. 1. The provision in the Revenue Act of March 8d, 1863 — that when foreign goods brought or sent into the United States are obtained otherwise than by purchase, they shall be invoiced at the “actual market value thereof
York Co. v. Central Railroad
York Company v. Central Railroad. 1. The common-law liability of a common carrier for the safe carriage of goods may be limited and qualified by special contract with the owner; provided such special contract do not attempt to cover losses
Lewis v. Campau
Lewis v. Campau. A final judgment or decree by the highest court of law or equity of a Stats that revenue stamps attached to a deed offered in evidence and objected to as not having stamps proportioned to the value of the land conveyed are
Sparrow v. Strong
Sparrow v. Strong. 1. Under the ninth rule of this court, a writ of error or appeal from any judgment or decree rendered thirty days before the commencement of the term may be docketed and dismissed on motion of the defendant in error or ap
Sheboygan Co. v. Parker
Sheboygan Co. v. Parker. 1. A county “officer” is one by whom tbe county performs its usual political • functions or offices of government; who exercises continuously, and as a part of the regular and permanent administration of government,
The Josephine
The Josephine. 1. The case of the Baigorry (2 Wallace, 474), deciding that the blockade of the coast of Louisiana, having no direct communication with the port of. New Orleans by navigation, was not terminated by the proclamation of May 12,
The Binghamton Bridge
The Binghamton Bridge. 1. Where a party to a suit sets up that under one statute a State made a contract with him, and that by a subsequent statute it violated the contract, and the highest court of law or equity of a State has held that su
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