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Outcome n/a 1866

Sturdy v. Jackaway

Sturdy v. Jackaway. A final judgment pronounced in an action of ejectment, where the claim of title in fee simple absolute by the parties respectively was the solo subject of controversy, instituted and prosecuted under and according to the

71 U.S. 174 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1866

Locke v. New Orleans

Locke v. New Orleans. 1. A statute -which simply authorizes the imposition of a tax according to a previous assessment is not retrospective. 2. Every retrospective act is not necessarily an ex post facto law. 3. Such laws embrace only such

71 U.S. 172 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1866

Brown v. Wiley

Brown v. Wiley. 1. Under the act of March 3d, 1863, establishing the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the action of that court can he examined here in no case in which like action in the Circuit Court of the district, whose place

71 U.S. 165 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1866

Walker v. United States

Walker v. United States. The jurisdiction of this court to re-examine judgments of the Circuit Courts is limited to cases where the matter in dispute exceeds $2000. Where it hut equals that sum the jurisdiction docs not exist. The United St

71 U.S. 163 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1866

United States v. Hoffman

United States v. Hoffman. 1. The writ of prohibition can only be used to prevent the doing of some act which is about to be done, and can never be used as a remedy for acts already completed. 2. Therefore, where the court to which the writ

71 U.S. 158 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Tax Law 1866

McGee v. Mathis

McGee v. Mathis. Where a State, in order to-promote the drainage and sale of certain swamp lands belonging to it and which it was desirous of reclaiming, has passed, 'by way of encouraging purchasers, a law that such lands “ shall bo exempt

71 U.S. 143 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1866

Brobst v. Brobst

Brobst et al. v. Brobst. This court -cannot take jurisdiction on a certificate of division in a case where the question certified is one of fact and can only be determined by an examination of the evidence in the record. This case came bere

71 U.S. 2 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1866

Stearns v. United States

Stearns v. The United States. A certiorari for diminution of the record allowed under special circumstances, and where the cause had heen continued till the next term, although the motion for it was made after more than one term had passed

71 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1866

Duvall v. United States

DUVALL v. UNITED STATES. error, to the circuit court of the united states for the DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. No. 145. Submitted March 27, 1866. Decided April 3, 1866. This court affirms after the close of the civil war, a judgment condemning a v

154 U.S. 548 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1866

Williams v. Nolan

WILLIAMS v. NOLAN. ERROR TO COURT OE APPEALS OP THE STATE OP NEW YORK. No. 288. Argued January 31, February 1, 2 and 5, 1866. Decided March 26, 1866. Reversed on the authority of Van Allen v. Assessors, 3 Wall. 573 The case is stated in the

154 U.S. 551 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1866

Hammond v. Massachusetts

HAMMOND v. MASSACHUSETTS. McNEAL v. MASSACHUSETTS. CLARK v. MASSACHUSETTS. ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OP MASSACHUSETTS. Nos. 240, 241, 242. Submitted February 27, 1866. Decided March 26, 1866. McGuire v. Massachusetts, 3 Wall. 387, followe

154 U.S. 550 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1866

Rogers v. Lee County

ROGERS v. LEE COUNTY. error to the circuit court of the united states for the DISTRICT OF IOWA. No. 95. Submitted January 4, 1866. Decided January 22, 1866. Reversed on the authority of Boyers v. Keokuk, ante, 546. The case is stated in the

154 U.S. 547 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1866

Rogers v. Keokuk

ROGERS v. KEOKUK. CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION IN OPINION FROM TIIE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF IOWA. No. 94. Submitted January 4, 1866. Decided January 22, 1866. The legislature of Iowa had power to authorize the city

154 U.S. 546 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1866

United States v. De Haro

UNITED STATES v. DE HARO. MAHONEY, Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES. APPEALS FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. Nos. 81 and 146. Argued December 27 and 28, 1865. Decided January 15, 1866. A pla

154 U.S. 544 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion