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The Hypodame
The Hypodame. 1. In eases of collision depending on fact, where the evidence is conflicting, this court will not readily reverse a decree made by the District, and affirmed by the Circuit Court. It declares that the District Court, which ca
The Rock Island Bridge
The Rock Island Bridge. A maritime lien can only exist upon movable things engaged in navigation, or upon things which are the subjects of commerce on the high seas or navigable waters. It cannot arise upon anything which is fixed and immov
Weber v. Lee County
Weber v. Lee County. In this case, where the questions presented for decision were the same as those decided in the preceding case, the doctrine of that case was affirmed. Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Dis
Riggs v. Johnson County
Riggs v. Johnson County. A fter a return unsatisfied of an execution on a judgmentin the Circuit Court against a county for interest on railroad bonds, issued under a State statute in force prior to the issue of the bonds, and which made th
Reichart v. Felps
Reichart v. Felps. 1. A decision in the highest court of a State against the validity of a patelit granted by the United States for land, and whose validity is drawn in question in such court, is a decision against the validity of an author
Savery v. Sypher
Savery v. Sypher. 1. An attorney-at-law having no power viriuie officii to purchase for his client at judicial sale land sold under a mortgage held by the client, the burden of proving that he had other authority rests on him. 2. On an appl
Rubber Co. v. Goodyear
Rubber Company v. Goodyear. 1. Though a decree have been entered “ os” of a prior date — the date of an order settling apparently the'terms of a decree to be entered thereafter— the rights of the parties in respect to an appeal are determin
Rector v. Ashley
Rector v. Ashley. 1. Where a case is brought here by a writ, of error to a State court under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act, this court can only review the decision of the State court on the question or questions mentioned in that se
West v. Aurora City
West v. Aurora City. A suit removable from a State court under the twelfth section of the Judiciary Act must be a suit regularly commenced by a citizen of the State in which the suit is brought by process served upon a defendant who is a. c
Thompson v. Railroad Companies
Thompson v. Railroad Companies. 1. Though usually where a ease is not cognizable in a court of equity the objection must be interposed in the first instance, yet if a plain defect of jurisdiction appears at the hearing or on appeal, such co
Insurance Co. v. Webster
Insurance Company v. Webster. Where.the agent of an insurance company was fully authorized to make insurance of vessels, itnd had, in fact, on a previous occasion, insured the same vessel for the same applicant, and in the instance under co
Walker v. Villavaso
Walker v. Villavaso. 1. When the question is whether this court has jurisdiction under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act, nothing out of the record certified to the court can be taken into consideration. 2. Accordingly, when it
Osterman v. Baldwin
OSTERMAN v. BALDWIN. 1. A citizen of the United States, and who, as such, was of course before the admission of Texas into the Union, an alien to that republic, and so, as against office found, incompetent to bold land there, became o.n the
League v. Atchison
League v. Atchison. Under the fifteenth section of the statute of limitations of Texas, which enacts that “ every suit instituted to recover real estate as against him, her, or them in possession under title or color of title, shall bo inst
United States v. Adams
United States v. Adams. Same v. Johnson. Same v. Clark. 1. The act of March* 3, 1863, concerning the Court of Claims, confers a right of appeal in cases involving over $3000, which the party desiring to appeal can exercise by his own voliti
Wicker v. Hoppock
Wicker v. Hoppock. 1. The rules about judicial sales which make void as against public policy agreements that persons competent to bid at them will not bid, forbid such agreements alone as are meant to prevent competition and induce a sacri
The Watchful
The Watchful. 1. A-libel ease, charging the vessel and cargo to be prize of war, dismissed because no case of prize was made out by the testimony. 2. But because the record disclosed strong prima facie evidence of a violation of the laws of
Wilson v. Wall
Wilson v. Wall. 1. Semble, that under the treaty of the United States with the Choctaws, in 1830, by which the United States agreed that each Choctaw head of a family desirous to remain and become a citizen, &c., should bo entitled to one s
Wood v. Steele
Wood v. Steele. The alteration of the date in any commercial paper, — though the alteration delay the time of payment, — is a material alteration, and if made without the consent of the party sought to be charged, extinguishes his liability
Lukins v. Aird
Lukins v. Aird. A debtor in failing circumstances cannot sell and convey his land, even for a valuable consideration, by deed without reservations, and yet secretly reserve to himself the right to possess and occupy it, for even a limited t
Georgia v. Stanton
State of Georgia v. Stanton. 1. A bill in equity filed by one of the United States to enjoin the Secretary of War and other officers who represent the Executive authority of the United States from carrying into execution certain acts of Con
Crandall v. Nevada
Crandall v. State of Nevada. 1. A special tax on railroad and stage companies for every passenger carried out of tbe State by them is a tax on the passenger for the privilege of passing through the State by the ordinary modes of travel, and
Steamship Co. v. Portwardens
Steamship Company v. Portwardens. A statute of a State enacting that the masters and wardens of a port within it, should be entitled to demand and receive, in addition to other fees, the sum of five dollars, whether called on to perform any
The Amelie
The Amelie. 1. In order to justify the sale, by the master of his vessel, in a distant port, in the course of her voyage, good faith in making the sale, and a necessity for it, must both concur; and the purchaser, in order to have a valid t
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