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Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1868

Reeside v. United States

Reeside v. United States. Under the act of 28th February, 1861, which authorizes the Postmaster-General to discontinue, under certain circumstances specified, the postal service on any route, a “ suspension” during the late rebellion at the

75 U.S. 38 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1868

Stansbury v. United States

Stansbury v. United States. 1. The act of August'23d, 1842, declaring that no officer of the government drawing a fixed salary, shall receive additional compensation for any service, unless it is authorized by law, and a specific appropriat

75 U.S. 33 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1868

Mills v. Smith

Mills v. Smith. 1. -Under the recording acts of Illinois, which enact that deeds shall take effect as against creditors and subsequent purchasers from the time that they are filed of record, it is necessary, in order to defeat.a subsequent

75 U.S. 27 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1868

The Eagle

The Eagle. 1. Since the decision (A. D. 1851) in' the Genesee Chief (12 Howard, 443), which decided that admiralty jurisdiction was not limited in 'this country to tide waters, but extended to the lakes and the waters connecting them ; the

75 U.S. 15 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1868

Dean v. Younell's Administrator

NOTE. At the same time with the foregoing case was decided another, as to its chief point, like it; an appeal from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia. It was the case of Dean v. Younell’s Administrator. A bill had been .

75 U.S. 14 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1868

Thorington v. Smith

Thorington v. Smith. 1. A contract for the payment of Confederate States treasury notes, made between parties residing within the so-called Confederate States, can be enforced in the courts of the United States, the contract having been mad

75 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Immigration Law 1868

Roland v. United States

Roland v. United States. A grant of land in California, purporting to have been made by Governor Pío Pico, on the.2d of May, 1846, and insufficient on the archive papers, decided not to be helped by papers produced by the claimant; these be

74 U.S. 743 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1868

Texas v. White

Texas v. White et al. 1. The word State describes sometimes a people or community of individuals united more or less closely in political relations, inhabiting temporarily or permanently the same country; often it denotes only the. country,

74 U.S. 700 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1868

Washington County v. Durant

Washington County v. Durant. Cases cannot be brought within the appellate jurisdiction of this court by agreement of parties, and .without an appeal allowed or writ/ of error served. TiiE'record showed that this cause had been brought here

74 U.S. 694 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1868

Blitz v. Brown

Blitz v. Brown. A writ of error dismissed where the transcript contained only a blank form of a certificate• of ¡puthentication, without the seal of the court below or , the signature of its clerk. Leave was, however, granted to'the plaintl

74 U.S. 693 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1868

James v. Bank

James v. Bank. Where there ia no bill of exceptions, and nothing upon which error can be 'assigned, the.regular practice is to affirm the judgments, not to dismiss In error to:the Circuit Court for Louisiana. The Bank of Mobile brought suit

74 U.S. 692 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1868

Garrison v. United States

Garrison v. United States. An amendment, not very clear in its terms, to an original government con. . tract, was in this case interpreted against the interests of the government, the amendment having been suggested by one officer 'of the g

74 U.S. 688 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1868

Whitely v. Swayne

Whitely v. Swayne. •1. Where a patent has been grante.d for improvements, which, after a full and fair trial, resulted in unsuccessful experiments, and have been finally abandoned, if any other person takes up the suojeet-of the improve- '

74 U.S. 685 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1868

The Floyd Acceptances

The Floyd Acceptances. .1. The government of the United States has a right to use bills of exchange ' in conducting its fiscal operations, as it has the right to use any other appropriate means of accomplishing it? legitimate purposes. 2. W

74 U.S. 666 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law 1868

The Nichols

The Nichols. 1. Sailing ships áre ‘‘meeting end on,”, within t'he meaning of the eleventh' article of the act of Congress of April 29, .1864, fixing “ Rulés and,Reg-, ulati-ons for Preventing Collisions on the Water,” when they are ap-, pro

74 U.S. 656 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1868

White's Bank v. Smith

White’s Bank v. Smith. 1. Under the act of Congress of July 29th, 1850, enacting— “That no bill of sale, mortgage, hypothecation, or conveyance of any vessel, or part of any vessel, of the United States, shall bo valid against any person ot

74 U.S. 646 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1868

The Belfast

The Belfast. 1. In all cases where a maritime lien arises, the original jurisdiction to enforce it by a proceeding in rem, is exclusive in the District Courts of the United States, as provided by the ninth section of the Judiciary Act of 17

74 U.S. 624 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1868

Beloit v. Morgan

Beloit v. Morgan. 1. A judgment in favor of a bondholder upon certain municipal'bonds, part of a larger issue, against the town issuing them, is conclusive on a question of the validity of the issue on a'suit brought by the same creditor ■

74 U.S. 619 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1868

Morgan v. Beloit

Morgan v. Beloit, City and Town. "Where the legislature creates a city, carving it out of a region previously a town only, and enacts that all bonds which had been previously issued by the town should be paid when the same fell due, by the

74 U.S. 613 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1868

Morgan v. Town Clerk

Morgan v. Town Clerk. ■By the law, as settled in Wisconsin, a provision in a statute under which a ■ '>town issued its bonds to a railroad, that a tax requisite to pay the in-i' terest on these .bonds should be .levied by the■■ supervisor a

74 U.S. 610 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1868

Agawam Co. v. Jordan

Agawam Company v. Jordan. 1. In a suit in chancery under a patent, evidence of prior knowledge or use of the thing patented is not admissible, unless the answer contains the names and places of residence of those alleged to have possessed a

74 U.S. 583 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1868

United States v. Rosenburgh

United States v. Rosenburgh. This court cannot take cognizance, under the' Judiciary Act of 1802, of a division of opinion hetween the judges of the Circuit Court, upon a motion to quash an indictment. ‘ On certificate of division in opinio

74 U.S. 580 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1868

Morris v. United States

Morris and Johnson v. United States. 1. .An information under the acts of August 6th, 1861, and July 17th, 1862, which presents only a case of the unlawful conversion of property to the use of the persons proceeded against, cannot be sustai

74 U.S. 578 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1868

Railroad Co. v. Bradleys

Railroad Company v. Bradleys. 1. A decree ordering an injunction, previously granted to restrain a said under a deed of trust, to be dissolved, and directing a sale according to the deed of trust, and the bringing of the proceeds into court

74 U.S. 575 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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