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Ex parte Bradley
Ex parte Bradley. 1. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, as organized by the act of March 3, 1863, is a different court from the criminal court as fixed by the same act, though the latter court is held by a judge of the former. H
Kellogg v. United States
Kellogg v. United States. An officer of the United States, under authority of Congress, made a contraet . with D. and S., by which they agreed to furnish bricks to the government. The contrae^ contained a clause that D. and S. should not su
The Diana
The Diana. To justify a vessel of a neutral in attempting to énter a blockaded port, she, must be in such di^tress-as to render her entry a.matter of absolute/^ind uncontrollable necessity. Appeal from El, decree of the District Court for;t
Gaines v. Thompson
Gaines v. Thompson. The act of the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner of the Land Office, in cancelling an entry for land, is not a ministerial duty, but is a matter resting in the judgment and discretion of these officers as repres
Thomson v. Dean
Thomson v. Dean. 1. The rule laid down in Forgay v. Conrad (6 Howard, 204), as to what constitutes a final decree for the jiurpose of an appeal, recognized as the true rule on the subject. 2. Hence, where a bill related to the ownership and
United States v. Shoemaker
United States v. Shoemaker. Prior to the act of June 12th, 1858, providing compensation not exceeding one quarter of one per cent, to collectors acting as disbursing agents of the United States in certain cases, such collector, if receiving
Grant v. United States
Grant v. United States. 1. An “ inspection” at the place of shipping instead of at the place'of delivery, ■ by the officers of the United States, of supplies which a contractor has agreed to deliver at a distant point, does not pass the pro
Tyler v. Boston
Tyler v. Boston. 1.. When a patent is claimed for a discovery of a new substance by means of chemical combinations of known materials, it should state the component parts of the new manufacture claimed, with clearness and precision, and not
Twitchell v. Commonwealth
Twitchell v. The Commonwealth. 1. Writs of error to State courts ave not allowed as of right. The practice is to submit the record of the State courts to a judge of this court, whose duty it is to ascertain upon examination whether any ques
Boyd v. Moses
Boyd v. Moses. 1. l’he stipulation of a charter-party of a ship to take a cargo of lawful merchandise, implies that the articles composing the cargo shall be in such condition, and be put up in such form, that they can be stowed and carried
Benbow v. Iowa City
Benbow v. Iowa City. A return to a mandamus ordering a municipal corporation forthwith, to levy a specific tax upon the taxable property of a city for the year 1865, sufficient to pay a judgment specified, collect the tax and pay the same,
Edmonson v. Bloomshire
Edmonson v. Bloomshire. 1. It it it apparent from the record that this court has not acquired jurisdiction of a case for want of proper appeal or writ of error, it will be dismissed, although neither party ask it. Z. An appeal or writ of er
Drury v. Cross
Drury v. Cross. 1. A sale, far below value, of a railroad, with its franchises, rolling slock, &c., under a decree of foreclosure, set aside as fraudulent against creditors ; the sale having been made under a scheme between the directors of
Jacobs v. Baker
Jacobs v. Baker. 1. Semble that an improvement in the plan of constructing a jail, is not a subject of patent within the Patent Acts of 1836 or 1842. 2. Jacobs was not the first inventor of the improvements patented to him in 1859 and 1860,
Mead v. Ballard
Mead v. Ballard. 1. A grant of land, “ said land being conveyed upon the express understanding and condition ” that a certain institute of learning then incorporated “ shall be permanently located, upon said lands,’' between the date of the
Railroad Co. v. Schurmeir
Railroad Company v. Schurmeir. X. The meander-lines run in surveying fractional portions, of the public lands bordering upon navigable rivers, are run, not as boundaries of the tract, but for the purpose of defining the sinuosities of the b
Litchfield v. Railroad Co.
Litchfield v. Railroad Company. Where in an action (under the laws of Iowa) to recover land — the.plaintiff averring that he claims and is entitled to the land, the defendant denying such right of possession but setting up no title in himse
Railroad Co. v. Jackson
Railroad Company v. Jackson. 1. A State has no power to tax the interest of bonds (secured in this case by mortgage) given by a railroad corporation, and binding every part of the road, when the road lies partially in another State; — one r
Butler v. Horwitz
Butler v. Horwitz. E. A contract to pay a certain sum in gold and silver coin is in substance and legal effect a contract to deliver a certain weight of gold and silver of a certain fineness to be ascertained by count. 2. Whether the contra
Bronson v. Rodes
Bronson v. Rodes. 1. A bond, given in December, 1851, for payment of a certain sum, in gold and silver coin, lawful money of the United States, with interest also in coin, at a rate specified, until repayment, cannot be discharged by a tend
Silver v. Ladd
Silver v. Ladd. 1. In construing a benevolent statute of the government, made for the benefit of its own citizens, and inviting and encouraging them to settle on its distant public lands, the words “single man” and “married man,” may, espec
Brown v. Pierce
Brown v. Pierce. 1. Where a bill, alleging a good title to lands in a complainant, and setting forth, particularly, the nature of it, sought to have á conveyance made by duress annulled, and the land reconveyed free from the lien of judgmen
The Grace Girdler
The Grace Girdler. 1. Although the rules of navigation require that a vessel coming up behind • another, and on the same course with her, shall keep out of the -way, yet 1 the rule presupposes that the other vessel' keeps her course, and it
Gordon v. United States
Gordon v. United States. ( l. An act of Congress referring a claim against the government to an officer of one of tne executive departments, to examine and adjust, does not, even though' the claimant and government act under the statute, an
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