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Lee County v. Rogers
Lee County v. Rogers. 1.. The-principié of law held by {his court in Gelpcke v. The City of Dubuquej (1 Wallace, 176-223) — the principle, namely, .that bond’s, issued by counties, cities, or towns, in Iowa, to railroad companies, for stock
Supervisors v. Rogers
Supervisors v. Rogers. 1. The act of February 28th, 1839 (g 8, 5 Stat. at Large, 322), providing for the transfer, under certain circumstances named in it, of a suit from one • ■ Circuit Court to the most convenient Circuit Court in the nex
Dorsheimer v. United States
Dorsheimer v. United States. The power intrusted by the act of Congress of March 3, 1797, and that of June 3, 1864, as amended in its 179th section by the act of March 3, 1865, to the Secretary of the Treasury to remit penalties, is one for
The Siren
The Siren. 1. A claim for damages exists against a Vessel of the United States guilty of a maritime tort, as much as if the offending vessel belonged to a private citizen. And although, for,reasons of public policy, the claim cannot be,enfo
Green v. Van Buskirk
Green v. Van Buskirk. 1. A., B., and 0. were residents and citizens of Hew York. A. being indebted .to both B. and 0., and having certain chattels personal in Illinois, mortgaged them to B. Two days afterward?, and before, the mortgage coul
Lincoln v. Claflin
Lincoln v. Claflin. 1. A bill of exceptions should only present the rulings of the court upon ■some matter of law, and should contain only so much of the testimony, or such a statement of the proofs made or offered, as may be necessary to e
Nichols v. United States
Nichols v. United States. 1. Under the act of Congress of February 26, 1845, relative to the recovery of duties paid under protest, a written protest, signed by the party, with a statement of the definite grounds of objection to the duties
Cowles v. Mercer County
Cowles v. Mercer County. 1., A municipal corporation created by one State within its own limits may be shed, in the courts of the United States by the citizens of another State. 2. The statutes of a State limiting the jurisdiction of suits
Kendall v. United States
Kendall v. United States. A. claim which has never received tho'assént of the person against whom it is asserted, and which remains to be settled by negotiation or suit at law, cannot be so assigned as to give the assignee an equitable righ
Durant v. Essex Co.
Durant v. Essex Company. 1 A decree dismissing a bill in an, equity suit in the Circuit Court of the United States, which is absolute in its terms, unless- made upon some ground which does-not go to the merits, is a final determination of t
Aurora City v. West
Aurora City v. West. I. In a case having .long and complicated pleadings,' where a second count of 'a declaration has been left by the withdrawal of a plea without'an answer,-so that judgment blight have been had on it by nil dicit, a super
Lane County v. Oregon
Lane County v. Oregon. 1. Añ enactment in a State statute that “the.sheriff shall pay over to. the’ County.treasurer the full amount of the State and school taxes, in gold and silver coin,” and that “ the several county treasurers shall pay
The China
The China. 1. A State pilot law having provided for the educating and licensing of a body of pilots, enacted that all masters of foreign vessels bound to or from one of the State ports “ shall take.a licensed pilot, or, in case of refusal t
Insurance Co. v. Tweed
Insurance Company v. Tweed. 1. The act of March 3d, 1865 (13' Statutes at Large, 501), -which provides by its fourth "section a mode by which parties who submit cases to the court, without-the intervention of a jury, may have the rulings of
The Georgia
The Georgia. 1. A case in prize heard on further proofs, though the.transcript disclosed no order for such proofs; it having been plain, from both parties having joined in taking them, that either there jvas such an order, or that the proof
Bank v. Supervisors
Bank v. Supervisors. I. United States notes issued under the Lpan and Currency Acts of 18Ó2 and 1868, intended to circulate as money,' and actually constituting, with the. National bank notes, the ordinary circulating medium of the country,
The Banks v. The Mayor
The Banks v. The Mayor. 1. Where an act of a State legislature authorized the issue of bonds, by way of refunding to banks such portions of a tax as had been assessed on Federal securities-inade by the .Constitution and statutes of the Unit
Girard v. Philadelphia
Girard v. Philadelphia. 1. Where a testator devises the income of property in trust primarily for one object, and if the income is greater than that object needs, the surplus to others (secondary ones), a bill in the nature of a bill quia t
Williamson v. Moore
WILLIAMSON v. MOORE. ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. No. 421. Argued February 14, 1868. Decided April 6, 1868. Williamson v. Suydam, 6 Wall. 723, followed. Motion to Dismiss. The case is stated in the opinion. Mr. Da
Gaines v. Lizardi
GAINES v. LIZARDI. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. No. 83. Argued January 30, February 3 and 4, 1868. Decided April 6, 1868. Reversed on the authority of Gaines v. New Orleans, 6 Wal
Hunt v. Bender
HUNT v. BENDER. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA. No. 103. Submitted March 13, 1868. Decided March 30, 1868. Several judgments severally held by different complainants who unite in the prosecution of a creditor’s b
Ex parte Milwaukee & Minnesota Railroad
EX PARTE MILWAUKEE AND MINNESOTA RAILROAD CO. ORIGINAL. No. 8. Original. Submitted March 20, 1868. Decided March 30, 1868: A petition for a writ of mandamus is denied on tlie authority of Minnesota Co. v. St. Paul Co., 6 Wall. 742. The case
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