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Outcome n/a 1869

Reilly v. Golding

Reilly v. Golding. 1. By the practice of the courts of Louisiana, a practice which has- been adopted in the Circuit Court in that district, the mode of proceeding in an attachment suit against a surety on a forthcoming bond given to obtain

77 U.S. 56 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Civil Rights 1869

People's Railroad v. Memphis Railroad

People’s Railroad v. Memphis Railroad. A city invited bids for making a street railroad. Bids were made by an unincorporated company, and accepted; accepted, however, with a modification. To this modification the company agreed, expressing

77 U.S. 38 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Insurance Law 1869

Bates v. Equitable Insurance

Bates v. Equitable Insurance Company. 1. A policy of insurance contained the usual covenant that if the property was sold the insurance ceased, unless the consent of the insurer was given in writing to the sale. Held, that an indorsement on

77 U.S. 33 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1869

Little v. Herndon

Little v. Herndon. 1. A defendant, claiming under an Illinois tax-deed, who would avail himself of the statute of Illinois, of February 21st, 1861, setting forth what facts may be shown to establish the invalidity of such a deed, and pre- *

77 U.S. 26 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1869

McKee v. Rains

McKee v. Rains. 1. A marshal of the United States sued in a State court after the 2d August, 1866, and convicted of a trespass in levying upon property not the defendant’s in'his writ, cannot remove the suit into the National courts either

77 U.S. 22 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1869

The Davis

The Davis. 1. Personal property of the United States on board of a vessel, for transportation from one point to another, is liable to a lien for salvage services rendered in saving the property. 2. Such lien cannot be enforced by the courts

77 U.S. 15 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1869

The Blackwall

The Blackwall. 1 A libel for salvage may be filed in the name of the master and owners of the salving vessel, although the master may make no claim in his own behalf, but, contrariwise, may disclaim. 2. A tug towing, under the direction of

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

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1869

Bischoff v. Wethered

Bischoff v. Wethered. 1. A judgment recovered in the Common Pleas, at Westminster, England, against a person in the United States, without any service of process on him, or any notice of the suit other than a personal one served on him in t

76 U.S. 812 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1869

Bourne v. Goodyear

Bourne v. Goodyear. A proceeding to vacate the extension of a patent, of which the extension has expired before the proceeding was begun, has no equity to support it, and cannot be sustained on demurrer. , Appeal from the Circuit Court for

76 U.S. 811 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1869

Same v. Same

Same v. Same. 1. Where, on a bill by several persons for the infringement of a patent and for an account (the defences being invalidity of the patent and a license), the court sustain the patent, and decree damages, a bill cannot be regarde

76 U.S. 807 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1869

Same v. Same

Same v. Same. A bill of review will not be granted either where the party could by an attentive examination of the exhibits, attached to the bill in the original case, have discovered what he relies on as newly discovered matter, and has th

76 U.S. 805 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1869

Rubber Co. v. Goodyear

Rubber Company v. Goodyear. 1. "Where a patentee dies, the surrogate of the place where the decedent was domiciled properly has jurisdiction to take probate of his will and issue letters testamentary. 2. "Where several executors are appoint

76 U.S. 788 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Dismissed 1869

Pierce v. Cox

Pierce v. Cox. 1. An appellant cannot ask to have an appeal dismissed for want of a citation when the appellee is in court represented by counsel, and makes no objection to the want of one. 2. But an appellee may ask the dismissal when the

76 U.S. 786 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Dismissed Estate Planning & Probate 1869

Carpenter v. Williams

Carpenter v. Williams. 1. A question of Federal jurisdiction under the twenty-fifth section of the Judiciary Act is not necessarily raised by every suit for real estate in which the parties claiming under the Federal government are at issue

76 U.S. 785 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1869

Gleason v. Florida

Gleason v. Florida. 1. No writ of error to a State court can issue without allowance, either by the proper judge of the State court or by a judge of this court, after examination of the record, in order to see whether any question cognizabl

76 U.S. 779 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1869

Butler v. Maples

Butler v. Maples. 1. An authority to an agent to buy cotton in a certain region and its vicinity. and to buy generally from whomsoever the agent, not his principals, might determine — one having in view not merely a single transaction or a

76 U.S. 766 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1869

Watkins v. United States

Watkins v. United States. 1. Pleading over without reservation to a declaration adjudged good on demurrer, is a waiver of the demurrer. 2. On a suit by the United States upon a marshal’s official bond, the government may properly rest in th

76 U.S. 759 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1869

The Guy

The Guy. 1. The principles laid down in The Grapeshot (supra, 129), so far as relate* to liens upon foreign vessels for repairs, affirmed 2. The fact that the person calling himself owner and agent of the vessel gave acceptances for the amo

76 U.S. 758 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1869

Walker v. Walker's Executor

Walker v. Walker’s Executor. 1. A covenant by a husband for the maintenance of the wife, contained in a deed of separation between them, through the medium of trustees, where the consideration is apparent, must now be regarded on authority

76 U.S. 743 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1869

Wilkins v. Ellett

Wilkins v. Ellett, Administrator. A voluntary payment of a debt to a foreign administrator held good as against the claim of an administrator duly appointed at the domicile of the debtor, in which last place the debt was paid; there having

76 U.S. 740 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1869

Wise v. Allis

Wise v. Allis. 1. In giving notice, under the 15th section of the Patent Act of July 4th, 1836, of the names and places of residence of those by whom he intends to prove a previous use or knowledge of the thing, and where the same had been

76 U.S. 737 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1869

Supervisors v. Durant

Supervisors v. Durant. An amendment by allowing, nunapro iunc, an entry, omitted at the proper time by inadvertence, in the journal record of the clerk, of the issue of a writ of peremptory mandamus; and an amendment by the marshal to his r

76 U.S. 736 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1869

Chicago v. Greer

Chicago v. Greer. 1. The court expresses its dissatisfaction at the manner in which a plaintiff in error sends a case here, without argument, either oral or printed, thus leaving the court to search the entire record to find out whether err

76 U.S. 726 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1869

Meade v. United States

Meade v. United States. 1. The claims of American citizens against Spain, for which by the convention (subsequent!}' becoming the treaty) of February 22d, 1819, the United States undertook to make satisfaction to an amount not exceed- • ing

76 U.S. 691 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion