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Outcome n/a 1870

Stevens v. De Aubrie

STEVENS v. DE AUBRIE. STEVENS v. BELLEMARDE. ERBCR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OF KANSAS. Nos. 45 and 46. Argued and submitted November 16, 1870. Decided December 6, 1870. Smith v. Stevens, 10 Wall. 321, followed. The ease is stated i

154 U.S. 580 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Bronson's Executor v. Chappell

Bronson’s Executor v. Chappell. Where one, without objection, suffers another to do acts which proceed upon the ground of authority from him, or, by his conduct, adopts and sanctions aiich acts aftor they are done, he will be bound, though

79 U.S. 681 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1870

Knox v. Lee

Legal Tender Cases. Knox v. Lee. Parker v. Davis. 1. A purchase of the property of a loyal citizen of the United States under a confiscation and sale made pursuant to statutes of the late rebel confederacy, passed in'- aid of their rebellio

79 U.S. 457 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

People v. Central Railroad

People v. Central Railroad. Two States made an agreement as to where the boundary line between them was, and Congress by statute gave its assent to' the agreement. After this one of the States sued a corporation of the other for taking poss

79 U.S. 455 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1870

Hall v. Allen

Hall v. Allen, Assignee. A question relating to the adjustment of priorities and conflicting interests in a bankrupt’s estate in his assignee’s hands, arising on motion before the- register, was taken, by means of a caso and question agreed

79 U.S. 452 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

The Patapsco

The Patapsco. Upon a decree in the Circuit Court for a sum less than $2000, “ with interest from a date named,” an appeal lies here under the statute which gives an appeal “where the sum in dispute . . . exceeds $2000,” provided that the su

79 U.S. 451 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1870

Edwards v. Tanneret

Edwards v. Tanneret. A dismissal of a case for want of jurisdiction held to have been rightly made from the Circuit Court for Louisiana, as being a proceeding,which, Under the act of Congress of July 28th, 1866, was to remain in the Distric

79 U.S. 446 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1870

Scott v. United States

Scott v. United States. ■There were three points along a river course, the highest A., the next B., the last C. Held, that a contract to transport goods from B. to 0. and to and from all points between them, when the transportation was to b

79 U.S. 443 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Hennessy v. Sheldon

Hennessy v. Sheldon. A judgment affirmed with ten per cent, damages in addition to interest, under the 23d Buie of Court. Error to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of •Texas. Sheldon, a citizen .of New York, sued Hennessy, a citiz

79 U.S. 440 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1870

Insurance Companies v. Boykin

Insurance Companies v. Boykin. 1. After a loss covered by a policy of insurance, an affidavit by tbe insured of the time, amount, and circumstances of the loss, accompanying proof that a loss had occurred, was mado whilo he was insane. Held

79 U.S. 433 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1870

Ward v. Maryland

Ward v. Maryland. A statute of Maryland required all traders resident within the State to take out licenses and to pay therefor certain sums regulated by a sliding scale of from $12 to $150, according as their stock in trade might vary from

79 U.S. 418 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1870

Thorp v. Hammond

Thorp v. Hammond. 1. When a vessel is sailing in close proximity to other vessels, the fact that her hands are engaged in reefing her mainsail is no sufficient excuse for failure to keep a lookout, or to take such precautions as are needful

79 U.S. 408 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1870

Insurance Co. v. Slaughter

Insurance Company v. Slaughter. 1. A condition in a policy of assurance, by which the policy was made void in case the assured kept gunpowder, phosphorus, saltpetre, and benzine on the premises, held, under the punctuation of the policy, to

79 U.S. 404 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Family Law 1870

Barth v. Clise

Barth v. Clise, Sheriff. 1. When a sheriff, in obedience to a writ of habeas corpus, makes a proper return and brings his prisoner before the court which issued the writ, the safe-keeping of the prisoner while he is before it is entirely un

79 U.S. 400 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1870

Cooley v. O'Connor

Cooley v. O’Connor. • 1. A certificate signed by only two of the direct tax commissioners appointed . under the act of Congress of June 7th, 1862, thut land charged with the tax, had been sold to the United States, is admissible in evidence

79 U.S. 391 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Parker v. Latey

Parker v. Latey. Writ of error to a Circuit Court in an ejectment dismissed, where the record stated that the land for which the suit was brought was “ of the value of $500 and over.” Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska.

79 U.S. 390 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

The Western Metropolis

The Western Metropolis. Where it appeared by affidavits filed by the appellant, who was claimai t below, in a collision case, that it was probable that two witnesses for the libellant received, before testifying, a promise from him for the

79 U.S. 389 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Civil Rights 1870

Northern Railroad v. People

Note. At the same time with the preceding case was adjudged another, in which the principle established by the first case is illustrated in somewhat different circumstances. It was the ease of Northern Railroad v. The People. la this case t

79 U.S. 384 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1870

Knox v. Exchange Bank

Knox v. Exchange Bank. 1. A party to an action who has received his discharge in bankruptcy pending the action has no further interest in the suit, and therefore cannot bring a writ of error to a judgment rendered against him before receivi

79 U.S. 379 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1870

Shoemaker v. Kingsbury

Shoemaker et al. v. Kingsbury. 1. When contractors for building-a railroad, running a construction train, consent to take a passenger for hire on their train, .they- are private carriers for hire, and are only bound to'exercise such care an

79 U.S. 369 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1870

The Spray

The Spray. 1. In appeals involving mere question of fact, where the District and Circuit Courts have taken the same view, this court, affirming the decree, contents itself with an announcement of its conclusions, without extended comment on

79 U.S. 366 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1870

United States v. New Orleans Railroad

United States v. New Orleans Railroad. 1. A mortgage by a railroad company covering all future acquired property, attaches only to such interest therein 'as the company acquires, subject to any liens under which it comes into the company’s

79 U.S. 362 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1870

Smith v. Sheeley

Smith v. Sheeley. 1. Where! a party having an inchoate title to land gave a power to “sell and convey” it, declaring, however, in the power, subsequently, that the attorney was authorized “ to sell and convey such interest as I have and suc

79 U.S. 358 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1870

Thomas v. City of Richmond

Thomas v. City of Richmond. 1. Where the issue of bills as a currency (except by banking institutions) is prohibited, a municipal corporation has no power, without express authority, to issue such bills; and if it does issue them, the holde

79 U.S. 349 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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