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Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1870

Hanauer v. Doane

Hanauer v. Doane. Í. Action will not lie for the price of goods sold in aid of the Rebellion, or with knowledge that they were purchased for the Confederate States government. 2. A promissory note, the consideration of which is wholly or in

79 U.S. 342 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1870

Villa v. Rodriguez

Villa v. Rodriguez. 1. A deed,- absolute on its face, made by nephews and nieces, with thei» mother, to an uncle — a debt to the uncle from them bqing at the time of the deed secured by mortgage on part of the premises — held to be but a mo

79 U.S. 323 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Family Law 1870

Rogers v. Ritter

Rogers v. Ritter. "Where a court on the preliminary examination of a witness can see that he has that degree of knowledge of a party’s handwriting which wilt enable him to judge of its genuineness, he should' be permitted to give to the jur

79 U.S. 317 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1870

Perrin v. United States

Perrin v. United States. A claim for property accidentally destroyed in the bombardment and burning of a town, by the naval forces of the United States, is not of itself within the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims. Appeal from the Court

79 U.S. 315 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1870

Wadsworth v. Warren

Wadsworth v. Warren. A. sued B. for rent as a co-losses with 0.; B., admitting bis mere signature, sot up in defence 'that he bad signed the lease with the express understanding between him and A. that one D. would also sign it; -that D. re

79 U.S. 307 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1870

Avery v. United States

Avery v. United States. 1. During the rebellion the United States, took possession of A.’s house in a rebel town as “captured and abandoned property,” rented it from 1862 to. 1865, and received rents, $7000; whieh wore in the Federal treasu

79 U.S. 304 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1870

Miller v. Life Insurance

Miller v. Life Insurance Company. 1. The rules laid'down in Norris v. Jackson, 9 Wallace, 125, and in Flanders y. Tweed, lb. 425, and in the preceding case of Kearney v. Case, supra 275, as to the mode of finding the facts by the court (wai

79 U.S. 285 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1870

Kearney v. Case

Kearney v. Case. 1. A paper, found in the record, purporting to be a statement of facts agreed to by the parties, and filed with the clerk after the writ of error is issued, or after the case is disposed of by the Circuit Court, cannot be n

79 U.S. 275 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1870

Hannibal Railroad v. Swift

Hannibal Railroad v. Swift. 1. 'The obligations and liabilities of a common carrier are not dependent upon contract, though they may be modified and limited by contract; they are imposed by the law, from the public nature of his employment.

79 U.S. 262 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1870

Germain v. Mason

Germain v. Mason. 1. Though several defendants may be affected by a judgment or decree, there may he such a separate judgment or decree against one of them that he can apjieal or bring a writ of error without joining the other defendants. 2

79 U.S. 259 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1870

Holladay v. Kennard

Holladay v. Kennard. 1. During the late civil war the defendant was proprietor of a stage and ■ express line upon the overland route to California. The stage was attacked by Indians and robbed of its contents, amongst which.was a safe conta

79 U.S. 254 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1870

United States v. Burns

United States v. Burns. 1. The army regulation No. 1002, which declares that “ no officer or agent in the military service shall purchase from any other person in the military service or make any contract with any such person to furnish sup

79 U.S. 246 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1870

United States v. Child & Co.

United States v. Child & Co. 1. The doctrine of the case of United States v. Adams (7 Wallace, 463), affirmed and held to govern the case. 2. Neither in that case nor in this was the voluntary submission of a claim against the government to

79 U.S. 232 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1870

Junction Railroad v. Bank of Ashland

The Junction Railroad Company v. The Bank of Ashland. 1 If a bond be not.usurious by the law of the place where payable, a plea of usury cannot be sustained in an action thereon, unless it alleges that the place of paj’ment was inserted as

79 U.S. 226 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1870

Cox v. Collector

State Tonnage Tax Cases. Cox v. The Collector. Trade Company v. Same. 1. Although taxes'levied, as on property, by a State upon vessels owned by its'citizens, and based on a valuation of the same, are not prohibited by the Federal Constitut

79 U.S. 204 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Insurance Law 1870

Western Massachusetts Insurance v. Same

Note. At the same time with the preceding case was adjudged another, in error, from the same circuit, to wit, that of Western Massachusetts Insurance Company v. Same Defendants, In which the controlling question was the same as in the case

79 U.S. 201 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1870

Insurance Co. v. Transportation Co.

Insurance Company v. Transportation Company. 1. When two causes of loss concur, one at the risk of the assured and the other insured against, or one insured against by A. and the other by B., if the damage caused by each peril can be discri

79 U.S. 194 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1870

Hoffman & Co. v. Bank of Milwaukee

Hoffman & Co. v. Bank of Milwaukee. A consignor who had been in the habit of drawing bills of exchange oh his consignee with bills of lading attached to the drafts drawn (it being part of the agreement between the parties that such bills sh

79 U.S. 181 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1870

United States v. Alexander

United States v. Alexander. Under the act of Congress of 23d of February, 185$, granting to widows of Revolutionary soldiers,who were married subsequently to-January, A. D. 1800, “ a pension in the same manner as those who were married befo

79 U.S. 177 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

United States v. Crusell

United States v. Crusell. 1. A continuance granted on an appeal from the Oourt of Claims, there having been a motion made there by the appellant, and yet undisposed of, for a new trial on the ground of after-acquired evidence. But the court

79 U.S. 175 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Handlin v. Wickliffe

Handlin v. Wickliffe. The*appointment by Brigadier-General Shepley, during tbe late rebellion, of W. W. Handlin as judge of the Third District Court of New Orleans, then occupied by the government troops and under a military governor appoin

79 U.S. 173 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1870

The Steamer Syracuse

The Steamer Syracuse. 1. A steamer having a very large tow, and approaching a place where, from. the number of vessels in the water, and the force of counter currents, navigation with such a tow is apt to be dangerous, but with a small one

79 U.S. 167 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1870

Insurance Co. v. Huchbergers

Insurance Company v. Huchbergers. Judgment affirmed under Rule 23d, with ten per cent, damages in addition to interest; the court believing that the writ of error had been brought for delay. Error to the Northern District of Illinois. L. &

79 U.S. 164 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Ward v. Maryland

Ward v. State of Maryland. 1. A motion to advance cannot, under the act of June 30th, 1870, he made, except in behalf of a State, or by a party claiming under its laws. 2. Under the 30th rule of court a motion to advance is discretionary wi

79 U.S. 163 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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