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Ludlow v. Ramsey
Ludlow v. Ramsey. 1. In a collateral proceeding, to set aside a sale made under a judgment of another court, it must be shown that such court had no jurisdiction of the case. It is not enough to show mere errors and irregularity. Hence it i
Steinbach v. Stewart
Steinbach v. Stewart et al. 1. A decree of the District Court of the United States confirming a claim to land under a Mexican grant in California contained a proviso that the confirmation to the claimant should be without prejudice to the r
Halliday v. Hamilton
Halliday v. Hamilton. A. in St. Louis having a standing agreement with B. & Co., in New Orleans, to ship produce to them, drawing against the shipments — the balance of any draft on one shipment not discharged by its proceeds, to be paid fr
Seymour v. Osborne
Seymour v. Osborne. 1. The invention of William H. Seymour and of Palmer & Williams, explained and defined. 2. The grant of letters patent by the commissioner of patents when lawfully exercised, is primé facie evidence that the patentee is
United States v. Wiley
United States v. Wiley. 1. The effect of the rehellion was to suspend the running of statutes of limitations during its continuance, as well in regard to the claims of the government against its own citizens resident in the rebellious State
Stewart v. Kahn
Stewart v. Kahn. 1. In writs of error under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which gives jurisdiction to this court to review no error but such as appears on the face of the record, &e. — where the writ is to the Supreme Court
Eureka Co. v. Bailey Co.
Eureka Company v. Bailey Company. 1. A contract in writing may he binding on a corporation though a private seal of one of its officers was used instead of the corporate seal, and though no record may be found authorizing the officer to mak
Forsyth v. Woods
Forsyth v. Woods. 1. Semble, that a debt incurred by the members of a partnership individually, even in a matter where the firm is to profit, will not, in case of bankruptcy of the firm, let the person to whom the debt was incurred come for
Galveston Railroad v. Cowdrey
Galveston Railroad v. Cowdrey. 1. Bond fide holders of railroad bonds, executed in due form and by the proper officers, cannot be prejudiced by the fact that the mortgage given to secure the same was executed out of the State, or by virtue
Meader v. Norton
Meader et al. v. Norton. 1. Nothing more is contemplated by proceedings under the act of Congress of March 3d, 1851, to ascertain and settle private land claims in California, than the separation of lands owned by individuals from the publi
Insurance Co. v. Weide
Insurance Company v. Weide. 1. On a suit on a policy of insurance against loss of a stock of groceries in process of retail sale, by fire, it is competent, in the absence of trustworthy books and of specific evidence by persons other than t
United States v. Howell
United States v. Howell. 1. The sixth section of the act of February 25th, 1862, to punish the counterfeiting of treasury notes is not void for repugnancy in its reference to uttering or passing such counterfeited notes. 2. Nor is an indict
St. Louis v. Ferry Co.
St. Louis v. The Ferry Company. The ferry-boats of a corporation incorporated in one State, and carrying passengers, &c., forward and back across a river to a city situated in another State, are not taxable under a law taxing boats “ within
Moncure v. Zunts
Moncure v. Zunts. 1. The provisions of the Code of Procedure of Louisiana concerning sales of real estate under execution require that the sale shall he advertised in a newspaper published in the parish where the land is situated. 2. The po
The Montello
The Montello. 1. A river is a navigable water of the United States when it forms, by itself or by its connection with other waters, a continued highway over which commerce is or may be carried on with other Slates or foreign countries in th
Missouri v. Kentucky
Missouri v. Kentucky. 1. On a question of the exact ancient course of a river in a wild region of our country, maps made by early explorers being but hearsay evidence, so far as they relate to facts within the memory of witnesses — ex. gr.
Bank of Leavenworth v. Hunt
Bank of Leavenworth v. Hunt, Assignee. 1. Courts cannot assume, in their instructions to juries, that material facts upon which the parties rely are established, unless they are admitted, or the evidence respecting them is not controverted.
Edmondson v. Bloomshire
Edmondson v. Bloomshire. A clause in the will of a woman who died in 1803 — “My certificates that are in the bands of my brother Ben, I desire may be given to my husband-, to dispose of as he may think proper ” — held not to include warrant
Rankin v. State
Rankin v. The State. Where, on an indictment for a capital offence, the Supreme Court of a State reverses a judgment of a court below, under such circumstances as that the case must go back for trial on its merits, the judgment is not a “fi
Dewing v. Sears
Dewing v. Sears. On a lease where a yearly rent of “ four ounces, two pennyweights, and twelve grains of pure gold in coined money” is reserved (equivalent at the time when the lease was made to $80 per annum, and at the time when suit was
Bank v. Lanier
Bank v. Lanier. 1. National banks as governed by the National Currency Act of June 3d, 1864, which act repeals the National Currency Act of 1863, can make no valid loan or diseount on the security of their own stock, unless necessary to pre
Distilled Spirits
The Distilled Spirits. 1. The acceptance by the collector of a false and fraudulent bond given for the removal of distilled spirits from a bonded warehouse, will not prevent a forfeiture of- such spirits under the 45th section of the Intern
Tyler v. Defrees
Tyler v. Defrees. 1. The Congress of the United States, to which is intrusted all the great powers essential to a perpetual union, to wit: the power to make war, to suppress insurrection, to levy taxes, to make rules concerning captures •on
Miller v. United States
Miller v. United States. 1. In a judicial proceeding to confiscate stocks in a railroad company under the acts of Congress of August 6th, 1861, and July. 17th, 1862, the person whose property has been seized, may sue out a writ of error tho
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