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Insurance Co. v. Dunham
Insurance Company v. Dunham. 1. The admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States is not limited by the statutes or judicial prohibitions of England. Eirst. The locus, or territory, of maritime jurisdiction where torts must be co
Marsh v. Fulton County
Marsh v. Fulton County. 1. In February, 1853, the Mississippi and Wabash Railroad Company was incorporated by the -legislature of Illinois, and authorized to construct a railroad from Warsaw, on. the Mississippi River, to the east line of t
Merchants' Bank v. State Bank
Merchants’ Bank v. State Bank. 1. Eyidence of powers habitually exercised by a cashier of a bank with its knowledge and acquiescence, defines and establishes, as to the public, those powers, provided that they be such as the directors of th
Ward v. United States
Ward v. United States. An ancient claim against the United States, founded on loan certificates issued by the Continental Congress in 1777, and sent to the loan office in Georgia, to be given in exchange for money when countersigned hy the
Stagg v. Insurance Co.
Stagg v. Insurance Company. 1. Where there is an express contract for the compensation of an insurance agent, no proof of a general custom as to such compensation is admissible which is in conflict with the contract. 2. Where such agent had
Stovall v. Banks
Stovall v. Banks. 1. A decree which adjudges a certain sum of money to be due from an administrator to each of the distributees of his intestate’s estate, and awards execution to collect it, is a final decree. An added direction that the de
Miller v. McKenzie
Miller v. McKenzie. A writ of error dismissed as defective in respect to parties, where the suit was against four persons by name, and the writ recited that it was against two which it named, “ and others.” Error to the District Court for t
The Cotton Plant
The Cotton Plant. A capture made within the State of North Carolina on the Roano'ke River, 130 miles from its mouth, by a naval force detached from two steamers that had,proceoded up the river, one about 80 miles and the other about 100, wh
Liverpool Insurance v. Massachusetts
Liverpool Insurance Company v. Massachusetts. 1. A corporation created by one State can only exercise its corporate franchises in another State by tne comity of the latter. 2. A joint stock association, which by its deed of settlement in En
The Daniel Ball
The Daniel Ball. 1. The'doctrine of the common law as.to the navigability of waters has no application in this country. Here the ebb ahd flow of the tide do not constitute the usual test, as in England, or any test .at all of the navigabili
Pennsylvania v. Quicksilver Co.
Pennsylvania v. Quicksilver Company. 1. In a suit against a corporation by one State', an averment that the defendant is a body politic by the law of another State, named and “doing business” in it, is not sufficient to give jurisdiction to
Baltimore v. Baltimore Railroad
Baltimore v. Baltimore Railroad. 1. A railroad company wanting to borrow $4,500,000 to complete its unfinished railroad, a city, its chief stockholder, and interested in. the completion, agreed to lend to it the sum. The arrangement resolve
Ex parte Graham
Ex parte Graham. Proceedings to confiscate real estate under the act of July 17th, 1862, entitled “ An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels,” &c., are not “ proceeding
Bethell v. Demaret
Bethell v. Demaret. 1. The authority conferred by_a State on its Supreme Court to hear and determine cases, is not the kind of authority referred to in the 25th section of the Judiciary Act, which gives this court a right to review the deci
Brobst v. Brock
Brobst v. Brock. 1. If for any reason appearing in the record it is clear that a plaintiff in error, who was also plaintiff below, cannot recover in the. action, tho court will not determine whether error was committed in instructions given
Coddington v. Richardson
Coddington v. Richardson Norris v. Jackson (9 Wallace, 125) and Flanders v. Tweed (lb. 425), affirmed: and it is-again decided that under the act of March 8d, 1865, authorizing parties to submit the issues of fact in civil cases to be tried
Railroad Co. v. McClure
Railroad Company v. McClure. 1. No jurisdiction exists in this court under the 25th section of the Judieiary Act, to review a decision of the highest court of the State, maintaining the validity of a law which it has been set up “ impairs t
Messenger v. Mason
Messenger v. Mason. 1. A certificate from tbe Supreme Court of Ioiva (lately a Territory) that in a case brought here from its final judgment, the validity of the Partition Law of Iowa Territory, approved January 4th, 1839, was drawn in que
Yates v. Milwaukee
Yates v. Milwaukee. 1. The owner of land bounded by a navigable river has certain riparian rights, whether his title extend to the middle of the stream or not. 2. Among these are, free access to the navigable part of the stream, and the rig
In re Paschal
In re Paschal. 1. The attorney or solicitor, who is also counsel in a cause, has a lien on moneys collected therein for his fees and disbursements ih the cause, and in any suit or proceeding brought to recover other moneys covered by the sa
Hannauer v. Woodruff
Hannauer v. Woodruff. Where, on a certificate of division from a Circuit Court, this court is equally . divided in opinion, the case will be remitted to the court below for the purpose of enabling it to take such action as it may be advised
Corbett v. Nutt
Corbett v. Nutt. 1. Statutes authorizing redemption from sales for taxefc, are to be construed favorably to the owners of the land, and particularly when such statutes provide full indemnity to the purchaser and impose a penalty on the deli
The Clinton Bridge
The Clinton Bridge. 1. An act of Congress enacting that a certain bridge, already built over a river which divides two States, “shall be a lawful structure, and shall be recognized and known as a post-route,” means not only that the bridge
Kimball v. The Collector
Kimball v. The Collector. Under the proviso to the Act of March 8, 1857 (11 Stat. at Large, 192), which act allows an importer to make additions to the value of goods as given in the entry or invoice; and which proviso provides “that under
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