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Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1870

Tappan v. Beardsley

Tappan v. Beardsley. 1. It seems that,'to establish the fact that a certain suit was brought, or the time of its cotafnencement, the record of it may be used against one who was no party to it; but only so much as is necessary for that purp

77 U.S. 427 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1870

United States v. Vigil

United States v. Vigil. 1. The court refused to dismiss an appeal by the United States from the Territory of New Mexico, though, contrary to the usually obligatory rule of practice, a transcript of the record had not been filed in this cour

77 U.S. 423 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1870

Campbell v. Wilcox

Campbell v. Wilcox. 1. Under the act of July 13th, 1866 (14 Stat. at Large, 142), -which requires promissory notes to be stamped, making them void only when the stamp is omitted with intent to defraud the government of the stamp duty, a fra

77 U.S. 421 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

The Mabey

The Mabey. 1. “When a motion is made.by an appellant to examine witnesses in this court in an appeal in admiralty, the appellant should show some excuse satisfactory to this court, for the failure to examine them in the courts belo.w, such

77 U.S. 419 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1870

Masterson v. Herndon

Masterson v. Herndon. 1. All the parties against whom a joint judgment or decree is rendered must join in the writ of error or appeal, or it will be dismissed, except sufficient cause for the nonjoinder be shown. 2. In writs of error where

77 U.S. 416 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1870

Ducat v. Chicago

Ducat v. Chicago. The case of Paul v. Virginia (8 'Wallace, 168) affirmed and applied to a case where the State by certain statutes authorized the State officers to grant to foreign insurance companies, upon complying with certain terms, a

77 U.S. 410 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1870

United States v. Hodson

United States v. Hodson. 1. Revenue statutes being remedial in their character are to be construed liberally to carry out the purposes of their enactment; and the rule of construction applicable to statutes generally, that what is implied i

77 U.S. 395 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1870

Barnard v. Kellogg

Barnard v. Kellogg. A wool broker in Boston sent to a dealer in wool at Hartford samples of foreign wool in bales which he had for sale, on commission, with the prices, and the latter offered to purchase the different lots at the prices, if

77 U.S. 383 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1870

Railroad Co. v. Trimble

Railroad Company v. Trimble. 1. A deed by which a party convoys “ all. his property and estate, whatsoever and wheresoever, of every kind and description,” carries patent right's and extensions, if the party own any. 2. A decree in equity i

77 U.S. 367 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1870

Hanrick v. Neely

Hanrick v. Neely. Where a party having a good title in fee to lands gives a power of attorney to sell them, and the person having the power executes.in proper form in behalf of his principal a conveyance, the facts that he was compelled to

77 U.S. 364 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1870

Marble Co. v. Ripley

Marble Company v. Ripley. 1. Equity will enjoin one partner from violating the' rights of his copartner in partnership matters, although no dissolution of the partnership he contemplated. 2. Where a person makes an entry on land owned by ot

77 U.S. 339 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1870

The Farragut

The Farragut. The usually obligatory rule of navigation, which requires a special look-out, does not apply to a case where the collision or loss could not have been guarded against by a look-out, and where it is clear that the absence of a

77 U.S. 334 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Jones v. Andrews

Jones v. Andrews. 1. Allegation of citizenship is sufficiently made when it appears fairly, and in such a way as to leave no room for reasonable doubt, from the bill or declaration, of what States the respective parties are citizens. 2. 'By

77 U.S. 327 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1870

Smith v. Stevens

Smith v. Stevens. 1. Under the act of Congress of May 26th, 1860, referring to the treaty of June 3d, 1825, between the United States and the nation of Kansas Indians (which reserved certain tracts of land for the benefit of particular half

77 U.S. 321 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1870

Cooper v. Reynolds

Cooper v. Reynolds. 1. It is an axiom of the law that when a judgment of a court is offered in evidence collaterally in another suit, its validity cannot be questioned for errors which do not affect the jurisdiction of the court that, rende

77 U.S. 308 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Supervisors v. United States ex rel. Durant

SUPERVISORS v. UNITED STATES ex rel. DURANT. error to the circuit court of the united states for the DISTRICT OF IOWA. No. 202. Submitted April 25, 1870. Decided April 30, 1870. There being no error, the judgment of the court below is affir

154 U.S. 576 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1870

Sturtevant v. Herndon

STURTEVANT v. HERNDON. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. No. 198. Argued April 25, 1870. Decided April 30, 1870. Little v. Herndon, 10 Wall. 26, followed. The case is stated in the opinio

154 U.S. 575 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1870

Underhill v. Herndon

UNDERHILL v. HERNDON. error to the circuit court of the united states for the NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. No. 197. Argued April 25, 1870. Decided April 30, 1870. Little v. Herndon, 10 Wall. 26, followed. The case is stated in the opinion

154 U.S. 574 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1870

Kenosha v. Lamson

KENOSHA v. LAMSON. error to the circuit court of the united STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. No. 143. Argued March 22 and 23, 1870. Decided April 4, 1870. Knox County v. Aspinwall, 21 How. 539, followed. The City v. Lamson, 9 Wall. 477

154 U.S. 573 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Supervisors v. Durant

SUPERVISORS v. DURANT. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT ÓE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF IOWA. No. 134. Argued and submitted March 18, 1870. Decided April 4, 1870. Affirmed on the authority of Supervisors v. Durant, 9 Wall. 415. The case

154 U.S. 571 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Weed v. Crane

WEED v. CRANE. error to the CIRCUIT COURT OP THE united states for the DISTRICT OP MASSACHUSETTS. No. 123. Submitted March 15, 1870. Decided April 4, 1870. There being no exception to a ruling or to anything which took place at the trial, t

154 U.S. 570 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1870

Flanders v. Tweed

FLANDERS v. TWEED. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. No. 108. Argued March 8 and 9, 1870. Decided March 21, 1870. Flanders v. Tweed, 9 Wall. 425, followed. The case is stated in the opinion.

154 U.S. 569 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

Riley v. Welles

RILEY v. WELLES. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP IOWA. No. 397. Submitted February 14, 1870. Decided March 7, 1870. Wolcott v. Des Moines Co., Wall. 681, followed. The case is stated in the opinion.

154 U.S. 578 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1870

McCollum v. Howard

McCOLLUM v. HOWARD. APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE DISTRICT OE' IOWA. No. 344. Argued February 4, 1870. Decided March 7, 1870. This court will not take jurisdiction oyer an interlocutory decree. Mr. S. W. Fuller,

154 U.S. 577 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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