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Outcome n/a 1871

Gray v. Coan

GRAY v. COAN. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP' THE STATE OF IOWA. No. 481. Argued December 15, 1871. Decided December 18, 1871. To give this court jurisdiction over the judgment of the highest court of a State, brought here by writ of error,

154 U.S. 589 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1871

Willard v. Presbury

Willard v. Presbury. 1. Congress has power to confer on the city of Washington authority to assess upon the adjacent proprietors of lots, the expense of repairing streets with a new and different pavement, or of repairing an. old pavement.

81 U.S. 676 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1871

Propeller Co. v. United States

Propeller Company v. United States. A. vessel was let by its owners to the United States for an indefinite period, not less than thirty days, and the government undertook to pay $150 for each day that she might be employed under the contrac

81 U.S. 670 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Civil Rights 1871

Delmas v. Insurance Co.

Delmas v. Insurance Company. L. On a writ of error to a State court; tbis court cannot revise a decision founded on the ground that a contract is void on the general principles of public policy or morality, when that is the only ground on w

81 U.S. 661 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1871

The Key City

The Key City. 1. While courts of admiralty arc not governed by any statute of limitations, they adopt the principle that laches or delay .in the judicial enforcement of maritime lions, will, under proper circumstances, constitute a valid de

81 U.S. 653 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Intellectual Property 1871

Mowry v. Whitney

Mowry v. Whitney. 1. Asa Whitney’s patent of April 25th, 1848, for an “improvement in the process of manufacturing cast-iron railroad wheels,” was for a process, not for a combination. 2. Where only vague and uncertain directions could be g

81 U.S. 620 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1871

Erskine v. Hohnbach

Erskine, Collector, v. Hohnbach. 1. An appeal to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue from an assessment is only a condition precedent to an action for the recovery of taxes paid, and not a condition precedent to any other action where such

81 U.S. 613 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1871

Leary v. United States

Leary v. United States. 1. If by the terms of a charter-party the entire vessel is let to the charterer with a transfer to .him of its command and possession and consequent control over its navigation, he will generally be considered as own

81 U.S. 607 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1871

The Delaware

The Delaware. 1. A “clean” hill of lading, that is to say a bill of lading which is silent as to the place of stowage, imports a contract that the goods are to be stowed under deck. 2. This being so, parol evidence of an agreement that they

81 U.S. 579 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1871

Philpot v. Gruninger

Philpot v. Gruninger. 1. In the matter of a contract, a distinction sometimes exists between a motive which may induce entering into it and the actual consideration of the contract. Ex. gr., A person, in virtue of some benefit passing to hi

81 U.S. 570 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1871

Gregg v. Moss

Gregg v. Moss. 1. A judgment will not be reversed for the rejection of testimony, whether it was in strict principle admissible or not, where the rejection worked no harm to the party offering it. 2. Whether the evidence before a jury does

81 U.S. 564 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1871

Turner v. Smith

Turner v. Smith. 1. Under the act of 6th February, 1863 (12 Stat. at Large, 640), “to amend an act entitled ‘ An Act for the Collection of Direct Taxes in Insurrectionary Districts, &c., approved June 7th, 1862,’ ” which said amendatory act

81 U.S. 553 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1871

United States v. Hunt

United States v. Hunt. In construing the third section of the act of March 3d, 1865, increasing the commutation price of officers’ subsistence, by fixing it at fifty cents per ration, “provided that said increase shall not apply to the comm

81 U.S. 550 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1871

United States v. Justice

United States v. Justice. Where a contractor with the United States and the United States disagree as to what is justly due to the contractor, and the question is referred to a commission constituted by proper authority to audit such claims

81 U.S. 535 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Employment Law 1871

Morgan v. United States

Morgan v. United States. Where the owners of a vessel let her to the government in time of war,— they officering and manning her and agreeing to keep her in repair, and fit for the service in which she was engaged — and they to take the mar

81 U.S. 531 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Intellectual Property 1871

Gorham Co. v. White

Gorham Company v. White. I.. The acts of Congress which authorize the grant of a patent for designs contemplate not so much utility as appearance; and the thing invented or produced for which a patent is given is that which gives a peculiar

81 U.S. 511 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Family Law 1871

Phœnix Insurance v. Hamilton

Phœnix Insurance Company v. Hamilton. 1. Insurance may be effected in the name of a nominal partnership where the business is carried on by and for the use of one of the partners; especially when the property insured (grain) is held by the

81 U.S. 504 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Tax Law 1871

United States v. Powell

United States v. Powell. !. On a distiller’s bond, given under the 7th section of the Internal Revenue Act of July 20th, 1868 (15 Stat. at Large, 128), conditioned that the obligors “ shall in all respects comply with all the provisions of

81 U.S. 493 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1871

Collins v. Riggs

Note. At the same time with the preceding case was heard another from the same Circuit Court, and .similar to it in all respects, with, however, one additional feature. It was the case of Collins v. Riggs. To redeem property which has been

81 U.S. 491 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1871

Dirst v. Morris

Dirst v. Morris. 1. A plaintiff in ejectment, claiming under a deed made on a sale in a foreclosure of a mortgage, may properly put in evidence the record of the proceedings in foreclosure even though the defendant claim by a deed absolute

81 U.S. 484 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1871

Cross v. United States

Cross v. United States. The government had leased from A. a ■warehouse for ten years, the rent payable by instalments. A. assigned his lease to B. and died. B. sued the government in the Court of Claims for certain instalments of the rent w

81 U.S. 479 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1871

Dolton v. Cain

Dolton v. Cain. 1. Under the limitation laws of Illinois which declare in substance “that whoever has resided on a tract of land for seven successive years prior to the commencement of an action of ejectment, having a connected title in law

81 U.S. 472 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Personal Injury 1871

Black v. Curran

Black v. Curran. 1. Under the homestead laws of Illinois, the homestead right is not in an absolute sense an estate in the land. The'fee is left as it was before the statutes, subject to a right of occupancy, which cannot be disturbed while

81 U.S. 463 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1871

United States v. Ballard

United States v. Ballard et al. 1. Under the act of June 17th, 1864, “ To regulate the foreign and coasting trade in.the northern, northeastern, and northwestern part of the. United States,” &c., the collectors mentioned in it are entitled

81 U.S. 457 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion