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Nicolson Pavement Co. v. Jenkins
Nicolson Pavement Company v. Jenkins. An assignment of a reissued patent, reciting the date and number of the reissue, and that'the original patent had been “ given for the term of fourteen years;” reciting that the assignee had agreed to p
Improvement Co. v. Munson
Improvement Company v. Munson. 1. By'the settled land laws of Pennsylvania no title can exist under a second survey, unless such second survey have been ordered by the board of property. 2. The mere fact that a second survey was made is not
Mowry v. Whitney
Mowry v. Whitney. 1. The ancient mode of annulling or repeating the king’s patent was by scire facias generally brought in the chancery where the record of the instrument was found. 2. In modern'times the court of chancery, sitting in equit
Smith v. Mason
Smith v. Mason, Assignee. 1. “Where an assignee in bankruptcy claims a fund as the property of his bankrupt, which some time before the bankruptcy a firm of which the bankrupt was a member transferred to a third party, and which the transfe
The Steamer Webb
The Steamer Webb. 1. Although an engagement by a steamer to tow a sailing Vessel does not impose more than an obligation to carry out tbe contract with that degree of caution which prudent navigators usually employ in similar services, yet
O'Dowd v. Russell
O’Dowd v. Russell. 1. A notice by one of three defendants to his co-defendants of his intention to prosecute a writ of error, ánd a refusal.by them to co-operate, is equivalent to the old proceeding of summons and severance, and the one def
Bank of Bethel v. Pahquioque Bank
Bank of Bethel v. Pahquioque Bank. 1. A National banking association may be sued in any state, county, or municipal court in the county or city where such association is located, kaving jurisdiction-in similar cases. 2. Such an association
Insurance Companies v. Weides
Insurance Companies v. Weides. 1. A statement in figures of the value of certain merchandise destroyed by fire, which statement professed to be a copy of another and original statement contained in á book — itself destroyed in the fire — de
Pugh v. McCormick
Pugh v. McCormick. 1. The 5th section of the act of July 14th, 1870 (16 Stat. at Large, 257),—by which the power of collectors of internal revenue to post-stamp certain instruments of writing and remit penalties for the non-stamping of them
The Continental
The Continental. 1. Although one vessel may be sailing at night with lights other than those whose use is made obligatory on her by acts of Congress, and may by actually misleading another Véssel tend to cause a collision, yet this , will n
The Laura
The Laura. 1. The master, officers, and crow of a vessel, with every person on board, having gone off in extreme anxiety for their personal safety from the vessel on to another which thqy had brought to them by signals of distress, the mere
French v. Shoemaker
French v. Shoemaker. 1. A., B., O., and D., having a dispute about their rights in a railroad company, entered into a contract of settlement, by which they divided the stock in certain proportions among them. A. refused to carry out the con
Dent v. Emmeger
Dent v. Emmeger. 1. Inchoate rights in the Territory of Louisiana, such as those made A.D. 1789, by a concession of the then Lieutenant Governor of Upper Louisiana to Gabriel Cerre, were of imperfect obligation on the United States when suc
Bigler v. Waller
Bigler v. Waller. 1. Where the terms of a mortgage or deed of trust require that before any foreclosure or sale under it is made, sixty days’ notice shall be given in certain newspapers, a sale without the notice convoys no title. 2. Althou
City of Lexington v. Butler
City of Lexington v. Butler. 1. The restriction of the 11th section of the Judiciary Act giving original jurisdiction to the Circuit Courts, but providing that they shall not “ have cognizance of any suit to recover the contents of any prom
Easley v. Kellom
Easley v. Kellom et al. 1. Where the Land Department of the government, defying an unfounded pre-emption claim in the government lands set up by a person indebted to several persons, proceeds to sell the lands at public auction, as part of
The Cayuga
The Cayuga. 1. Although where two steamships are running in the same direction — the ship astern sailing faster than the ship ahead — the ship-astern is in general bound to adopt the necessary precautions to avoid, a collision, the rule doe
The Vaughan & Telegraph
The Vaughan and Telegraph. 1. Where exceptions of form are taken on a libel in admiralty in the District Court, but are not found in the record of the appeals from the District to the Circuit Court, or from the Circuit Court to this one, an
Hook v. Payne
Hook v. Payne. 1. In a suit in the Circuit Court of the United States by a distributee of the estate of a decedent to recover a distributive share, the mere fact that the administrator is ordered to account before a master does not make par
Gibson v. Warden
Gibson v. Warden. 1. Under the statutes of Ohio authorizing chattel mortgages, a seal is not •necessary to their validity. 2. Where one partner, R. M., affixed his name and seal to an instrument whose testatum set forth that ‘‘ R. M. & Sons
Caperton v. Ballard
Caperton v. Ballard. To bring a case here under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act, on the ground that the provision of the Constitution which ordains that “full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records a
Caperton v. Bowyer
Caperton v. Bowyer. 1. A Southern State passed in 1865 a statute of limitations enacting that in computing the time in which any civil suit, proceeding, or appeal should be barred by any statute of limitation, the term of time from the 17th
The Mabey & Cooper
The Mabey and Cooper. 1. Although the general rule is that a party who does not appeal cannot be heard in opposition to the decree, still where it appeared — the suit,below being a libel for collision against a tug and her tow — that an app
The Merrimac
The Merrimac. 1. The fact that a steamship is in charge and under the control of a pilot taken on board conformably to the laws of the State, is not a defence to a proceeding in rem against her for a tortious collision ; the laws of the Sta
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