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The Java
The Java. 1. Though a steamship pursuing, in a crowded harbor, for her own greater convenience in getting into dock in a particular state of the harbor, a channel not entirely the ordinary one for vessels of her size, be bound to more than
The Scotia
The Scotia. 1. Although it is the clear duty of an ocean steamer sailing at night to keep out of the way of a sailing vessel, yet if the course of the sailing vessel, when first seen, is such, that compared with her own no collision is prob
Ex parte Newman
Ex parte Newman. Certain Prussian sailors libelled a Prussian vessel in New York in admiralty for wages, less in amount than $2000. The master set up a provision in a treaty of the United- States with Prussia, by which it was stipulated tha
Armstrong v. Morrill
Armstrong v. Morrill. 1. Judgment in ejectment, in favor of a single plaintiff, sustained, where some counts in the declaration alleged a possession in himself alone, at the time of the ouster, though other counts alleged the possession to
The Bridgeport
The Bridgeport. 1. A steamer navigating the East River, opposite Ooriaer’s Hook, New York, by night, condemned in a collision case for injury done by her to a ship lying in a recess in the Hook, two hundred feet and more outside of the open
Foulke v. Zimmerman
Foulke v. Zimmerman. 1. A probate in Louisiana of the will of a person who died domiciled in New York is valid until set aside in the Louisiana court, though the order of the surrogate in New York has been reversed in the Supreme Court of t
Mahan v. United States
Mahan v. United States. 1. The 4th and 5th rules regulating appeals from the Court of Claims, were designed to enable a party to secure a finding of fact on any point material to the decision by that court. 2. But a failure of the court to
The Thames
The Thames. 1. The contract between a ship and the shipper is that which is contained in the bills of lading delivered to the shipper. The bill retained by the ship or ship’s bill,” as it is sometimes called, is designed only for it's own i
Traders' Bank v. Campbell
Traders’ Bank v. Campbell. 1. Suit in chancery by an assignee in bankruptcy to recover the proceeds of goods sold under judgment in a State court against the bankrupt taken by confession when both parties knew of the insolvency. Such a judg
Hurley v. Street
Hurley v. Street. In this case the court dismissing, as involving no Federal question, an appeal from the Supreme Court of a State taken on a false assumption, that the case fell within the 25th section of the Judiciary Act of 1789, call th
Christmas v. Russell
Christmas v. Russell. 1. Where a bill does not relate to some matter already litigated in the same court by the same persons, and which is not either in addition to, or a continuance of an original suit, it is an original bill, not an ancil
Henderson's Distilled Spirits
Henderson’s Distilled Spirits. 1. Parties have-a right to enter into a stipulation waiving a jury in the District Court, and to submit their case to the court upon an agreed statement of facts, independent of any legislative provision on th
Ward v. United States
Ward v. United States. 1 When a plaintiff presents as an important part of his case a written proposal, he is not at liberty to insist on a recovery on the ground of mere suspicion that there was a verbal proposal differing from the one in
Bartemeyer v. Iowa
Bartemeyer v. Iowa. When a Supreme Court of a State is composed of a chief justice and several associates, writs of error 10 Due court under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act must be signed by the chief justice; and if signed by one of
Kennebec Railroad v. Portland Railroad
Kennebec Railroad v. Portland Railroad. The court reasserts the principle that, in cases brought here by writs of errar to the State courts, it will not entertain jurisdiction if it appears that, besides the Federal question decided by the
Steines v. Franklin County
Steines v. Franklin County. 1. The decision of the highest court of a State in granting or refusing to grant a motion for a rehearing in an equity suit is not re-examinable in this court under any writ of error which the court can issue to
Sevier v. Haskell
Sevier v. Haskell. The Supreme Court of Arkansas ordered judgment for a plaintiff suing on a note given for the price of slaves. Subsequently to this the State of Louisiana ordained as part of its constitution, “that all contracts for the s
Palmer v. Marston
Palmer v. Marston. The principle of the preceding ease affirmed in the same sort of example. Motion by Mr. W. S. Holman (Mr. E. T. Merrick opposing) to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, taken on the ass
Bank of West Tennessee v. Citizens' Bank
Bank of West Tennessee v. Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana. Where a decision of the highest court of a State in a case is made on its settled pre-existent rules of general jurisprudence, the case cannot be brought here under the 25th section; no
Cockroft v. Vose
Cockroft v. Vose. The court reiterates the proposition that unless it can he seen from the record that a State court decided the question relied on to give this court jurisdiction, the writ of error will he dismissed. Motion by Mr. E. C. Be
United States v. Crusell
United States v. Crusell. A judgment of the .Court of 'Claims giving a loyal owner the proceeds of cotton seized under the Abandoned and Captured Property Act, affirmed; the case tending generally, though not in the most specific manner, to
The Mabey
The Mabey. A commission from this court to take testimony refused, on an appeal in a collision case in admiralty, where the party moving had in the District Court the same witnesses whom he proposed to examine here, and did not examine them
Watson v. Jones
Watson v. Jones. 1. When in courts of concurrent jurisdiction, the pendency of a suit in one is relied on to defeat a second suit in the other, the identity cf the parties, of the case made, and of the relief sought, should be such that if
Insurance Co. v. Thwing
Insurance Company v. Thwing. 1. Merchandise, carried under bill of lading and paying freight is cargo and not dunnage, although stowed as dunnage would be stowed for the purpose of protecting the rest of the cargo from wet, and put on board
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