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Reversed Tax Law 1872

Graham v. Norton

Graham v. Norton. Mandamus from the District Courts will not lie by an assignee in bankruptcy, representing sundry bankrupts, against the auditor of a State, to recover from the State, taxes long before paid into the State treasury, upon th

82 U.S. 427 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1872

Tiffany v. Lucas

Tiffany v. Lucas. 1. A sale by a person in fact insolvent and made within six months of a bankruptcy subsequently decreed, is not necessarily and without regard to its character, void under the 35th section of the Bankrupt Act. 2. If it was

82 U.S. 410 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1872

Railroad Co. v. Gladmon

Railroad Company v. Gladmon. 1. While in a suit by an adult against a street railway company for injuries done to him while he was crossing the track of the company, it is true that the absence of reasonable care and caution on his part wil

82 U.S. 401 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1872

Montgomery v. United States

Montgomery v. United States. 1. B., a loyal citizen of the United States, at New Orleans, had heen, prior to the rebellion, agent of a planter, J., who during the rebellion was a rebel, in the rebel region and lines, within which his planta

82 U.S. 395 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1872

Hall v. Jordan

Hall v. Jordan. On a bill to enforce a vendor’s lien, where the vendee set up that the deed which the complainant had given him was insufficiently stamped (which fact if true would under an act of Congress prevent its being used in evidence

82 U.S. 393 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1872

Davenport City v. Dows

Davenport City v. Dows. The ordinances of municipal corporations laying taxes cannot be regarded as the revenue laws of the State from which they derive their power of laying taxes, within the meaning of the act of June 30th, 1870, which ma

82 U.S. 390 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Dismissed Civil Rights 1872

Moses v. Mayor

Moses v. The Mayor. The rule redeclared, that a decree of the highest court of a State which, merely dissolving an injunction granted in an inferior court, leaves the whole case to be disposed of on its merits, is not a “ final decree,” and

82 U.S. 387 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1872

Ex parte Roberts

Ex parte Roberts. The allowance of an appeal to this court by the Court of Claims, does not absolutely and of itself remove the cause from the jurisdiction of the latter court, so that no order revoking such allowance can bo made. On petiti

82 U.S. 384 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1872

Pennywit v. Eaton

Pennywit v. Eaton. [On Merits.] Judgment affirmed with 10 per cent, damages in a case brought here in disregard of the law as already settled by precedents of the court. Error to the Supreme Court of Arkansas; the case being this: On the 3d

82 U.S. 382 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1872

Pennywit v. Eaton

Pennywit v. Eaton. [On Motion.] The court refused to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, a case brought here as within the 25th section of the Judiciary Act, when they could see a Federal question raised under it, though raised somewhat obsc

82 U.S. 380 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1872

Kimball v. West

Kimball v. West. 1. When a contract for sale of lands is fully executed by a conveyance with a covenant of warranty, and the payment of the purchase-money, the remedy for a defect of title is by an action on the covenant. 2. A party declini

82 U.S. 377 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1872

Grand Chute v. Winegar

Grand Chute v. Winegar. [In Equity.] A municipal corporation, obligors in a bond, cannot ask relief in equity that the obligee be enjoined from proceeding at law, and that the bond be surrendered, when his bill alleges that the bond was iss

82 U.S. 373 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1872

Grand Chute v. Winegar

Grand Chute v. Winegar. [At Law.] 1. On an issue of fact raised by a plea in abatement, where the defendant holds the affirmative of the issue, and where the evidence (introduced by the defendant himself) is all in favor of the plaintiff, p

82 U.S. 355 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1872

United States v. Thomas

United States v. Thomas. 1. A collector or receiver of public money, under bond to keep it safely and pay it when required, is not bound to render the money at all events, but is excused if prevented from rendering it by the act of God ■ or

82 U.S. 337 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1872

Fowler v. Rapley

Note. At the same time with the adjudication as to the tax in the preceding case was adjudged the validity of the tax in the cases of two other railroad companies, to wit: The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago; and the Delaware, Lackawanna

82 U.S. 326 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1872

Railroad Co. v. Pennsylvania

Case of the State Tax on Foreign-held Bonds. [Railroad Company v. Pennsylvania.] 1. The power of taxation of a State is limited to persons, property, and business within her jurisdiction. All taxation must relate to one of these subjects. 2

82 U.S. 300 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1872

Reading Railroad v. Pennsylvania

State Tax on Railway Gross Receipts. [Reading Railroad Company v. Pennsylvania.] 1. A statute of a State imposing a tax upon the gross receipts of railroad companies is not repugnant to the Constitution of the United States, though the gros

82 U.S. 284 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1872

Erie Railway Co. v. Pennsylvania

Note. At the same time with the preceding case was adjudged another, that of Erie Railway Company v. Pennsylvania. A case, like the preceding one, in error to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff in error, in the present case, w

82 U.S. 282 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1872

Reading Railroad v. Pennsylvania

Case of the State Freight Tax. [Reading Railroad Company v. Pennsylvania.] 1. The transportation of freight, or of the subjects of commerce, is a constituent part of commerce itself. 2. A tax upon freight, transported from State to State, i

82 U.S. 232 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1872

Oelrichs v. Spain

Oelrichs v. Spain. 1. In the jurisprudence of the United States, the objection that there is an adequate remedy at law raises a jurisdictional question, and may be enforced by the court sua sponte, though not raised by the pleadings, nor su

82 U.S. 211 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Dismissed Civil Rights 1872

Salomons v. Graham

Salomons v. Graham. A State made a contract with a person whom it employed to work for it, to pay him so much money for his work; the money to be paid from time to time as the work went on.' The work was done. Payment was made part in money

82 U.S. 208 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1872

Reybold v. United States

Reybold v. United States. The government chartered a vessel during the war of the rebellion; the owners agreeing to keep her “tight, stanch, strong, well-manned,” &c., and to bear the marine risks; the war risks to be borne by the governmen

82 U.S. 202 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1872

Pelham v. Way

Pelham v. Way. When, under the act of July 17th, 1862, “ to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, .and for other purposes,” the libel and monition have been framed in such a

82 U.S. 196 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Civil Rights 1872

Railroad Co. v. Johnson

Railroad Company v. Johnson. The constitutionality of the acts of Congress of February 25th, 1862, and of subsequent acts in addition thereto, making certain notes of the United States a legal tender in payment of debts, reaffirmed. In erro

82 U.S. 195 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion