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Affirmed Tax Law 1873

North Missouri Railroad v. Maguire

North Missouri Railroad Company v. Maguire. 1. A contract by a State to give- up its power to tax a,ny p'roperty within it, .can be made only by words which show clearly ánd unequivocally an intention to make such a contract. 2. The act of

87 U.S. 46 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Tax Law 1873

Pacific Railroad v. Maguire

Pacific Railroad Company v. Maguire. 1. The twelfth section of tbe act of the Missouri legislature, passed December 25th, Í852, by which it was declared that— “The Pacific Railroad shall bo exempt from taxation until the same shall be compl

87 U.S. 36 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1873

Kehr v. Smith

Kehr v. Smith. A-deed by which a husband, on articles of,separation between him and his wife, binds himself to pay, in trust for her, a certain amount of money (capital), and interest on it till paid, becomes a voluntary settlement if, befo

87 U.S. 31 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1873

Humaston v. Telegraph Co.

Humaston v. Telegraph Company. 1. "Where a person, on a given contract, covenants to pay a sum whose amount is to be eontingenton certain events and is to be ascertained by-arbitrators, such person, if he prevent any arbitration, may be sue

87 U.S. 20 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1873

McQuiddy v. Ware

McQuiddy v. Ware. 1. A man who has neglected his private affairs and gone away from his home and State, for the purpose of devoting his time to the cause of rebellion against the government, cannot come into-equity to complain .that his cre

87 U.S. 14 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Employment Law 1873

Creighton v. Kerr

Creighton v. Kerr. A withdrawal, “ without prejudice to the plaintiff,” of a general appearance entered by an attorney, for the defendant, means that the position of the plaintiff is not to be unfavorably affected by the act of withdrawal;

87 U.S. 8 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1873

Habich v. Folger

Habich v. Folger. A corporation of- New York was declared to be “ dissolved” by one o’f its courts, acting in professed conformity to a statute of the State; and receivers of its assets were appointed. A creditor of the corporation residing

87 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1873

Township of Pine Grove v. Talcott

Township of Pine Grove v. Talcott. • 1. There is nothing in the constitution of Michigan (established A.D. 1850, and which ordains among other things that— “No person shall be deprived of property without due process of law. The. credit of

86 U.S. 666 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Dismissed Tax Law 1873

Board of Commissioners v. Gorman

Board of Commissioners v. Gorman. 1. A writ of error or appeal may operate as a supersedeas under the eleventh section of the net of June 1st, 1872, “to further the administration of justice” (and which allows any person desiring to have a

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

Affirmed Tax Law 1873

Heine v. Levee Commissioners

Heine v. The Levee Commissioners. 1. There can be no jurisdiction in equity to enforce the payment of corporation bonds until the remedy at law has been exhausted. 2. Where the law has provided that a tax shall be levied to pay such bonds,

86 U.S. 655 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1873

Warren v. Van Brunt

Warren v. Van Brunt. 1. Where two persons, before a public survey of it, made a settlement in Minnesota on the same forty acres of land (a quarter of a quarter-section and the smallest legal subdivision allowed by statute), which settlement

86 U.S. 646 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1873

Insurance Co. v. Fogarty

Insurance Company v. Fogarty. 1. The cases in reference to the line of distinction between a total and a partial marine loss examined, and the principle announced that it is not necessary, to a total loss that there should be an absolute ex

86 U.S. 640 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Civil Rights 1873

Aicardi v. State

Aicardi v. The State. 1. Whether the legislature of a State has authority under the constitution of the State to pass a particular statute, what is the true interpretation of any statute passed by it for a purpose specified, and what acts w

86 U.S. 635 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1873

Mackay v. Easton

Mackay v. Easton. 1. On the 16lh of November, 1815, one J Smith was the owner of two arpents of land, in the village of Little Prairie, in the county of New Madrid, in the State of Missouri, which had been confirmed to him by the commission

86 U.S. 619 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Intellectual Property 1873

Packet Co. v. Sickles

Packet Company v. Sickles. 1. Whilst the right to plead the statute of limitations, is no more within the discretion of the court than other pleas, when the refusal of the eourt to permit that plea to be filed is based on the allegation tha

86 U.S. 611 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Employment Law 1873

Holladay v. Daily

Holladay v. Daily. A power of attorney to sell and convey real property, given by a husband and his wife, in general terms, without any provision against a sale of the interest of either separately, or other circumstance restraining the aut

86 U.S. 606 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1873

United States v. Jonas

United States v. Jonas. ]. The act of March 3d, 1863, entitled “ An act to prevent and punish frauds upon the revenue, to provide for the more certain and speedy collection of claims in favor of the United States, and for other purposes;” a

86 U.S. 598 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Intellectual Property 1873

United States v. Innerarity

United States v. Innerarity. Under the act of June 22d, 1860, “ for the final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri,” &c. (a temporary act, which having expired was temporarily revived by an act

86 U.S. 595 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1873

United States v. Cook

United States v. Cook. 1. Timber standing on lands occupied by the Indians cannot be cut by them for the purposes of sale alone; though when it is in their possession having been cut for the purpose of improving the land — that is to say, b

86 U.S. 591 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1873

Railroad Co. v. Richmond

Railroad Company v. Richmond et al. 1, The act of Congress of June 15th, 1866, authorizing every railroad company in the United States, whose road was operated by steam, and its successors and assigns, to carry upon and over its road, boats

86 U.S. 584 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1873

Peete v. Morgan

Peete v. Morgan. A State cannot, in order to defray the expenses of her quarantine regulations, impose a tonnage tax on vessels owned in foreign ports, and entering her harbors in pursuit of commerce. Appeal from the Circuit Court for the E

86 U.S. 581 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1873

Osborne v. United States

Osborne v. United States. 1. A distiller's bond taken in pursuance of the act of July 20th, 1868, imposing taxes on distilled spirits, and which enacts “that a distiller shall on filing with the assessor notice of an intention to commence b

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

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1873

Stevenson v. Williams

Stevenson v. Williams. 1. The act of Congress of March 2d, 1867, under which a removal may bo had of causes from a State to a Federal court, only authorizes a removal where an application is made before final judgment in the court of origin

86 U.S. 572 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1873

Williams v. Bankhead

Williams et al. v. Bankhead. 1. The bare title of a cause at the head of one or two orders of court — these being the only parts of a record in a concurrent proceeding sent here— in which orders the defendant is stated to be G. M. “ eial.”

86 U.S. 563 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion