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Sykes v. Chadwick
Sykes v. Chadwick. A woman’s right of dower being a valuable right which she cannot be compelled to resign, and which the law protects very carefully from her husband’s control, her release of it is a good consideration for a promise to pay
Bartemeyer v. Iowa
Bartemeyer v. Iowa. 1. The usual and ordinary legislation of the States regulating or prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors raises no question under the Constitution' of the United States prior to the fourteenth amendment of that ins
United States v. Buzzo
United States v. Buzzo. 1. When, on a view of the record, it appears that from some fatal defect in the proceedings, no judgment can be entered against the defendant in the court below, on a suit there pending, this court will decline to an
Coffin v. Ogden
Coffin v. Ogden. 1. When, in a patent case, a person claims as an original inventor and the defence is a prior invention by. the defendant, if the defendant prove that the instrument which ho alleges was invented by him was complete and cap
Best v. Polk
Best v. Polk. 1. The treaty of May 24th, 1834, with, the Chickasaw Indians (7 Stat. at Large, 450) conferred title to the reservations contemplated by it, which was complete when the locations were made to identify them. 2. A patent (as oft
University v. Finch
University v. Finch. 1. A sale of real estate made under a power contained in a deed of trust executed before the late civil war is valid, notwithstanding the grantors in the deed, which was made to secure the payment of promissory notes, w
Masterson v. Howard
Masterson, Assignee, v. Howard. 1. Where a decree is entered upon an order taking a bill in equity as confessed by defendants for want of an answer, the only question for the consideration of this court on appeal is whether the allegations
Willett v. Fister
Willett v. Fister. The testimony of a wife and daughter, undertaking' to swear from mere memory after a lapse of several years, as to the exact year (as ex. gr., whether 1865 or 1866) when they saw a particular paper, discredited; there bei
Stuart v. United States
Stuart v. United States. 1. A contractor with the government to transport from post to post, remote from' any seat of war, stores and supplies not forming any portion of the stores or supplies of an advancing or retreating army, is not a pe
Supervisors v. United States
Supervisors v. United States. Section 3275 of the Code of Iowa, which says : “ In case no property is found upon which to levy, which is not exempted by the last section (section 3274), or if the judgment creditor elect not to issue executi
Weber v. Board of Harbor Commissioners
Weber v. The Board of Harbor Commissioners. 1. Upon the admission of California into the Union upon equal footing with the original States, absolute property in, and dominion and sovereignty over, all soils under the tidewaters within her l
The Sapphire
The Sapphire. 1. The rule in admiralty that where both vessels are in fault the sums representing the damage sustained by each must be added together and the aggregate divided between the two, is of course applicable only where it appears t
Railroad Co. v. Peniston
Railroad Company v. Peniston. 1. The exemption of agencies of the Federal government from taxation by the States is-dependent, not up on the nature of the agents, nor upon the mode of their constitution, nor upon the fact that .they are age
Allen & Co. v. Ferguson
Allen & Co. v. Ferguson. A debtor by original obligation, in one of the Southern States, writing to his creditor, after-he, the debtor, had applied for the benefit of the Bankrupt Act, and while the proceedings were pending, a discharge in
Life Insurance v. Francisco
Life Insurance Company v. Francisco. 1. "When, under the terms of a policy of life insurance, the representatives of the party assured are to furnish, within a certain time after the death of the assured, “ due proof of the just claim of th
The Emily Souder
The Emily Souder. 1. In June, 1865, the American steamer Emily Souder, owned by residents in New York, whilst on a voyage to that port from Rio Janeiro lost her propelling screw, and put into the port of Maranham, on the coast of Brazil, in
Railroad Co. v. Stout
Railroad Company v. Stout. 1. While it is the general rule in regard to an adult, that to entitle him to , recover damages for an injury resulting from the fault or negligence of another, he must himself have been free from fault, such is n
Miller v. Joseph
Miller v. Joseph et al. A writ of error from the Supreme Court of the United States to review the judgment of a'State court must be issued to the highest court of the State in which a decision of the case .could be had, even if that court b
The Star of Hope
The Star of Hope. Nuts in bags and boxes were shipped at New York,to be delivered at San Francisco. It was shown on the- trial that if nuts áre stowed"in the hold on this voyage they are very liable to b,e'injured by sweat; that it is the a
Walker v. State Harbor Commissioners
Walker v. The State Harbor Commissioners. In the construction of the statutes of a State, and especially those affecting titles to real property, where no Federal question arises, this court follows the adjudications of the highest court of
Daniel v. Whartenby
Daniel v. Whartenby. A testator gave his estate, both real and personal, to his son, E. T., “ during his natural life, and after his death to his issue, by him lawfully begotten of his body, to sueh issue, their heirs and assigns forever.”
Smiths v. Shoemaker
Smiths v. Shoemaker. 1. In an action of ejectment, a letter of the plaintiff’s grantor, written to the ancestor of the defendant, is not competent evidence to show that the ancestor entered'into possession under the license of the plaintiff
Kibbe v. Benson
Kibbe v. Benson. 1. Under a statute which requires that in actions of ejectment where the . ’ premises are actually occupied, the declaration shall he served by delivering a copy thereof ... to the defendant named therein, who shall be in t
Sawyer v. Hoag
Sawyer v. Hoag, Assignee. 1. Capital stock or shares of á corporation — especially the unpaid subscriptions to such stock or shares^constitute a trust fund for the benefit of the general creditors of the corporation. 2. This trust cannot be
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