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United States v. Boutwell
United States v. Boutwell. In the absence of- statutory provision to the contrary, a mandamus against an officer of the government abates on his death or retirement from office. His successor in office cannot be brought in by way of amendme
United States v. Lapène
United States v. Lapène. In February, 1862, while the whole State of Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans, was under the civil and military control of the rebels of the late rebellion, a mercantile firm in New Orleans sent their age
Sohn v. Waterson
Sohn v. Waterson. In construing a statute of limitations, it must, so far as it affects rights of-action in existence when the statute is passed, be held, in the absence of contrary provision, to begin when the cause of action is first subj
Manufacturing Co. v. United States
Manufacturing Company v. United States. Where a manufacturer of guns agrees with the government to make and deliver, and the government agrees to receive and pay for, all the carbines of a certain kind (described) not exceeding six thousand
Harrell v. Beall
Harrell v. Beall, Assignee. "Where a question brought to this court is •wholly one of the weight of evidence, involving no controverted proposition of law, this court will not, under the pressure of business which now rests upon it, conside
Knode v. Williamson
Knode v. Williamson. 1. Where a Viático to take depositions at a place specified informed the opposite party that they would be taken on a day named, and that the. taking would be adjourned “from day to dily until completed,” and,'a portion
The Merritt
The Merritt. 1. A vessel built in the British Province of Canada, but owned wholty by citizens of the United States, cannot under the Registry Act of 1792 (1 Stat. at Large, 287) be a vessel of the United States; nor can she he a foreign ve
Horn v. Lockhart
Horn v. Lockhart et al. 1. "When objection is taken to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the United States by reason of tho citizenship of some of tho parties to a suit, the question is whether to a decree -authorized by the ease pre
Railroad Co. v. Fuller
Railroad Company v. Fuller. A State'legislature passed in 1862 an act “ in relation to the duties of railroad companies,” enacting— '1st. That.each railroad company should annually, in a month named by the act, fix its rates for the transpo
Railroad Co. v. Fort
Railroad Company v. Fort. F., a boy of tender years, had been engaged, by a company owning it, in á machine shop, as a workman or helper under the superintendence of 0., and required to obey his orders. After being employed for a few months
Eldred v. Bank
Eldred v. Bank. 1. The court adheres to the doctrine that a judgment on a note or contract merges the note or contract, and that no other suit can be maintained on the same instrument. 2; Such a judgment, when binding personally, can be int
Rea v. Missouri
Rea v. Missouri. 1. Although a greater latitude is allowable in the cross-examination of a party who places himself on the stand, than in that of other witnesses, still, where the cross-examination is directed to matters not inquired about
Board of Public Works v. Columbia College
Board of Public Works v. Columbia College et al. 1. A personal judgment, rendered in one State against several parties jointly, upon service of process on some of them, or their voluntary appearance, and upon publication against the others,
Cutner v. United States
Cutner v. United States. 1. A sale made without “ a license to trade,” by a loyal citizen of the United States, on the 6th of March, 1865, when Savannah was occupied by the Federal troops, to a loyal citizen of New York, of cotton which had
Goodwin v. United States
Goodwin v. United States. In August, 1865, at the close of the rebellion, A. chartered a vessel to the United States, at a fixed sum per day, to carry military stores from "Wilmington, North Carolina, to the city of New York, A. warranting
Packet Co. v. McCue
Packet Company v. McCue. A man standing on a wharf was hired by the mate of a boat desiring to sail soon, and which was short of hands, to assist in lading some goods, which were near the wharf, he not having been in the service of the boat
United States v. Isham
United States v. Isham. 1. " The words “ memorandum, check,” in that part of the schedule of instruments Required by the statute of June 30th, 1864 (13 Stat. at Large, p. 298, § 158), to be stamped, which in the printed statute-books are pr
Carpenter v. United States
Carpenter v. United States. One who enters into possession of land in virtue of an agreement or understanding that he is to he a purchaser of it, cannot be held liable for use arid occupation if the purchase be actually concluded. Appeal fr
Wilson v. City Bank
Wilson v. City Bank. 1. Under a sound construction of the thirty-fifth and thirty-ninth sections of the Bankrupt Act something more than passive non-resistance in an insolvent debtor, is necessary to invalidate a judgment and levy on his pr
Carlton v. Bokee
Carlton v. Bokee. 1. Where a. claim in a patent uses general terms of reference to the specification, such as “substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein' set forth,” although the patentee will not be held to the precise combina
Philp v. Nock
Philp et al. v. Nock. In a suit by a 'patentee, for damages against an infringer, the plaintiff can recover enly for actual damages, and be must show the damages by evidence. They cannot be loft to conjecture by the jury. 'Whero he has soug
Adams v. Burke
Adams v. Burke. 1. "Where a patentee has assigned his right to manufacture, sell, and use within a limited district an instrument, machine, or other manufactured product, a purchaser of such instrument or machine, when rightfully-bought wit
Railroad Co. v. Brown
Railroad Company v. Brown. 1. An act of Congress, in eases o'f a suit against a railroad 'company which it incorporated, authorized service of process “on any director of the company.” On a suit brought, the marshal made a return of service
Ex parte Atocha
Ex parte Atocha. 1. Claims under treaty stipulations are excluded from the general jurisdiction of the Court of Claims conferred by the acts of Congress of February 24th, 18S5, and March 3d, 1863; and when jurisdiction over such ■ claims is
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