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Outcome n/a 1875

Atherton v. Fowler

ATHERTON v. FOWLER. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE CALIFORNIA. No. 648. Submitted November 16,1876. Decided December 6, 1875. Atherton v. Fowler, 91 U. S. 143, followed. Mr. M. Blair for plaintiffs in error. Mr. M. A. Wheaton fo

154 U.S. 620 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1875

Eliza Hancox v. Langdon

THE ELIZA HANCOX v. LANGDON. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. No. 36. Argued November 9 and 10, 1875. Decided November 15, 1875. The decree below is affirmed on the facts. Mr. E. G. Be

154 U.S. 618 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1875

Newhall v. Sanger

Newhall v. Sanger. 1. The act of July 1,1862 (12 Stat. 492), grants to the Western Pacific Railroad Company every alternate section of public land designated by odd numbers within the limits of ten miles on each side of its road, not sold,

92 U.S. 761 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1875

Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad v. United States

Leavenworth, Lawrence, and Galveston Railroad Company v. United States. 1. Where rights claimed under the United States are set up against it, they must be so clearly defined that there can be no question of the purpose of Congress to confe

92 U.S. 733 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1875

Hall v. Weare

Hall et al. v. Weare. 1. In a suit upon acceptances amounting to $4,500, the defendants pleaded as a set-off the plaintiff’s draft for a like sum, which has been indorsed to them by A., the payee thereof, and protested for non-payment. The

92 U.S. 728 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1875

Hammond v. Mason & Hamlin Organ Co.

Hammond et al. v. Mason and Hamlin Organ Company. 1. A contract concerning the nse of a patented invention bound the “ parties and their legal representatives to the covenants and agreements of the contract.” A plea alleged that the defenda

92 U.S. 724 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1875

McStay v. Friedman

McStay et al. v. Friedman. Where, in ejectment for a part of the lands confirmed to the city of San Francisco by an act of Congress, the validity and operative effect of which were not questioned, the judgment of the Supreme Court of the St

92 U.S. 723 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1875

Burdell v. Denig

Burdell et al. v. Denig et al. 1. In oases where profits are the proper measure of damages for the infringement of a patent, such profits as the infringer has made, or ought to have made, govern, and not those which the plaintiff" can show

92 U.S. 716 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1875

Rector v. United States

HOT SPRINGS CASES. Rector v. United States; Hale v. United States; Gaines et al. v. United States; Russell v. United States. 1. The third section of an act of Congress, approved April 20,1832 (4 Stat. 60S), which is still in force, enacts t

92 U.S. 698 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1875

The " Alabama " & the " Game-cock."

The “ Alabama ” and the “ Game-cock.” Where a collision occurs at sea, each vessel being at fault, and damage is thereby done to an innocent party, a decree should be rendered, not against both vessels in solido for the entire damage, inter

92 U.S. 695 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1875

Garsed v. Beall

Garsed v. Beall et al. This case involves only disputed questions of fact. It was heard here upon the pleadings, proofs, and the findings of the jury, in response to the issues sent down to be tried at law. Held, that issues of the kind are

92 U.S. 684 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1875

Branch v. City of Charleston

Branch et al. v. City of Charleston et al. 1. In Tomlinson v. Branch, 15 Wall. 460, and City of Charleston v. Branch, id. 470, this court held that the respective roads and property of the two companies, which had become consolidated in the

92 U.S. 677 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1875

Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Georgia

Central Railroad and Banking Company v. Georgia. 1. The consolidation of two companies does not necessarily work a dissolution of both, and the creation of a new corporation. Whether such be its effect, depends upon the legislative intent m

92 U.S. 665 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1875

Morrison v. Jackson

Morrison et al. v. Jackson. In 1802 a concession of six thousand arpents of land was made to S. by the acting Spanish governor of Upper Louisiana. An official survey, made by the officer designated in the concession, and in part fulfilment

92 U.S. 654 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1875

United States v. Raymond

INTERMINGLED COTTON CASES. United States v. Raymond, Assignee; Same v. Kidd; Same v. Cowan, Administrator; Same v. Brabston ; Same v. Spear; Same v. McLean; Same v. Cook; Same v. Batchelor; Same v. Hawkins; Same v. Gardner, Assignee; Same v

92 U.S. 651 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1875

Humboldt Township v. Long

Humboldt Township v. Long et al. 1. The bonds in question in this suit were issued under the authority of the same act of the legislature as those mentioned in the preceding case. The doctrines there held are reaffirmed. 2. A bond of the te

92 U.S. 642 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1875

Marcy v. Township of Oswego

Marcy v. Township of Oswego. 1. An act of the legislature of Kansas of Feb. 25, 1870, provides, that whenever fifty of the qualified voters, being freeholders of any municipal township in any county, shall petition the board of county commi

92 U.S. 637 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1875

County of Moultrie v. Rockingham Ten-Cent Savings-Bank

County of Moultrie v. Rockingham Ten-Cent Savings-Bank. 1. An act of the general assembly of the State of Illinois, approved March 26, 1869, authorized the board of supervisors of Moultrie County to subscribe to the stock of the Decatur, Su

92 U.S. 631 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1875

Town of Concord v. Portsmouth Savings Bank

Town of Concord v. Portsmouth Savings Bank. An act of the general assembly of the State of Illinois in force March 7, 1867, authorized towns acting under the Township Organization Law of the State — of which the town of Concord was one — to

92 U.S. 625 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1875

Lewis v. United States

Lewis, Trustee, v. United States. 1. The United States is entitled to priority of payment out of the effects of its bankrupt or insolvent debtor, whether he be principal or surety, or be solely, or only jointly with others, liable, and it i

92 U.S. 618 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1875

Taylor v. Secor

STATE RAILROAD TAX CASES. Taylor, Collector, et al., v. Secor et al. Miller, Collector, et al., v. Jessup et al. Miller, Collector, et al., v. Kidder et al. 1. While this court does not lay down any absolute rule limiting the powers of a co

92 U.S. 575 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1875

Harshman v. Bates County

Harshman v. Bates County. 1. Sect. 14 of art. 11 of the Constitution of Missouri, adopted in 1865, declaring that “ The general assembly shall not authorize any county, city, or town, to become a stockholder in, or to loan its credit to, an

92 U.S. 569 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1875

United States v. Cruikshank

United States v. Cruikshank et al. 1. Citizens are tlie members of tlie political community to which they belong. They are the people who compose the community, and who, in their associated capacity, have established or submitted themselves

92 U.S. 542 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Personal Injury 1875

Board of Liquidation v. McComb

Board of Liquidation et al. v. McComb. 1. On the 24th of January, 1874, the legislature of Louisiana passed “the Eunding Act,” which created a board of liquidation, consisting of the governor and other State officers. Its principal stipulat

92 U.S. 531 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion