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Whitfield v. United States
Whitfield v. United States. A. sold cotton to the Confederate States, accepted their bonds in payment therefor, but remained in possession of it until its seizure by the agents of the United States, who sold it, and paid the proceeds into t
Hoffman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Hoffman v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. An agreement between the agent of an insurance company and an applicant for insurance, whereby the former, without authority from the company, accepted, by way of satisfaction of a prem
Terry v. Tubman
Terry v. Tubman. 1. 'Where the charter of a bank contained a provision binding the individual property of its stockholders for the ultimate redemption of its bills in proportion to the number of shares held by them respectively, the liabili
Markey v. Langley
Markey et al. v. Langley et al. 1. Where mortgaged property is sold under a power, the absence of objection on the part of the mortgagor to the sale as made cures any defect which exists therein, and gives it validity. 2. Where the mortgage
Wills v. Claflin
Wills et al. v. Claflin et al. 1. By the statute of Illinois, the assignor of a promissory note is liable on his contract of assignment, only in case the assignee has, by the exercise of due diligence, obtained judgment against the maker, a
Phillips v. Payne
Phillips v. Payne. Since 1847, pursuant to the act of Congress of the preceding year, the State of Virginia has been in de facto possession of the county of Alexandria, which, prior thereto, formed a part of the District of Columbia. The po
Rockhold v. Rockhold
Rockhold v. Rockhold et al. This court has not jurisdiction to re-examine the decree of a State court affirming the non-liability of a trustee to his cestui que trust for the loss of a fund not occasioned by his laches or bad faith, but by
First National Bank v. National Exchange Bank
First National Bank of Charlotte v. National Exchange Bank of Baltimore. 1. In adjusting and compromising contested claims against it growing out of a legitimate banking transaction, a national bank may pay a larger sum tlian would have bee
Kittredge v. Race
Kittredge v. Race et al. 1. Under the Code of Practice in Lonisiana, a suit may be brought and distinct judgments rendered against a defendant, as administratrix of her deceased husband, as widow in community, and as tutrix of his minor hei
Harrison v. Myer
Harrison v. Myer, Executrix. 1. Certain premises in Louisiana, belonging to a citizen of that State, were, during bis absence therefrom, seized as abandoned property by tiie military authorities of the United States, who compelled the lesse
Stott v. Rutherford
Stott et al. v. Rutherford. 1. The words “ grant ” and “ demise ” in a lease for years create an implied warranty of title and a covenant for quiet enjoyment. 2. Where the lessors executed a lease and demised the lands in their own names, a
Totten v. United States
Totten, Administrator, v. United States. An action cannot be maintained against the government, in the Court of Claims, upon a contract for secret services during the war, made between the President and the claimant. ' Appeal from the Court
Neblett v. Macfarland
Neblett v. Macfarland. Where a conveyance of a plantation had been obtained by fraud, and the only consideration alleged by the grantee was the cancellation of a certain bond executed by the grantor, and the court below set aside the deed,a
Magee v. Manhattan Life Insurance
Magee et al. v. Manhattan Life Insurance Company. In a suit by a company organized under the laws of the State of New York against citizens of the State of Alabama, on a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of duty, and the payment
Walker v. Sauvinet
Walker v. Sauvinet. 1. A trial by jury in suits at common law pending in the State courts is not a privilege or immunity of national citizenship which the States are forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United St
Cheatham v. United States
Cheatham et al. v. United States. A party, against whom an assessment was made in 1865 for an income-tax, appealed therefrom to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who, Oct. 7,1867, set it aside, and ordered a new one, which was made Marc
O'Brien v. Weld
O’Brien v. Weld et al. 1. W. & Co., having recovered judgment in a State court, sued out an execution thereon, which was levied upon the property of the defendant. He was subsequently declared a bankrupt, and an injunction issued by the Dis
United States v. Landers
United States v. Landers. 1. An honorable discharge of a soldier from service does not restore to him pay and allowances forfeited for desertion. 2. Under the term “ allowances,” bounty is included. Appeal from the Court of Claims. Landers
Shuey v. United States
Shuey, Executor, v. United States. 1. Where a “liberal reward ” was offered for information leading to the apprehension of a fugitive from j ustice, and a specific sum for his apprehension, — Held, that a party giving the information which
Farnsworth v. Minnesota & Pacific Railroad
Farnsworth et al., Trustees, v. Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company et al. 1. On the 3d of March, 1857 (11 Stat. 195), Congress passed an act granting certain lands to the Territory of Minnesota, for the purpose of aiding in the construc
Roberts v. United States
Roberts et al., Trustees, v. United States. Contractors for the transportation of the mails between New York and New Orleans, touching at Havana, and between Havana and Chagres, having subsequently established a direct line between New York
The " City of Washington."
The “ City of Washington.” Sailing rules and regulations prescribed by law furnish the paramount rule of decision, whenever they are applicable; but where, in any case, a disputed question of navigation arises, in regard to which neither th
Hall v. United States
Hall v. United States. — United States v. Roach. Prior to the abolition of slavery in Mississippi, a contract there made between a slave and his master neither imposed obligations nor conferred rights upon either party. Appeals from the Cou
Gaines v. Fuentes
Gaines v. Fuentes et al. 1. In cases where the judicial power of the United States can be applied only because they involve controversies between citizens of different States, it rests with Congress to determine at what time and upon what c
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