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Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1875

Blease v. Garlington

BLEASE v. GARLINGTON. 1. Cases in equity come here from the circuit courts, and the district courts sitting as circuit courts, by appeal, and are heard upon the proofs sent up with the record. No new evidence can be received here. 2. So muc

92 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1875

Nichols v. Eaton

Nichols, Assignee, v. Eaton et al. 1. A devise of the income from property, to cease on the insolvency or bankruptcy of the devisee, is good; and a limitation over to his wife and children, upon the happening of such contingency, is valid,

91 U.S. 716 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1875

Raymond v. Thomas

Raymond v. Thomas. The special order, issued May.28,1868, by the officer in command of the forcea of the United States in South Carolina, wholly annulling a decree rendered by a court of chancery in that State in a case within its jurisdict

91 U.S. 712 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1875

Warren v. Shook

Warren et al. v. Shook. 1. The substance of the business of a banker, as defined by the acts of Congress approved June 30,1864 (13 Stat. 252), and March 3,1865 (id. 472), is having a place of business where deposits are received and paid ou

91 U.S. 704 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1875

The "Colorado"

The “Colorado.” 1. At night, during a dense fog, a collision occurred on Lake Huron between a bark of 420'tons, bound down, and a'propeller of 1,800 tons, bound up, the lake. The wind was from the sduth. The bark, well manned and equipped,

91 U.S. 692 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1875

Warfield v. Chaffe

Warfield v. Chaffe et al. The-petition for the allowance of a writ of error forms no part of the record of the court helow; and this court has no jurisdiction to determine a Federal question presented in such petition, hut not disclosed by

91 U.S. 690 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1875

Florida v. Anderson

State of Florida v. Anderson et al. Certain railroad companies, availing themselves of the provisions of an act of the legislature of Florida of Jan. 10, 1855, to provide for and encourage A liberal system of internal improvements in that S

91 U.S. 667 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1875

New Lamp Chimney Co. v. Ansonia Brass & Copper Co.

New Lamp Chimney Company v. Ansonia Brass and Copper Company. 1. The , creditor of a manufacturing Corporation, which was duly adjudicated a bankrupt, who proved his claim and received a dividend thereon, does not ' thereby waive his right

91 U.S. 656 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1875

Phillips & Colby Construction Co. v. Seymour

Phillips and Colby Construction Company v. Seymour et al. I. A., who had undertaken to build a railroad for a company, entered July 18, 1872, into a sealed contract with B. for building a hundred and sixty miles of the road. The contract, a

91 U.S. 646 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1875

Mississippi & Missouri Railroad v. Cromwell

Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company v. Cromwell. A court of equity is not bound to shut its eyes to the evident character of a transaction .where its aid is sought to carry into effect an unconscionable bargain, but will leave the par

91 U.S. 643 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1875

Knotts v. Stearns

Knotts et al. v. Stearns et al. 1. Where, upon a bill filed for that purpose in the proper court by the guardian of infants, a decree for the sale of the real property, whereof their, father died seized, was obtained with the consent of his

91 U.S. 638 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1875

Dows v. National Exchange Bank

Dows et al. v. National Exchange Bank of Milwaukee. 1. An invoice is neither a bill of sale nor evidence of a sale, and, standing alone, furnishes no proof of title. 2. A party discounting a draft, and receiving therewith, deliverable to hi

91 U.S. 618 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1875

Gilman v. Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Co.

Gilman et al. v. Illinois and Mississippi Telegraph Company. Coykendall, Garnishee, v. Idem. 1. Where a trial by the court below was not had under the act of March 3, 1865 (13 Stat. 501), the rulings excepted torn the progress of such trial

91 U.S. 603 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1875

Woodruff v. Hough

Woodruff et al. v. Hough et al. 1, A,, who had covenanted with the supervisors' of ¿' county to construct a jail subject to the approval of a superintendent, who was.authorized to stop the work if .it and the materials furnished did not con

91 U.S. 596 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1875

Bolling v. Lersner

Bolling v. Lersner. This court has no jurisdiction to re-examine the judgment or decree of a State . court, unless it.appears-from the record that a Federal question presented to that" court was in fact decided, or that the decision was nec

91 U.S. 594 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1875

Twin-Lick Oil Co. v. Marbury

Twin-Lick Oil Company v. Marbury. 1. A director of a corporation is not prohibited from lending it moneys when they are needed for its benefit, and the transaction is open, and otherwise free from blame; nor is his subsequent purchase of it

91 U.S. 587 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1875

Haldeman v. United States

Haldeman et al. v. United States. 1. - The entry of a judgment, “that the suit is not prosecuted, and be dismissed,” is nothing more than the record of a nonsuit. 2. The words “dismissed agreed,” entered as the judgment of a court, do not o

91 U.S. 584 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1875

Watts v. Territory of Washington

Watts v. Territory of Washington. This court can only review the final ¡judgments of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Washington in criminal cases, when the Constitution or a statute or treaty of the United States is drawn in question.

91 U.S. 580 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1875

McManus v. O'Sullivan

McManus v. O’Sullivan et al. This court has no jurisdiction to re-examine the judgment of a State court where a Eederal question was not in fact passed upon, and where a decision of it was rendered unnecessary in the view which the court be

91 U.S. 578 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1875

Spencer v. United States

Spencer v. United States. No suit can be maintained against the United States under the Abandoned and Captured Property Act (12 Stat. 820), if the property in question was neither captured, seized, nor sold pursuant to its provisions, and t

91 U.S. 577 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1875

Meyer v. Arthur

Meyer et al. v. Arthur. 1. Where, in the act of June 6,1872, to reduce the duties- on imports (17 Stat. 230), Congress provided that on and after Aug. 1, 1872, but ninety per centum of the duties theretofore levied should.be collected and p

91 U.S. 570 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1875

Hall v. United States

Hall et al. v. United States. Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota.

91 U.S. 566 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1875

Hall v. United States

Hall et al. v. United States. 1. The twenty-fifth section of the act of June 30,1864 (13 Stat.'231)., ¡authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make, in his discretion, just and reasonable allowances to collectors of internal revenue, in

91 U.S. 559 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1875

United States v. Norton

United States v. Norton. A motion to advance a criminal cause made on behalf of the United' States must state the facts in such manner that the court may judge whether the government will be embarrassed in the administration of its affairs

91 U.S. 558 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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