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Maxwell v. District of Columbia
Maxwell v. District of Columbia. Ebbob to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. F. F. B. Sands and Mr. James Sobare for the ■ plaintiff in error. Mr. F. L. Stanton, contra.
Barnes v. District of Columbia
Barnes v. District of Columbia. 1. A municipal corporation in the exercise of its duties is a department of the State. Its powers may be large .or small: they may be increased or diminished from time to time at the pleasure of the State, or
Lower v. United States
Lower et al. v. United States ex rel. Where a'statute of Illinois requires the board of town-auditors to audit charges including judgments against the town, in order that provision for paying them may be made hy taxation, — Held, that, wher
Gould v. Evansville & Crawfordsville R.R.
Gould v. Evansville and Crawfordsville R.R. Co. If judgment is rendered for the defendant on demurrer to the declaration, or to • a material pleading in chief, the plaintiff can never after maintain against the same defendant or his privies
Eyster v. Gaff
Eyster v. Gaff et al. 1. Where the assignee in bankruptcy of a mortgagor is appointed during the pendency of proceedings for the foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged premises, he stands as any‘'other purchaser would stand on whom the title
Lathrop v. Drake
Lathrop, Assignee, v. Drake et al. Under the Bankrupt Act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 517), an assignee in bankruptcy, without regard to the citizenship of the parties, could maintain a suit for the recovery of assets in a circuit court of t
Ætna Life Insurance v. France
Ætna Life Insurance Co. v. France et al. 1. Where a party, in order to effect an insurance upon his life, agreed that if the proposal, answers, and declaration made by him — which he declared to be true, and which were made part .and parcel
Earle v. McVeigh
Earle et al. v. McVeigh. Where the statute of a State provided, that,during the absence of a party and all the members of his family, notice of a suit might be posted upon the front door of his “ usual place of abode,”— Held, that a notice
Mayer v. Hellman
Mayer et al. v. Hellman. An assignment by an insolvent debtor of his property to trustees for the equal and common benefit of all his creditors is not fraudulent, and, when executed six months before proceedings in bankruptcy are taken agai
Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Arms
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. Arms et al. 1. A passenger in a railway-ear who has been injured in a collision caused by the negligence of the employes of the company, is not, as a general rule, entitled in an action against the
Zeller v. Switzer
Zeller et al. v. Switzer. Where the Supreme Court of a State on appeal overruled an exception which had been sustained in a lower court, and, on setting aside the judgment below, .remanded the case to be proceeded with according to law, — H
Lloyd v. Fulton
Lloyd et al. v. Fulton. 1. A.s the provision of the English Statute of Erauds touching promises made in consideration of marriage is in force in Georgiana promise there made,hut not in writing, to settle property upon an intended wife, is v
Osborn v. United States
Osborn v. United States. 1. Subject to exceptions therein prescribed, a pardon by the President restores to its recipient, all rights of property lost by the offence pardoned, unless the property has by judicial process become vested in oth
Grand Trunk Railroad v. Richardson
Grand Trunk Railroad Company v. Richardson et al. 1. The erection of buildings by the permission of a railroad company within the line of'its roadway by other parties, for convenience in delivering and' receiving freight, is not inconsisten
Townsend v. Todd
Townsend v. Todd et al. This court is bound to follow the courts of the State of Connecticut in their uniform decisions, in construing the recording acts of that State, that a mortgage must truly describe the debt intended to be secured; an
United States v. McKee
United States v. McKee et al. The claim of the heirs and legal representatives of Colonel Erancis Vigo against the United States, on account of supplies by him furnished in 1778 to the • regiment under the command of George Rogers Clarke, w
Nudd v. Burrows
Nudd et al. v. Burrows, Assignee. • 1. Where, in a suit by an assignee in bankruptcy to recover moneys paid a creditor within four months prior to the filing of the petition in bankruptcy, the . evidence tended to prove that the payment was
Ex parte French
Ex Parte French. Where the judgment in favor of the defendants upon a special finding by'the Circuit Court, embracing only part of the issues, was reversed here, and th# case remanded, “ with instructions to proceed in conformity with the o
First Unitarian Society v. Faulkner
First Unitarian Society of Chicago v. Faulkner et al. 1. Where conversations of a third party were admitted in evidence on the assurance of counsel that they expected to prove that such third party was the agent of the defendant, which, how
Scudder v. Union National Bank
Scudder v. Union National Bank. 1. Where a bill of exchange was drawn by a party in Chicago upon a firm in St. Louis, and verbally accepted by a member of the firm then present in Chicago, — Held, that the validity of such acceptance was to
Cooke v. United States
Cooke et al. v. United States. 1. Where notes purporting to be 7-30 treasury-notes, indorsed by the holders thereof “ to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury for redemption,” were purchased, before their maturity, under the authority
The "Dove"
The “Dove.” 1. The decree of a district court, dismissing a cross-libel for want of merit, from which no appeal was taken, determines the questions raised by such cross-libel, but does not dispose of the issues of law or of fact involved in
Romie v. Casanova
Romie et al. v. Casanova. Where, in a State court, both parties to a suit for the recovery of the possession of lands claimed under a common grantor whose title under the United States was admitted, and where the controversy extended only t
Kohl v. United States
Kohl et al. v. United States. 1. The right of eminent domain exists in the government of the United States, , and may be exercised by it within the States, so far as is necessary to the enjoyment of the powers conferred upon it by the Const
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