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Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Tisdale
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company v. Tisdale. In a suit brought by the plaintiff in his individual character, and not as administrator, to recover a debt upon a contract between him and the defendant, where the right of action depends u
Pollard v. Lyon
Pollard v. Lyon. 1. Spoken words charging a woman with fornication in the "District of Columbia are not actionable per se, as the misconduct they impute, although involving moral turpitude, is not an indictable offence. 2. In an action for
The "Sunnyside"
The “Sunnyside.” 1. If a sailing vessel, when approaching a steamer, fails to adopt all reasonable precautions to prevent a collision, she will not be excused, even though she displays her proper signal-lights; and is entitled, in the absen
Mitchell v. Board of Commissioners
Mitchell v. Board of Commissioners of Leavenworth County, Kansas. Where, for the purpose of evading the payment of a tax on his money on de- ’ posit, which the law of a State required .to be listed for taxation March 1 in each year, a party
The "Free State"
The “Free State.” X. It is the duty of a steamer to keep out of the way of a sailing vessel when they are approaching in such directions as to involve a risk of collision. The correlative obligation rests upon the sailing vessel to keep her
Sewall v. Jones
Sewall v. Jones. 1. Patents No. 34,928, dated April 8, 1862,- and No. 35,274, dated May 13,1882, issued to Isaac Winslow for a new and useful improvement in preserving Indian corn, are void for want of novelty. 2. To entitle a party to reco
Hall v. Lanning
Hall et al. v. Lanning et al. 1. A member of a partnership, residing in one State, not served with process and ■ not appearing, is not personally bound by a judgment recovered in another State against all the partners after a dissolution of
Roberts v. Ryer
Roberts v. Ryer. .1. The doctrine announced in Smith v. Nichols, 21 Wall. 112, — that “a mere carrying forward .or new or more extended application of the original thought, a change only in form, proportions, or degree, doing substantially
Roemer v. Simon
Roemer v. Simon et al. 1. This court cannot, after an appeal in equity, receive new evidence; nor can it upon motion set aside a decree of the court below, and grant a rehearing. 2. The court below can grant a rehearing during the term at w
Atherton v. Fowler
Atherton et al. v. Fowler et al. 1. As the appellate jurisdiction of this court over the State courts is confined to a re-examination of the final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of a State in which the decision of a sui
Beauregard v. Case
Beauregard v. Case. 1. An agreement provided that the party of the first part should obtain in his own name, but for the joint account of himself-and the parties of the second part, a lease of a railroad, and manage the same at a designated
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Trustees of Sixth Presbyterian Church
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company v. Trustees of Sixth Presbyterian Church. Affidavits, depositions, and matters of parol evidence, though appearing in, the transcript of the proceedings of a common-law court, do not form part of the r
Jackson v. Jackson
Jackson v. Jackson. 1. Although, by the common law, the money which the wife has at the time of her marriage, not secured to her by a settlement or contract, and that which she subsequently earns, belong to the husband, it is competent and
Sawyer v. Turpin
Sawyer et al. v. Turpin et al. As the exchange of a valid security for one- of equal value within four months prior to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, even when the cfeditbr and . debtor know of the insolvency of the latter, takes n
Long v. Converse
Long et al. v. Converse et al. 1. This court has no jurisdiction to review the decision of a State court against a right and a title under a statute of the United States, unless such right and-title he specially set up and claimed by the pa
National Bank of Commerce v. Merchants' National Bank
National Bank of Commerce of Boston v. Merchants’ National Bank of Memphis. 1. A bill of lading of merchandise, deliverable to order, when attached to and forwarded with a time draft, sent without special instructions to an agent for collec
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company. 1. The solution of the question, whether the Union Pacific Railroad Company is required to pay the interest before the maturity of the principal of the bonds issued by the United States to th
Webster v. Upton
Webster v. Upton, Assignee. 1. The doctrine announced in Upton v. Tribilcock, supra, that the original holders of the stock of a corporation are liable for the unpaid balances at the suit of its assignee in bankruptcy, without any express-
Carver v. Upton
Carver v. Upton, Assignee. Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois.
Sanger v. Upton
Sanger v. Upton, Assignee. 1. Where, in a district court of the United States, a corporation was adjudged a bankrupt, an assignee appointed, and an order made that the balance unpaid upon the stock held by the several stockholders should be
Upton v. Tribilcock
Upton, Assignee, v. Tribilcock. 1. The original holder of stock in a corporation is liable for unpaid instalments of stock, without an express promise to pay them ; and a contract between a corporation or its agents and him, limiting his li
Piper v. Moon
Piper v. Moon et al.
Brown v. Piper
Brown et al. v. Piper. 1. The application by the patentee of an old process to a new subject, without •any exercise of the inventive faculty,-and without the development of any idea which can be deemed new or original- in the sense of the p
Farmers' & Mechanics' National Bank v. Dearing
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank v. Dearing. 1. The only forfeiture declared by the thirtieth section of the act of June'3, ¿864 (13 Stat. 9D), is of the entire interest which the note, bill, or other evidence of debt, carries with it,
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