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Outcome n/a 1876

Berreyesa v. United States

BERREYESA v. UNITED STATES. APPEAR PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OP CALIFORNIA. No. 83. Argued November 2 and 3, 1876. Decided December 11, 1876. When it does not appear that a grant from the Mexican Republic

154 U.S. 623 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1876

Herhold v. Upton

HERHOLD v. UPTON. ERROE TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. No. 125. Submitted November 29, 1876. Decided December 4, 1876. Upton v. Tribilcock, 91 U. S. 45; Sanger v. Upton, 91 U. S. 56; and Web

154 U.S. 624 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1876

Bowen v. Chase

Bowen v. Chase. 1. A trust, created in order to give a married woman the separate and exclusive use of land, free from the control of her husband, will be sustained ; by converting it into a legal estate, its purpose would be defeated, as,

94 U.S. 812 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1876

Sullivan v. Portland & Kennebec Railroad

Sullivan v. Portland and Kennebec Railroad Company. A railroad company, on the 30th of April, 1850, mortgaged to trustees .a specifically described portion of its road to secure certain certificates of indebtedness bearing interest at the r

94 U.S. 806 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1876

Town of East Lincoln v. Davenport

Town of East Lincoln v. Davenport. 1. In a suit by a bona fide holder against a municipal corporation to recover the amount of coupons annexed to bonds issued by it, under authority conferred by law, questions of form merely, or irregularit

94 U.S. 801 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1876

American Bridge Co. v. Heidelbach

American Bridge Company v. Heidelbach. 1. A company, to secure the payment of its bonds, mortgaged its property, and the rents, issues, and profits arising therefrom, with the provision, that, if there was default in paying the interest, th

94 U.S. 798 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1876

Melendy v. Rice

Melendy v. Rice. Where the judgment of the highest court of a State is here for re-examination, the Federal question, which, it is claimed, arises in the record, will be considered here as it comes from that court. Whef therefore, the point

94 U.S. 796 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1876

Davis v. Indiana

Davis v. Indiana. 1. The Supreme Court of Indiana having decided in this case that the moneys arising from section 16 in each congressional township of that State, all of which are to be paid into the county treasury by the school trustee,

94 U.S. 792 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1876

Cochrane v. Deener

Cochrane v. Deener. 1. The powers and jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in patent cases, are the same, as well in equity as at law, as those of the circuit courts of the United States; and whether a case, involv

94 U.S. 780 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1876

Hogan v. Kurtz

Hogan v. Kurtz. 1. The act of Congress, approved June 1, 1870 (16 Stat. 146), abolishing all fictions in ejectment within the District of Columbia, does not abolish that action, nor convert it into a writ of right. 2. Uninterrupted, open, v

94 U.S. 773 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1876

Lippincott v. Mitchell

Lippincott v. Mitchell. A conveyance of lands in Alabama to a married woman, “ to have and to hold to the sole and proper use, benefit, and behoof of her, her heirs and assigns for ever,” vests in her, under the laws of that State, a statut

94 U.S. 767 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1876

Forbes v. Gracey

Forbes v. Gracey. 1. Although the title to mineral lands may remain in the United States, tne ores, when dug or detached from the lands under a mining claim, are free from any lien, claim, or title of the United States, and, becoming person

94 U.S. 762 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1876

Collins v. Gilbert

Collins v. Gilbert. 1. A negotiable.instrtiment, payable to bearer, or indorsed in blank, produced by a transferee suing to recover its contents, is, when received in evidence, clothed with the prima facie presumption that he became the hol

94 U.S. 753 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1876

Tate v. Norton

Tate v. Norton. 1. In Arkansas, the real as well as the personal estate of the intestate is assets in the hands of an administrator; but neither species of property can be sold without an order of the Probate Court. 2. A claim admitted by t

94 U.S. 746 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1876

Corcoran v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.

Corcoran v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. 1. The Court of Appeals of Maryland, in a suit whereto the parties to this bill were parties, rendered a decision adverse to the right of the holder of coupons attached to the preferred bonds i

94 U.S. 741 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1876

Jerome v. McCarter

Jerome v. McCarter. 1. Prior mortgagees are not necessary parties to the bill of a junior mortgagee, which seeks only the foreclosure or the sale of the equity of redemption. 2. Neither the mortgagor nor his assignee in bankruptcy can objec

94 U.S. 734 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1876

Blake v. Robertson

Blake v. Robertson. Robertson v. Blake. 1. Reissued letters-patent No. 2,145, granted to Eli W. Blake, Jan. 9,1866, for an improvement in machines for crushing stones, and extended June 15,.18†-2, were not anticipated by those granted Sept.

94 U.S. 728 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1876

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad v. Virginia

Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company v. Virginia. 1. The charter of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company does not exempt from taxation that portion of the road of the company between Richmond and Covington. • 2. A railroad corporation,

94 U.S. 718 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1876

Memphis v. Brown

Memphis v. Brown. A., having a decree against the city of Memphis for the payment of money, obtained, by judgment rendered March 30, 1875, a mandamus, directing her, for the payment of the decree, to levy a tax upon all the taxable property

94 U.S. 715 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1876

Pike v. Wassell

Pike v. Wassell. Certain lands in Arkansas, liable to confiscation under the act of July 17,1862 (12 Stat. 589), and belonging to A., a non-resident of the State, were seized Peb. 16, 1865, by. the marshal, pursuant to instructions from the

94 U.S. 711 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1876

Illinois Central Railroad v. Turrill

CAWOOD PATENT. Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Turrill; Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company v. Same; Chicago and Alton Railroad Company v. Same; Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company v. Same; Pittsburgh,

94 U.S. 695 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Civil Rights 1876

County of Scotland v. Thomas

County of Scotland v. Thomas. 1. The fourteenth section of article 11 of the Constitution of Missouri, adopted in 1865, which declares that “ the general assembly shall not authorize any county, city, or town to become a stockholder in, or

94 U.S. 682 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1876

Casey v. Galli

Casey v. Galli. 1. When a national banking Association is insolvent, the order of the comptroller of the currency, declaring to what extent the individual liability of the stockholders shall be enforced, is conclusive. Kennedy v. Gibson and

94 U.S. 673 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1876

Goddard v. Ordway

Goddard v. Ordway. 1. Where an appeal has been duly taken, the supersedeas which follows from a compliance by the appellant with the act of Congress in that behalf operates to stay the execution of the decree. 2. Where the subject-matter of

94 U.S. 672 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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