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Waite v. Dowley
Waite v. Dowley. A State statute is not void, which, for the purposes of taxation, requires, under a penalty for his neglect or refusal, the cashier of each national bank within the State to transmit, oh or before the fifteenth day of April
Hyde v. Woods
Hyde v. Woods. 1. A provision in the constitution of a stock and exchange board, whose members are limited in nurpber, and elected by ballot, that a member, upon failing to perform his contracts, or becoming insolvent, may assign his seat t
The "Edith."
The “Edith.” 1. Under the maritime law, there is no lien upon a vessel for materials furnished and work done in repairing her at her home port. 2. A creditor, claiming the benefit of the provisions of the statute of New Tork, . passed April
Davis v. Crouch
Davis v. Crouch. This court has no jurisdiction to re-examine the decree of the highest court of a State, reversing that of an inferior court, and remanding the cause for tor ther proceedings. Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the St
Allore v. Jewell
Allore v. Jewell. 1. Whenever there is great weakness of mind, though not amounting to absolute disqualification, arising from age, sickness, or any other cause, in a person executing a conveyance, andjthe consideration given for the land i
Eyster v. Centennial Board of Finance
Eyster v. Centennial Board of Finance. In thu distribution of the moneys remaining in the treasury of the Centennial Board of Finance at the close of that corporation, as provided for in sect. 10 of the act of Congress of June 1, 1872 (17 S
Supervisors v. Kennicott
Supervisors v. Kennicott. Whatevér has been decided here upon one appeal cannot be re-examined in a subsequent appeal of the same suit. The subsequent appeal brings up only the proceedings of the Circuit Court after-the mandate of this cour
The "Margaret."
The “Margaret.” 1. A steam-tug which engages to tow a vessel into a port, although not a common carrier nor an insurer, is hound to exercise reasonable skill and care in every thing relating to the work until it is accomplished, and she is
Clark v. Hancock
Clark v. Hancock. This court, where it manifestly has no jurisdiction over the matter in controversy, will entertain a motion to dismiss the writ of error before the return-day thereof. Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the áupreme Court
Stark v. Starr
Stark v. Starr. 1. The complainant, Starr, and his brother, being in possession of certain lots in the city of Portland, Oregon, filed a bill in equity in the State court to quiet their title and compel the defendant, who claimed an adverse
Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg
Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company v. Kellogg. 1. As the effect of the statute of Iowa is to make an occupant of land in that State, who, under color of title thereto, and in good faith, has made valuable improvements thereon, the own
Hinckley v. Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield Railroad
Hinckley v. Gilman, Clinton, and Springfield Railroad Company. Where, in the progress of a suit for the foreclosure of a mortgage, a receiver was appointed, against whom, after the foreclosure and sale of the mortgaged premises, a decree wa
Howell v. Western Railroad
Howell v. Western Railroad Company. 1. Where a railroad company issues its bonds, and mortgages its property to secure the. payment of them and of the semiannual instalments of interest thereon, as they respectively fall due, under the auth
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Schaefer
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Schaefer. 1. Within the scope of the professional employment of an attorney, the communications made to him by his client are privileged, and, without the consent of tlie latter, he should neithe
Ex parte Smith
Ex Parte Smith. There are no presumptions in favor of the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States; but the facts upon which it rests must, in some form, appear in the record of all suits prosecuted before them. Petition for a mandam
Muller v. Dows
Muller v. Dows. 1. A suit by or against a corporation in a court of the United States is regarded as brought by or against its stockholders, all of whom are, for the purposes of jurisdiction, conclusively presumed to be citizens of the Stat
Conro v. Crane
Conro v. Crane. Appeals do not lie to this court from the circuit courts in the exercise of their supervisory jurisdiction under the bankrupt laws. Motion to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Dis
National Bank of the Commonwealth v. Mechanics' National Bank
National Bank of the Commonwealth v. Mechanics’ National Bank. 1. A depositor in a national bank, when it suspends payment, and a receiver is appointed, is entitled, from the date of his demand, to interest upon his deposit. 2. The interest
Stewart v. Salamon
Stewart v. Salamon. 1. Where a promissory note for dollars, made in Georgia, in January, 1863, is shown to have been solvable in Confederate treasury notes, the sum thereby payable in actual money must be ascertained by the value in coin or
McClure v. Township of Oxford
McClure v. Township of Oxford. 1. A municipality must have legislative authority to subscribe to the capital stock of a bridge company before its officers can bind the body politic to tbe payment of bonds purporting to be issued on that acc
Davis v. Brown
Davis v. Brown. 1, An indorser of a promissory note is a competent witness to prove an agreement in writing made with its holder at the time of his indorsement, that he shall not he held liable thereon, where the paper has not afterwards be
Selden v. Equitable Trust Co.
Selden v. Equitable Trust Company. A corporation whose business is confined to the investment of its capital in bonds secured by mortgage on real estate, and to the negotiation, sale, and guaranty of them, is not a bank or a banker within t
Ex parte Loring
Ex parte Loring. This court will not by mandamus compel an inferior court to grant a motion to vacate an order setting aside a judgment of nonsuit. Petition for a mandamus to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District o
People v. Commissioners of Taxes & Assessments
People v. Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments. 1. The shares of stock of a national bank in New York should be assessed for taxation at their actual value. 2. The ruling in Van Allen v. The Assessors, 3 Wall. 573, as to the invalidity of
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