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Outcome n/a 1876

Ober v. Gallagher

Ober v. Gallagher. 1. In a suit brought by a citizen of Louisiana, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas, to enforce' a lien on lands situate within that district, one of the defendants, a citizen of

93 U.S. 199 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Civil Rights 1876

United States v. Forty-three Gallons of Whiskey

United States v. Forty-three Gallons of Whiskey, etc. 1. Congress, under its constitutional power to regulate commerce with the Indian tribes, may not only prohibit the unlicensed introduction and sale of spirituous liquors in the “ Indian

93 U.S. 188 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1876

Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.

Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Company. Planters’ National Bank of Louisville v. Adams Express Company. 1. A party engaged as a common carrier cannot, by declaring or stipulating, that he shall not be so considered, divest himself of the

93 U.S. 174 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1876

French v. Fyan

French v. Fyan et al. 1. The act of Sept. 28, 1850 (9 Stat. 519), granting swamp-lands, makes it the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to identify them, make lists‘thereof, and cause patents to be issued therefor. Held, that a patent so

93 U.S. 169 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1876

Tilton v. Cofield

Tilton et al. v. Cofield et al. 1. Where no local statute or rule, of local law is involved, the power to amend ia the same in attachment suits as in others. 2. A court of equity cannot act as a court of review, and correct errors of a cour

93 U.S. 163 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1876

Kerrison v. Stewart

Kerrison, Assignee, v. Stewart et al. Where a trustee is invested with such powers.and subjected to such obligations that his beneficiaries are bound by what is done against him or by him, they are not necessary parties to a suit against hi

93 U.S. 155 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1876

O'Hara v. MacConnell

O’Hara et al. v. MacConnell et al., Assignees. 1. .A decree in chancery will be reversed if rendered against a woman who is shown by tbe bill to be both a minor and feme covert, where no appearance by or for her has been entered, and nb gua

93 U.S. 150 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Insurance Law 1876

Hendrick v. Lindsay

Hendrick v. Lindsay et al. 1. It. is now the-prevailing rule in this country, that a party may maintain assumpsit on a promise not under seal made to another for his benefit. 2. In the absence of any evidence whatever to contradict or vary

93 U.S. 143 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1876

Claflin v. Houseman

Claflin v. Houseman, Assignee. 1. Under the Bankrupt Act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 517), the assignee might sue in the State courts to recover the assets of the bankrupt, no exclusive' jurisdiction having been given to the courts of the Un

93 U.S. 130 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1876

County of Calhoun v. American Emigrant Co.

County of Calhoun et al. v. American Emigrant Company. 1. A deed takes' effect only from the time of delivery, and, when deposited as an escrow, nothing passes by it unless the condition is performed. 2. A county, by its contract for the sa

93 U.S. 124 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1876

Home Insurance v. City Council

Home Insurance Company v. City Council of Augusta. 1. Where a statute of,-or authority exercised under, a State is drawn in questionj on the ground of’ its repugnanee to the Constitution of, the United States, or a right is claimed under th

93 U.S. 116 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1876

Board of Commissioners v. Lucas

Board of Commissioners of Tippecanoe County v. Lucas, Treasurer. . 1. If by any direction of'a Supreme Court of a .State an entire cause is determined, tbe decision, when reduced to form and entered in the records of the court,- constitutes

93 U.S. 108 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1876

Sherlock v. Alling

Sherlock et al. v. Alling, Administrator. 1. Until Congress makes some regulation touching the liabilities of parties for marine torts resulting in death of the persons injured, the statute of Indiana giving a right of action to the persona

93 U.S. 99 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1876

Bird v. Louisiana State Bank

Bird et al., Executors, v. Louisiana State Bank. 1. A promissory note, bearing date Jan. 28, 1859, payable twelve months thereafter, at the Citizens’Bank, New Orleans, and indorsed by A., the payee, and B., the then owner thereof, who resid

93 U.S. 96 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1876

Dresser v. Missouri & Iowa Railway Construction Co.

Dresser v. Missouri and Iowa Railway Construction Company. A bona fide holder' of negotiable paper, purchased before its maturity upon an unexecuted contract, on which part payment only had been made when he received notice of fraud, and a

93 U.S. 92 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1876

Kitchen v. Randolph

Kitchen v. Randolph. Unless an appeal is perfected, or a writ of error sued out and served within sixty-days, Sundays exclusive, after the rendition of the decree or judgment complained ofj it is not within-'the power of a justice of this c

93 U.S. 86 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1876

Ryan v. Carter

Ryan et al. v. Carter et al. 1. The first section of the act of June 13, 1812 (2 Stat; 748), mating further'provision for settling the claims to land in the Territory of Missouri, confirms, proprio vigore, the rights, titles, and claims to

93 U.S. 78 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Civil Rights 1876

Chemung Canal Bank v. Lowery

Chemung Canal Bank v. Lowery. 1. The English rule, that the Statute of Limitations cannot be set up by demurrer in actions at law, does not prevail in the courts of the United Staies sitting in Wisconsin. 2. The distinction between actions

93 U.S. 72 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1876

Hurst v. Western & Atlantic Railroad

Hurst v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company. Under the act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 558), a suit pending in a State court, between a citizen of the State in which the suit was brought and a citizen of another State, could not, on the a

93 U.S. 71 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1876

Birdsall v. Coolidge

Birdsall et al. v. Coolidge. 1. In an action at law for the infringement of letters-patent, the rule as to the mi-asure of damages is, that the verdict of the jury must be for the actual damages sustained by the plaintiff, subject to the ri

93 U.S. 64 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1876

Grymes v. Sanders

Grymes v. Sanders et al. 1. A mistake as to a matter of fact, to warrant relief in equity; must be material; and the fact must be such that it animated and. controlled the conduct of the party. It must go to the essence of the object in vie

93 U.S. 55 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1876

Beaver v. Taylor

Beaver v. Taylor et al. 1. If one of a series of propositions presented to á court as one request for a charge to the jury is unsound, an exception to a refusal to charge the entire series cannot he maintained. 2. An exception to the entire

93 U.S. 46 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1876

Terry v. Hatch

Terry v. Hatch. 1. Under sect. 692 of the Revised Statutes, an appeal could not be had to this court from the final decree of a Circuit Court, unless the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeded the sum or value of §2,000. 2. In a su

93 U.S. 44 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1876

Smith v. Chapman

Smith, Executor, v. Chapman, Executor. In an action against an executor .upon a contract of his testator, where a devastavit is not alleged and proved, a judgment de bonis propriis is erroneous. Error to thé Circuit Court of the United Stat

93 U.S. 41 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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