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Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Wallace v. Loomis

Wallace v. Loomis. 1. The provision in the Constitution of Alabama, which declares that “corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special acts, except for municipal purposes,” does not prohibit the legislat

97 U.S. 146 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Allis v. Insurance Co.

Allis v. Insurance Company. 1. -Where it can see that no harm resulted to the appellant, this court will not reverse a decree on account of an immaterial departure from the technical rules of proceeding. 2. The statute of Minnesota declares

97 U.S. 144 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1877

Elizabeth v. Pavement Co.

Elizabeth v. Pavement Company. 1. A foreign patent or publication describing an invention, unless published anterior to the making of the invention or discovery secured by letters-patent issued by the United States, is no defence to a suit

97 U.S. 126 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1877

Machine Co. v. Murphy

Machine Company v. Murphy. 1. The substantial equivalent of a thing is, in the sense of the patent law, the same as the thing itself. Two devices which perform the same function in substantially the same way, and accomplish substantially th

97 U.S. 120 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1877

Powder Co. v. Burkhardt

Powder Company v. Burkhardt. An incorporated company entered into a contract with A., the owner of letters-patent for an explosive compound called “ dualin,” whereby he undertook to manufacture it, as required by the company from time to ti

97 U.S. 110 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

County of Warren v. Marcy

County of Warren v. Marcy. 1. The court reaffirms its former decisions that where, after a preliminary proceeding, such as a popular election, a county had lawful authority to issue its bonds, and they were issued, bearing upon their face a

97 U.S. 96 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1877

Eldridge v. Hill

Eldridge v. Hill. Eorty-four record-books, some deeds, mortgages, and other papers of a county-having been stolen, the county officers deposited $3,500 in the hands of A., upon condition that it should, upon the return of the stolen propert

97 U.S. 92 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1877

County of Bates v. Winters

County of Bates v. Winters. On April 5,1870, the county court of Bates County, Missouri, having received the requisite petition, ordered that an election be held May 8 in Mount Pleasant township, for the purpose of determining whether a sub

97 U.S. 83 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Grant v. National Bank

Grant v. National Bank. In order to invalidate, as a fraudulent preference within the meaning of the Bankrupt Act, a security taken for a deht, the creditor must have had such a knowledge of facts as to induce a reasonable belief of his deb

97 U.S. 80 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1877

Shillaber v. Robinson

Shillaber v. Robinson. 1. A deed of land, with a power of sale, to secure the payment of a debt, whether made to the creditor or a third person, is, in equity, a mortgage, if there is left a right to redeem on payment of such debt. 2. Sales

97 U.S. 68 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Young v. United States

Young v. United States. 1. Cotton owned by a British subject, although he never came to this country, was, if found during the rebellion within the Confederate territory, a legitimate subject of capture by the forces of the United States, a

97 U.S. 39 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Noyes v. Hall

Noyes v Hall 1. In Illinois, open, visible, and exclusive possession of lands by a person, under a contract for a conveyance of them to him, is constructive notice of his title to creditors and subsequent purchasers. 2. A., the owner in'fee

97 U.S. 34 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Beer Co. v. Massachusetts

Beer Company v. Massachusetts. 1. An act of the legislature of Massachusetts, passed Feb. 1, 1828, to incorporate the Boston Beer Company, “ for the purpose of manufacturing malt liquors in all their varieties,” declared that the company sh

97 U.S. 25 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Hotel Co. v. Wade

Hotel Company v. Wade. 1. Bonds issued by a corporation in Nebraska, secured by a mortgage on its lands there situate, were held by citizens of another State, who, on default of the corporation to pay the interest represented by the coupons

97 U.S. 13 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1877

Rubber-Coated Harness-Trimming Co. v. Welling

Rubber-Coated Harness-Trimming Company v. Welling. Letters-patent No. 37,941, granted March 17,1863, to William M. Welling, for an improvement in rings for martingales, are void for want of novelty, being merely for a product consisting of

97 U.S. 7 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1877

Glue Co. v. Upton

Glue Company v. Upton. 1 The mere change in form of a soluble article of commerce, by reducing it to small particles so that its solution is accelerated and it is rendered more ready for immediate use, convenient for handling, and, by its i

97 U.S. 3 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1877

Troy v. Evans

Troy v. Evans. 1. The amount of the judgment below against a defendant in an action for money is prima facie the measure of the jurisdiction of this court in his behalf. 2. This prima facie case continues until the contrary is shown; and, i

97 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1877

National Bank v. Omaha

National Bank v. Omaha. 1. Even though an appeal is asked'for in open court, if the security is not taken until after the term, a citation must be issued to bring in the parties, unless they voluntarily appear. 2. .The ruling in O’Reilly v.

96 U.S. 737 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Ex parte Jackson

Ex parte Jackson. 1. The power vested in Congress to establish “ post-offices- and post-roads ” embraces the regulation of the entire postal system of the country. Under it, Congress may designate what shall be carried in the mail, and what

96 U.S. 727 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1877

O'Reilly v. Edrington

O’Reilly v. Edrington. 1. The security required upon writs of error and appeals must be taken by the judge or justice. He cannot delegate that power to the clerk. 2. An appeal by an assignee in bankruptcy lies here from the final decree of

96 U.S. 724 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

Morgan v. Railroad Co.

Morgan v. Railroad Company. 1. A party is not permitted to deny a state of things which his conduct or misrep-' resentations led another to believe existed and to act in accordance with that belief. 2. The-doctrine of estoppel in pais alway

96 U.S. 716 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

Sage v. Railroad Co.

Sage v. Railroad Company. . 1. An appeal lies here from the final decree of the Circuit Court confirming a sale made under its order. 2. After the term at which such.-final decree was rendered, any justice of this . court may, within the ti

96 U.S. 712 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Pratt v. Pratt

Pratt v. Pratt. 1. The Statute of Limitations applicable to the action of ejectment has no rela- ■ tion to the lien of a’ judgment creditor on the lands, though the judgment debtor mav sell and convey them with possession to the party setti

96 U.S. 704 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1877

Felton v. United States

Felton v. United States. 1. Doing or omitting to do a thing “ knowingly and wilfully ” implies not only a knowledge of the thing, hut a determination- with an evil intent to do it or to omit doing it. 2. A distiller of spirits is presumed t

96 U.S. 699 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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