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Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1877

Burbank v. Conrad

Burbank v. Conrad. 1. In Louisiana, a conveyance of lands is valid between.the parties without reg- • istration, and passes the title. The only consequence of a failure of the purchaser to’place his conveyance on the records of the parish w

96 U.S. 291 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1877

Conrad v. Waples

Conrad v. Waples. 1. The act of July 17,1862 (12 Stat. 589), so far as it related to the confiscation of property, applied only to the property of persons who thereafter might be guilty of acts of disloyalty and treason; and it reached only

96 U.S. 279 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1877

Township of Rock Creek v. Strong

Township of Rock Creek v. Strong. 1. The act of the legislature of Kansas, entitled “ An Act to authorize counties, incorporated cities, aijd municipal townships to issue bonds for the purpose of building bridges, aidjng in the construction

96 U.S. 271 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Wheeler v. National Bank

Wheeler v. National Bank. Suit by a national bank upon a bill of exchange. Defence, usury. The bank, in discounting the bill, reserved a greater amount than was allowed fór interest by the law of 'the State .where it was situated. There was

96 U.S. 268 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1877

Railway Co. v. McCarthy

Railway Company v. McCarthy. 1. The court reaffirms Its former decisions, that a court is.not hound to give instructions in the language in which they are asked. If those given sufficiently cover the case, and are correct, the judgment will

96 U.S. 258 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1877

McLean v. Fleming

McLean v. Fleming. 1. "Where a manufacturer has habitually stamped his goods with a particular mark or brand, a court of equity will restrain another party from adopting it for the same kind of goods. 2. Positive proof of fraudulent intent

96 U.S. 245 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Norton

Insurance Company v. Norton. 1. An insurance company may waive any condition of a policy inserted therein ' for its benefit. 2. As the' company may at any time, at its option, give authority to its agents to make agreements, or to waive for

96 U.S. 234 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

United States v. Morrison

United States v. Morrison. 1. A quartermaster of a regiment of cavalry, who also serves as acting assistant-commissary, is entitled to the additional compensation of §100 per annum provided for by sect. 1261 of the Revised Statutes. 2. As s

96 U.S. 232 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1877

Werner v. King

Werner v. King. 1. Form,' -when of the essence.of an invention, is necessarily material; and, if it be inseparable from the successful operation of the machine, the attainment of the same object by a machine different in form is not an infr

96 U.S. 218 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1877

United States v. County of Clark

United States v. County of Clark. A county subscribed.for stock of- a railroad, corporation, and issued bonds in payment therefor, pursuant to a law which authorized a levy of a special tax ' to pay them, “ not to excee'd one-twentieth of '

96 U.S. 211 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

County Commissioners v. Chandler

County Commissioners v. Chandler. 1. Abridge intended for and used as a thoroughfare'is a public highway, and hence a work'of internal improvement, within the meaning, of the-act of Nebraska passed Eeb. 15, 1869, authorizing cities, countie

96 U.S. 205 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1877

Gold-Washing & Water Co. v. Keyes

Gold-Washing and Water Company v. Keyes. 1. A petition for the removal of a suit from á State court to a Eederal. court is insufficient, unless it sets forth in due form, such as is required in good pleading, the essential facts not otherwi

96 U.S. 199 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

Dewing v. Perdicaries

Dewing v. Perdicaries. 1. All acts done in aid of the rebellion were illegal and void. 2. Pursuant to a statute of the' Confederate States, and to an order of the' Confederate District Court for the District of South Carolina, certain share

96 U.S. 193 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Williams v. Bruffy

Williams v. Bruffy. . I. The-Confederate States was an illegal organization,'within the provision of the Constitution of the United States prohibiting any treaty, alliance, or' ' confederation of one State with another; whatever efficacy, t

96 U.S. 176 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Ferguson v. McLaughlin

Ferguson v. McLaughlin. Under sect. 6 of the act of March 3, 1853 (10 Stat. 244), a settler'upon unsurveyed public la-ncjs in California has no valid claim to pre-empt a quarter-section, or any part thereof included in his settlement, unles

96 U.S. 174 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Brawley v. United States

Brawley v. United States. 1. Where a contract is made to sell or furnish certain goods identified hy refer- ' ence to independent circumstances,-such as an entire lot deposited in a certain warehouse, or all that may he manufactured hy the

96 U.S. 168 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Water & Mining Co. v. Bugbey

Water and Mining Company v. Bugbey. 1. The act of March 3,1853 (10 Stat. 244), granted for school purposes to Cali- ■ fornia the public lands within sections 16 and 36 in each congressional township in that State, except so much of them whe

96 U.S. 165 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1877

Mitchell v. United States

Mitchell v. United States. Where the United States chartered a vessel for a “ voyage or voyages,” at a stipulated price per diem for every day yrhen so employed, — Held, that the contract only embraced the employment of the vessel when on s

96 U.S. 162 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Kohlsaat v. Murphy

Kohlsaat v. Murphy. 1. The joint resolution of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 571), repealing that portion of the fifth section of .the act approved June 30, 1864 (13 id. 208), which subjected to a duty of ten per cent ad valorem “lastings, mohair

96 U.S. 153 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Davies v. Arthur

Davies v. Arthur. An importei, having set forth in his written protest the ground of his objection to the payment of customs duties exacted by the collector, cannot, in his suit against the latter, recover them upon any ground other .'than

96 U.S. 148 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Arthur v. Goddard

Arthur v. Goddard. The plaintiffs below entered an importation of goods, upon the following invoice : — Bought , ■.......... .'.......Fr’s 8,670.25 Discount for cash on gros^'amount, two per cent, 8,766.60 ...... 175.30 Fr’s 8,494.95 Terms

96 U.S. 145 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

Arthur v. Rheims

Arthur v. Rheims. 1. The rale that an article, dutiable by its specific designation, will not be affected by the. general.'words of the same or another statute, which would otherwise embrace it, applies as well to statutes reducing duties a

96 U.S. 143 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1877

Arthur v. Herman

Arthur v. Herman. In 1872, A. imported certain goods manufactured of cattle hair and cotton, the latter not being the component part of chief value. Held, that, under the last paragraph of the sixth section of the act of June 30,1864 (13 St

96 U.S. 141 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Arthur v. Homer

Arthur v. Homer. 1. The duty imposed on embroidered linen goods by the-twenty-second section of the act of March 2,1861 (12 Stat. 192), is not reconsidered in the seventh section of the act of June 30, 1864 (13 id. 209), but remains as-fixe

96 U.S. 137 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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