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Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Arthur v. Davies

Arthur v. Davies. 1. Tlie duty on braces and suspenders is, eo nomine, fixed by the twenty-sécond section of the act of March 2,1861 (12 Stat. 191), and the thirteenth section of' the act of July 14, 1862 (id. 556). 2.- Merchandise technica

96 U.S. 135 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Murphy v. Arnson

Murphy v. Arnson. 1. “Mtro-benzole,” being a manufacture from benzole and nitric"acid, and a non- • enumerated article,' is subject to duty under the twentieth section, known as the similitude clause, of the act of Aug. 30, Í842 (5 Stat. 66

96 U.S. 131 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Arthur v. Sussfield

Arthur v. Sussfield. 1. The similitude clause of the act of Aug. 3Q, 1842 (5 Stat. 565), applies only to non-enumerated articles. 2. In 1872 and 1873, a quantity of spectacles made of glass and steel were imported at New York,' upon which t

96 U.S. 128 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Arthur v. Stephani

Arthur v. Stephani. 1. Eor-tariff purposes. Congress has at all times, since the passage of the act of May 2,1792 (1 Stat. 259), intended to preserve’ the distinction between “chocolate” and “confectionery.” 2. Chocolate, eo nomine, is, by

96 U.S. 125 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Arthur v. Zimmerman

Arthur v. Zimmerman. ■ 1. Tlie distinction between “ cotton braids ” and * other manufactures of cotton ’ not otherwise provided for,” and “ hat braids,” has been established and recognized by Congress by the acts of March 2, 1861 (12 Stat.

96 U.S. 124 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1877

Arthur v. Unkart

Arthur v. Unkart. 1. In 1873, certain gloves, commerce illy known as “ silk plaited gloves,” or “ patent gloves,” made on frames and manufactured in part óf silk and in part -of cotton, cotton being the component part of chief value, were i

96 U.S. 118 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Arthur v. Lahey

Arthur v. Lahey. 1. The rules, that for the purpose of the tariff: laws the commercial designation of an article among traders and importers, when clearly established, fixes its character, and that when Congress has designated an article by

96 U.S. 112 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1877

Arthur v. Morrison

Arthur v. Morrison. 1. Veils manufactured of silk, and commercially known as “crape veils,” and not otherwise, do not fall within the enumerating clause of the eighth section of the act of June 30, 1864 (13 Stat.*210), whereby “silk veils”

96 U.S. 108 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1877

Davidson v. New Orleans

Davidson v. New Orleans. An assessment of certain real estate in New Orleans for draining the swamps bf that city was resisted in the State courts, and by writ of error brought here, on the ground that the proceeding deprives the owner of h

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

King v. Pardee

King v. Pardee. 1. In Pennsylvania, a resulting trust in land, if not sought to he enforced for a period of twenty-one years, and not reaffirmed and continued, will, under ordinary circumstances, he extinguished. 2. That rule is especially

96 U.S. 90 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1877

McAllister v. Kuhn

McAllister v. Kuhn. 1. Upon .a writ of error to reverse a judgment by default, such defects in the declaration or complaint as could have been taken advantage of before judgment by general demurrer may be brought under review. 2. If the jud

96 U.S. 87 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. McCain

Insurance Company v. McCain. 1 An insurance company cannot hold oi^t a person as its agent, and then disavow responsibility for his acts. Persons 'dealing with him in the particular business for which he was appointed have a right to rely u

96 U.S. 84 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Meister v. Moore

Meister v. Moore. 1. A marriage valid at common law is valid, notwithstanding the statutes of the State where it is contracted prescribe directions respecting its formation and solemnization, unless they contain express words of nullity. 2.

96 U.S. 76 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Tennessee v. Sneed

Tennessee v. Sneed. 1. The legislature of a State do.es: not.impair- the obligation of a contract by-enlarging, limiting, or altering the modes of proceeding for enforcing it, provided that the remedy be not withheld, nor embarrassed with c

96 U.S. 69 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Civil Rights 1877

Turnpike Co. v. Illinois

Turnpike Company v. Illinois. 1. By analogy to the rule of the common law, that a grant to a natural person, without words of inheritance, creates only an estate for his life, a grant of a franchise, without words of perpetuity, to a corpor

96 U.S. 63 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1877

Cromwell v. County of Sac

Cromwell v. County of Sac. County of Sac v. Cromwell. 1. An overdue and unpaid coupon for interest, attached to a municipal bond which has several years to run, does not render the bond and the subsequently maturing coupons dishonored paper

96 U.S. 51 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

United States v. Clark

United States v. Clark. 1. When the Court'of Claims, sends here as part of its finding all the. evidence on which a fact essential to the judgment there rendered was found, from which it appears that there was no legal evidence to establish

96 U.S. 37 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1877

United States v. State Bank

United States v. State Bank. 1 Where a trust-fund has been perverted, the cestui que trust can follow it at law' . as far as it can be traced. 2. The United States cannot, against the claim of an innocent party, hold his money which has gon

96 U.S. 30 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Jones v. United States

Jones v. United States. 1. In an executory contract for the manufacture of goods, and their delivery on a specified day, no right of property passes to the vendee; and, time being of the essence of the contract, he is not hound to accept an

96 U.S. 24 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1877

Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

Pensacola Telegraph Company v. Western Union Telegraph Company. 1. The powers 'conferred upon Congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, and to establish post-offices and post-roads, are not confined to

96 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1877

Alexandria v. Fairfax

Alexandria v. Fairfax. 1. Every corporation has officers, who speak and act for it by authority ol law; and some one of them, either by an express statutory provision, or by the nature of his functions, is the proper person on whom the proc

95 U.S. 774 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

United States v. County of Clark

United States v. County of Clark. 1. A mandamus enforces the exercise of an existing'pow'er, but does not confer po.wer upon those to whom it is directed. 2. Where bonds were not issued prior .to Jan. 1, 1874, by a county court in Missouri,

95 U.S. 769 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Yeatman v. Savings Institution

Yeatman v. Savings Institution. 1. Except where, within a prescribed period before the commencement of proceedings in bankruptcy, an attachment has been sued out against the property of the bankrupt, or where his disposition of his property

95 U.S. 764 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1877

United States v. Moore

United States v. Moore. 1., TKe words, “ after date of appointment ” and “ from such áate,” which occur in sect. 1556 of the Revised Statutes, fixing the annual pay of passed assistant-surgeons of the navy, refer not to the original entry o

95 U.S. 760 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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