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Affirmed Tax Law 1877

United States v. Two Hundred Barrels of Whiskey

United States v. Two Hundred Barrels of Whiskey. 1. Distilled spirits, owned by’and found upon the premises-of a rectifier or wholc- . sale liquor-dealer, cannot be seized as forfeited to the United States, under sect. 96 of the “ Act impos

95 U.S. 571 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1877

Eddy v. Dennis

Eddy v. Dennis. Dennis v. Eddy. 1. In reissued letters-patent No. 1515, granted to Paul Dennis Aug. 4, 1863, for a new and useful improvement in cultivators, the second claim in the specification is for a combination of the beam and the mou

95 U.S. 560 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

West St. Louis Savings Bank v. Shawnee County Bank

West St. Louis Savings Bank v. Shawnee County Bank. The cashier of a bank is not, by reason of ,his official position, presumed to have the power to bind it as an accommodation indorser on his individual note; and the payee who fails to pro

95 U.S. 557 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1877

Morrow v. Whitney

Morrow v. Whitney. 1. When an act of Congress, confirming a claim to land, contains a proviso that the confirmation shall not include any lands occupied by the United States for military purposes, the fact of such occupancy can be establish

95 U.S. 551 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Insurance Companies v. Thompson

Insurance Companies v. Thompson. Certain insurance companies insured T. & Co. against loss or damage by fire “ upon whiskey, their own or held by them on a commission, including government tax thereon for Which they may be liable.” They wer

95 U.S. 547 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1877

Clark v. United States

Clark v. United States. 1. The act of Congress approved June. 2,1862 (12 Stat. 411), which makes it the duty of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Interior to require every contract made by them severa

95 U.S. 539 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

United States v. Smith

United States v. Smith. The act of Congress approved June 7, 1872 (17 .Stat. 262), does not apply to the shipping of seamen upon vessels engaged only in and for voyages coastwise between Atlantic port's of the United States. ' Certificate o

95 U.S. 536 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

United States v. The "Grace Lothrop"

United States v. The “Grace Lothrop.” The agreement, in writing or in print, which, with certain exceptions, the master of a vessel, bound from a port in the United States to any foreign port, is ’ required, before proceeding on his voyage,

95 U.S. 527 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1877

Beecher v. Wetherby

Beecher v. Wetherby. 3. It was an unalterable condition of the admission of Wisconsin into the Union, that, of tlie public lands in the State, section 16 in every township, which, had not been sold or otherwise disposed of, should be grante

95 U.S. 517 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1877

Hall v. DeCuir

Hall v. DeCuir. The Supreme Court of Louisiana having decided that an act of the General Assembly, approved Eeb'. 23, 1869, entitled “ An Act to enforce the thirteenth article of the Constitution of this State, and to regulate the licenses

95 U.S. 485 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Brown v. Spofford

Brown v. Spofford. 1. Where, at the time of making and indorsing a promissory note, a written contract in relation thereto is entered into by the parties, paroj testimony varying or contradicting its terms is not admissible. 2. The court re

95 U.S. 474 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1877

Railroad Co. v. Husen

Railroad Company v. Husen. 1. The statute of Missouri which prohibits driving or conveying any Texas, Mexican, or Indian cattle into the State, between the first day of March . and the first day of November in each year, is in conflict with

95 U.S. 465 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1877

Pound v. Turck

Pound v. Turck. 1. In the absence of legislation by Congress bearing on the case, a statute of a State which authorizes the erection of a dam across a navigable river which is wholly within her limits is not unconstitutional. 2. A party is

95 U.S. 459 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1877

Williams v. Morris

Williams v. Morris. 1. Under the laws of Maryland prevailing in the District of Columbia, an interest in lands made by livery and seisin only, or by parol, except leases not exceeding the term of three years, has only the force and effect o

95 U.S. 444 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1877

Railroad Co. v. Jones

Railroad Company v. Jones. 1. Negligence may consist in either failing to do what, under the circumstances, a reasonable and prudent man would ordinarily have done, or in doing what he would not have done. 2. A. was one of a party Of men em

95 U.S. 439 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

Beard v. Burts

Beard v. Burts. 1. The acts of Congress, respectively approved March 3, 1863 (12 Stat. 756), and May 11, 1866 (14 id. 46), extend protection to all persons for act3 they committed in subordination to the military authorities engaged in cond

95 U.S. 434 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Davis

Insurance Company v. Davis. 1. New York Life Insurance Company v. Statham et al., 93 U. S. 24, reaffirmed. 2. Where, as in this ease, the legal effect of a policy of insurance is that the premiums shall be' paid to. the company at- its domi

95 U.S. 425 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Turnbull v. Payson

Turnbull v. Payson. 1. The court again decides that, where a corporation is adjudged a bankrupt, the , proper District Court of the United States, in order to provide means for pile payment of the debts of the corporation, may direct an.ass

95 U.S. 418 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

United States v. Gillis

United States v. Gillis. 1. The act entitled “An Act to prevent frauds upon the treasury of the United States,” approved Eeb. 26,1853 (10 Stat. 170), embraces every claim against the government, however arising, of whatever, nature, and whe

95 U.S. 407 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Briges v. Sperry

Briges v. Sperry. 1. Where the record shows that a suit brought in a State court was, on the petition of the defendant, and by reason of the character of the parties, duly removed 'to the proper Circuit Court of the-United States, the juris

95 U.S. 401 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1877

Thompson v. Maxwell

Thompson v. Maxwell. 1. None but parties and privies can have a bill of review; and it will not lie where the decree in question was passed by consent. 2. A decree for carrying out a settlement and compromise of a suit, if obtained without

95 U.S. 391 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Higginbotham

Insurance Company v. Higginbotham. 1. A policy of life insurance, dated July 16, 1869, stipulated for the payment of' the annual premium, on or before twelve o’clock on the sixteenth day of July in every year; and provided that, in case it

95 U.S. 380 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

County of Cass v. Shores

County of Cass v. Shores. The order of the county court of Cass County,’“Mo., entered upon its recoras Oct. 20, 1871 (infra, p. 377), authorized the execution of the bonds sued on, and they are, in the hands of an innocent holder for value,

95 U.S. 375 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

County of Cass v. Jordan

County of Cass v. Jordan. The court adheres to its rulings in County of Cass v. Johnston, supra, p. 360.' Error to the Circuit Court of the United States^ for the Western District of Missouri. The coupons sued on by Jordan are from bonds is

95 U.S. 373 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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