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Outcome n/a Tax Law 1877

County of Cass v. Johnston

County of Cass v. Johnston. 1. The provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Missouri, entitled “ An Act to facilitate the construction of railroads in the State of Missouri,” approved March 23, 1868, commonly known as the “ Township

95 U.S. 360 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Alvord v. United States

Alvord v. United States. 1. The presentation of a claim for compensation for carrying the mails, to the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, with whom all the business in relation to the claim had been previously transacted, is, in contempl

95 U.S. 356 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1877

Cochrane v. Deener

Cochrane v. Deener. The court declines to vacate its decree rendered at the last term in Cochrane v. Deener, 94 IT. S. 780, but holds that third parties, whose interests are opposed to the Cochrane patents which were in controversy in that

95 U.S. 355 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Sessions v. Johnson

Sessions v. Johnson. On April 5, 1870, A., in order to secure B. as his indorser, made a mortgage of •certain property. This mortgage the latter, on the thirteenth of that month, assigned to C., to secure a debt due him. Oct, 4, A. made a s

95 U.S. 347 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Merchants' National Bank v. Cook

Merchants’ National Bank v. Cook. 1. The court, upon consideration of the facts in this case, holds 'that it appears that an insolvent.debtor transferred certain securities to his creditor with a view to give him-a fraudulent preference, an

95 U.S. 342 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Bergdoll v. Pollock

Bergdoll v. Pollock. 1. A manufacturer of fermented liquors, from whom taxes had heen collected under a second assessment, was, in order to recover them, required by the act of July 13,1866 (14 Stat. Ill, Rev. Stat., sect. 3226), to show th

95 U.S. 337 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1877

United States v. Babbitt

United States v. Babbitt. 1. Where, under the acts of Eeb. 11, 1847 (9 Stat. 125), Sept. 28, 1850. (id. 520), March 22, 1852 (10 id. 3), and March 3, 1855 (1Ó id. 635), military bounty-land warrants were located on public land, subject to p

95 U.S. 334 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Wolff

Insurance Company v. Wolff. 1. .A took out a policy of insurance upon the life of her husband. The premium was payable annually on the first day of November. The policy stipulated • for the payment of the amount of the insurance within sixt

95 U.S. 326 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Shields v. Ohio

Shields v. Ohio. 1. The consolidation, pursuant to the statute of Ohio of April 10, 1866 (4 Cur-wen, 2791), of two or more railway companies works their dissolution. All the powers and franchises of the nevv company which is thereby formed

95 U.S. 319 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Hart v. United States

Hart v. United States. 1. The ruling in Osborne v. United States, 19 Wall. 577, reaffirmed, and applied to this case. 2. The United States is not responsible for the laches or the wrongful acts of its officers; and, where it takes an offici

95 U.S. 316 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1877

Ould v. Washington Hospital for Foundlings

Ould v. Washington Hospital for Foundlings. 1. A., by his last will and testament, admitted to probate June 22, 1864, devised certain lots of ground-in the District of Columbia to two trustees, “ and the ■ survivor of fliem, and the-heirs,

95 U.S. 303 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1877

Transportation Line v. Hope

Transportation Line v. Hope. 1. Tlie testimony, of experts is admissible in determining an issue involving a question of nautical skill. 2. Although a transportation company, engaged in towing a barge from one point to another, does not occ

95 U.S. 297 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1877

Pearson v. Yewdall

Pearson v. Yewdall. 1. Where a writ of error is defective in the statement of the parties thereto, the right to amend is not absolute, under sect. 1005, Rev. Stat.; but the court, in its discretion, may. allow the requisite amendment. to be

95 U.S. 294 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1877

Beckwith v. Talbot

Beckwith v. Talbot. 1. It is not an absolute rule that collateral papers, made by a party, which are adduced in evidence against him to supply the want of his signature to a written agreement, required by the Statute of Frauds to be “ subsc

95 U.S. 289 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1877

Cambuston v. United States

Cambuston v. United States. The District Court, in the exercise of its jurisdiction, under an act entitled “An Act to ascertain and settle the private land claims in the State of California,” approved March 3, 1857 (9 Stat. 631), rendered a

95 U.S. 285 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1877

Railway Co. v. Stewart

Railway Company v. Stewart. 1.‘The court, in construing .the contract between the parties -to this suit, holds that the company is not bound to deliver the stipulated new bonds until all the construction bonds which are still outstanding sh

95 U.S. 279 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1877

Keystone Bridge Co. v. Phœnix Iron Co.

Keystone Bridge Company v. Phœnix Iron Company. 1. The manufacture of round or cylindrical bars flattened and drilled at the eye, for use in the lower chords of iron truss bridges, is not an infringeihent of . letters-patent for an improvem

95 U.S. 274 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Dutcher

Insurance Company v. Dutcher. The court holds that the assured, having elected to discontinue the payment of premiums, is entitled to a paid-up policy pro tanto, without paying her note to the company for part premiums, but that the note wi

95 U.S. 269 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1877

Nimick v. Coleman

Nimick v. Coleman. An appeal does not lie to this court from the decree of a circuit court dismissingj in the exercise of its supervisory jurisdiction under the bankrupt law, an appeal^ from a district court, and affirming the order appeale

95 U.S. 266 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Intellectual Property 1877

Colorado Co. v. Commissioners

Colorado Company v. Commissioners. Where an act of Congress confirms a Mexican grant of five hundred thousand acres.to the extent of eleven square leagues, to be selected within the limits of .the claim, according to the lines of the public

95 U.S. 259 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1877

Milner v. Meek

Milner v. Meek. 1. An appeal, where the amount in controversy is sufficient, lies to this court from a decree rendered by the Circuit Court, in the exercise of its appellate jurisdiction, in a suit wherein a bill in equity against the credi

95 U.S. 252 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Insurance Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Haven

Insurance Company v. Haven. The owner'in fee of land and of the buildings thereon, to whom has been issued a policy of fire insurance, which provides that “ if tlie interest of the assured in the property be any other than the entire, uncon

95 U.S. 242 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Rodel

Insurance Company v. Rodel. 1. By a policy'upon, the life of A., for the benefit of his wife, an insurance company promised to pay her a certain sum, " for her sole and separate use and benefit, ninety days after due notice and satisfactory

95 U.S. 232 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Insurance Law 1877

Insurance Co. v. Express Co.

Insurance Company v. Express Company. A policy, issued to an express company, insuring goods and merchandise in its care for transportation while on board cars or other conveyances, contained the following provision : “ It is a further cond

95 U.S. 227 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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