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Affirmed Civil Rights 1878

Brooklyn v. Insurance Co.

Brooklyn v. Insurance Company. 1. Where the authorities of a town in Illinois, being thereunto emjsowered, subscribed in its behalf for stock in a railroad company, and issued its coupon bonds in payment therefor, the town, when sued by a b

99 U.S. 362 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1878

Denver v. Roane

Denver v. Roane. 1. A., B., and C., who were partners as attorneys and counsellors-at-law, agreed that the general partnership between them should terminate March 18, 1869; that thereafter no new business should be received by the firm, and

99 U.S. 355 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1878

Hoge v. Railroad Co.

Hoge v. Railroad Company. 1. Iu 1850, the legislature of South Carolina incorporated the Air Line' Railroad Company, with power to construct a road between certain points, and to equip, use, and enjoy the same, with all the rights, privileg

99 U.S. 348 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1878

Sage v. Central Railroad

Sage v. Central Railroad Company. 1. In tlio mortgage of a railroad it was covenanted and agreed by all the parties thereto, that, in ease of a foreclosure sale of the mortgaged property under a decree, the trustee named in the mortgage sho

99 U.S. 334 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1878

Bank v. Partee

Bank v. Partee. A., a married woman, offered to pay one-half of her indebtedness in land in B. County, Mississippi, at $10 per acre, and give her notes secured by mortgage or her land in C. County, in that State, for the remainder. A large

99 U.S. 325 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1878

University v. People

University v. People. A statute of Illinois, passed in 1855, declares that all the property of the Northwestern University sln.ll be for ever free from taxation. As construed by the assessors and by the Supreme Court of the State, a statute

99 U.S. 309 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Personal Injury 1878

Phelps v. McDonald

Phelps v. McDonald. 1. A., a British subject resident in this country, was duly declared a bankrupt by the proper district court, Dec. 10,1868, and the conveyance of his estate was in the usual form made by the register to an assignee. At t

99 U.S. 298 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1878

Myrick v. Thompson

Myrick v. Thompson. Bj' the ninth article of the treaty of Prairie du Chien, proclaimed Beb. 24,1831 (7 Stat. 330), a certain tract of country in the then Territory of Minnesota was reserved for Sioux half-breeds, “ they holding by the same

99 U.S. 291 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1878

Tice v. United States

Tice v. United States. The Secretary of the Treasury having been authorized by seet. 15 of the act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat. 481), to “adopt, procure, and prescribe” meters to be used by distillers, adopted the meter of A., April 18, 1867.

99 U.S. 286 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1878

Transportation Co. v. Wheeling

Transportation Company v. Wheeling. Steamboats which ply between different ports on a navigable river.may, under a State statute, be taxed as personal property by the city where the company owning them has its principal office, and- which i

99 U.S. 273 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

United States v. Pugh

United States v. Pugh. 1. The act of March 12, 1863 (12 Stat. 820), relative to abandoned and captured property, as extended by the act of July 2, 1864 (13 id. 375), authorizes the recovery in the Court of Clafins of the proceeds of propert

99 U.S. 265 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1878

Campbell v. Rankin

Campbell v. Rankin. 1. An affidavit for the continuance of a cause does not become a part of the record, so that effect can be given to it during the trial, unless it is properly introduced as evidence for some legitimate purpose by one of

99 U.S. 261 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1878

Huidekoper v. Locomotive Works

Huidekoper v. Locomotive Works. The ruling in Fosdick v. Schall (supra, p. 235), that the funds in the hands of a receiver of a railroad appointed in a suit to foreclose a mortgage executed by the company must be applied to the satisfaction

99 U.S. 258 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1878

Fosdick v. Car Co.

Fosdick v. Car Company. The ruling in Fosdick v. Schall (supra, p. 235), that where a contract between A. and a railroad company for furnishing it cars provides that they shall be his property until paid for, a pre-existing mortgage by the

99 U.S. 256 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1878

Fosdick v. Schall

Fosdick v. Schall. On Feb. 1, 1873, a railroad company in Illinois entered into a contract with A., whereby he agreed to sell and deliver to it, at a price payable in instalments, a number of cars, which, until they should be paid for, were

99 U.S. 235 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1878

King v. United States

King v. United States. 1. Where a tax long past due to the United States has been paid to tire collector of internal revenue, he and his sureties are, liable therefor, although the amount so paid had not then been returned to the assessor’s

99 U.S. 229 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1878

United States v. Glab

United States v. Glab. 1. Brewers are included withjn the prohibition of the statute (14 Stat. 113; Rev. Stat., sect. 3232) that no person, firm, company, or corporation shall be engaged in or carry on any trade, business, or'profession unt

99 U.S. 225 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1878

Farrell v. United States

Farrell v. United States. Debt on a bond given, under sect. 23 of the act of July 20,1868 (15 Stat. 135), by a distiller with sureties, conditioned to be void if the obligors paid, the taxes on the spirits deposited in the warehouse before

99 U.S. 221 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1878

Supervisors v. Galbraith

Supervisors v. Galbraith. 1. An act of the legislature of Mississippi, approved Feb. 10,1860, authorized the county of Calhoun, among others, to subscribe to the capital stock of a railroad company, provided that at an election in the count

99 U.S. 214 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Estate Planning & Probate 1878

Vansant v. Gas-Light Co.

Vansant v. Gas-Light Company. Unless allowed in open court during the term at which the decree was rendered, an appeal will be dismissed, if no citation has been issued and the appellee does not appear. Motion to dismiss for want of citatio

99 U.S. 213 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

Godden v. Kimmell

Godden v. Kimmell. In cases of concurrent jurisdiction, courts of equity consider themselves bound by the statutes of limitation which govern courts of law ; in many other cases they act upon the analogy of the limitations at law; but even

99 U.S. 201 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1878

Express Co. v. Railroad Co.

Express Company v. Railroad Company. A contract between A., a'railroad company, and B., an express company, stipulated that B. should lend A. §20,000, to be expended in repairing and equipping its road, and that A. should grant to B. the ne

99 U.S. 191 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1878

Ketchum v. Buckley

Ketchum v. Buckley. ‘Where the President, at the close of hostilities, appointed a military governor of one of the States, the people whereof had been in rebellion against the United States, — Held, that such appointment did not change the

99 U.S. 188 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1878

Atwood v. Weems

Atwood v. Weems. 1. The right, under sect. 821 of the Eevised Statutes, to require the panel of the jurors called to serve for a term to take the oath therein prescribed, or to be discharged from the panel, is limited to the district attorn

99 U.S. 183 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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