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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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