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Foster v. Mora
Foster v. Mora. In ejectment in the courts of the United States the strict legal title prevails. ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Edmond L.
States v. Baltimore
United States v. Baltimore. A mere permission by the commandant to settle on land in Florida, not followed by a grant or by other evidence of title under the Spanish government, will • not sustain a claim in a suit in the District Court, br
Scull v. States
Scull v. United States. 1. The act entitled “ An Act for the final adjustment of private land-claims in the States of Florida, Louisiana, and Missouri,” approved June 22, 1860 (12 Stat. 85), provides for presenting all such claims in Florid
Boom Co. v. Patterson
Boom Company v. Patterson. 1. The United States cannot interfere with the exercise by the State of her right of eminent domain in taking for public use land, within her limits, which is private property. But when the inquiry whether the con
Railroad Co. v. Grant
Railroad Company v. Grant. The jurisdiction conferred upon this court by sect. 847 of the Revised Statutes relating to the District of Columbia was taken away by the act of Congress approved Feb. 25,1879, which enacts that a judgment or a d
States v. New Orleans
United States v. New Orleans. 1. The legislative branch of the government has the exclusive power of taxation, but may delegate it to municipal corporations. 2. When such corporations are created, the power of taxation is vested in them as
Cleveland Insurance v. Globe Insurance
Cleveland Insurance Company v. Globe Insurance Company. 1. The decision in Sandusky v. National Bank (23 Wall. 289) and Hill v. Thompson (94 U. S. 322), that this court cannot review the action of the Circuit Court in the exercise of its su
Railroad Co. v. Georgia
Railroad Company v. Georgia. 1. A provision of the statutory code of Georgia which took effect Jan. 1, 1863, enacts that private corporations are subject to be changed, modified, or destroyed at the will of the creator, except so far as the
States v. Hall
United States v. Hall. Congress has, under the Constitution, power to declare that the embezzlement or fraudulent conversion to his own use by a guardian of the money which he, on behalf of his wards, has received from the government as a p
States v. Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
United States v. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company. 1. The grant of lands made to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, by the act of July 2,1864 (13 Stat. 356), embraced ten odd-numbered sections per mile, to be
Bank v. McVeigh
Bank v. McVeigh. A Federal question is not presented by the decision of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia, that by the general principles of commercial law, if, during the late civil war, an indorser of a promissory note
Blake v. Hawkins
Blake v. Hawkins. 1. An appointment under a power is an intent to appoint carried out, and, if made by tbe last will and testament of the donee of the power, the intent, although not expressly declared, may be determined by the gifts and di
Little Rock v. National Bank
Little Rock v. National Bank. A city issued its bonds, engraved with vignettes on bank-note paper, of various denominations, ranging from §1 to §100, and having the form and appearance of treasury notes of the United States or bank-bills, a
Beckwith v. Bean
Beckwith v. Bean. A., who was an officer of the army, and acting as a provost-marshal in Vermont, arrested B., during the rebellion, on the charge of aiding and abetting deserters from the army. At the time of making the arrest, A. had no w
Bowen v. Chase
Bowen v. Chase. 1. The court- adheres to its ruling in Bowen v. Chase (94 U. S. 812), touching the title to certain lands whereof Stephen Jumel was sometime the owner, which were conveyed upon certain trusts to the separate use of Eliza Bro
Gifford v. Helms
Gifford v. Helms. Purchasers from an assignee in bankruptcy of property transferable to or vested in him as such, cannot maintain a suit in equity asserting their title to such property against persons claiming adverse rights therein, if, a
Slaughter v. Glenn
Slaughter v. Glenn. 1. Lands in Texas belonging to a married woman are termed in that State her “separate property,” and she has in equity all the power to dispose of them which could be'given to her by the amplest deed of settlement. 2. Du
Ex parte Schwab
Ex parte Schwab. 1. A mandamus cannot be used to perform the office of an appeal or a writ of error. 2. Where a suit was brought in the Circuit Court by assignees in bankruptcy', praying that a transfer of personal property by the bankrupt
Andreae v. Redfield
Andreae v. Redfield. Importations were made by A. and others, whereon they paid under protest certain duties unlawfully exacted by B., collector of customs. The latter, when sued for the excess of duties, pleaded the Statute of Limitations;
Elcox v. Hill
Elcox v. Hill. 1. A. brought an action against the keeper of a public hotel in Illinois to recover the value of a stock of jewelry, worth $6,300, which he had in his travellingbags at the hotel while he was there as a guest. One of them was
Snyder v. Sickles
Snyder v. Sickles. A Spanish grant of land situate in the district of St. Louis, made May 12, 1785, which this court, in Stanford y. Taylor (18 How. 409), decided did not, without a survey, attach to any specific tract, was in 1811 confirme
Stewart v. Sonneborn
Stewart v. Sonneborn. 1. To sustain an action for malicious prosecution, the failure of the proceedings against the plaintiff must be averred and proved; but such failure is not evidence of the defendant’s malice or want of probable cause i
McKnight v. States
McKnight v. United States. United States v. McKnight. 1. Where a claim against the United States was allowed by the proper officers of the treasury, and a part thereof paid to the assignees of the claimant, upon his receipt for the whole su
Orvis v. Powell
Orvis v. Powell. 1. Where lands have been mortgaged, and parcels thereof subsequently sold at different times to different purchasers, the order in which such parcels shall be subjected to the satisfaction of the mortgage is, where the rule
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