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Remanded Employment Law 1878

United States v. Mora

United States v. Mora. 3. The third section of the act of May 20,1862 (12 Stat. 404), authorized the’ Secretary of the Treasury to require reasonable security that goods should not be transported in vessels to any place under insurrectionar

97 U.S. 413 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

Four Packages v. United States

Four Packages v. United States. 1. On the arrival of the steamship " Hansa ” at her pier or dock at Hoboken, N. J., certain packages were, without a permit or the knowledge of the customs inspectors, unladen by her officers as the baggage o

97 U.S. 404 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1878

Kihlberg v. United States

Kihlberg v. United States. A contract between the United States and A., for the transportation by him of stores between certain points, provided that the distance should be “ ascertained and fixed by the chief quartermaster,” and that A. sh

97 U.S. 398 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1878

Erwin v. United States

Erwin v. United States. 1. Where cotton was captured by the military forces of the United States and sold, and the proceeds were paid into the treasury, the claim of the owner against the government constitutes property, and passes to his a

97 U.S. 392 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

Nauvoo v. Ritter

Nauvoo v. Ritter. 1. In Illinois, a copy of the written instrument on which the action is founded must be filed with the declaration, and it constitutes part of the pleadings in the case. 2. Where bonds issued by a municipal corporation, ha

97 U.S. 389 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1878

Pettigrew v. United States

Pettigrew v. United States. 1. An action by the United States, to recover the proceeds arising from sales of tobacco, which, found in the hands of the defendant, a bailee, was seized as forfeited for the non-payment of the tax due thereon,

97 U.S. 385 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1878

Burgess v. Salmon

Burgess v. Salmon. In the forenoon of March 3,1875, A. stamped, sold, and removed for consumption or use from the place of manufacture certain tobacco, which, under sect. 3368 of the Revised Statutes, was subject to a tax of twenty cents pe

97 U.S. 381 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1878

Work v. Leathers

Work v. Leathers. 1. Where the owner of a vessel charters her, there arises, unless the contrary be shown, an implied contract on his part that she is seaworthy and suitable for tlie service in which she is to be employed. He is, therefore,

97 U.S. 379 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1878

Commissioners v. Bank of Commerce

Commissioners v. Bank of Commerce. In an action on cei 1am coupons originally attached to bonds issued by tbe county of Pickens, South Carolina, the holder of them made as sole defendants to his complaint certain persons whom he named “as c

97 U.S. 374 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1878

Telegraph Co. v. Davenport

Telegraph Company v. Davenport. Telegraph Company v. Davenport. 1. The officers of a corporation are the custodians of its books; and it is their duty to see that a transfer of shares of its capital stock is properly made, either by the own

97 U.S. 369 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

Arthur v. Moller

Arthur v. Moller. Certain chromo-lithographs, printed from oil-stones upon paper, and known as decaleomanie pictures, were imported. Held, that they were, as printed papers, subject, under sect. 2504 of the Revised Statutes, to a duty of tw

97 U.S. 365 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1878

Stewart v. Salamon

Stewart v. Salamon. An appeal from the decree which the Circuit Court passed in exact accordance with the mandate of this court upon a previous appeal will, upon the motion of the appellee, be dismissed with costs. Motion to dismiss an appe

97 U.S. 361 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1878

United States v. Atchison, Topeka &c. Railroad

UNITED STATES v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA &c. RAILROAD CO. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. No. 875. Submitted February 20, 1878. Decided April 8, 1878. The mandate of this court in this case was fully complied with by the Court of Claims. The case

154 U.S. 637 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Vance

INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD CO. v. VANCE. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. No. 897. Argued February 1, 1878. Decided April 1, 1878. Railroad Co. v. Vance, 96 U. S. 450, followed

154 U.S. 638 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1878

Clark v. Beecher

CLARK v. BEECHER. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. No. 214. Argued February 8, 1878. Decided March 25, 1878. A decree setting aside a conveyance by a bankrupt to his wife as fraudulen

154 U.S. 631 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

Corry v. Campbell

CORRY v. CAMPBELL. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OHIO. No 187. Argued February 12, 1878. Decided February 18, 1878. Affirmed on the authority of Davidson v‘. New Orleans, 96TJ. S. 97. Mr. John W. Okey, Mr. Thos. L. Young and Mr

154 U.S. 629 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1878

Strong v. United States

STRONG v. UNITED STATES. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. No. 67. Submitted January 14, 1878. Decided February 11, 1878. . By the terms of a charter party to tlie United States, the owner of a vessel undertook to keep her tight, staunch, st

154 U.S. 632 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law 1878

Northwestern Life Insurance v. Martin

NORTHWESTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. MARTIN. SAME v. WELLBORN. ERROR to THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES' FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE.' Nos. 1009 and 1008. Submitted December 17, 1877. Decided January 7, 1878. Thompson v. Butl

154 U.S. 640 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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