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Outcome n/a 1879

Follansbee v. Ballard Paving Co.

FOLLANSBEE v. BALLARD PAVING CO. APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE J>r,STRICT OP COLUMBIA. No. 102. Argued December 10 and 11, 1879. Decided December 15, 1879. The decree from which this appeal was taken was not a final decree. Mr. Willi

154 U.S. 651 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Gurnee v. Blair

GURNEE v. BLAIR. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. No. 988. Submitted December 1, 1879. Decided December 8, 1879. Railroad Company v. Blair, 100 U. S. 661, followed. Mr. S. Corning Jud

154 U.S. 659 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Lammers v. Nissen

LAMMERS v. NISSEN. . ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA. No. 72. Argued and submitted November 17, 1879. Decided November 24, 1879. When the District Court in a State has given a judgment which involves the finding of a fac

154 U.S. 650 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

North v. McDonald

NORTH v. McDONALD error to the supreme court of the territory OF WYOMING. No. 41. Submitted November 4, 1879. Decided November 10, 1879. On the case made by the pleadings the court will not disturb the judgment below. Mr. C. W. Bramel and M

154 U.S. 649 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Bank of Republic v. Millard

BANK OF THE REPUBLIC v. MILLARD. ERROR to the supreme COURT OF THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA. No. 240. Submitted October 27,1879. Decided November 3, 1879. Railroad Co. v. Grant, 98 U. S. 398, followed. Motion to dismiss. The case is stated in t

154 U.S. 656 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Howard v. Railway Co.

Howard v. Railway Company. Where judgments were rendered against a railway company in Wisconsin, and the assignee of the older one,' in order to enforce his lien, filed his bill against another company, who, under claim of right, had obtain

101 U.S. 837 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Railroad Co. v. Turrill

Railroad Company v. Turrill. Where, in a suit alleging the infringement of the complainant’s letters-patent, and praying an account of profits, a decree, passed in his favor, for a certain sum, was on appeal afiirmed here, with “ interest u

101 U.S. 836 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Railroad Co. v. Alabama

Railroad Company v. Alabama. 1. Railroad Company v. Tennessee (supra, p. 337) cited and approved. 2. Where the statute of Alabama subjecting her to suit in her courts was in force' at the time when a contract with her was made and a suit th

101 U.S. 832 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1879

United States v. Clamorgan

United States v. Clamorgan. Clamorgan v. United States. 1. The court reaffirms its rulings in Scull v. United States (98 U. S. 410) as to the nature of the title whereon a suit, can, under sect. 11 of the act of June 30, ■ 1860 (12 Stat. 85

101 U.S. 822 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Civil Rights 1879

Stone v. Mississippi

Stone v. Mississippi. 1. In 1867, the legislature of Mississippi granted a charter to a lottery company for twenty-five years in consideration of a stipulated sum in cash, an annual payment of a further sum, and a percentage of receipts fro

101 U.S. 814 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Duncan v. Gegan

Duncan v. Gegan. 1. The proceedings had in a cause are not vacated by its removal from a State court to the Circuit Court. 2. Where the relative priority of certain mortgages had been determined on appeal by the Supreme Court of the State,

101 U.S. 810 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Trenier v. Stewart

Trenier v. Stewart. The concession of certain lands now within the State of Alabama, confirmed to Nicholas Baudin Sept. 15,1713, by the then governor of Louisiana (infra, p. 798), was a complete grant to the donee, and vested in him a perfe

101 U.S. 797 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1879

Wright v. Nagle

Wright v. Nagle. 1. This court follows the decision of thé Supreme Court of Georgia, that authority to grant the franchise of establishing and maintaining a toll-bridge over a river where it crosses a public highway in that State, is vested

101 U.S. 791 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

Powers v. Comly

Powers v. Comly. Opium, the product of Persia, imported to the United States from a country west of the Cape of Good Hope, is subject to the additional duty of ten per cent ad valorem imposed by the third section of the act of June 6,1872.

101 U.S. 789 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Young v. Bradley

Young v. Bradley. 1. Whatever may be the term? creating a trust estate, its nature and duration are governed by the requirements of the trust. 2. A. died in 1867. By his last will and testament he devised his entire estate to B., in-trust,

101 U.S. 782 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1879

Litchfield v. County of Webster

Litchfield v. County of Webster. County of Webster v. Litchfield. 1. Wólsey v. Chapman (supra, p. 755) reaffirmed. 2. This court adhering to the construction given by the Supreme Court of Iowa to the revenue laws of-that State touching the

101 U.S. 773 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Settled Business & Corporate Law 1879

Wolsey v. Chapman

Wolsey v. Chapman. 1. It has been settled in this court that the .title of the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company to the lands donated to the State of Iowa for the improvement Of the 'Des Moines River by the act of Aug. 8, 1846 (9 S

101 U.S. 755 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

Goddard v. Ordway

Goddard v. Ordway. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia affirmed a decree and allowed án appeal therefrom which was not perfected. A motion, whereof the adverse par.ty had due notice, was thereupon made and entered on the minutes t

101 U.S. 745 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1879

Stewart v. Platt

Stewart v. Platt. 1. A mortgage of goods and chattels in the State of New York, which is not accompanied by an immediate delivery and followed by an actual and continued possession of them, is void as against the creditors of the mortgagors

101 U.S. 731 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Meyer v. Hornby

Meyer v. Hornby. 1. The ruling in Brooks v. Railway Company {supra, p. 443), that work done by a contractor upon a part of a railroad then in procéss of construction entitles his lien, under the laws of Iowa, to precedence over that of a pr

101 U.S. 728 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1879

United States v. Kimball

United States v. Kimball. 1. A collector of internal revenue, when sued on his bond for the balance of taxes charged to him under sect. 3218, Rev. Stat., is entitled to a credit for all uncollected taxes he transferred to his successor, if

101 U.S. 726 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1879

Phillips v. Gilbert

Phillips v. Gilbert. 1. A mechanic, pursuant to his contract with the owner of certain lots in the city of Washington, erected a row of buildings upon them. Held, that he did not lose his lien because his notice claimed it upon the property

101 U.S. 721 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Ex parte Railway Co.

Ex parte Railway Company. 1. This court will not by mandamus revise the action of inferior courts acting • within the scope of their authority touching any matter about which they must exercise their judicial discretion. 2. A petition was p

101 U.S. 711 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Civil Rights 1879

Moulor v. Insurance Co.

Moulor v. Insurance Company. In an action upon a life policy, where the defence is set up that some of the answers to the interrogatories contained in the application for insurance are untrue, and the evidence is conflicting, the court shou

101 U.S. 708 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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