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Dauterive v. United States

Dauterive v. United States. 1. Where a petition was filed under the eleventh section of an act entitled. “ An Act for the final adjustment of private land claims in the States of Elorida, Louisiana, and Missouri” (12 Stat. 85), praying for

101 U.S. 700 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1879

Anthony v. County of Jasper

Anthony v. County of Jasper. 1. The act of the General Assembly of Missouri, entitled “An Act to provide for the registration of bonds issued by counties, cities, and incorporated towns, and to limit the issue thereof,” approved March 30,18

101 U.S. 693 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Case v. Beauregard

Case v. Beauregard. 1. A. filed his bill claiming that he, as a creditor of a commercial firm, all the members of which were insolvent, had a prior lien or privilege upon the partnership property which had been transferred by them in paymen

101 U.S. 688 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Civil Rights 1879

Douglass v. County of Pike

Douglass v. County of Pike. 1. The court reviews the legislation and judicial decisions of Missouri, whereby the constitutionality of an act of the General Assembly, entitled.“ An Act to facilitate the construction of railroads in the State

101 U.S. 677 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1879

Scipio v. Wright

Scipio v. Wright. 1. An act authorizing a town to borrow money for aiding in the construction of a railroad provides tha,t “ all moneys borrowed under the authority of this act shall be paid over to the president and directors of such railr

101 U.S. 665 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Imhaeuser v. Buerk

Imhaeuser v. Buerk. 1. Letters-patent for a- combination of old ingredients are infringed by substituting for one of its elements a mechanical equivalent which was well known to be such when they were granted. 2. Letters-patent No. 48,048,

101 U.S. 647 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Kennedy v. Creswell

Kennedy v. Creswell. A bill filed-by A. for himself and other creditors against B., executor of C., and the devisees of the latter, alleged that C. was indebted to him, that the personal assets were insuifieient to pay the debts, and that B

101 U.S. 641 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1879

Railway Co. v. United States

Railway Company v. United States. Where, by the terms of a decree rendered in its favor against a railway company, the United States was entitled to an execution thereon for a certain sum of money, and B., another company, the successor of

101 U.S. 639 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Lumber Co. v. Buchtel

Lumber Company v. Buchtel. In a suit against B. upon his contract guaranteeing the payment of the pnrchasemoney of certain land, A. recovered judgment for the first instalment. In a subsequent suit for the remaining ones, B. set up the same

101 U.S. 638 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Lumber Co. v. Buchtel

Lumber Company v. Buchtel. 1. A. contracted to sell B. a tract of pine land at a stipulated sum, payable in future instalments, a conveyance to be made only upon payment of the several sums as they became due, tlie cutting or removal of the

101 U.S. 633 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Jones v. Guaranty & Indemnity Co.

Jones v. Guaranty and Indemnity Company. 1. A corporation of New York having authority to mortgage its property for the purpose of carrying on its business is not prohibited by the law^ of that State from executing such a mortgage to secure

101 U.S. 622 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1879

Gates v. Goodloe

Gates v. Goodloe. 1. Where the defendant in error moved to dismiss a writ sued out by three partners, two of whom had previously received their discharges in bankruptcy, on the ground that the assignee alone could prosecute it, the court gr

101 U.S. 612 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

Bible Society v. Grove

Bible Society v. Grove. 1. A party is not entitled to the removal of a snit from ’ a State court into the Circuit Court on account of prejudice or local.influence, unless the adverse party is a citizen of the State in which the suit was bro

101 U.S. 610 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1879

Crampton v. Zabriskie

Crampton v. Zabriskie. 1. Under the laws of New Jersey, the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Hudson had no authority, Dec. 14, 1876, to purchase lands whereon to erect a court-house, and to issue in payment therefor bonds payabl

101 U.S. 601 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

Bechtel v. United States

Bechtel v. United States. 1. Sect. 5597 of the Revised Statutes saves all rights which had accrued wider any of the acts repealed by sect. 5596. 2. The United States brought suit, Oct. 9, 1872, against A. on his bond, conditioned that he sh

101 U.S. 597 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Hollingsworth v. Flint

Hollingsworth v. Flint. In an action of trespass to try the title to lands in Texas, the plaintiff put in evidence a grlnt of them to A., as shown by certified copies of papers from the general 'land-office of that State. He then offered a

101 U.S. 591 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Walden v. Skinner

Walden v. Skinner. 1. Where, as in this case, the evidence exhibited in the record shows that the purchase of land was made upon certain trusts which through mistake the trustee failed to have properly declared in the deed, the cestui que t

101 U.S. 577 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

Cowdrey v. Vandenburgh

Cowdrey v. Vandenburgh. 1. Except where the. original owner of a non-negotiable demand which he has indorsed in blank is estopped from asserting his original claim thereto, the purchaser thereof from any party other than such owner takes on

101 U.S. 572 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1879

Butterfield v. Smith

Butterfield v. Smith. An executor charged himself in the inventory of the estate of the testator with a note payable to the latter and secured by mortgage. His accounts were settled on that basis. An administrator with the will annexed subs

101 U.S. 570 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

United States v. Dawson

United States v. Dawson. The finding of the Circuit Court upon a question of fact cannot he reviewed on a writ of error. Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland. The A.ttorney-Greneral for the plaintiff

101 U.S. 569 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

National Bank v. Carpenter

National Bank v. Carpenter. 1. Where it appears by the complainant’s bill that the remedy is barred by lapse of time, or that by reason of his laches he is not entitled to relief, the'defendant may by demurrer avail himself of the objection

101 U.S. 567 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1879

Shaw v. Railroad Co.

Shaw v. Railroad Company. 1. Statutes are not to be construed as altering the common' law, or as making any innovation therein, further than their words import. 2. Although a statute makes bills of lading negotiable by indorsement, and deli

101 U.S. 557 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

Durant v. Essex Co.

Durant v. Essex Company. 1. The Circuit Court, when its decree is affirmed and the mandate filed there, must record the order of this court and proceed with the execution of the decree. 2. For all the purposes of the case, a judgment of aff

101 U.S. 555 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Nougué v. Clapp

Nougué v. Clapp. The Circuit Court of the United States cannot revise or set aside the final decree rendered by a State court which had complete jurisdiction of the parties and subject-matter. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United Sta

101 U.S. 551 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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