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Remanded Tax Law 1879

Railroad Co. v. United States

Railroad Company v. United States. 1. A party claiming a credit which by reason of his laches was not presented to the accounting officers of the treasury and disallowed in whole or in part by them cannot set it up in an action brought by t

101 U.S. 543 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Lovell v. Davis

Lovell v. Davis. 1. A charter-party for the voyage of a vessel from New Orleans to certain designated ports.contains a recital that said vessel is “now lying in the harbor of New Orleans,” while in point of fact she was then at sea. In an a

101 U.S. 541 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1879

Railway Co. v. Philadelphia

Railway Company v. Philadelphia. 1. A company incorporated by a statute of Pennsylvania approved April 8,1864, was authorized to construct a railway on certain streets of Philadelphia, subject to the ordinances of the city regulating the ru

101 U.S. 528 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1879

Canal Co. v. Ray

Canal Company v. Ray. The terms of a contract under seal may be varied by a subsequent parol agreement. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Richard T. Merrick for

101 U.S. 522 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Vance v. Burbank

Vance v. Burbank. 1. The decision of the officers of the Land Department is final upon the question whether a claimant under the Donation Act (9 Stat. 496), when he demanded his patent certificate as against other contesting claimants, had

101 U.S. 514 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Hall v. Russell

Hall v. Russell. 1. The act of Congress approved Sept. 27, 1850 (9 Stat. 496), commonly known as the Donation Act, granted to each person having the requisite qualifications the right to settle upon and cultivate a tract of public land in O

101 U.S. 503 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Baker v. Humphrey

Baker v. Humphrey. 1. A. conveyed premises in 1851 to B., and took from him a mortgage for the purchase-money. Both deeds were recorded. B. never took possession. A., by an instrument recorded March 19, 1852, assigned the mortgage to C., wh

101 U.S. 494 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1879

Planing-Machine Co. v. Keith

Planing-Machine Company v. Keith. 1. The action of the Commissioner of Patents in granting letters-patent does not conclude the question whether there was not an abandonment. A person charged with infringing them, may show that before they

101 U.S. 479 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1879

Marquez v. Frisbie

Marquez v. Frisbie. 1. An injunction or a mandamus will not lie against an officer of the Land Department to control him in discharging an official duty which requires the exercise of his judgment and discretion. 2. A court will not, by rea

101 U.S. 473 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law 1879

School District v. Insurance Co.

School District v. Insurance Company. 1. The court announces its determination to insist upon a strict observance by counsel of all rules intended to facilitate the examination of causes, especially those submitted. 2. The submission of a c

101 U.S. 472 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Silliman v. United States

Silliman v. United States. United States v. Silliman. A., the owner of certain barges, executed charter-parties of them to the United States for a stipulated sum per month so long as they should be retained in the service. After they had be

101 U.S. 465 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

The "City of Panama"

The “City of Panama.” The act of Congress approved March 2, 1853, entitled “ An Act to establish the territorial government of Washington” (10 Stat. 172), enacts that the district courts of the Territory shall have and exercise the same jur

101 U.S. 453 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1879

Brooks v. Railway Co.

Brooks v. Railway Company. 1. Where a contractor performs labor and furnishes materials upon a section or division of a railroad in Iowa then in the process of construction,' and there was a pre-existing and duly recorded mortgage executed

101 U.S. 443 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Insurance Law 1879

Wheeler v. Insurance Co.

Wheeler v. Insurance Company. 1. Where by his covenant or otherwise a mortgagor is bonnd to insure the mortgaged premises for the better security of the mortgagees, the latter have, to the extent of their interest in the property destroyed,

101 U.S. 439 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1879

South Carolina v. Gaillard

South Carolina v. Gaillard. 1. The act of the General Assembly of South Carolina, passed June 9, 1877, entitled “ An Act to provide the mode of proving bills of the bank of the -State tendered for taxes, and the rules of evidence applicable

101 U.S. 433 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1879

Gunton v. Carroll

Gunton v. Carroll. A. and B. in November, 1846, entered into an agreement under seal, providing for the settlement of long standing and disputed accounts. A balance from B. to A. was ascertained and the mode of payment and security agreed u

101 U.S. 426 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Mohr v. Manierre

Mohr v. Manierre. The statute of Wisconsin which provides for the sale of the real estate of a lunatic to pay his debts when his personal property is insufficient therefor, enacts that the order of the county court to show cause why the app

101 U.S. 417 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

County of Livingston v. Darlington

County of Livingston v. Darlington. The act of the General Assembly of Illinois, approved March 5, 1867, establishing the State Reform School, examined. The provision, authorizing municipal corporations to donate money to secure the locatio

101 U.S. 407 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1879

Bank v. Sherman

Bank v. Sherman. Hickling v. Sherman. On the 23d of February, 1875, certain creditors filed their petition in the District Court of the United States, praying that A. should be declared a bank; rupt. On the 9th of March he appeared, and lea

101 U.S. 403 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Aldridge v. Muirhead

Aldridge v. Muirhead. 1. Where lands in New Jersey, paid for out of the separate estate of a married woman are conveyed to her, she is considered to be the Owner of them, as if she were a feme sole. 2. Under the laws of that State the separ

101 U.S. 397 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Whitney v. Wyman

Whitney v. Wyman. 1. Where a party who discloses his principal and is known to be acting as an agent, enters as such into a contract, he is not liable thereon in the absence of his express agreement to be thereby bound. 2. Where a corporati

101 U.S. 392 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1879

Gay v. Parpart

Gay v. Parpart. 1. Where an appeal has been taken to this court the condition of the bond that the appellants “ shall duly prosecute their said appeal with effect, and, moreover, pay the amount of costs and damages rendered and to be render

101 U.S. 391 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1879

The "Sabine"

The “Sabine.” Salvors can not in the same libel proceed in rem against a vessel and in personam against the consignees of her cargo. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. The facts are stated in t

101 U.S. 384 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1879

Phelps v. Harris

Phelps v. Harris. 1. A., although out of possession of certain lands in Mississippi, filed his bill under a statute of that State to remove a cloud upon his title to them. The question of title was directly raised and litigated by the parti

101 U.S. 370 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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