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Affirmed 1879

Arthur v. Dodge

Arthur v. Dodge. 1. Between Aug. 28 and Oet. 18,1874, A. imported into the port of New York certain articles known as “tin in plates,” “terne plates,” and “tagger’s tin,” upon which the collector imposed a duty of fifteen per cent ad valore

101 U.S. 34 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1879

Missouri v. Lewis

Missouri v. Lewis. 1. The provision in the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which prohibits a State from denying to any person the equal protection of the laws, contemplates the protection

101 U.S. 22 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

Bowditch v. Boston

Bowditch v. Boston. 1. Under the statute of Massachusetts and the ordinance of Boston adopted pursuant thereto, that city is not responsible to the owner of buildings there situate which are destroyed in order to prevent the spreading of a

101 U.S. 16 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1879

Babbitt v. Finn

Babbitt v. Finn. A., against whom a judgment in favor of B. was rendered in the District Court, sued out of the Circuit Court a writ of error which was a supersedeas, by his giving the requisite bond. The judgment having been affirmed, anot

101 U.S. 7 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1879

National Bank v. United States

National Bank v. United States. 1. Sect. 3413 of the Revised Statutes, which enacts that “ every national hanking association, State hank, or hanker, or association, shall pay a tax of ten per centum on the amount of notes of any town, city

101 U.S. 1 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Employment Law 1879

Cox v. National Bank

Cox v. National Bank. Clardy v. National Bank. A bill of exchange drawn by A. to the order of B. on “ Messrs. O. & X>., New York, N. Y.,” was accepted by them without qualification or condition. A11 the parties then and at its maturity resi

100 U.S. 704 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Personal Injury 1879

National Bank v. Graham

National Bank v. Graham. 1. A national bank is liable for' damages occasioned by the loss, through gross negligence, of a special deposit made in it with the knowledge and acquiescence of its officers and directors. 2. Gross negligence on t

100 U.S. 699 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Manning v. Insurance Co.

Manning v. Insurance Company. 1. A contract between A. and an insurance company stipulated that for his set-vices as its agent the company would pay him twenty per cent on the ordi_ nary premiums upon all policies for the first year, and “

100 U.S. 693 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

National Bank v. Burkhardt

National Bank v. Burkhardt. 1. When the priority of one legal right over another, depending upon the order of events occurring on the same day, is involved, the rule that for most purposes the law regards the entire day as an indivisible un

100 U.S. 686 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Embry v. United States

Embry v. United States. April 20, 1867, the President duly commissioned A. as deputy postmaster at Nashville, Tenn., for the term of four years, “subject to the conditions prescribed by law,” and May 5, 1869, under the act of April 5, 1869

100 U.S. 680 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1879

Machine Co. v. Gage

Machine Company v. Gage. ■The Supreme Court of Tennessee decided that the law of that State imposing an annual tax upon “all pedlers of sewing-machines and selling by sample,” levies such “ tax upon all pedlers of sewing-machines, without r

100 U.S. 676 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1879

Nagle v. Rutledge

Nagle v. Rutledge. This court has no jurisdiction to review the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Territory.of Wyoming, unless the record shows that the matter actually. in dispute exceeds $1,000. Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the

100 U.S. 675 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Branch v. United States

Branch v. United States. The proceeds of certain cotton seized under the Confiscation Act as the property of A. were, in July, 1866, by order of the proper District Court, turned over to its clerk, who thereupon deposited them to his credit

100 U.S. 673 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Burns v. Meyer

Burns v. Meyer. 1. A. held letters-patent for making side-saddle trees. The tree, composed of side-bars, cantle behind, and crook before, is first made, and the seat constructed separately on a rim and fastened to the tree by screws, restin

100 U.S. 671 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

United States v. Lippitt

United States v. Lippitt. 1. The limitation prescribed by the^aet of March 3, 1863 (12 Stat. 765), amendatory of an act establishing the Court of Claims, does not bar in that court claims referred to it for determination by the head -of an

100 U.S. 663 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1879

Railroad Co. v. Blair

Railroad Company v. Blair. 1. A citation is not required when the appeal is taken and perfected in open court during the term at which the decree complained, of is entered; aliter, where, at a subsequent term, the appeal is allowed, althoug

100 U.S. 661 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

Railway Co. v. Slack

Railway Company v. Slack. Improvement Company v. Slack [supra, p. 648) reaffirmed. Ebbob to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Mr. Francis W. Palfrey f

100 U.S. 659 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1879

Improvement Co. v. Slack

Improvement Company v. Slack. The “ Argilite Mining and Manufacturing Company ” was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Kentucky passed March 4, 1865. Its name, by an amendment to the charter, was changed to the “ Kentucky Imp

100 U.S. 648 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1879

Railroad Co. v. Schutte

Railroad Company v. Schutte. 1. A supersedeas will be vacated when the approval of the bond therefor was obtained by fraud and perjury. 2. If it appears that the appellant had knowledge of such fraud and perjury, a new bond will not be acce

100 U.S. 644 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1879

Savings Bank v. Creswell

Savings Bank v. Creswell. 1. Where real estate bound by a judgment or a mortgage has been alienated in separate parcels to various persons at different times, such parcels should be subjected to the satisfaction of the lien in the inverse o

100 U.S. 630 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Wills v. Russell

Wills v. Russell. 1. Where it appears that no injury resulted to the plaintiff in error, a judgment ' will not be reversed merely because the court, at the trial, permitted a witness on his cross-examination to be interrogated as to matters

100 U.S. 621 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

Kidd v. Johnson

Kidd v. Johnson. The owner of a trade-mark which is affixed to articles manufactured at his establishment may, in. selling the latter, lawfully transfer therewith to the pur- - chaser the right to use the trade-mark. Appeal from the Circuit

100 U.S. 617 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Immigration Law 1879

Insurance Co. v. Gridley

Insurance Company v. Gridley. X. An application made by .A. to an insurance company, upon which a policy on his life was issued for the benefit of his wife, contains a stipulation that his statements therein “ shall form the basis of the co

100 U.S. 614 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Shaw v. Railroad Co.

Shaw v. Railroad Company. Same v. Same. 1. The trustee to whom a railroad company executed a mortgage upon its property, to secure the payment of its bonds, represents the bondholders in all legal proceedings carried on by him affecting his

100 U.S. 605 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion