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Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1879

Virginia v. Rives

Virginia v. Rives. 1. Sect. 641 of the Revised Statutes, which provides for the removal into the Federal court of any civil suit or prosecution “commenced in any State court, for any cause whatsoever, against any person who is denied or can

100 U.S. 313 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1879

Strauder v. West Virginia

Strauder v. West Virginia. 1. The Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States considered, and held to be one of a series of constitutional provisions having a common purpose; namely, to secure to a recently emancipated rac

100 U.S. 303 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1879

Tennessee v. Davis

Tennessee v. Davis. 1. Sect. 613 of the Kevised Statutes of the United States, which declares that “ when any civil suit or criminal prosecution is commenced in any court of a State against any officer appointed under or acting by authority

100 U.S. 257 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Trenouth v. San Francisco

Trenouth v. San Francisco. 1. The history of the title of San Francisco to her municipal lands stated. 2. The act entitled “ An Act to quiet the title to certain lands within the corporate limits of-the city of San Francisco,” approved Marc

100 U.S. 251 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1879

Oates v. National Bank

Oates v. National Bank. 1. The courts of the United States are not bound by the decisions of State courts upon questions of general commercial law. 2. A creditor who before its maturity accepts a negotiable note, so indorsed that he becomes

100 U.S. 239 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1879

United States v. Perryman

United States v. Perryman. 1. An Indian, whose property within the Indian country is stolen by a negro, is not entitled to any payment therefor out of the treasury of the United States. 2. The legislation touching the liability of the Unite

100 U.S. 235 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Craig v. Smith

Craig v. Smith. 1. Papers properly belonging to the files of a court should not be removed therefrom, except in cases of positive necessity. When, therefore, an appeal is taken, no order for transmitting such papers ought to be made, unless

100 U.S. 226 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Personal Injury 1879

Hough v. Railway Co.

Hough v. Railway Company. 1. The general rule exempting the common master, whether a natural person or a corporation, from liability to a servant for injuries caused by the negligence of a fellow-servant recognized and considered. 2. To tha

100 U.S. 213 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Phillips v. Moore

Phillips v. Moore. 1. A sale of lands in Texas, made before her separation from Mexico, by a citizen to a non-resident alien, passed the title to the latter, who thereby acquired a defeasible estate in them, which he could hold until depriv

100 U.S. 208 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Savings Bank v. Ward

Savings Bank v. Ward. A., an attorney-at-law, employed and paid solely by B. to examine and report on the title of the latter to a certain lot of ground, gave over his signature this certificate," B.’s title to the lot ” (describing it) “ i

100 U.S. 195 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1879

Dow v. Johnson

Dow v. Johnson. 1. On the trial of an action at law, when the judges of the Circuit Court are oj> posed in opinion on a material question of law, the .opinion of the presiding judge prevails; but the judgment rendered conformably thereto ma

100 U.S. 158 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

Hinckley v. Railroad Co.

Hinckley v. Railroad Company. A receiver appointed by a State court in a suit which, under the act of March 3, 1875 (18 Stat. part 3, 470), was subsequently removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, reported to the latter, stating

100 U.S. 153 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1879

Clark v. Trust Co.

Clark v. Trust Company. 1. If duly advertised, and fairly and properly conducted, a trustee’s public sale of lands to a corporation which was the payee of the note secured by the deed of trust will not be set aside merely upon the ground th

100 U.S. 149 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Dismissed 1879

Paving Co. v. Mulford

Paving Company v. Mulford. A bill filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by A. against B. and C., alleging that each held certificates of indebtedness belonging to him, was, on final hearing, dismissed, and he appealed'. Hel

100 U.S. 147 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

Moore v. Simonds

Moore v. Simonds. 1. Where the record shows who are the members of a partnership, in the name of which an appeal has been taken, — Held, that the defect may, under sect. 1005, Rev. Stat., be cured by an amendment substituting their names. 2

100 U.S. 145 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1879

Brownsville v. Cavazos

Brownsville v. Cavazos. 1. By the laws of Mexico in force in 1826, a pueblo or town, when recognized as such by public authority, became entitled to certain lands, which to the extent of four square leagues, embracing its site and the adjoi

100 U.S. 138 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

Hatch v. Oil Co.

Hatch v. Oil Company. A. & B: agreed, by a contract in writing, to manufacture for C., at a stipulated price, a quantity of staves, and to pile them on lands adjoining tlieir mill, which were leased to him. The contract provided that, on th

100 U.S. 124 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1879

United States v. Curtis

United States v. Curtis. Curtis v. United States. The United States, in an action against the sureties of a paymaster in the army, assigned as the breach of the conditions of his official bond that he did not, when thereunto required, refun

100 U.S. 119 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

Lansdale v. Daniels

Lansdale v. Daniels. A settler upon unsurveyed public lands in California, who filed no declaratory statement after the return of the plat of the survey to the proper local land-office, could not, under the act of March 3,1853 (10 Stat. 244

100 U.S. 113 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1879

Railroad Co. v. Trook

Railroad Company v. Trook. Where a judgment for the recovery of money, affirmed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, is brought here for re-examination, the amount thereof, without adding interest or costs, determines the value

100 U.S. 112 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1879

Elastic Fabrics Co. v. Smith

Elastic Fabrics Company v. Smith. 1. Where letters-patent expired before the final determination of the suit brought by the patentee complaining of the infringement of them, and praying for an injunction and an account, and the court below,

100 U.S. 110 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Settled 1879

Ricker v. Powell

Ricker v. Powell. Upon a bill of foreclosure against A. and the parties to whom, after mortgaging the land, he respectively conveyed separate parcels thereof, at different times, the only question raised was as to the order in which the cou

100 U.S. 104 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1879

Hurt v. Hollingsworth

Hurt v. Hollingsworth. In the courts of the United States, the union of equitable and legal causes of' action in one suit is forbidden by the second section of the Process Act of May 8, 1792 (1 Stat. 276), which is substantially re-enacted

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

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1879

United States v. Steffens

TRADE-MARK CASES. United States v. Steffens; United States v. Wittemann; United States v. Johnson. 1. Property in trade-marks has long been recognized and protected by the common law and by the statutes of the several States, and does not d

100 U.S. 82 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion