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Edwards v. United States
Edwards v. United States. 1. The common-law rule is in force in'Michigan, that the resignation of a public officer is not complete until the proper authority accepts it, or does something tantamount thereto, such as to appoint a successor.
Wicke v. Ostrum
Wicke v. Ostrum. 1. The invention embraced by letters-patent No. 38,924, granted June 16,1863, to George Wicke, for an improvement in machines for nailing boxes, is a new combination of old elements, all of which are necessary to the validi
Unity v. Burrage
Unity v. Burrage. 1. A statute was declared to be a public act. A subsequent statute, supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, is also a public act, and need not be specially pleaded. 2. A statute of Illinois, legalizing elections held
Jones v. Walker
Jones v. Walker. 1. The last will and testament of A. directs that his interest in a firm, whereof he was a member at the time of his death, “ be continued therein, and be. chargeable for its debts and liabilities,” but that his “ other pro
Terry v. McLure
Terry v. McLure. 1. Eight-years after a bill in equity had been filed, and on the day it was dismissed, ón a final hearing upon the pleadings and proofs, an amended bill was filed without leave. Held, that it must be disregarded in the cons
Insurance Co. v. Bangs
Insurance Company v. Bangs. 1. Where a suit is brought, not to enforce a claim or lien upon property, but to cancel a purely personal contract, the Circuit Court cannot acquire jurisdiction of the defendant unless he appear or there be pers
Fisk v. Arthur
Fisk v. Arthur. 1. In 1873, A. imported certain manufactured shirtings, not made up, composed of linen and cotton, the latter being the material of chief value and largely predominating. Held, that they were, within the meaning of the tarif
Railroad Co. v. Baldwin
Railroad Company v. Baldwin. 1. The grant which the act of July 23, 1866, c. 212 (14 Stat. 210), makes to the St. Joseph and Denver City Railroad Company, “to the extent of one hundred feet in width on each side of said road where it may pa
Seven Hickory v. Ellery
Seven Hickory v. Ellery. Under the Constitution of Illinois of 1848, a bill passed by both Houses of the legislature became a law when it was approved and signed by the governor of the State within ten days after its presentation to him; an
Wilson v. Gaines
Wilson v. Gaines. 1. A party who, under proceedings to enforce the statutory lien of the State of Tennessee, purchases a railroad does not acquire therewith- the immunity from taxation thereon which the railroad company possessed. 2. Where
Lincoln v. Iron Co.
Lincoln v. Iron Company. L Where a municipal corporation, being thereunto authorized upon tbe per- . formance of certain prerequisites, has issued its bonds, which get into circulation as commercial securities, — Held, that they are prima f
Coddington v. Railroad Co.
Coddington v. Railroad Company. pursuant to his contract, surrendered to a railroad company coupons attached to some of its bonds, whereof he was the holder, and took in exchange therefor certificates of preferred stock. The road, with its
Neal v. Delaware
Neal v. Delaware. 1. The adoption.of the Fifteenth Amendment rendered inoperative a provision in the then existing Constitution of a State, whereby the right of suffrage was limited to the white race. 2. Therefore, a statute confining the s
Wolff v. New Orleans
Wolff v. New Orleans. 1. As long as a city exists, laws are void which withdraw or restrict her taxing power so as to impair the obligation of her contracts made upon a pledge expressly or impliedly given that it shall be exercised for thei
Insurance Co. v. Kiger
Insurance Company v. Kiger. f. Where a factor has against his consignor no interest in the consigned property, he cannot pledge ft-for his own debt. Such a pledge, although accompanied by a warehouse receipt setting forth that the property
Webber v. Virginia
Webber v. Virginia. 1. Eetters-patent granted by the United States do not exclude from the operation of the tax or license law of a. State the tangible property in which the invention or discovery is embodied. 2. A statute of Virginia requi
Weitzel v. Rabe
Weitzel v. Rabe. While a distillery, the capacity of which was estimated at 416.90 bushels of grain each twenty-four hours, was in full operation, A., the owner thereof, made application, under sect. 3311, Rev. Stat., to, have the capacity
Blake v. McKim
Blake v. McKim. A., a citizen of Massachusetts, commenced a suit, in a court of that State, against the executors of B., two of whom were citizens of Massachusetts and ■ one a citizen of New York, to enforce a liability of the testator. The
Bouldin v. Alexander
Bouldin v. Alexander. Í. Pending a suit brought to control the affairs of a church and obtain posses sion of its property by a portion of the congregation against its founder and another portion, each claiming to.be the lawfully elected tru
Ward v. Todd
Ward v. Todd. A court which has once rightfully obtained jurisdiction of the parties, may retain it until complete relief is afforded within the general scope of the subject-matter of the suit. Error to the Circuit Court of the United State
Land Co. v. Saunders
Land Company v. Saunders. 1. The general rule that monuments control courses and distances reasserted in reference to lands situated in New Hampshire. 2. A well-known tract of land, embraced in an old patent, and long referred 10 by name in
Miles v. United States
Miles v. United States. J. On an indictment for bigamy, the first marriage may be proved by the admissions of the prisoner, and it is for the jury to determine whether what he said was an admission that he was actually and legally married a
Moyer v. Dewey
Moyer v. Dewey. 1. The right to sue for and subject to the payment of his debts, effects fraudulently transferred by a party who was subsequently adjudicated a bankrupt, is vested alone in his assignees, and their failure to enforce it with
The "Illinois."
The “Illinois.” . The rule requiring a steamer to keep out of the way of a sailing-vessel is equally imperative upon the latter to keep her course; and where, by her unnecessary deviation therefrom, a collision is rendered unavoidable, the
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