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Barbour v. Priest
Barbour v. Priest. 1. In order to render a mortgage of real estate made by an insolvent debtor. void as a preference and fraudulent conveyance, within the meaning of the thirty-fifth, section of the Bankrupt Act of March 2, 1867, c. 176 (14
Louisiana v. United States
Louisiana v. United States. In addition to the tax of one and one-half per cent, authorized by sect. 2, art. 3, of her charter, the city of Louisiana, Mo., may, by mandamus, be compelled to levy, assess, and collect a special tax, not excee
Bondurant v. Watson
Bondurant v. Watson. 1. This court enforces, as a rule of property applicable to Louisiana, the decision of the Supreme Court of that State, that a mortgage of lands has no effect as to third persons, unless it be inscribed in the proper pu
Bondurant v. Watson
Bondurant, Tutrix, v. Watson. The only paper purporting to be the writ of error in this ease is in the name and hears the teste, of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, and is signed by the clerk and sealed with the seal of
Oscanyan v. Arms Co.
Oscanyan v. Arms Company. 1. Where it is shown by the opening statement of counsel for the plaintiff that the contract on which the suit is brought is void, as being either in violation of law or against public policy, the court may direct
Weightman v. Clark
Weightman v. Clark. 1. This court concurs in opinion with the Supreme Court of Illinois that sect. 6 of art. 9 of the Constitution of that State of 1848 (infra, p. 257) imposes a limitation on the power of the legislature to authorize taxat
Sharp v. Stamping Co.
Sharp v. Stamping Company. Letters-patent No. 79,989, granted July 14, 1868, to Hiram Y. Lazear, lor an improvement in gas-lieaters, are valid. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The facts
Steamship Co. v. Mount
The “ Benefactor.” Steamship Company v. Mount. L A ship-owner who, on the trial of the issue as to"the cause of collision, contests all liability whatever, is not thereby precluded from claiming the benefit of the limitation of liability pr
Ex parte Burtis
Ex parte Burtis. This court cannot, by mandamus, compel an inferior court to reverse its decision made in the exercise of its legitimate jurisdiction. Petition for a writ of mandamus. Mr. A. J. Todd in support of the petition.
Blake v. United States
Blake v. United States. 1. The President has the power to supersede or remove an officer of the army or the navy by the appointment, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, of his successor. ; 2. It was not the purpose of the fift
Relfe v. Rundle
Relfe v. Rundle. A final decree of the proper court dissolved an insolvent life insurance company of Missouri, and, as provided by the statutes in force, vested, tor the use ana benefit of creditors and policy-holders, its entire property i
Wilmot v. Mudge
Wilmot v. Mudge. An action on a debt or claim is not barred by a composition between a debtor and his creditors, under sect. 17 of the act of June 22,1874, c. 390 (18 Stat., pt. 3, p. 183), if it would not be barred by his discharge under t
Barney v. Latham
Barney v. Latham. 1. The second clause of the second section of the act of March 3,1875, c. 137 (18 Stat., part 3, p. 470), construed, and held, that, when in any suit mentioned therein there is a controversy wholly between citizens of diff
Kilbourn v. Thompson
Kilbourn v. Thompson. 1. K., for refusing to answer certain questions put to him as a witness by the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, concerning the business of a real-estate partnership of which he was a membe
County of Chicot v. Lewis
County of Chicot v. Lewis. An act,of the legislature of Arkansas, passed in 1868, authorizes any county to subscribe to the stock of any railroad company in that State, provided the subscription shall not exceed $100,000, and the consent of
Tilley v. County of Cook
Tilley v. County of Cook. 1. Where there is no contract,' ■express or implied, between the parties, usage or custom cannot make one. 2. A county and a city within its limits proposed to erect public buildings, the portion appropriated to th
Chicago v. Tilley
Chicago v. Tilley. A party to a contract, who has performed part of it according to its terms, and is prevented from completing it by the failure of the other party, is entitled to compensation for the work performed. Error to the Circuit C
Railroad Companies v. Schutte
RAILROAD COMPANIES v. SCHUTTE. Florida Central Railroad Company v. Schutte; Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile Railroad Company v. Schutte; Western North Carolina Railroad Company v. Drew. 1. The circumstances stated under which bonds of E
Cucullu v. Hernandez
Cucullu v. Hernandez. 1. The failure to inscribe or to reinscribe a mortgage of lands in Louisiana does noPaffect its validity as'against the parties thereto.or their heirs. 2. To secure the payment of his note, A., the owner of lands, exec
National Bank v. Whitney
National Bank v. Whitney. 1. A national bank may enforce against the mortgagor and parties claiming under him with notice a mortgage of lands executed to it as collateral security for his then existing indebtedness to it, and such as he mig
Boogher v. Insurance Co.
Boogher v. Insurance Company. 1. Qucere, Does the act of June 1, 1872, c. 255 (17-Stat. 196; Rev. Stat., sect. 914), authorize the review here of an action at law, wherein, pursuant to the practice of the courts of the State in which the Ci
Jones v. Van Benthuysen
Jones v. Van Benthuysen. 1. A dealer in tobacco, who is assessed upon his sales thereof when it is in a bonded warehouse, is not liable to be taxed for the revenue stamps required to be affixed thereto before the removal thereof, unless the
Allen v. Louisiana
Allen v. Louisiana. 1. If the provisions of a statute which are unconstitutional be-so connected with its general scope that, should they be stricken out, effect cannot be given to the legislative intent, the other provisions must fall with
Wall v. County of Monroe
Wall v. County of Monroe. 1. A county in Arkansas, when sued on its warrants by a bona fide holder thereof for value, may set up any defence to which they were subject in the hands of the original payee. 2. The same rule is applicable where
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