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Hearst v. Halligan

HEARST v. HALLIGAN. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. No. 6. Submitted November 14, 1881. Decided December 5, 1881. Affirmed on the facts. Mr. Jacob Klein, Mr. Samuel Knox and Mr. W. M.

154 U.S. 669 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

Levy v. Dangel

LEVY v. DANGEL. error to the supreme court of THE TERRITORY OF IDAHO. No. 72. Submitted November 4, 1881. Decided November 14, 1881. Railway Co. v. Heck, 102 TJ. S- 120, followed. Mr. Fillmore Beall for plaintiff in error. Mr. George Ainsli

154 U.S. 671 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

Roberts v. Bolles

ROBERTS v. BOLLES. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. No. 48. Submitted October 20, 1881. Decided October 25, 1881. Boberts v. Bolles, 101 Ú. S. 119, followed. Mr. Andreio J. Bell for plai

154 U.S. 670 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1881

The "Mamie"

The “Mamie.” Where a petition of the owner of a vessel claiming the benefit of the limited liability provided by sect. 4283 of the Revised Statutes was rejected' and an appeal taken, — Held, that this court has jurisdiction where the aggreg

105 U.S. 773 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1881

Paper-Bag Machine Co. v. Nixon

PAPER-BAG CASES. Paper-Bag Machine Company v. Nixon. Nixon v. Paper-Bag Machine Company. 1. A party, having the absolute ownership of a patented machine, has the right either to use it during the extended term of the letters-patent, or t.o

105 U.S. 766 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1881

Carite v. Trotot

Carite v. Trotot. 1. The seizure arid sale under éxeeutory process, authorized by art. 732 ol the Code of Practice of Louisiana, vest in the purchaser, as against the owner and subsequent incumbrancers, an absolute title to the mortgaged la

105 U.S. 751 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1881

Lewis v. Commissioners

Lewis v. Commissioners. 1. The act of Kansas approved March 2,1872 (Laws of Kansas, 1872, p. 110), does not require that the bonds issued pursuant to its provisions by a county in aid of works of internal improvement shall in all cases be d

105 U.S. 739 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1881

Ralls County Court v. United States

Ralls County Court v. United States. 1. Where judgment has been duly obtained in Missouri against a county upon coupons detached from its bonds, no defence which questions their validity can be pleaded to a mandamus commanding the county-co

105 U.S. 733 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1881

County of Ralls v. Douglass

County of Ralls v. Douglass. 1. County bonds issued in Missouri by a defacto county court, which are sealed with the seal and signed by the de facto president thereof, cannot, when held by bona-fide purchasers, be impeached by showing that

105 U.S. 728 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1881

Flanders v. Seelye

Flanders v. Seelye. Cotton seized under color of the act Of March 12, 1863, c, 20, was by A., the deputy general agent .of the treasury, consigned, subject to freight and charges, to B., supervising special agent of the treasury at New Orle

105 U.S. 718 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1881

Marsh v. McPherson

Marsh v. McPherson. 1. The recital in the contract (infra, p. 711), that the vendors “ hereby deliver said machines at the places named in the list ” to the vendee, passes to. him the title and right of possession, but does not prove a deli

105 U.S. 709 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

Stevenson v. Texas Railway Co.

Stevenson v. Texas Railway Company. 1. Judgment creditors who cause an execution to be levied upon lands of the defendant in .Texas acquire a lien superior to that of his unrecorded mort.gage, whereof, at the date of the levy, they had no n

105 U.S. 703 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

Wurts v. Hoagland

Wurts v. Hoagland. Iron Company v. Hoagland. 1; The time within which a-writ of error mast be served, in order that it may ■ operate-as a supersedeas, must be computed from the date of the judgment which is the subject of review. 2. The wri

105 U.S. 701 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1881

Ex parte Mason

Ex parte Mason. 1. Where, by a general military court-martial, a person then in the military service of the United States was found guilty of an offence, and sentenced to be discharged from that service, and be imprisoned at bard labor in t

105 U.S. 696 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1881

Swift Co. v. United States

Swift Company v. United States. 1. Under the act of July 14, 1870, c. 255, the proprietor of friction-matches, who' furnished his own- dies, was entitled to a commission of ten per cent, payable in money upon the amount of adhesive stamps o

105 U.S. 691 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Harvey v. United States

Harvey v. United States. 1. .The rules touching the effect of the findings of fact by the Court of Claims do not apply to the'hearing of an appeal from its adjudication on a claim whereof it took cognizance.under a special act of Congress,

105 U.S. 671 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1881

Post v. Supervisors

Post v. Supervisors. Amoskeag Bank v. Ottawa. 1. Whether a seeming act of the legislature is or is hot a law, is a judicial question to be determined by the court, and not a question of fact to be tried by a jury. 2. The construction unifor

105 U.S. 667 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1881

Corbin v. County of Black Hawk

Corbin v. County of Black Hawk. 1. As a suit to compel the specific performance of a contract, or to enforce its other stipulations, is a suit to recover the contents of a chose in action, it was not, under sect. 629, Rev: Stat., maintainab

105 U.S. 659 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Ex parte Boyd

Ex parte Boyd. 1. A party in whose favor judgment is.rendered in a' common-law cause, by a court of the United States sitting in the State of New’ York, is, in order to reach the property of the' judgment debtor, entitled to the remedy prov

105 U.S. 647 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Upton v. McLaughlin

Upton v. McLaughlin. 1. Section 5057 of the Revised Statutes (infra, p 642) dees not, in the cases therein mentioned, declare that the court; wherein the suit is brought more than two years after the cause of action accrued, shall not have

105 U.S. 640 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Venable v. Richards

Venable v. Richards. 1. Section 643 of the Revised. Statutes, providing for removal from State courts of civil suits against revenue officers, is nofsuperseded by the act of March 3, 1875, c. 137. . 2. The tax on snuff is thirty-two cents p

105 U.S. 636 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

The " Potomac"

The “ Potomac.” 1. Upon a libel in admiralty for a collision, the libellant maybe allowed dam- • ages for the loss of the use of his vessel while laid up. to repair the injuries thereby ".offered; and if at the time of the collision she was

105 U.S. 630 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1881

Leathers v. Blessing

Leathers v. Blessing. 1. The term “ torts,” when used in reference to admiralty jurisdiction, embrace's not only wrongs committed by direct force, but such as are suffered in consequence of negligence or malfeasance, where the remedy at com

105 U.S. 626 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1881

Guaranty Co. v. Board of Liquidation

Guaranty Company v. Board of Liquidation. The State of Louisiana provided for funding her bonds at reduced rateé and on certain terms.. A subsequent Statute-prohibits the funding of all questionable obligations, among whieh are specially de

105 U.S. 622 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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