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Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Dudley v. Easton

Dudley v. Easton. 1. Except so far as they may directly or indirectly affect the fund to which an assignee in bankruptcy is entitled for distribution under the law, he has no interest in the controversies among secured creditors, nor can. h

104 U.S. 99 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Metcalf v. Williams

Metcalf v. Williams. 1. The non-joinder of a defendant in an action ex contractu can be taken advantage of only by a plea in abatement. 2. Where a party lias been deprived of his right by fraud, accident, or mistake, and has no remedy at la

104 U.S. 93 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1881

Klein v. Insurance Co.

Klein v. Insurance Company. 1. Where a penalty or a forfeiture is inserted in a contract merely to secure the performance or enjoyment of a collateral object, the latter is considered as the principal intent of the instrument, and the penal

104 U.S. 88 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1881

Davis v. Speiden

Davis v. Speiden. 1. The rule is administrative rather than jurisdictional, that no bill of review shall be admitted unless the party first obeys and performs the decree, and “ enters into a recognizance, with sureties, to satisfy the costs

104 U.S. 83 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Kelly v. Pittsburgh

Kelly v. Pittsburgh. 1. Although differing from proceedings in courts of justice, the general system of procedure for the levy and collection of taxes, which is established in this country, is, within the,meaning of the Constitution, due pr

104 U.S. 78 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

National Bank v. Insurance Co.

National Bank v. Insurance Company. 1. Although the relation between a bank and its depositor is that merely of debtor and creditor, the money which he deposits, if held by him in a fiduciary capacity, does not change its character by. bein

104 U.S. 54 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Driesbach v. National Bank

Driesbach v. National Bank. Stark v. National Bank. 1. Usurious interest paid a national bank on renewing a series of notes cannot, in an action by the bank on the last of .them, be applied in satisfaction of the principal of theAebt. 2. Ba

104 U.S. 52 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

King v. Worthington

King v. Worthington. 1. A cause pending on appeal in the Supreme Court of a State at the date of the passage of the act of March-3, 1875, c. 137 (18 Stat., pt. 3, p. 470), was remanded for a rehearing, the decree below having been reversed

104 U.S. 44 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1881

United States v. Jackson

United States v. Jackson. 1. This court will take judicial notice that, by law, the territory of the United States is, for internal revenue purposes, divided into collection districts, 'with defined geographical boundaries. 2. Suit on a bon

104 U.S. 41 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Martin v. Cole

Martin v. Cole. l~In.an action against-a--party upon his indorsement in blank of a negotiable promissory .note, evidence of a contemporaneous parol agreement that the indorsement was without recourse is inadmissible. 2. The ruling in Wills

104 U.S. 30 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Smith v. McCullough

Smith v. McCullough. A mortgage executed by a railroad company upon its then and-thereafter to. be- - acquired “ property ” contains a specific description of the different kinds of siicli property. Held, that certain municipal bonds, issue

104 U.S. 25 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Shanks v. Klein

Shanks v. Klein. Í. Beal estate purchased with partnership funds for partnership uses, though the title he taken in the name of one partner, is in equity treated as personal- property, ,so far as is necessary to paythe debts of the partners

104 U.S. 18 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Insurance Law 1881

Railroad Co. v. Koontz

Railroad Company v. Koontz. Railroad Company v. Funkhouser. 1. A., a corporation of Maryland, having assumed the right to take, and B., a corporation of- Virginia, the right to grant, a lease of the railroad and franchises of the latter in

104 U.S. 5 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1881

Railroad Co. v. Hamersley

Railroad Company v. Hamersley. 1. The provision of the act of the General Assembly of Connecticut, 1866 (infra, p. 2), relative to the abandonment of railroad stations, whilst it', author- - . izes the railroad commissioners to consent, or

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

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Wight v. Condict

WIGHT v. CONDICT. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. No. 280. Argued April 22, 1881. Decided May 2, 1881. Members of a limited partnership purchased and paid for the interes" of one of

154 U.S. 666 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1881

Richmond Mining Co. v. Eureka Mining Co.

RICHMOND MINING CO. v. EUREKA MINING CO. SAME v. SAME. APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA. Nos. 116 and 117. Argued March 25 and 30, 1881. Decided April 25, 1881. Richmond Mining Go. v. Eureka Min

154 U.S. 664 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Green v. Fisk

GREEN v. FISK. APPEAL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. No. 965. Submitted March 21, 1881. Decided April 4, 1881. Green v. Fisk, 103 TJ. S. 518, followed. Motion to dismiss. The case is stated in th

154 U.S. 668 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion