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Reversed 1881

United States v. Smith

United States v. Smith. 1. A paymaster in the army,' from whom puhlie funds, had been stolen, the amount of which he subsequently paid to his chief paymaster, pursuant to the order of the Paymaster-General, filed his petition in the Court o

105 U.S. 620 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Bridge v. Excelsior Co.

Bridge v. Excelsior Company. The claim for which Esek. Bussey'secured, July. 18; 1876, letters-patent No. 180,001, is confined to an automatic device for raising up and •letting down a hinged oven-shelf, and they are not infringed, by const

105 U.S. 618 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Tax Law 1881

Lincoln v. French

Lincoln v. French. 1. The presumption that a trustee performed his duty by reeonveying to' his grantors the title to land, when the conditions became impossible upon which he was to execute the trust declared in their deed, to him, is a dis

105 U.S. 614 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Employment Law 1881

United States v. Carll

United States v. Carll. . An indictment on sect. 5431 of the Revised Statutes, alleging, in the words of the statute, that the defendant feloniously, and with intent to defraud, did pass, utter, and publish a falsely made, forged, counterfe

105 U.S. 611 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Oglesby v. Attrill

Oglesby v. Attrill. 1. Where the action of a corporation is lawful, the motives therefor, of the expediency thereof, is not a subject of judicial inquiry. 2. A compromise, as the term is defined by the code of Louisiana, is as binding on th

105 U.S. 605 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1881

New Orleans v. Morris

New Orleans v. Morris. 1. The water-works of a city are not subject to sale for its ordinary debts under execution. 2. A city which owned such works conveyed them to a corporation formed for the purpose of maintaining and enlarging them, an

105 U.S. 600 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1881

Loom Co. v. Higgins

Loom Company v. Higgins. 1. A specification in letters-patent is sufficiently clear and descriptive, when expressed in terms intelligible to a person skilled in the art to which it relates. 2. Evidence is admissible to show the meaning of t

105 U.S. 580 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1881

Ex parte Hoard

Ex parte Hoard. After the Circuit Court lias denied a motion for an order remanding a cause to the State court, whence it was removed, a mandamus will not lie compeiling it to I'riake such order. Petition for a mandamus. The case is stated

105 U.S. 578 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Corbin v. Van Brunt

Corbin v. Van Brunt. Where, in a suit in a State court for the recovery of lands, and damages for the detention of them, the whole controversy, so far as the title to them is concerned, is between the plaintiff, a citizen of the State where

105 U.S. 576 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Packing Co. v. Provision Co.

PACKING COMPANY CASES. Packing Company v. Provision Company; Same v. Beef-Canning Company; Same v. Same. 1. Reissued letters-patent No. 6370, bearing date April 6,1876, granted to William J. Wilson “ for Improvements in processes for preser

105 U.S. 566 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Civil Rights 1881

Packet Co. v. Catlettsburg

Packet Company v. Catlettsburg. 1. A town situate upon- navigable waters may, without infringing the Constitution of the United States, erect .wharves, collect reasonable wharfage proportioned to the tonnage of vessels, and forbid them, und

105 U.S. 559 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Gordon v. Butler

Gordon v. Butler. A., wishing to borrow money of B., offered by way of security a mortgage upon his real estate containing sandstone quarries, which had not been sufficiently worked to show'their extent and value. He furnished, however, the

105 U.S. 553 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Guidet v. Brooklyn

Guidet v. Brooklyn. ■ Reissued letters-patent No. 4106, bearing date'Aug. 23, 1870, granted to Charles Guidet for an improved stone pavement, are void, as before his application there were in use pavements consisting of rough bloeks of the

105 U.S. 550 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Johnson v. Railroad Co.

Johnson v. Railroad Company. 1. Reissued letters-patent No. 4870, bearing date April 16, 1872, granted to Asa Johnson and Thomas S. Sandford — the latter being the assignee of an interest therein — for an alleged new and useful improvement

105 U.S. 539 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Trustees v. Greenough

Trustees v. Greenough. 1. An appeal lies from a decree in equity for costs when they are dirécted to be paid, not by a particular party, bjrt out of a fund in the hands, or under the . control, of the court. 2'. A decree made'by a Circuit C

105 U.S. 527 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1881

French v. Gapen

French v. Gapen. Spears v. Gapen. The legislation of the State of Indiana touching the water-power of the Wabash and Erie Canal, and the rights of certain parties thereto acquired under that legislation, considered.' Held, 1. That the contr

105 U.S. 509 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Bridge Co. v. United States

Bridge Company v. United States. 1. Congress, in the exercise of its power over the navigable waters of the United ■ States, which is derived from the commerce clause of the Constitution, gave, by resolution {infra, p. 473), its assent that

105 U.S. 470 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Thatcher v. Rockwell

Thatcher v. Rockwell. After suit brought, proceedings were instituted wherein the plaintiff was duly-adjudged to be a bankrupt and assignees were appointed. Held, that his bankruptcy cannot be set up by the defendants to bar its further pro

105 U.S. 467 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Tax Law 1881

Telegraph Co. v. Texas

Telegraph Company v. Texas. . 1. .In respect to its. foreign and inter-state business, a telegraph company is, as an instrument of commerce, subject to the regulating power of Congress, and, if it accepts the provisions of title 65 of the R

105 U.S. 460 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Louisiana v. Taylor

Louisiana v. Taylor. 1. The court again decides that section fourteen of tne eleventh article of the Constitution of Missouri of 1865 (infra, p. 456) did not withdraw or curtail any authority which a municipal corporation then possessed to

105 U.S. 454 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Settled 1881

Ex parte Slayton

Ex parte Slayton. The owner of a vessel may, before he or it is sued, institute appropriate proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction, to obtain the benefit of the limitation of liability provided for by sects. 4284 and 4285 of the R

105 U.S. 451 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Personal Injury 1881

The "S. S. Osborne"

The “S. S. Osborne.” 1. Where, to the next Circuit Court, the District Court sitting in admiralty allowed an appeal from its decree, although the same was not, in accordance with its rules, prayed for in writing, the jurisdiction of the Cir

105 U.S. 447 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Russell v. Farley

Russell v. Farley. 1. Where an injunction' is granted to a party without requiring him to give bond or other undertaking, the Circuit .Court has no power to award damages to the injured party, except by such a decree in the matter of costs

105 U.S. 433 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Dowell v. Mitchell

Dowell v. Mitchell. Mitchell v. Dowell. Where a note for the debt of a firm was made by its surviving member, who, to secure its payment, executed a mortgage oh- real estate, which was the individual property of his deceased partners, — Hel

105 U.S. 430 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion