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Marchand v. Frellsen
Marchand v. Frellsen. 1. Where an order directing the seizure and sale of lands in Louisiana, whereon the vendor retained his lien and privilege, has .been made in a proceeding to enforce the payment of ah instalment of the purchase-money,
United States v. Rindskopf
United States v. Rindskopf. 1. The court condemns the practice of setting out in the, bill of exceptions the entire charge of the court below, instead of confining it to such parts as are the subject of exception. 2. Suit on a distiller’s b
Hitchcock v. Buchanan
Hitchcock v. Buchanan. 1. A bill of exchange, headed “ Office of Belleville Nail Mill Co.,” and concluding, “ charge same to account of Belleville Nail Mill Co., A. B., Pres’t, C. D., Sec’y,” is the bill of the company, and not of the indiv
United States v. Emholt
United States v. Emholt. 1. At the hearing in the Circuit Court of an appeal from the District Court; the district judge who tendered the decision appealed from cannot, under sect. 614 of the Revised Statutes, give a vote, even by consent o
Hannibal v. Fauntleroy
Hannibal v. Fauntleroy. In a suit upon city bonds, which recite that they are issued to pay its subscription, the validity of which depended on its ratification “ by a majority of the -taxpayers,” the plaintiff offered in evidence, 1, the p
Hauselt v. Harrison
Hauselt v. Harrison. A. entered into a written contract with B., whereby, in consideration of moneys advanced by the latter for the purchase of' skins, he agreed that he would tan, finish, and deliver them to B.' B., in consideration of a C
Hewitt v. Phelps
Hewitt v. Phelps. 1. Prom the decree of a State court rendered in 1874 an appeal was in 1876 taken to the Supreme Court, where, in 1877, the decree was reversed and the cause remanded, “with leave to both parties to amend pleadings as they
The " Francis Wright"
The “ Francis Wright.” 1. The act of Eeb. 16, 1875, c. 77, ■whereby the appellate'jurisdiction of this court in .admiralty causes is limited to the determination of questions of law arising on the record is constitutional. 2. Where the cour
County of Moultrie v. Fairfield
County of Moultrie v. Fairfield. ■1. The charter of the Decatur, Sullivan, and Mattoon Railroad Company, which took effect March 26, 1869, authorized the board of supervisors of the county of Moultrie, Illinois, to subscribe to the capital
Asylum v. New Orleans
Asylum v. New Orleans. An institution in the city of^New Orleans for the relief of destitute females aiid helpless children of all -religious denominations was incorporated April 29; 1863, by an .act of the General Assembly of the State of
Bennecke v. Insurance Co.
Bennecke v. Insurance Company. A party whose life was insúred died at a place south of a certain parallel of latitude, his visit to which at that season of the year, without the conseht. of the company, worked a forfeiture of the policy. A
Insurance Co. v. Foley
Insurance Company v. Foley. 1. When sued upon a life policy, the company set up that in applying for it the insured did not make' true answers to questions touching his hahits. • The evidence in regard to them was conflicting. The court ref
Manchester v. Ericsson
Manchester v. Ericsson. It is error to withdraw from the jury the determination of a disputed fact in issue. So field, where, in a suit against a city for damages sustained by a party who fell at night from a causeway erected within the cit
Ottawa v. National Bank
Ottawa v. National Bank. 1. Hackett v. Ottawa (99 U. S. 86) cited, and the doctrines therein set forth reaffirmed. 2. Municipal bonds in Illinois, payable to a person therein named or bearer, are transferable by delivery without indorsement
Sullivan v. Burnett
Sullivan v. Burnett. 1. By the laws of Missouri, in force-in 1866 an alien was capable of taking by descent lands in that State, and of holding and alienating them, if he either resided in the United States, and, by taking the oath prescrib
Insurance Co. v. Bruce
Insurance Company v. Bruce. 1. Where a city having by statute authority to make an subscrip tion to the stock óf a railroad company,' and to deliver its bonds, jn advance of the construction of the road, issued them, representing in effect
Evansville Bank v. Britton
Evansville Bank v. Britton. Britton v. Evansville Bank. 1. The taxation of national bank shares by the statute of Indiana, without permitting tlie owner of them to dfiduct from their assessed value the amount of his bona fide indebtedness,
Hills v. Exchange Bank
Hills v. Exchange Bank. 1. Supervisors v. Stanley [supra, p. 305) cited and approved. 2. A national bank may, on bebalf of its stockholders, maintain a suit to enjoin the collection of a tax wiiich lias been unlawfully assessed on their sha
Supervisors v. Stanley
Supervisors v. Stanley. 1. The provisions of the statute of 1868 of New York, providing for the assessment and taxation of the stockholders of a. bank or banking association bn the value of their shares of stock, are in conflict witli the a
Russell v. Stansell
Russell v. Stansell. Where the land within a particular district was assessed for taxation, each owner being liable only for the amount wherewith he was separately charged, and the bill of complaint; filed by a number of them,'praying for a
Louisiana v. Pilsbury
Louisiana v. Pilsbury. 1. The act of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, of Teh. 23,1852, entitled “ An Act to consolidate the city of New Orleans, and to provide for the government and administration of its affairs,” is not in
Simmons v. Ogle
Simmons v. Ogle. 1. Where, in a suit involving the right to lands, the equities of the respective parties are equal, the legal title must prevail. 2. Against the United States the presumption of a party’s/claim of right to a tract of public
The "S. C. Tryon"
The “S. C. Tryon.” 1. The findings of fact which, in admiralty cases in the Circuit Court, the act of Eeb. 16,1875, c. 77 (18 Stat., pt. 3, p. 315), requires are in the nature of a special verdict, and constitute a part of the record.. The
James v. McCormack
James v. McCormack. An appeal, dismissed under rule 16, will not be reinstated, .unless good cause . therefor be shown. . Motion to reinstate an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia. Mr. Jo
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