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Dismissed Business & Corporate Law 1881

United States v. Railroad Co.

United States v. Railroad Company. 1. The court affirms Hecht v. Bouphton, supra, p. 2.35. 2. A writ of error or an appeal will not lie from the final judgment or decree of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Wyoming, unless the amount in

105 U.S. 263 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Brandies v. Cochrane

Brandies v. Cochrane. An appeal may be perfected without an order formally allowing it. It is in legal effect allowed when the circuit judge takes the security and' signs the • citation. Motion to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court of

105 U.S. 262 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Railroad Co. v. Loftin

Railroad Company v. Loftin. 1. Lands in Arkansas, granted by the State to the Memphis and St. Louis Railroad Company, and held for the purpose of raising money to build its road, are not, by its charter, exempt from taxation. Railroad Compa

105 U.S. 258 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1881

Manufacturing Co. v. Cowing

Manufacturing Company v. Cowing. The validity and the infringement of letters-patent No: 117,925, .granted Ang. 8, ' 1871, for an improvement in gas-pumps for oil-wells, having been established, — Held, that the ease being an exceptional on

105 U.S. 253 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Scheffer v. Railroad Co.

Scheffer v. Railroad Company. By reason of a collision of railway trains in Virginia a passenger was injured, and becoming thereby disordered in mind and body he some eight months thereafter committed suicide. Held, in a suit by his persona

105 U.S. 249 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Burley v. Flint

Burley v. Flint. A sale under a decree of foreclosure ordering that the mortgaged premises in Illinois be sold without any right of redemption was confirmed by the proper court.' After the expiration of the time, within which the defendant

105 U.S. 247 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

United States v. Tyler

United States v. Tyler. 1. An officer of the army who is “retired from active service” is still in the military service of the United States, and, in addition to the per centum of the pay of the. rank on. which he was retired, is entitled t

105 U.S. 244 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Tax Law 1881

Davenport v. County of Dodge

Davenport v. County of Dodge. 1. Where a precinct in an organized county in Nebraska voted, pursuant to the statute of that State approved Feb. IB, 1869, to aid a work of internal improvement, and bonds were, as in this case, issued therefo

105 U.S. 237 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Hecht v. Boughton

Hecht v. Boughton. An appeal is the only form of proceeding by which this court can review the judgment or the decree of a territorial court in a case where.-there was not a trial by jury. Motion to dismiss a writ, of error to the Supreme C

105 U.S. 235 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Chatfield v. Boyle

Chatfield v. Boyle. 1. A person having made an assignment in favor of his creditors, one of them in behalf of himself and such others as would unite with him, filed his bill to set aside as fraudulent a previous conveyance in favor of A., a

105 U.S. 231 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Warren v. Stoddart

Warren v. Stoddart. 1. Where a party, entitled to the benefit of a contract, can, at a trifling expense and with reasonable exertions, save himself from a loss arising from’ a .broach of it, it is his duty to do so. and he can charge delinq

105 U.S. 224 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1881

National Bank v. Watsontown Bank

National Bank v. Watsontown Bank. 1. The statute of Pennsylvania [infra, p. 220), declaring that the'Stock of a bank shall be transferable only on the books in such manner as the by-laws shall ordain, and that no stockholder shall be author

105 U.S. 217 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Root v. Railway Co.

Root v. Railway Company. A., to whom had been assigned letters-patent, filed, after the expiration of them, which took place July 6,1873, his bill against B., charging that the latter had during their term infringed them by using the patent

105 U.S. 189 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1881

United States v. Hunt

United States v. Hunt. 1. In a suit upon the official bond of A., approved July 19,1866, on which day . he entered upon duty as collector of internal revenue, and continued therein until May 23, 1867, the 'United States offered in evidence

105 U.S. 183 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1881

Manufacturing Co. v. Bradley

Manufacturing Company v. Bradley. 1. A corporation organized under the laws of South Carolina agreed, by an instrument under its seal, to pay on a’certain date to A. a sum of money at a specified rate of interest, and by an indorsement unde

105 U.S. 175 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Railroad Co. v. Ellerman

Railroad Company v. Ellerman. 1. By its charter and the statutes of Louisiana the city of New Orleans was . authorized to erect and maintain wharves within its limits, and to collect wharfage. Held, that no right of the city was infringed b

105 U.S. 166 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Bantz v. Frantz

Bantz v. Frantz. "1. Reissued letters-paten't No. 4731, granted Feb. 6, 1872, to Gideon Bantz for an improvement in boiler' furnaees for burning wet fuel, are void, inasmuch as the specification and claim .attached to the original letters N

105 U.S. 160 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Scovill v. Thayer

Scovill v. Thayer. 1. Certificates of stock of an incorporated company issued in excess of the.limit imposed ,by its charter áre void, and the holder of them is not entitled to the rights, nor subject to the liabilities, of a holder of auth

105 U.S. 143 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Rives v. Duke

Rives v. Duke. On "the -5th' of December, 1863, after the Proclamation of Emancipation, and in that part of Virginia the people of which were in rebellion against the United States, one resident therein sold and delivered to another a; numb

105 U.S. 132 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Ager v. Murray

Ager v. Murray. ■ A patent-right may be subjected by bill in equity to the payment of a judgment debt of the patentee. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. ■ Submitted on

105 U.S. 126 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Tax Law 1881

McCormick v. Knox

McCormick v. Knox. A., wliose debt was secured by deed of trust , on lands, purchased them when, .in default of payment, they were offered at a public sale by the trustee, and on taking a deed therefor entered into possession thereof. He su

105 U.S. 122 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Personal Injury 1881

Blennerhassett v. Sherman

Blennerhassett v. Sherman. ' 1. A mortgage of his entire estate, executed by an insolvent mortgagor to'a creditor, who knows of his insolvency, and who, for the purpose of giving him a fictitious credit, actively conceals, the mortgage, wit

105 U.S. 100 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Employment Law 1881

United States v. Temple

United States v. Temple. An officer of the navy, while engaged in public business, travelled by land and sea under orders, the travel by sea not being in a public vessel of the United States. Held, that under the act of June 30, 1876, c. 15

105 U.S. 97 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Intellectual Property 1881

Lehnbeuter v. Holthaus

Lehnbeuter v. Holthaus. 1. Letters-patent granted by the United States are, as against an infringer, prima, facie evidence of the novelty and utility of the device or invention for which they were granted. 2. Letters-patent No. 88Í4, grante

105 U.S. 94 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion