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Outcome n/a Tax Law 1881

Hammock v. Loan & Trust Co.

Hammock v. Loan and Trust Company. V. A judge of a Circuit Court in Illinois cannot, in vacation, appoint a receiver of a railroad corporation. .The possession of a receiver so appointed is not - 'that, of the court. 2. Section 49 of chapte

105 U.S. 77 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

New Buffalo v. Iron Co.

New Buffalo v. Iron Company. 1.. Taylor v. Ypsilanti (supra, p. 60) cited and approved. 2. An assignee of municipal bonds issued to a railroad company succeeds to its rights by virtue of its contract with the municipality, although at the t

105 U.S. 73 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Taylor v. Ypsilanti

Taylor v. Ypsilanti. 1. Under a statute of Michigan of March 22, 1869, authorizing cities to plec their aid, “by loan or donation, with or without conditions,” ini the construe-, tion of any railroad by a company organized under the laws of

105 U.S. 60 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Mathews v. Machine Co.

Mathews v. Machine Company. 1. Letters-patent No. 4887, bearing date April 30, 1872, granted to Washburn ' Racé and S. !R. C. Mathews for an improvement in hydrants,- being a reissue of letters No. 19,206, dated Jan. '26, 1858, are void, in

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

Outcome n/a 1881

Smith v. Field

Smith v. Field. A. imported goods invoiced as “ white linen torchon laces and insertings,” which, as “ thread lace arid insertings,” were, he claimed, subject to a duty of thirty per cent ad valorem, under schedule C of sect. 2504, Rev, Sta

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

Reversed 1881

Head v. Hargrave

Head v. Hargrave. 1. A “ statement ” of the case, according to the law regulating civil proceedings in the Territory of Arizona, takes the place of a bill of exceptions, when the alleged errors of law are set forth witli sufficient matter t

105 U.S. 45 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Young v. Steamship Co.

Young v. Steamship Company. 1. A shipping commissioner who has received two dollars for services in connection with the shipment of a seaman is not entitled to a fee on his reshipment- on subsequent successive voyages of the same vessel. 2.

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

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

United States v. Granite Co.

United States v. Granite Company. Where a party who delivered granite was, by the terms of his contract, to receive “ the sum of sixty-five cents' per cubic foot for all stones when the quarried dimensions' do not exceed twenty cubic feet i

105 U.S. 37 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Insurance Law 1881

The " Scotland"

The “ Scotland.” 1. The act of March 3,1851, e. 43, reproduced in the Revised Statutes in sects. 4282, &e., applies to owners of foreign as well as domestic vessels; and to acts done on the high seas as well as in waters of the United State

105 U.S. 24 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Greenwood v. Freight Co.

Greenwood v. Freight Company. 1. Where, by a State statute, the charter of a,street-railroad company was repealed, and its franchises and track were transferred to another, and the company refuses to seek a remedy, a stockholder who. asks a

105 U.S. 13 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Pollard v. Vinton

Pollard v. Vinton. 1. The legal character and effect of a bill' of lading stated in reference to its. negotiable, quality. 2. Neither the master of a steamboat, nor its shipping agents at points on the rivers 'of the interior where cargo is

105 U.S. 7 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Bartholow v. Trustees

Bartholow v. Trustees. The judgment rendered in an action at law where the judges of the Circuit . Court were opposed in opinion cannot be re-examined here otherwise than on a writ of error. On a certificate of division in opinion between t

105 U.S. 6 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Clark v. Fredericks

Clark v. Fredericks. 1. A judgment'-will not be reversed because thé court below erred in directing the order in which the evidence was introduced, unless it clearly'appears that the complaining party was thereby injured. 2. An objection to

105 U.S. 4 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Swope v. Leffingwell

Swope v. Leffingwell. This court has jurisdiction to re-examine the judgment of a State court inyolv* ing the right of a national; bank to purchase a promissory note secured by a deed of trust upon real estate. A motion to affirm will, howe

105 U.S. 3 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Wade v. Walnut

Wade v. Walnut. The court adheres to the-decision of the Supreme Oourt of Illinois declaring.' that the provision in the existing Constitution of that State entitled “Munici-' • pal subscriptions to railroads or private corporations” took e

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

Remanded Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Wood v. Weimar

Wood v. Weimar. 1. In Michigan, replevin will lie at the suit of_the mortgagee of personal chattels against an officer who, by virtue of an attachment sued out against the mortgagor, levied upon them while they were in his. possession, and

104 U.S. 786 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Fox v. Cincinnati

Fox v. Cincinnati. 1. Pursuant to authority conferred by law* the board of public works of a State leased the surplus water of her canals, but reserved the right to resume the use of it, when it should be needed for the purposes of navigati

104 U.S. 783 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Family Law 1881

Warnock v. Davis

Warnock v. Davis. 1. A person who has procured a.policy of insurance on his life cannot assign it to parties who have no insurable interest in liis life. Cammack v.. Lewis (15 Wall. 643) cited and approved. 2. The plaintiff’s intestate, on

104 U.S. 775 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Loudon v. Taxing District

Loudon v. Taxing District. 1. Lawful interest is tlie only damages to which a party is entitled for the now-payment of money due upon contract. His right is limited to the recovery of the money so due and such interest. 2.. A city'entered i

104 U.S. 771 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Poppe v. Langford

Poppe v. Langford. This court has no jurisdiction to re-examine the judgment of a State court-affirming that the title of the true owner of lands is extinguished by an adverse possession under color of richt for the length of time that woul

104 U.S. 770 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Blair v. Gray

Blair v. Gray. The charter of an insurance company in Illinois declares that, "in all cases of losses exceeding the means of the corporation each stockholder shall be held liable to the amount of unpaid stock held by him.” An action at law

104 U.S. 769 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

United States v. Babbitt

United States v. Babbitt. 1. Quaere, In computing the longevity pay to which an officer of the army is entitled under sect. 7 of the act of June 18,1878, c. 263 (20 Stat. 145), should the time during which he was a cadet at West Point he in

104 U.S. 767 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1881

Britton v. Niccolls

Britton v. Niccolls. 1. A party in Illinois transmitted to bankers residing in a city in Mississippi a note for collection which was there dated, but did not inform them nor were they aware of the residence of the maker. The only instructio

104 U.S. 757 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1881

Heald v. Rice

Heald v. Rice. 1. The specification {infra, pp. 738-742) forming part óf the original letters-patent, No. 146,614, granted- to Harvey W. Rice, Jan. 20, 1874, for an improvement in steam-boilers, and that forming part of the reissued letters

104 U.S. 737 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion