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Outcome n/a 1881

Micas v. Williams

Micas v. Williams. Where the record is such as to furnish a sufficient color of right to the dismissal - of the writ of error to justify the court in entertaining with a motion to dismiss a motion' io affirm under Rule 6,— Held, that althou

104 U.S. 556 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1881

Jones v. Buckell

Jones v. Buckell. This court will not pass upon the charge below, where the bill of exceptionsV does not set forth the evidence, and there is nothing to show that the question of law to which the charge relates is involved in the issue. Eeb

104 U.S. 554 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Griggs v. Houston

Griggs v. Houston. 1. Sections 1166 and 1167 of the Code of Tennessee, touching the liability which ' railroad ■Companies incur • by > failing/' to observe - certain precautions in' running their trains; do not- apply ..to contractors engag

104 U.S. 553 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Stow v. Chicago

Stow v. Chicago. Reissued letters-patent No. 3274, bearing date Jan. 19, 1869, granted to Henry M Stow, for “ improved pavement,” and the letters-patent No. 134,404, bearing date Dee. 81, 1872, issued to him for “ improvement in wood paveme

104 U.S. 547 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Micou v. National Bank

Micou v. National Bank. This case involves only disputed questions of fact, and the court, upon a consideration of the proofs, holds that certain decrees against a guardian in favor of his wards, wliereunder his real estate was purchased by

104 U.S. 530 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Gottfried v. Miller

Gottfried v. Miller. 1. The right of a corporation to assign letters-patent, whereof it is the owner, is not affected by an attachment whereunder shares of its capital stock, belonging to a stockholder, were seized, and the assignment may b

104 U.S. 521 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

Ex parte Hagar

Ex parte Hagar. The District Court sitting in admiralty will not be restrained from proceeding in a suit to-recover pilotage. Petition for a -writ of prohibition. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. The case was argued by Mr.

104 U.S. 520 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1881

Ex parte Ferry Co.

Ex parte Ferry Company. Ex parte Gordon (supra, p. 515) reaffirmed, the doctrines there announced being applicable, although the amount involved in the suit below is not sufficient to give this court appellate jurisdiction. Petition for a w

104 U.S. 519 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

Ex parte Gordon

Ex parte Gordon. •1. A writ of prohibition will not be. issued to a District Court of the Uniti States sitting in admiralty, wherein a libel claiming damages was file] against a steamer for drowning certain seamen of a vessel with which, sh

104 U.S. 515 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1881

Strong v. Willey

Strong v. Willey. Same v. Same. A case in equity, wherein an account and an injunction were prayed for, was at issue upon bill, answer, and replication. Held, that the parties, by referring the matter in controversy to an -arbitrator, with

104 U.S. 512 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1881

Stewart v. Lansing

Stewart v. Lansing. 1. The indorsee of negotiable paper which has a fraudulent or illegal inception must, in order to recover thereon, prove that he is a bona fide holder thereof for value. 2. Coupon bonds of a town in New York were by comm

104 U.S. 505 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1881

Draper v. Springport

Draper v. Springport. Where a town in New York subscribed for stock in a railroad company, and the commissioners, authorized to execute bonds in payment therefor, issued unsealed obligations, whereon a bona fide holder for value brought sui

104 U.S. 501 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1881

Vietor v. Arthur

Vietor v. Arthur. Stockings of worsted, or of worsted and cotton, made on frames and imported after June 22, 1874, are dutiable as stockings, under schedule M, class 3, sect. 2504, .of the Revised Statutes. Error to the Circuit Court oí the

104 U.S. 498 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Bank v. Tennessee

Bank v. Tennessee. A bank, by its charter, is required to “pay to the State 'n annual tax of one-half of one per. cent on each share of capital stock, whicl shall be in lieu of all other taxes,” and is authorized to “ purchase and hold ., l

104 U.S. 493 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1881

Vinton v. Hamilton

Vinton v. Hamilton. Letters-patent No. 143,600, dated Oct.-14, 1873, and.granted.to John' J. Vinton for an improvement in the manufacture of iron from blast-furnace slag, are void, inasmuch as. the process and applia - : s described in his

104 U.S. 485 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1881

Huntington v. Palmer

Huntington v. Palmer. Hawes v. Oakland (supra, p. 450) reaffirmed. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. Huntington filed this bill against Palmer, tax-collector of the County of Alameda, Califor

104 U.S. 482 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1881

United States v. Steamship Co.

United States v. Steamship Company. 1. The court holds that all questions relating to the character of the vessels employed by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in executing its contracts with the United States and to the performance of th

104 U.S. 480 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Louisville v. Savings Bank

Louisville v. Savings Bank. L When necessary to determine-conflicting rights, courts of justice will take - cognizance of the fractions of a day. 2. The section of the Constitution of Illinois, entitled “'Municipal subscriptions to railroad

104 U.S. 469 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1881

People v. Commissioners

People v. Commissioners. 1. Qumre, Are the statutes of a State in violation of the Constitution of the United States if they subject to taxation the capital of her citizens, although, on the day to which the assessment of it relates, it is

104 U.S. 466 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1881

Lamar v. Micou

Lamar v. Micou. A defendant, who made no defence except to reduce the amount of the recovery, cannot appeal from a decree against him for less than $5,000. Motion to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court of th® United States for the Sout

104 U.S. 465 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

Murphy v. United States

Murphy v. United States. A,claim against the United States for damages which a contractor alleged he had sustained was, by the appropriate department, adjusted upon a basis to which he agreed. He accepted the sum allowed, and gave a receipt

104 U.S. 464 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1881

Rosenblatt v. Johnston

Rosenblatt v. Johnston. The personal property of an insolvent national hank in the hands of a receiver appointed pursuant to sect. 5234 of the Revised Statutes is exempt from taxation under State laws. - Appeal from the Circuit Court of the

104 U.S. 462 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Hawes v. Oakland

Hawes v. Oakland. L A shareholder in the Contra Costa Water-works Company brought his bill in equity against the city of Oakland, the company, and its directors, alleging that the company was furnishing the city with water, free of charge,

104 U.S. 450 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1881

Wells v. Nickles

Wells v. Nickles. 1. While no act of Congress expressly authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or other officer of the Land Department to appoint timber agents, the appropriation of money by Congress to pay them is a recognition of the va

104 U.S. 444 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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