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Affirmed 1881

Bradley v. United States

Bradley v. United States. It is no objection to the competency of a witness for the government in the Court of Claims that bis interest is adverse to that of the claimants, and that a judgment against them may have the effect of establishin

104 U.S. 442 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Reversed 1881

Vigel v. Hopp

Vigel v. Hopp. "Where the answer is responsive to the allegations of the complainant’s bill, they must, to entitle him to relief, be sustained by the testimony of two witnesses, or of one witness corroborated, by circumstances which are equ

104 U.S. 441 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Neslin v. Wells

Neslin v. Wells. 1. By the laws of Utah in force in the year 1873 a mortgage of lands which is first recorded, if it be taken without notice of an elder mortgage, is entitled to precedence of lien. 2. It is only when the equities are equal

104 U.S. 428 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Boughton v. Exchange Bank

Boughton v. Exchange Bank. This court has no jurisdiction to re-examine the judgment of a State court, unless the record shows, affirmatively or by fair implication, that a Federal question, necessary to the determination of the cause, is i

104 U.S. 427 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed 1881

Quinby v. Conlan

Quinby v. Conlan. 1. The verdict of a jury upon an issue which a court of chancery directed them to try is merely advisory. 2. A party lawfully settling upon a portion of a quarter-section of public land, who in good faith complies witli th

104 U.S. 420 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Cummings v. Jones

Cummings v. Jones. The judgment of á State court cannot be re-examined here unless, within two years after it was rendered, a writ of error be brought. Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. The fa

104 U.S. 419 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Bronson v. Schulten

Bronson v. Schulten. 1. During the term when it is rendered or entered of record, a judgment or an order, however conclusive in its character, is under the control of the court pronouncing it, and may then be set,aside, vacated, or modified

104 U.S. 410 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded 1881

Hyde v. Ruble

Hyde v. Ruble. 1. Under the second section of the act of March 3,1875, c. 137 (18 Stat., pt. 3, p. 470), a suit cannot be removed from a State court to the Circuit Court, unless either all the parties, on one side of the controversy are cit

104 U.S. 407 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Davis v. Gaines

Davis v. Gaines. 1. According to the law of Louisiana in force in 1813, if the heirs, whether forced or voluntary, of a testator were absent from the State, the Probate Court had jurisdiction to order a sale of his property. 2. The will hav

104 U.S. 386 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1881

James v. Campbell

James v. Campbell. Campbell v. James. Clexton v. Campbell. ' 1. Norton’s reissued Ietters-patent, dated Oct. 4, 1870, for an improved post-office stamp for printing the post-mark and cancelling the postage.-stamp at one blow, are void, by r

104 U.S. 356 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Miller v. Brass Co.

Miller v. Brass Company. 1. In reissued letters-patent No. 6844, granted, Jan. 11, 1876, to Joshua E. Ambrose, assignor by mesne conveyances to Edward Miller & Co., for an improvement in lamps, the second claim is void, it not being for the

104 U.S. 350 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Draper v. Davis

Draper v. Davis. Although,, in default of payment, a deed of trust authorizes a sale by the trustee, yet where he attempts to sell property which is subject to conflicting liens, and it is doubtful whether a part of it ,is covered by the de

104 U.S. 347 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Gautier v. Arthur

Gautier v. Arthur. 1. It was the intention of Congress, so far as, the free list in'the fifth section of the act of June 6, 1872, c. 315' (17 Stat. 233), is concerned, to. put an .end to the discriminating duties imposed by the seventeenth

104 U.S. 345 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Worley v. Tobacco Co.

Worley v. Tobacco Company. 1. Letters-patent- No. 181,512, granted Aug. 22, 1876, to Christian 'Worley' and Henry McCabe, for an improvement in manufacturing plug-tobaoco .aro • void, inasmuch as the improvement therein deseribed was, witli

104 U.S. 340 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1881

Egbert v. Lippmann

Egbert v. Lippmann. 1.- Reissued letters-patent No. 5216, granted Jan. 7,1873, to Frances Lee Barnes, executrix of Samuel H. Barnes, deceased; for an “ improvement in corset-springs,” are void, the invention for which the original letters,

104 U.S. 333 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Wood v. Railroad Co.

Wood v. Railroad Company. 1. The grant of ten odd-numbered sections of land per mile to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company by the act of July.2,1864, c. 216 (IS Stat. 356), was inpreesenti, and although not expressly requiri

104 U.S. 329 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a 1881

Collins v. Riley

Collins v. Riley. 1. Land in Virginia, whereof the owner died seised in 1828, descended to his married daughter. In January, 1868, she and A., her husband, conveyed it in tee, ana shortly thereafter died, he predeceasing her. In that year a

104 U.S. 322 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Sage v. Wyncoop

Sage v. Wyncoop. 1. Upon consideration of the proofs, the court affirms the decree below, declaring invalid a lien acquired by the levy of an execution upon the goods of a. party who was immediately thereafter adjudged to be a bankrupt. 2.

104 U.S. 319 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Pickering v. McCullough

Pickering v. McCullough. 1. Reissued letters-patent No. 6166, granted Deo. 8,1874, to George Nimmo, for “ an improvement in moulding crucibles ” are void, the invention therein described being neither patentable nor novel. 2. A combination

104 U.S. 310 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Libby v. Hopkins

Libby v. Hopkins. 1. “Mutual debts” and “mutual credits,” where they occur in sect. 20 of the act of March 2, 1867, c. 176 (14 Stat. 517), and sect. 5013 of the Revised Statutes, are correlative. Credits do not include a trust, and in case

104 U.S. 303 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Dismissed Bankruptcy & Debt 1881

Ex parte Woollen

Ex parte Woollen. The Circuit Court- was authorized to dismiss an appeal thereto, which, at a term thereof then holding, was not entered therein within ten days after it had been taken from a decision of the District Court sitting in bankru

104 U.S. 300 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1881

Giles v. Little

Giles v. Little. A.’s last will and testament provides as follows: “ To my beloved wife E. I give and bequeath all my estate, real and personal, of which I may die seised, tlie same to remain and be hers, with full power, right, and authori

104 U.S. 291 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Intellectual Property 1881

Belk v. Meagher

Belk v. Meagher. 1..By the act of May 10, 1872, c. 152 (17 Stat. 91), and the acts amendatory , thereof, the rights of the original locator of a mining claim or of his assignee, which was located prior to that date, were continued until Jan

104 U.S. 279 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1881

National Bank v. Johnson

National Bank v. Johnson. 1. The sole particular, so far as loans and discounts are concerned, in which sect. 6197 of the Revised Statutes places a national bank upon an' equality with natural persons, is in permitting it to charge a rate o

104 U.S. 271 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion