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Reversed Bankruptcy & Debt 1882

Hill v. Harding

Hill v. Harding. A State court, in which an action against a bankrupt upon a debt provable in bankruptcy is pending, must, on his application under sect. 5106 of the Revised Statutes, stay all proceedings to await the determination of the c

107 U.S. 631 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1882

Schell v. Dodge

Schell v. Dodge. Barney v. Isler. Barney v. Cox. Barney v. Friedman. Where a cause has been finally disposed of here, by the dismissal of the writ of error, this court has no power, at a subsequent term, to alter its ‘judgment to one of aff

107 U.S. 629 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1882

Schell v. Cochran

Schell v. Cochran. Cochran v. Schell. 1. Where a collector of customs brings a writ of error to review a judgment recovered against him for moneys exacted by and paid to him on entries, this court will, if it affirms the judgment, allow int

107 U.S. 625 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1882

Barber v. Schell

Barber v. Schell. Schell v. Barber. 1. By schedule D of the act of July 30,1846, c. 74, a duty of twenty-five per cent ad valorem was imposed on “ cotton laces, cotton insertings,” and “ manufactures composed wholly of cotton, not otherwise

107 U.S. 617 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1882

Basket v. Hassell

Basket v. Hassell. 1. A certificate of deposit in these terms: — “Evansville National Bank, “ Evansville, Ind., Sept. 8, 1875. H. M. Chaney has deposited in tills hank twenty-three thousand five hundred and fourteen /ft dollars, payable in

107 U.S. 602 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1882

Davis v. South Carolina

Davis v. South Carolina. 1. Section 643 of the Revised Statutes, which provides for removing to the Circuit Court suits or criminal prosecutions commenced in a State court. against “ any officer appointed under or acting hy authority of any

107 U.S. 597 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1882

Union Trust Co. v. Walker

Union Trust Company v. Walker. An assignment of such. claims as are mentioned in Union Trust Company v. Souther, ante, p. 591, passes the right of the original holder to payment out of the fund in the hands of the receiver. ■ Appeal from th

107 U.S. 596 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1882

Union Trust Co. v. Souther

Union Trust Company v. Souther. Where the complainant prays for the appointment of a receiver of mortgaged railroad property, pending proceedings for foreclosure, the court, in the exercise of a sound discretion, may, as a condition of gran

107 U.S. 591 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1882

Ambler v. Choteau

Ambler v. Choteau. Where the object of a suit in chancery is the recovery of the damages which the complainant alleges that he has sustained by reason of an unlawful and fraudulent conspiracy to cheat him out of his interest in an original

107 U.S. 586 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1882

Memphis & Charleston Railroad v. Alabama

Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company v. Alabama. The Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company is made by the statutes of Alabama an Alabama corporation; and, although- previously incorporated in Tennessee also, cannot remove into the Circ

107 U.S. 581 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1882

Read v. Plattsmouth

Read v. Plattsmouth. 1. Negotiable coupon-bonds were, without authority of law, issued in October, 1872, by a city in Nebraska, for the purpose of raising money wherewith to construct a high-school building within her limits. . They were so

107 U.S. 568 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Settled Estate Planning & Probate 1882

Mills County v. Railroad Companies

Mills County v. Railroad Companies. 1. The swamp and overflowed lands granted hy the act of Sept. 28.1850, c. 84, are subject to the disposal of the States wherein they respectively lie, and no party other than the United States can questio

107 U.S. 557 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1882

Quincy v. Cooke

Quincy v. Cooke. The General Assembly of Illinois enacted, March 27, 1869, a statute as follows: “ The acts of the city council of the city of Quincy, from June 2, 1868, to August 28, 1868, in ordering an election on the proposition to subs

107 U.S. 549 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1882

Myers v. Swann

Myers v. Swann. The Circuit Court cannot take jurisdiction of a suit removed from a State court under- the third subdivision of sect. 639 of the Revised Statutes, on account of “prejudice or local influeneé",” unless all the necessary parti

107 U.S. 546 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1882

Pana v. Bowler

Pana v. Bowler. 1. The act of the General Assembly of Illinois approved Feb. 24, 1869, amendatory of an act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Illinois Southeastern Railway Company,” approved Feb. 25, 1867, removed the limitation of •130,0

107 U.S. 529 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1882

McLaughlin v. United States

McLaughlin v. United States. 1. Where a'bill was filed in the Circuit Court by the District Attorney in the name of the United States, to vacate a patent for lands, but no objection touching his authority to bring the suit was made, and a d

107 U.S. 526 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1882

District of Columbia v. Armes

District of Columbia v. Armes. 1. In a suit "against a municipal corporation to recover damages for injuries received from a fall caused by a defective sidewalk, which was in an unguarded condition, it is competent for the plaintiff to show

107 U.S. 519 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1882

The "Adriatic"

The “Adriatic.” 1. Under the act of Eeb. 16, 1875, c. 77, a finding in a case of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction on the instance side of the Circuit Court has the effect of a special verdict in an action at law, and although no exceptio

107 U.S. 512 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1882

Sun Mutual Insurance v. Ocean Insurance

Sun Mutual Insurance Company v. Ocean Insurance Company. 1. Where, in a suit in admiralty by one insurance company against another upon a contract of reinsurance, it became essential for the libellant to show that the risk which it had assu

107 U.S. 485 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Estate Planning & Probate 1882

Williams v. Jackson

Williams v. Jackson. Jackson v. Stickney. 1. By a trust deed, duly .recorded, land was conveyed to tlie trustees in fee, and they were authorized to release it to the grantor upon payment of the negotiable promissory note thereby secured. B

107 U.S. 478 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1882

Close v. Glenwood Cemetery

Close v. Glenwood Cemetery. Borcherling v. Glenwood Cemetery. 1. A cemetery company was incorporated in 1854 by an act of Congress which authorized it to purchase and hold ninety acres of land in the District of Columbia, and to receive gif

107 U.S. 466 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1882

Baldwin v. Stark

Baldwin v. Stark. 1. This court has jurisdiction to-re-examine the judgment of the Supreme Court of a State, rendered adversely to the right and title .which a party to the suit specially sets up to land under a patent issued by the United

107 U.S. 463 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1882

Wabash Railway Co. v. McDaniels

Wabash Railway Company v. McDaniels. 1. This court will not re-examine the order of the Circuit Court, refusing to set aside the verdict upon the ground that the jury awarded excessive damages. 2. The same degree of care which a railroad co

107 U.S. 454 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded 1882

Cook County National Bank v. United States

Cook County National Bank v. United States. Section 3466 of the Revised Statutes, infra, p. 447, which, in certain cases therein mentioned, gives, tó the United States priority of payment of debts due to it, does not apply to its demands ag

107 U.S. 445 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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