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Affirmed Tax Law 1882

United States v. Stone

United States v. Stone. Stone v. United States. 1. Where nil debet is pleaded, it is not error to strike out a notice of special matter to be given in evidence, where evidence of such matter is admissible under the plea. 2. In a suit by the

106 U.S. 525 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed 1882

Youngstown Bank v. Hughes

Youngstown Bank v. Hughes. The value of the matter in dispute, when the jurisdiction of this court depends thereon, must be such as can be ascertained in money, and, if not disclosed by the record, may be shown by affidavits. On motion to d

106 U.S. 523 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1882

Ex parte Carll

Ex parte Carll. The reviewing power of this court in a criminal case is, on a writ of habeas carpus, confined to the determination of the question whether the court which sentenced'the prisoner had jurisdiction to try him for the offence wh

106 U.S. 521 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Civil Rights 1882

Patterson v. Lynde

Patterson v. Lynde. The creditor of a corporation organized under the general laws of Oregon cannot, to recover his debt against it, enforce, by an action at law, the liability of a stockholder upon an unpaid subscription to its capital sto

106 U.S. 519 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1882

Clarkson v. Stevens

Clarkson v. Stevens. 1. Where, by a contract for the construction of a ship, the builder is to furnisli the requisite labor and materials, and to receive therefor a sum payable in instalments as the work progresses, this court will not enfo

106 U.S. 505 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Tax Law 1882

Parkersburg v. Brown

Parkersburg v. Brown. 1. The act of the legislature of West Virginia, of Dec. 15,1868, c. 118, authorizing the city of Parkersburg to issue its bonds for the purpose of lending the same to persons engaged in manufacturing, is invalid, and t

106 U.S. 487 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1882

Branch v. Jesup

Branch v. Jesup. 1. The South Georgia and Florida Railroad Company having power, by its charter, to construct a railroad from Albany to Thomasville, Georgia, and from Thomasville to the Florida line, and to purchase and sell all kinds of pr

106 U.S. 468 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Employment Law 1882

Morrill v. Jones

Morrill v. Jones. 1. Animals, specially'imported from beyond the seas for breeding purposes, are not subject to duty. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury has no authority to prescribe a regulation requiring that, before admitting them free, th

106 U.S. 466 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1882

Clark v. Keith

Clark v. Keith. . Whatever was determined here on a writ of error cannot be re-examined upon a subsequent writ brought in the same suit. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. Mr. Benjamin J. Lea, Mr. Henry Cooper, and Mr. Ho

106 U.S. 464 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1882

Georgia v. Jesup

Georgia v. Jesup. In a foreclosure suit, pending when the lands and property were in possession of a receiver, the State of Georgia, whilst declining to become a party, presented a petition asking that he be required to withdraw from the po

106 U.S. 458 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1882

Steel v. Smelting Co.

Steel v. Smelting Company. 1. A patent executed in the required form and by the proper officers, for such a portion of the public domain as is by law subject to sale or other disposal, passes the title thereto, and the finding of the facts

106 U.S. 447 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1882

Dodge v. Freedman's Savings & Trust Co.

Dodge v. Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company. Where a mortgage of. lands in the District of Columbia, or a deed of trust in the nature thereof, to secure the payment of money, is foreclosed, sect. 808; Rev. Stat., relating to the District,

106 U.S. 445 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1882

Minturn v. United States

Minturn v. United States. 1. An importer of sugars having entered them at the custom-house by a ware- ■ house entry, under sect. 12 of the act of Aug. 30, 1842, c. 270,' as amended by sect. 1 of the act of Aug. 6,1846, c. 84, gave, with sur

106 U.S. 437 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Employment Law 1882

Woodenware Co. v. United States

Woodenware Company v. United States. Where the plaintiff, in an action for -timber cut and carried away from his land, recovers damages, the rule -for assessing them against .the defendant is : 1. Where he is a wilful trespasser, the'full v

106 U.S. 432 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Dismissed Tax Law 1882

Grant v. Phœnix Insurance

Grant v. Phœnix Insurance Company. A decree is not final within the meaning of the act conferring appellate jurisdiction, unless upon its affirmance nothing remains but to execute it. The court therefore dismisses an appeal by the defendant

106 U.S. 429 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1882

School District v. Hall

School District of Ackley v. Hall. A writ of error will not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction by reason of a failure to annex thereto or return therewith an assignment of errors, pursuant to the requirements of sect. 997 Rev. Stat. Moti

106 U.S. 428 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1882

Moffitt v. Rogers

Moffitt v. Rogers. Reissued letters-patent No. 0102, granted to John R. Moffitt for an “ improvement in the manufacture of heel stiffeners for boots and shoos,” are void, inasmuch as they cover a contrivance essentially different from that

106 U.S. 423 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Tax Law 1882

Walker's Executors v. United States

Walker’s Executors v. United States. On the 12th of April, 1865, A., a resident of Memphis, purchased, in Mobile, from B., a resident of that city, — both cities being then in the occupancy of the national forces, — cotton, which was then i

106 U.S. 413 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1882

Hodges v. Easton

Hodges v. Easton. Certain questions, covering only^a part of the material issues of fact, were propounded to the jury, who returned them with the answers thereto, as a special verdict. The judgment against the defendant recites that it was

106 U.S. 408 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1882

Hemingway v. Stansell

Hemingway v. Stansell. 1. A board of commissioners, one from each of five counties, having been incorporated by a State statute to construct and maintain levees, with authority to make contracts for the doing of the work, and having made su

106 U.S. 399 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1882

King v. Cornell

King v. Cornell. 1. Where a citizen of a State sues in a court thereof a citizen of the same State and an alien, the latter is not entitled to remove the suit to the Circuit Court. 2. The act of March 3, 1875, c. 137, repealed the second cl

106 U.S. 395 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1882

Landsdale v. Smith

Landsdale v. Smith. A bill is bad on demurrer when it appears therefrom that there have been unreasonable delay and laches on the part of the complainant, or those under whom he claims, in asserting the rights which he seeks to enforce. App

106 U.S. 391 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1882

Geekie v. Kirby Carpenter Co.

Geekie v. Kirby Carpenter Company. 1. Under section 5 of. chapter 138 of the General Laws of Wisconsin, of 1861, providing that “no action shall be commenced by the former owner or owners' of any lands, or by any person claiming under him o

106 U.S. 379 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Civil Rights 1882

Ex parte Curtis

Ex parte Curtis. The sixth section of the act of Aug. 15,1876, c. 287, prohibiting, under penalties therein mentioned, certain officers of the United States from requesting, giving to, or receiving from any other officer money or property o

106 U.S. 371 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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