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Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1885

Brown v. United States

BROWN, Administratrix, v. UNITED STATES. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Argued January 18, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In case of ambiguity, in a statute, contemporaneous and uniform executive construction is regarded as decisive. The

113 U.S. 568 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1885

St. Louis v. Myers

ST. LOUIS v. MYERS. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. Submitted November 24, 1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. The act of March 6, 1820, 3 Stat. 545, admitting Missouri into the Union left the rights of riparian owners on

113 U.S. 566 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Family Law 1885

Gumbel v. Pitkin

GUMBEL v. PITKIN & others. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Submitted January 26, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. A writ of error will not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction by reason of fa

113 U.S. 545 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1885

Peugh v. Davis

PEUGH v. DAVIS. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Argued January 27, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In a suit in equity for redeeming unoccupied and unenclosed city lots from a mortgage, the mortgagee in constructiv

113 U.S. 542 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1885

Richards v. Mackall

RICHARDS v. MACKALL. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Submitted December 1, 1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. Where there is an appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to this court, the citation may

113 U.S. 539 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1885

Erhardt v. Boaro

ERHARDT v. BOARO & Others. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. Argued January 14, 1886. — Decided March 2, 1885. Where irremediable mischief, going to the destruction of the substance of the esta

113 U.S. 537 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1885

Erhardt v. Boaro

ERHARDT v. BOARO & Others. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. Argued January 14, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. A written notice of a claim to fifteen hundred feet on a mineral-bearing lode or v

113 U.S. 527 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Tax Law 1885

Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Cheyenne

UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. CHEYENNE. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF WYOMING. Argued November 18, 19, 1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. The act of the legislature of Wyoming, passed December 13, 1879, which required the

113 U.S. 516 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1885

Provident Institution for Savings v. Mayor of Jersey City

PROVIDENT INSTITUTION FOR SAVINGS v. MAYOR & ALDERMEN OF JERSEY CITY. IN ERROR TO THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. An act which makes water rents a charge upon lands in a

113 U.S. 506 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1885

Morgan v. United States

MORGAN & Another v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. MANHATTAN SAYINGS INSTITUTION. VON HOFFMAN & Another v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. MANHATTAN SAVINGS INSTITUTION. APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Argued January 12, 1885. — Decided

113 U.S. 476 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1885

St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Berry

ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. BERRY & Another, Railroad Commissioners. IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. Submitted January 7, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. A consolidation of two railway compa

113 U.S. 465 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1885

Chase v. Curtis

CHASE v. CURTIS & Another. IN ERROR. TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE'SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Argued January 30, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. The provision in § 12 of the act of the legislature of New York of Febru

113 U.S. 452 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1885

Morgan v. Hamlet

MORGAN, Administrator, & Others v. HAMLET & Another. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE Eastern district of Arkansas. Argued January 30, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. The statute oí Arkansas that ‘ ‘All demands not

113 U.S. 449 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1885

Prentice v. Stearns

PRENTICE v. STEARNS. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In the absence of a bill of exceptions, setting forth evidence, no error can be assig

113 U.S. 435 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1885

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Crane

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CRANE. [N ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. Submitted January 28, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. The D. & M. Railroad Company, an Iowa Corporation, r

113 U.S. 424 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1885

United States v. Jordan

UNITED STATES v. JORDAN. APPEAL EBOM THE COUBT OE CLAIMS. Submitted January 26, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. Under the act of Congress of July 29, 1882. 22 Stafc. 723, ch. 359, providing for the refunding to the persons therein named of t

113 U.S. 418 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1885

Hyatt v. Vincennes National Bank

HYATT & Others v. VINCENNES NATIONAL BANK, & Another. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. Submitted January 27, 1885. — Decided March 2, 1885. In 1874, B conveyed to H, for a term of 50 years, all

113 U.S. 408 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1885

McArthur v. Scott

McARTHUR & Others v. SCOTT & Others. APPEAL FROM. THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Argued January 28, 29,1884 — Reargued April 7, 8, 9,1884. — Decided March 2, 1885. Words in a will, directing land t

113 U.S. 340 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Estate Planning & Probate 1885

Fussell v. Gregg

FUSSELL v. GREGG & others. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Argued January 8, 9, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. A Court in Equity has no jurisdiction over a suit based upon an equitabl

113 U.S. 550 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1885

Santa Anna v. Frank

SANTA ANNA v. FRANK. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. When a jury is 'waived by stipulation, a general finding of' the issues by

113 U.S. 339 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1885

Quincy v. Jackson

QUINCY v. JACKSON. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF - THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Submitted January 9, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. A provision in a city charter, -which confers power on the city council to

113 U.S. 332 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1885

Ex parte Bigelow

EX PARTE BIGELOW. ORIGINAL. Submitted January 19, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has jurisdiction to determine whether an arraignment of a prisoner under several indictments; an ordeb of cour

113 U.S. 328 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1885

Pneumatic Gas Co. v. Berry

PNEUMATIC GAS COMPANY v. BERRY & Another. APPEAL EKOM THE CIRCUIT COURT'OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN. Argued January 7, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. A release by a corporation to one of its directors of all

113 U.S. 322 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Civil Rights 1885

Baylis v. Travellers' Insurance

BAYLIS v. TRAVELLERS’ INSURANCE COMPANY. IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Argued January 5, 1885. — Decided February 2, 1885. When parties do not waive the right of trial by jury, the

113 U.S. 316 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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