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Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1886

Chicago & Northwestern Railway v. McLaughlin

CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY v. McLAUGHLIN. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. Argued November 29, 30, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. Defendant in error was in the employ of plaintiff in

119 U.S. 566 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1886

Huse v. Glover

HUSE v. GLOVER. APPEAL EROM THE' CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OE ILLINOIS. Argued December 10, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. The provision in the ordinance of 17S7 that the navigable waters leading into th

119 U.S. 543 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Intellectual Property 1886

Sutter v. Robinson

SUTTER v. ROBINSON. APPEAL FROM THE OIROUIT COÜRT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Argued December 9, 10, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. A patentee is not at liberty to insist in the courts upon a construction o

119 U.S. 530 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed 1886

Whitford v. Clark County

WHITFORD v. CLARK COUNTY. ERROR TO THE CXRCUIT COXIRT OF THE .UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. Argued December 6, 7, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. "When a witness, whose deposition is taken de bene esse under Rev. Stat

119 U.S. 522 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1886

Eldred v. Bell Telephone Co.

ELDRED v. BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY. ERROR TO THE CIRCUXT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. Argued December 7, 8, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. on the facts in this case as stated in the opinion of the court:

119 U.S. 513 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Reversed Personal Injury 1886

Thackrah v. Haas

THACKRAH v. HAAS. APPEAL PROM THE SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OP UTAH'. Submitted December 9, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. A transfer of shares in a corporation, procured from the owner, while so intoxicated as to he incapable of tra

119 U.S. 499 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1886

Bignall v. Gould

BIGNALL v. GOULD. ERROR TO THE CIECUIT COtJET . OE THE -UNITED STATES EOE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. Submitted December 7, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. ' In a bond “ in the penal sum of $10,000, liquidated damages,” with conditio

119 U.S. 495 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1886

Gilbert v. Moline Plough Co.

GILBERT v. MOLINE PLOUGH COMPANY. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE ■ TERRITORY OF DAKOTA. Argued December 3, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. A, having received from B an order for goods, declined to comply with it -on the ground that he w

119 U.S. 491 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1886

Wolverton v. Nichols

WOLVERTON v. NICHOLS. ERROR TO THE SUPREMB COÜRT OE THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA. Argued November 30, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. A having applied for a patent for a placer mine in Montana, B filed an'' adverse clam in tlie register’s offi

119 U.S. 485 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Insurance Law 1886

Greenwich Insurance v. Providence & Stonington Steamship Co.

GREENWICH INSURANCE CO. v. PROVIDENCE AND STONINGTON STEAMSHIP CO. ERROR TO THE CrBCuiT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES FOE THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP NEW YORK. Submitted November 8, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. A policy of marine insurance wa

119 U.S. 481 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1886

California Paving Co. v. Schalicke

CALIFORNIA PAVING CO. v. SCHALICKE. APPEAL FEOM THE CIEOUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTEICT OF CALIFOENIA. Submitted December 6, 1886. Decided December 20, 1886. Reissued letters-patent No. 4364, granted to John J. Schillinger,

119 U.S. 401 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1886

Ashby v. Hall

ASHBY v. HALL. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF MONTANA. Argued November 10, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. The entry in the Land Office of a portion of the public lands in the Territory of Montana, settled upon and occup

119 U.S. 526 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1886

Brooks v. Clark

BROOKS v. CLARK. ERROR TO THE CIROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED" STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Submitted November 17, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. On the 31st December, 1884, A, a citizen of Pennsylvania, sued out of a cour

119 U.S. 502 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1886

United States v. Jones

UNITED STATES v. JONES. APPEAL PROM THE COURT OE CLAIMS. Submitted December 6, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. In the exercise of its general jurisdiction appeals lie to this court from judgments of the Court of Claims. An appeal from a ju

119 U.S. 477 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Insurance Law 1886

Germania Insurance v. Wisconsin

GERMANIA INSURANCE COMPANY v. WISCONSIN. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP WISCONSIN. Submitted November 23, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. A suit by a State in one of its own courts cannot be rem

119 U.S. 473 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1886

Peper v. Fordyce

PEPER v. FORDYCE. APPEAL .FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. Argued November 17, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. If the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the United States does not'appear o

119 U.S. 469 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Insurance Law 1886

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Bates

BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD v. BATES. ERROR TO THE SUPREMB COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. Argued November 12, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. Subsections “First” and “Second” of Rev. Stat. § G39, relating to the removal of causes from State cou

119 U.S. 464 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1886

Cleveland, Columbus, &c., Railroad v. McClung

CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, &c., RAILROAD v. McCLUNG. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OR THE UNITED STATES 'FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. Argued November 12, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. A suit against a collector of the customs in a State cou

119 U.S. 454 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1886

Winchester v. Heiskell

WINCHESTER v. HEISKELL. ERRQB TO THÉ SUPREME OQURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. Submitted November 29, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. A, béing defendant in a suit iu a State court to set aside a deed of real estate, employed B as attorney a

119 U.S. 450 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1886

Campbell v. Laclede Gas Co.

CAMPBELL v. LACLEDE GAS COMPANY. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. Submitted November 15, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. A statute of Missouri authorized United States patents for lands within the State to he recorded,

119 U.S. 445 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Personal Injury 1886

Johnson v. Chicago & Pacific Elevator Co.

JOHNSON v. CHICAGO AND PACIFIC ELEVATOR COMPANY. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OE ILLINOIS. Argued November 30, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. The jib-boom of a vessel towed by a steam-tug, in the Chicago River, at Chit, cago, I

119 U.S. 388 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1886

Wilson v. Blair

WILSON v. BLAIR ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COUKT OE THE UNITED STATES' EOR THE ' DISTRICT OE NEBRASKA. Submitted November 15, 1886; Decided December 13, 1886. When the record* in the .court below is silent as to the value of the matter 1 in dispu

119 U.S. 387 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1886

Street v. Ferry

STREET v. FERRY. APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF .THE TERRITORY OF 1ÍTAH.. Submitted November 23, 1886, Decided December 13, 1886. The jurisdictional value referred to in C.-355, 23 Stat. 443, is the value at the time of the final judgment

119 U.S. 385 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1886

Newton v. Furst & Bradley Co.

NEWTON v. FURST AND BRADLEY COMPANY. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCÜIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR ’ . THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IL*LINOIS. Argued December 3, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. The first clajnrof reissued letters-patent No. 8986, gra

119 U.S. 373 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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