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Outcome n/a Personal Injury 1886

Wylie v. Northampton Bank

WYLIE v. NORTHAMPTON BANK. ERROR TO THE OIROUXT COURT OE THE UNITED' STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP NEW YORK. Argued November 24, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886 The robbery by burglars of securities deposited for safe-keeping in the'

119 U.S. 361 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1886

Williamsport Bank v. Knapp

WILLIAMSPORT BANK v. KNAPP. ERROR TO THE CIROUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. Argued November 23, 24, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. Each question certified to this court upon a division of opinion

119 U.S. 357 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Bankruptcy & Debt 1886

Kramer v. Cohn

KRAMER v. COHN. APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITEÓ STATES FOR ‘THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS. Submitted November 12, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. A bill in equity by an assignee in bankruptcy against the bankrupt and anothe

119 U.S. 355 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1886

Buzard v. Houston

BUZARD v. HOUSTON. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR' ■ THE WESTERN DISTRICT OP TEXAS. Argued November 2, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. A court of equity of the United States will not sustain a bill in equity, in a c

119 U.S. 347 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1886

Halsted v. Buster

HALSTED v. BUSTER. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. Argued November 23, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. When the jurisdiction of a circuit court of the United States in an action at law de

119 U.S. 341 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Bankruptcy & Debt 1886

Donnelly v. District of Columbia

DONNELLY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Submitted November 19, 1886. Decided December 13, 1886. A creditor who receives froln his debtor a negotiable instrument of the debtor for the amount of his debt, and sells

119 U.S. 339 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Immigration Law 1886

Ker v. Illinois

KER v. ILLINOIS. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Argued April 27, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. 'A plea to an indictment in a State court, that the defendant has been brought from a foreign country to this country by

119 U.S. 436 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1886

United States v. Rauscher

UNITED STATES v. RAUSCHER. CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION OF OPINION FROM TTTE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Submitted March 2, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. Apart from the provisions of treaties on th

119 U.S. 407 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1886

Coit v. Gold Amalgamating Co.

COIT v. GOLD AMALGAMATING COMPANY. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCÜIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FÓR ' THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. . Argued November 18, 19, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. Where the charter of a corporation authorizes capita

119 U.S. 343 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1886

Pomace Holder Co. v. Ferguson

POMACE HOLDER COMPANY v. FERGUSON. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT ■ OF THE UNITED STATES' FOR-THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Argued November 19, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. The claim of letters-patent No. 187,100, granted to John Cla

119 U.S. 335 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1886

McCreery v. Haskell

McCREERY v. HASKELL. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE THE STATE OE CALIFORNIA. Argued November 12, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. Where, under the .eighth section of the act of July 23d, 1866, “ to quiet land titles in California,” a survey i

119 U.S. 327 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1886

Clark v. Wooster

CLARK v. WOOSTER. APPEAL PROM THE CXROUXT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POK THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OP NEW1 YORK. Argued November 8, 9, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. If a'suit in equity to restrain from infringing letters patent and to recover

119 U.S. 322 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Business & Corporate Law 1886

Wood v. Fort Wayne

WOOD v. FORT WAYNE. • ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE; TOOTED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. . Argued November 16, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. In this case, the court construed the language of a written contract for supplying mat

119 U.S. 312 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Business & Corporate Law 1886

Hamilton v. Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad

HAMILTON v. VICKSBURG, SHREVEPORT & PACIFIC RAILROAD. EEEOE TO THE SUPEEME COUET OE THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. Argued November 10, 1886. Decided December 6, 1886. .Whenever the exercise of a right, conferred by law for the benefit of the ' pub

119 U.S. 280 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1886

New Orleans v. Houston

NEW ORLEANS v. HOUSTON. APPEAL EROM THE CIRCÜIT OOURT OE THE TOUTED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE LOUISIANA. Argued November 17, 18, 1880. Decided December 6, 1886. The service of process in this case having been upon the mayor of New

119 U.S. 265 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Estate Planning & Probate 1886

New York, Lake Erie, & Western Railroad v. Nickals

NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE, AND WESTERN RAILROAD v. NICKALS. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT OOUBT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. Argued November 1, 2, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. The Erie Eailway Company, being embarrass

119 U.S. 296 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Tax Law 1886

Newhall v. Breton

NEWHALL v. LE BRETON. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT .OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. Argued November 2, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. The evidence in this case, if admissible, establishes as a fact that the defendant

119 U.S. 259 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1886

East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Grayson

EAST TENNESSEE, VIRGINIA & GEORGIA RAILROAD v. GRAYSON. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT OOURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA. Submitted November 8, 1886, Decided November 29, 1886. A, a citizen oí Alabama, filed a bill in

119 U.S. 240 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Remanded Estate Planning & Probate 1886

Continental Insurance v. Rhoads

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. RHOADS. ERROR:TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES’ ,POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP PENNSYLVANIA. Argued November 9, 10, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. A declaration in an action at law in a Circuit Cour

119 U.S. 237 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed Intellectual Property 1886

Hapgood v. Hewitt

HAPGOOD v. HEWITT. APPEAL i?KOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE TIIE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA. Argued November 10, 11, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. In a suit in equity by the trustees of a dissolved Missouri corporation to compel

119 U.S. 226 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Affirmed 1886

Crow v. Oxford

CROW v. OXFORD. ERROR TO THE CIROUIT COURT OP THE' UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP KANSAS. Submitted October 25, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. In a suit on bonds of the same issue as those adjudged to be invalid, in McOlure v. Township

119 U.S. 215 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Business & Corporate Law 1886

Willamette Manufacturing Co. v. Bank of British Columbia

WILLAMETTE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. BANK OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON. Argued November 9, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. It is witliin the power.of a legislature which

119 U.S. 191 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a Intellectual Property 1886

Freeman v. Alderson

FREEMAN v. ALDERSON. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT. OF TEXAS. Argued November 2, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. A personal judgment for costs may not be rendered against tbe defendant, on defaul

119 U.S. 185 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion
Outcome n/a 1886

Washington County v. Sallinger

WASHINGTON COUNTY v. SALLINGER. I5RR0R TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES EOB THE EASTERN DISTRICT OE NORTH CAROLINA. Argued November 10, 1886. Decided November 29, 1886. A court-house in North. Carolina being'destroyed by Are, the c

119 U.S. 176 Supreme Court of the United States Read opinion

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