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United States v. Heth
*United States v. Heth. Collector's commissions. The collector of the district of Petersburg was not, by the act of the 10th of May 1800, restricted to a commission of two and a half per cent, on the moneys by him collected and received, af
McFerran v. Taylor
McFerran v. Taylor and Massie. Implied vjarranlg.— Verdict. He who sells property on a description given by himself, is bound in equity to make good that description; and if it be untrue in a material point, although the variance be occasio
Strawbridge v. Curtiss
*Strawbridge et al. v. Curtiss et al. Jurisdiction. If there be two or more joint plaintiffs, and two or more joint defendants, each of the plaintiffs must be capable of suing each of the defendants, in the courts of the United States, in o
Montalet v. Murray
Montalet v. Murray. Practice in error. •If the plaintiff in error does not appear, the defendant may either have the plaintiff called, and dismiss the writ of error, with costs, or he may open the record, and go for an affirmance. P. B. Key
Dobynes v. United States
*Dobynes and Morton v. United States. Summary judgment. To support a judgment on a collector’s bond, at the return-term, it must appear by the record, that the writ was executed fourteen days before the return-day. This writ of error came u
Gupp v. Brown
Gupp et al. v. Brown. Execution of commission. X commission, issued to four commissioners jointly, was executed by three only, two of whom were of the defendant’s nomination; on objection by the defendant to the reading of the depositions,
Penn's Lessee v. Klyne
*OCTOBER TERM, 1805. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. Penn’s Lessee v. Klyne. Land titles in Pennsyl/vama. The Penn family were originally the sole owners of the soil of Pennsylvania; and prior to 1119, had a legal
Huidekoper's Lessee v. Douglass
*APRIL TERM, 1805. Present — Washington, Justice, and Peters, District Judge. Huidekoper’s Lessee v. Douglass. Wa/rra/ntee. —Settlement. A grantee by warrant, of lands lying north and west of the Ohio, &c., who was prevented from making suc
Cooke v. Graham's Administrator
*Cooke v. Graham’s Administrator. Variance. — Condition of bond. A variance in date between a bond declared upon, and that produced on oyer, is matter of substance, and fatal upon the plaintiff's special demurrer to the defendant’s bad rejo
Milligan v. Milledge
*Milligan, Administrator of Milligan, v. Milledge and Wife. Equity pleading.— Want of parties. A plea in. bar to a bill in chancery, denying only part of the material facts stated in the bill, is not good. A mere denial of facts is proper f
Hallet v. Jenks
Hallet & Bowne v. Jenks and others. Marine insurance. — Illegal voyage. ,A vessel belonging to citizens of the United States, in the year 1799, driven by distress into a French port, and obliged to land her cargo, in order to make repairs,
Wilson v. Codman's Executor
Wilson v. Codman’s Executor. Pleading — Set-off.—Death of party. In a declaration, the averment that the assignment of a promissory note was for value received is-an immaterial one, and need not be proved. If the defendant plead the bankrup
Marine Insurance v. Wilson
*Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria v. Wilson. Marine insurance. — Seaworthiness.—Survey. H a policy upon a vessel have a clause “ that if the vessel, after a regular survey, should he condemned as unsound or rotten, the underwriters sh
Ray v. Law
*Ray v. Law. Appeal. — Final decree. A decree for a sale of mortgaged property, upon a bill to foreclose, is a final decree, from which an appeal will lie. Law having a mortgage on real estate in the city of Washington, and Ray having a sub
Levy v. Gadsby
Levy v. Gadsby. Usury. If A. lend money to B., who puta it out at usurious interest, and agrees to pay to A. the same-rate of interest which he is receiving upon A.’s money, this is usury between A. and B., and anindorser of B.’s note to A.
Faw v. Roberdeau's Executor
Faw v. Roberdeau’s Executor. Statute of limitations. ‘If an act of limitations have a clause “ saving to all persons non compos mentis, femes covert, infants imprisoned, or out of the commonwealth, three years after their several disabiliti
United States v. More
*United States v. Benjamin More. Jurisdiction in error. No appeal or writ of error lies in a criminal case, from the judgment of the circuit court of the-District of Columbia. Qucsre ? Whether the act of congress, abolishing the fees of jus
Hodgson v. Butts
*Hodgson v. Butts. Chattel-mortgage. A mortgage of chattels, in Virginia, is void as to creditors and subsequent purchasers, unless it be acknowledged, or proved by the oaths of three witnesses, and recorded in the same manner as conveyance
Lambert's Lessee v. Paine
*Lambert’s Lessee v. Paine. Devise in fee. A devise of “ all the estate called Marrowbone, in the county of Henry, containing by estimation. 2585 acres of land,” carries the fee. Quarre? Whether a British subject, born in England, in the ye
Dupont v. Pichon
Dupont v. Pichon. Privilege of foreign Ttmdst&r. A charge d’affaires is entitled to privilege from arrest, until his return home, although he has been for some months superseded by a minister plenipotentiary; the detention of the former bei
Welsh v. Murray
*MARCH TERM, 1805. Welsh v. Murray. Relation of judgment. As between creditors, judgments do not relate to tbe preceding term, but they take priority according to the times of their entry. Case stated for the opinion of the court. On the 1s
United States v. Hooe
United States v. Hooe et al. Priority of the United States. — Costs. The United States have no lien on the real estate of their debtor, until suit brought, or a notorious* insolvency or bankruptcy has taken place; or, being unable to pay al
Huidekoper's Lessee v. Douglass
Huidekoper’s Lessee v. Douglass. Land titles in Pennsylvania. — Holland Land Company. Under the act of Pennsylvania, of 3d April 1792, for the sale of the vacant lands, &e., the grantee, by warrant, of a tract of land, lying north and west
Adams v. Woods
Adams, qui tam, v. Woods. Statute of limitations. — Penal actions. The act of 80th April 1790, limiting prosecutions upon penal statutes, extends as well to penalties created after, as before, that act, and to actions of debt, as well as to
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