Category: 1842

41 U.S. 539 16 Pet. 539 10 L.Ed. 1060 EDWARD PRIGG, Plaintiff in error,v.The COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 [Syllabus from pages 539-542 intentionally omitted] 2 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The defendant in error, Edward Prigg, with Nathan S. Bemis, Jacob Forward and Stephen Lewis, Jr., were […]

41 U.S. 97 16 Pet. 97 10 L.Ed. 900 JOHN GORDON, Plaingiff in error,v.JAMES LONGEST, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Court of Appeals of the state of Kentucky. In the Jefferson circuit court of the state of Kentucky, James Longest, of the state of Kentucky, instituted an action against John […]

41 U.S. 367 16 Pet. 367 10 L.Ed. 997 MERRIT MARTIN and others, Plaintiffs in error,v.The Lessee of WILLIAM C. WADDELL, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 [Syllabus from pages 367-369 intentionally omitted] 2 ERROR to the Circuit Court of New Jersey. The defendant in error, the lessee of William C. H. Waddell, instituted, […]

41 U.S. 71 16 Pet. 71 10 L.Ed. 891 STEPHEN COCKE, for the use of the COMMERCIAL BANK OFCOLUMBUS, Mississippi, Plaintiff in error,v.JOSEPH A. HALSEY and others, Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. On the 24th March 1838, James Carter & Company executed a […]

41 U.S. 89 16 Pet. 89 10 L.Ed. 897 HUGH M. KEARY, PATRICK F. KEARY and CHARLES A. LACOSTE,Plaintiffs in error,v.The FARMERS’ and MERCHANTS’ BANK of Memphis,Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Mississippi. In the district court for the southern district of Mississippi, an action […]

41 U.S. 455 16 Pet. 455 10 L.Ed. 1029 SMITH HARPENDING and others, Appellants,v.The MINISTER, ELDERS AND DEACONS OF THE REFORMEDPROTESTANT DUTCH CHURCH OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK andothers, Appellees. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. On the 25th of March 1839, the appellants […]

41 U.S. 495 16 Pet. 495 10 L.Ed. 1044 JEREMIAH CARPENTER, Plaintiff in error,v.The PROVIDENCE WASHINGTON INSURANCE CO.,Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of Rhode Island. 2 The case was argued by Whipple, for the plaintiff in error; and by Green and Sergeant, for the defendants in error. 3 […]

41 U.S. 513 16 Pet. 513 10 L.Ed. 1051 ELEASER CARVER, Plaintiff in error,v.JOSEPH A. HYDE and others, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of Massachusetts. The plaintiff in error instituted a suit for the recovery of damages for the infringement of his patent for an improvement in the […]

41 U.S. 521 16 Pet. 521 10 L.Ed. 1054 JAMES TODD, THOMAS WARREN, TRISTRAM G. MITCHELL,WILIAM C. MITCHELL and WOODBURY STORER, Administrator of ISRAELWATERHOUSE, deceased,v.CHARLES DANIEL, Complainant and Appellee. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Maine. 2 Davies, for the appellee, moved to dismiss the appeal. He stated, that the appeal […]

41 U.S. 525 16 Pet. 525 10 L.Ed. 1055 ADAM S. MILLS and others, Plaintiffs in error,v.WILLIAM G. BROWN and others, and the COUNTY OF ST.CLAIR, Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the state of Illinois. The plaintiffs in error instituted a suit in the circuit court of […]

41 U.S. 528 16 Pet. 528 10 L.Ed. 1056 JOSHUA MAURAN, Plaintiff in error,v.EDWARD BULLUS, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of Rhode Island. The case, as stated in the opinion of the court, was as follows: 2 The defendant in error and Joshua Mauran, Jr., of the city […]

41 U.S. 64 16 Pet. 64 10 L.Ed. 888 GUSTAVUS BEALL et al.v.The Lessee of HOLMAN et al. January Term, 1842 1 THIS case was also brought before the court, by a writ of error to the circuit court for the northern district of Alabama, on substantially the same grounds as those considered in the […]

41 U.S. 65 16 Pet. 65 10 L.Ed. 888 BENJAMIN LONG, Plaintiff in error,v.PALMER, SMITH & COMPANY, Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. An action of debt was instituted by the defendants in error, against Benjamin Long, then sheriff in Madison county, in the […]

41 U.S. 435 16 Pet. 435 10 L.Ed. 1022 DANIEL DOBBINS, Plaintiff in error,v.The Commissioners of ERIE COUNTY, Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. In the court of common pleas of Erie county, the plaintiff in error instituted an action against the commissioners of Erie county, the purpose […]

41 U.S. 451 16 Pet. 451 10 L.Ed. 1028 CHARLOTTE A. PARISH, Appellant,v.HARVEY W. ELLIS and wife, Appellees. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Court of Appeals in Florida. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. 2 The only question in the case on which the court gave an opinion, […]

41 U.S. 319 16 Pet. 319 10 L.Ed. 979 JAMES ROACH, Administrator of PHILIP ROACH,Plaintiff in error,v.DAVID W. HULINGS, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, and county of Washington. The defendant in error instituted an action of covenant, in the circuit court of the […]

41 U.S. 342 16 Pet. 342 10 L.Ed. 987 THOMAS WOOD, JUNIOR, Claimant of twenty-two Packagesor Pieces of Cloth, Plaintiff in error,v.UNITED STATES, Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 1 [Syllabus from pages 342-344 intentionally omitted] 2 Error to the Circuit Court of Maryland. At the district court of the United States for the district […]

41 U.S. 234 16 Pet. 234 10 L.Ed. 948 The MAYOR and ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MOBILE,Plaintiffs in error,v.MIGUEL D. ESLAVA, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Alabama. The plaintiffs in error instituted an action, called, in the language of the laws of Alabama, ‘a plea of […]

41 U.S. 269 16 Pet. 269 10 L.Ed. 961 CHARLES KELSEY and CHARLES McINTYRE, Appellants,v.ALFRED M. HOBBY and THOMAS P. BOND, Complainants. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the district of South Carolina. 2 This case was argued by Coxe and Wood, for the appellants; and by Legar’e, for the appellees. […]

41 U.S. 291 16 Pet. 291 10 L.Ed. 968 UNITED STATES, Plaintiffs in error,v.MARY L. ELIASON, Administratrix of WILLIAM A. ELLASON,Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the district of Columbia, and county of Washington. In February 1839 the United States instituted a suit against William A. Eliason, a […]