Category: 1842

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 […]

41 U.S. 303 16 Pet. 303 10 L.Ed. 973 JOHN D. AMIS, Plaintiff in error,v.NATHAN SMITH, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 ERROR to the District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. In an action on a certificate of deposit, instituted, on the 7th of November 1839, by the defendant in error, Nathan Smith, […]

41 U.S. 315 16 Pet. 315 10 L.Ed. 977 JOHN A. GIBSON and KINCHEN A. MARTIN,Plaintiffs in error,v.BEVERLY CHEW, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 Error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. An action was instituted in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Mississippi, […]

41 U.S. 317 16 Pet. 317 10 L.Ed. 978 MARTHA BRADSTREET, demandant, Plaintiff in error,v.WILLIAM F. POTTER, tenant, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York. The case had been tried in the circuit court for the northern district of New York, on a […]

41 U.S. 327 16 Pet. 327 10 L.Ed. 982 WILLIAM H. FRESH, Plaintiff in error,v.RIAH GILSON, CHRISTOPHER MIDLAR and JAMES FRESH,Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia and county of Washington. 2 This case was argued by Brent, Jr., for the plaintiff in error; and […]

41 U.S. 203 16 Pet. 203 10 L.Ed. 937 UNITED STATESv.WILLIAM MURPHY and WILLIAM MORGAN. January Term, 1842 CERTIFICATE OF DIVISION from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. On indictment for stealing sovereigns, while on board the ship Carroll of Carrolton, on the high seas. The defendants, William Murphy and William […]

41 U.S. 25 16 Pet. 25 10 L.Ed. 873 RICHARD J. WATKINS, Plaintiff in error,v.The Lessee of OLIVER HOLMAN et al. January Term, 1842 1 [Syllabus from pages 25-27 intentionally omitted] 2 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Alabama. This was an action of ejectment, brought by the defendants, who were […]

41 U.S. 261 16 Pet. 261 10 L.Ed. 958 THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MOBILE,Plaintiffs in error,v.WILLIAM E. HALLETT, Executor of JOSHUA KENNEDY,deceased, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the state of Alabama. 2 The case was argued by Test, for the plaintiffs in error; […]

41 U.S. 281 16 Pet. 281 10 L.Ed. 965 THOMAS ARMSTRONG and others, Plaintiffs in error,v.The TREASURER OF ATHENS COUNTY, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the state of Ohio. A bill was filed in the court of common pleas of the county of Athens, in the state […]

41 U.S. 196 16 Pet. 196 10 L.Ed. 935 UNITED STATES, Appellants,v.JOHN M. HANSON and others, Appellees. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. Samuel Miles, a new settler, admitted under the protection of king of Spain, on the 18th of July 1813, presented a petition to Governor Kindelan, the […]

41 U.S. 215 16 Pet. 215 10 L.Ed. 941 CHARLES F. HOZEY, Plaintiff in error,v.WILLIAM BUCHANAN, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. This was a writ of error brought by C. F. Hozey, to reverse a judgment obtained against him by William Buchanan, […]

41 U.S. 221 16 Pet. 221 10 L.Ed. 943 ROBERT MILNOR, JOHN THOMPSON, DAVID PETREKIN and LEVIWOODBURY, Secretary of the Treasury, Complainantsand Appellants,v.GEORGE W. METZ, Appellees. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia and county of Washington. The appellants, Milnor and Thompson, were, during the years 1836 and […]

41 U.S. 228 16 Pet. 228 10 L.Ed. 946 UNITED STATES, Appellants,v.Heirs of GEORGEv.F. CLARKE and Heirs of GEORGE ATKINSON, Appellees. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. This was an appeal from the decree of the superior court of East Florida, confirming the claims of the heirs of Clarke […]

41 U.S. 169 16 Pet. 169 10 L.Ed. 925 HYDE & GLEISES and H. LOCKET, Plaintiffs in error,v.BOORAEM & COMPANY, Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Booraem & Co., merchants of New York, agreed with Hyde & Gleises, merchants of New Orleans, who […]

41 U.S. 182 16 Pet. 182 10 L.Ed. 930 MATHEW HOBSON, Appellant,v.The Heirs of DUNCAN MCARTHUR, deceased, Appellee. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Ohio. In the circuit court of Ohio, a bill was filed by Duncan McArthur, asking for a specific performance of a contract, dated the 10th of November […]

41 U.S. 106 16 Pet. 106 10 L.Ed. 903 JOHN TOMPKINS, surviving partner of JOHN TOMPKINS and ADAM MURRAY, trading under the firm of TOMPKINS & MURRAY, Complainants and Appellants, v. LEONARD WHEELER et al., Defendants. January Term, 1842 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Kentucky. In the circuit court of Kentucky, a bill was […]

41 U.S. 121 16 Pet. 121 10 L.Ed. 909 JAMES S. BRANDER and HUGH L. McKENNA, Plaintiffs in error, v. WILLIAM E. PHILLIPS and HENRY BELL, trading under the firm of WILLIAM PHILLIPS & COMPANY, and RODAH HORTON and NATHANIEL TERRY, Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the […]

41 U.S. 132 16 Pet. 132 10 L.Ed. 913 TOBIAS NIXDORFF, Appellant, v. LEWIS SMITH, Appellee. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the county of Washington. 2 This case was argued by Key, for the appellant; and by Coxe, for the appellee. 3 McKINLEY, Justice, delivered […]

41 U.S. 138 16 Pet. 138 10 L.Ed. 914 JOHN H. RANDOLPH, Executor of ALGERNON S. RANDOLPH, deceased, Plaintiff in error, v. ISRAEL BARRETT, Executor of JOEL F. RANDOLPH, deceased, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. A summons was issued in the southern […]