41 U.S. 317

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 […]

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41 U.S. 327

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 […]

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41 U.S. 336

41 U.S. 336 16 Pet. 336 10 L.Ed. 985 DAVID PROUTY and JOHN MEARS, Plaintiffs in error,v.DRAPER, RUGGLES & Co., Defendants in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court of Massachusetts. The plaintiffs in error instituted a suit in the circuit court of Massachusetts, for the recovery of damages for the violation […]

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41 U.S. 234

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 […]

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41 U.S. 269

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. […]

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41 U.S. 203

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 […]

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41 U.S. 25

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 […]

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41 U.S. 261

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; […]

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41 U.S. 281

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 […]

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41 U.S. 169

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 […]

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41 U.S. 182

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 […]

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41 U.S. 196

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 […]

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41 U.S. 215

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, […]

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41 U.S. 221

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 […]

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41 U.S. 228

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 […]

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United States v. Breward, 41 U.S. 143 (1842)

41 U.S. 143 16 Pet. 143 10 L.Ed. 916 UNITED STATES, Appellants, v. JOHN BREWARD, Appellee. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. The claim was founded on a petition of Breward, dated 23d August 1816, and an alleged decree of Governor Coppinger thereon, dated the following day. The petition […]

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Fulton v. McAffee, 41 U.S. 149 (1842)

41 U.S. 149 16 Pet. 149 10 L.Ed. 918 ZENAS FULTON and others, Plaintiffs in error, v. MORGAN McAFFEE, Defendant in error. January Term, 1842 1 ERROR to the High Court of Errors and Appeals of the state of Mississippi. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court. 2 Coxe, for the […]

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United States v. Miranda, 41 U.S. 153 (1842)

41 U.S. 153 16 Pet. 153 10 L.Ed. 920 UNITED STATES, Appellants, v. PEDRO MIRANDA and others, Appellees. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. Pedro Miranda and others, on the 9th of May 1829, presented a petition to the superior court of East Florida, asking for the confirmation of […]

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41 U.S. 162

41 U.S. 162 16 Pet. 162 10 L.Ed. 923 UNITED STATES, Appellants,v.JOHN W. LOW et al., Appellees. January Term, 1842 1 APPEAL from the Superior Court of East Florida. The heirs of John Low claimed 16,000 acres of land in East Florida, under a grant by Governor Coppinger, founded on a petition alleged to have […]

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SWIFT v. TYSON, 41 U.S. 1 (1842)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Diversity Jurisdiction, Subject Matter Jurisdiction

41 U.S. 1 16 Pet. 1 10 L.Ed. 865 JOHN SWIFT v. GEORGE W. TYSON. January Term, 1842 [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Swift v. Tyson, 41 U.S. 1 (1842), was a case brought in diversity in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York on a bill of Exchange accepted in New York in which […]

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