Category: 1843

42 U.S. 56 1 How. 56 11 L.Ed. 46 JOHN BUCHANNON AND OTHERS, COMPLAINANTS,v.EDWIN UPSHAW, RESPONDENT. January Term, 1843 (Mr. Chief Justice TANEY did not sit in this cause.) 1 THIS was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Ohio, sitting as a court chancery. The case was […]

42 U.S. 89 1 How. 89 11 L.Ed. 58 JONATHAN STROUT AND OTHERS, LIBELLANTS, &C., APPELLANTS,v.JAMES FOSTER AND OTHERS, CLAIMANTS, AND OWNERS OFTHE SHIP LOUISVILLE. January Term, 1843 THIS case originated in the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, was carried, by appeal, to the Circuit Court, and finally […]

42 U.S. 95 1 How. 95 11 L.Ed. 60 MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MOBILE, PLAINTIFFS,v.J. EMANUEL AND G. S. GAINES, DEFENDANTS. January Term, 1843 THIS case was brought up by writ of error, from the Supreme Court of the state of Alabama, under the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act of 1789. […]

42 U.S. 311 1 How. 311 11 L.Ed. 143 ARTHUR BRONSON, COMPLAINANT,v.JOHN H. KINZIE AND JULIETTE A., HIS WIFE, EDMUND K.BUSSING AND JOHN S. BUSSING, THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS,AND COMPANY OF THE STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, JAYHATHWAY, MARY ANN WOLCOTT, DANIEL S. GRISWOLD,CAROLINE DUNHAM, AND ALONZO HUNTINGTON, DEFENDANTS. January Term, 1843 Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered […]

42 U.S. 37 1 How. 37 11 L.Ed. 38 LESSEE OF JOHN MERCER, AND MARY SCOTT MERCER, HIS WIFE,PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR,v.WILLIAM CARY SELDEN, DEFENDANT. January Term, 1843 1 THIS case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Virginia. 2 The facts in […]

42 U.S. 241 1 How. 241 11 L.Ed. 117 BERNARD McKENNA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,v.CHARLES B. FISK, DEFENDANT. January Term, 1843 This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and county of Washington. Is the trial of the cause in the court […]

42 U.S. 265 1 How. 265 11 L.Ed. 126 WILLIAM NELSON, A PETITIONER IN BANKRUPTCY,v.DANIEL CARLAND, AN OPPOSING CREDITOR. January Term, 1843 THE case up on a certificate of division in opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Kentucky. The facts are set forth in the […]

42 U.S. 28 1 How. 28 11 L.Ed. 35 WALTER SMITH, JOHN CARTER, WILLIAM S. NICHOLLS ANDOTHERS, SURVIVORS OF CLEMENT SMITH, DECEASED,PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR,v.DENNIS CONDRY. January Term, 1843 THIS case came up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Columbia, and was argued at January term, […]

42 U.S. 281 1 How. 281 11 L.Ed. 132 CHARLES W. CASTLEMAN, A PETITIONER IN BANKRUPTCY. January Term, 1843 1 (This case is similar to that of Nelson.) that of Nelson.) ORDER. 2 THIS cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record from the Circuit Court of the United States for […]

42 U.S. 282 1 How. 282 11 L.Ed. 132 WILLIAM TAYLOR AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS,v.GEORGE M. SAVAGE, EXECUTOR OF SAMUEL SAVAGE,DECEASED, DEFENDANT. January Term, 1843 Morehead, of counsel for the appellee, moved the court for leave to give an appeal bond in this case, which shall operate as a supersedeas, and for leave to docket the […]

42 U.S. 287 1 How. 287 11 L.Ed. 134 WILLIAM J. MINOR AND CATHERINE HIS WIFE,PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR,v.SHUBAL TILLOTSON. January Term, 1843 Webster, of counsel for the defendant, moved to dismiss the writ of error in this case, for the following reasons: 1. Because this court has no jurisdiction on writs of error of any […]

42 U.S. 289 1 How. 289 11 L.Ed. 135 JAMES TODD, APPELLANT,v.OTIS DANIELL, DEFENDANT. January Term, 1843 1 AN agreement in writing between the counsel, as well for the appellant as for the appellee, that the decree of the Circuit Court in this case shall be affirmed with legal damages and costs for the said […]

42 U.S. 290 1 How. 290 11 L.Ed. 135 JAMES WILLIAMS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,v.THE UNITED STATES, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR. January Term, 1843 THIS case came up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, holden in and for the county of Washington. The facts were these: […]

42 U.S. 301 1 How. 301 11 L.Ed. 139 ANDREW DUNCAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,v.ISAAC DARST, HENRY DARST, AND JACOB DARST, DEFENDANTS. January Term, 1843 THIS case came up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. The facts in the case were not disputed, and […]

42 U.S. 211 1 How. 211 11 L.Ed. 105 MARY ANN CONNOR,v.HENRY BRADLEY AND MARY, HIS WIFE. January Term, 1843 THIS case was brought up by writ of error, to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and county of Washington. The case was this: In 1807, William Prout, living […]

42 U.S. 219 1 How. 219 11 L.Ed. 108 LESSEE OF SARAH I. JEWELL AND OTHERS,PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR,v.BENJAMIN JEWELL AND OTHERS, DEFENDANTS. January Term, 1843 1 THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court for the district of South Carolina. 2 The facts which were not denied were few; nearly […]

42 U.S. 234 1 How. 234 11 L.Ed. 115 THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THEMETROPOLIS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR,v.THE PRESIDENT, DIRECTORS, AND COMPANY OF THE NEWENGLAND BANK, DEFENDANTS. January Term, 1843 This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. At the trial in […]

42 U.S. 24 1 How. 24 11 L.Ed. 33 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS,v.DOMINGO ACOSTA, APPELLEE. January Term, 1843 THE facts in this case are fully set forth in the opinion of the court. It was submitted by Mr. Legare, the attorney-general, without argument, on the usual obiections assigned, pro forma, for error. Mr. Justice CATRON […]

42 U.S. 250 1 How. 250 11 L.Ed. 120 THE UNITED STATESv.GABRIEL F. IRVING, JAMES E. DEKAY, FRANCIS R. TILLON,AND CHARLES P. CLINCH, SURVIVING EXECUTORS OF THE LASTWILL AND TESTAMENT OF HENRY ECKFORD, DECEASED. January Term, 1843 1 THIS case came up from the Circuit Court for the southern district of New York, under a […]

42 U.S. 118 1 How. 118 11 L.Ed. 69 THOMAS MORRIS, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT,v.MARIA NIXON, HENRY J. WILLIAMS AND THOMAS BIDDLE, HENRYJ. WILLIAMS AND MARIA NIXON, EXECUTORS OF THE LAST WILLAND TESTAMENT OF HENRY NIXON, DECEASED, AND MARIANIXON, SOLE DEVISEE OF THE SAID LAST WILL AND TESTAMENTOF HENRY NIXON, AND MARY HUSBAND, AMELIA M. MORRIS,ROBERT […]