Category: 1865

70 U.S. 377 70 U.S. 377 18 L.Ed. 255 3 Wall. 377 BROWNv.TARKINGTON. December Term, 1865 THIS was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. The case was this: The suit was brought by Brown, the plaintiff in error, to recover against Tarkington and others, […]

70 U.S. 382 70 U.S. 382 18 L.Ed. 164 3 Wall. 382 McGUIREv.THE COMMONWEALTH. December Term, 1865 A STATUTE of Massachusetts makes it an indictable offence, punishable with heavy fine and imprisonment, to keep any building for the sale of intoxicating liquors. Under this statute, and for a violation of it, a certain McGuire was […]

70 U.S. 396 70 U.S. 396 18 L.Ed. 34 3 Wall. 396 COMSTOCKv.CRAWFORD. December Term, 1865 A STATUTE of Wisconsin Territory ordained that there should be appointed by the Governor, in and for each county, a person to be known as ‘the public administrator’ thereof; and when any person shall die intestate, leaving personal property […]

70 U.S. 320 70 U.S. 320 18 L.Ed. 72 3 Wall. 320 CHEANG-KEEv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1865 A STATUTE of the United States,1 relating to the Circuit Court for California, enacts that, by consent of parties, ‘issues of fact in civil cases may be tried and determined by the said Circuit Court without the intervention […]

70 U.S. 327 70 U.S. 327 18 L.Ed. 177 3 Wall. 327 THOMSONv.LEE COUNTY. December Term, 1865 THE constitution of Iowa, made in 1846, and which invested the General Assembly with all the legislative power of the State, ordained thus: ‘The General Assembly shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or […]

70 U.S. 332 70 U.S. 332 18 L.Ed. 42 3 Wall. 332 MINNESOTA COMPANYv.NATIONAL COMPANY. December Term, 1865 1 THIS case came here by writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, and under the name of The Minnesota Mining Company, plaintiff in error, versus The National Mining Company and J. […]

70 U.S. 334 70 U.S. 334 18 L.Ed. 257 3 Wall. 334 BUCKv.COLBATH. December Term, 1865 COLBATH sued Buck in one of the State courts of Minnesota, in an action of trespass for taking goods. Buck pleaded in defence, that he was marshal of the United States for the District of Minnesota, and that having […]

70 U.S. 275 70 U.S. 275 18 L.Ed. 146 3 Wall. 275 CINCINNATI CITYv.MORGAN. December Term, 1865 1 By an act passed by the legislature of Ohio, 20th March, 1850, the city of Cincinnati was authorized to issue its bonds to the amount of $1,000,000, to be lent to the building of railroads terminating in […]

70 U.S. 294 70 U.S. 294 18 L.Ed. 38 3 Wall. 294 HAVEMEYERv.IOWA COUNTY. December Term, 1865 THE constitution of Wisconsin, adopted in 1848, provides that ‘no general law shall be in force until published;‘ and an act of 1852 makes it the duty of the secretary of state and the attorney-general to divide all […]

70 U.S. 304 70 U.S. 304 18 L.Ed. 245 3 Wall. 304 MINING COMPANYv.BOGGS. December Term, 1865 BOGGS, lessee of Fr emont, brought a suit in one of the inferior State courts of California against the Merced Mining Company, for the possession of certain mineral lands, with the mines therein, situated in Mariposa County. The […]

70 U.S. 310 70 U.S. 310 18 L.Ed. 179 3 Wall. 310 THE GRANITE STATE. December Term, 1865 THE steamer Granite State, plying between Hartford and New York, arrived before daybreak of a December morning in the Hudson, with passengers and freight, and was in the act of entering her dock between the city piers […]

70 U.S. 315 70 U.S. 315 18 L.Ed. 76 3 Wall. 315 THE SUFFOLK COMPANYv.HAYDEN. December Term, 1865 IN December, 1854, Hayden, being the inventor of improvement in cotton cleaners, made application to the commissioner for a patent therefor. The improvements consisted in certain described changes made by Hayden in the interior arrangements of an […]

70 U.S. 268 70 U.S. 268 18 L.Ed. 165 3 Wall. 268 THE OTTAWA. December Term, 1865 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois in a question of collision at night, on Lake Huron, between the steam propeller Ottawa and the schooner Caledonia, and by which the […]

70 U.S. 250 70 U.S. 250 18 L.Ed. 224 3 Wall. 250 DANIELSv.RAILROAD COMPANY. December Term, 1865 THE sixth section of the act of Congress of 29th April, 1802,1 provides: ‘That whenever any question shall occur before a Circuit Court upon which the opinions of the judges shall be opposed, the point upon which the […]

70 U.S. 257 70 U.S. 257 18 L.Ed. 271 3 Wall. 257 NEWELLv.NORTON AND SHIP. December Term, 1865 THIS was an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for Louisiana affirming a decree of the District Court in admiralty in a case of collision between the steamboats Hill and World. The owner of the […]

70 U.S. 231 70 U.S. 231 18 L.Ed. 175 3 Wall. 231 THE CHESHIRE. December Term, 1865 DURING the Southern rebellion, and our proclamation of a blockade of Savannah and other parts of the Southern coast being then notorious to the world, the ship Cheshire, with a miscellaneous and assorted cargo, was captured by a […]

70 U.S. 236 70 U.S. 236 18 L.Ed. 47 3 Wall. 236 TERRITORYv.LOCKWOOD. December Term, 1865 THE act of Congress organizing the Territory of Nebraska ordains that the executive power in and over the Territory shall be vested in a governor; that the legislative power shall be vested in a governor and legislative assembly; and […]

70 U.S. 240 70 U.S. 240 18 L.Ed. 31 3 Wall. 240 THE CITYv.BABCOCK. December Term, 1865 AMONG the festal anniversaries of the city of Providence, R. I., is that known as ‘Commencement Day.’ Upon this occasion Brown University gives its degrees; and citizens and strangers throng the town. Upon the anniversary of 1859, Miss […]

70 U.S. 245 70 U.S. 245 18 L.Ed. 69 3 Wall. 245 BLANCHARDv.BROWN. December Term, 1865 VARIOUS judgments had been given against a debtor in Chicago owning real estate there; among them one in favor of Lyman. Execution issued in April, 1847, and on it, in April, 1848, the premises were sold to Blanchard. A […]

70 U.S. 20 70 U.S. 20 18 L.Ed. 125 3 Wall. 20 THE PLYMOUTH. December Term, 1865 1 THE steam-propeller Falcon, employed by its owners in navigating our great northern lakes, anchored beside the wharf of Hough & Kershaw, in Chicago River; ‘navigable water.’ Upon the wharf large packing-houses were built, and these, at the […]