70 U.S. 210 70 U.S. 210 18 L.Ed. 180 3 Wall. 210 TURNPIKE COMPANYv.THE STATE. December Term, 1865 IN 1812 the State of Maryland incorporated a company to build a turnpike road between Baltimore and Washington. The company by its charter had power to take tolls and was bound to erect bridges and keep them […]
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70 U.S. 214
70 U.S. 214 70 U.S. 214 18 L.Ed. 93 3 Wall. 214 THE CORNELIUS. December Term, 1865 THE schooner Cornelius and her cargo were captured by the government vessel Restless, and condemned as prize of was by the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for an attempt to run the blockade established by […]
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70 U.S. 225 70 U.S. 225 18 L.Ed. 194 3 Wall. 225 THE CONVOY’S WHEAT. December Term, 1865 WOLCOT, as agent of certain persons, shipped on board the schooner Convoy, at Chicago, several thousand bushels of wheat. The master executed a bill of lading for it, which ran thus: ‘Shipped in good order, &c., &c., […]
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70 U.S. 196 70 U.S. 196 18 L.Ed. 43 3 Wall. 196 BLOSSOMv.RAILROAD COMPANY. December Term, 1865 THE Milwaukee and Chicago Railorad having mortgaged their railroad, and suit having been brought in the Federal court for Wisconsin, to foreclose the mortgage, a decree was obtained that the mortgaged premises should be sold at public auction, […]
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70 U.S. 150 70 U.S. 150 18 L.Ed. 172 3 Wall. 150 WALKERv.THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY. December Term, 1865 ‘AN act to limit the liability of ship-owners and for other purposes,’ passed by Congress March 3, 1851,* enacts by its first section that no owner or owners, of any ship or vessel, shall be liable to […]
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70 U.S. 155 70 U.S. 155 18 L.Ed. 55 3 Wall. 155 THE THOMPSON. December Term, 1865 THE brig ‘Thompson,’ on her return voyage to Halifax from Nassau, was captured at sea with a cargo of 486 casks of turpentine and 81 bales of cotton, on the 16th of June, 1863, by the government steamer, […]
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70 U.S. 164 70 U.S. 164 18 L.Ed. 85 3 Wall. 164 THE LOUISIANA. December Term, 1865 DURING the Southern rebellion, the Louisiana, a large steamer, loaded with sick and wounded soldiers from our army in the South, and bound for Philadelphia, stopped at Fortress Monroe; her purpose in going there having been the twofold […]
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70 U.S. 175 70 U.S. 175 18 L.Ed. 186 3 Wall. 175 BLACKBURNv.CRAWFORDS. December Term, 1865 DR. CRAWFORD, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, died intestate, in December, 1859, the proprietor of large landed estates there; Greenwood Park, Waring’s Grove, Federal Hill, Westphalia, Ranleigh, &c. He left no wife, nor child, nor brother nor sister surviving […]
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70 U.S. 107 70 U.S. 107 18 L.Ed. 170 3 Wall. 107 YORK COMPANYv.CENTRAL RAILROAD. December Term, 1865 TROUT & SON shipped at Memphis, on the Mississippi, a large quantity of cotton, on board a steamer belonging to the Illinois Central Railroad Company, common carriers; which by the terms of the bill of lading was […]
70 U.S. 114
70 U.S. 114 70 U.S. 114 18 L.Ed. 116 3 Wall. 114 CLIQUOT’S CHAMPAGNE. December Term, 1865 1 As is generally known, champagne wine arrives from France in large quantities into the United States. Some of it is ‘imported,’ that is to say, persons here purchase it in France and have it brought here. Large […]
70 U.S. 145
70 U.S. 145 70 U.S. 145 18 L.Ed. 121 3 Wall. 145 FENNERSTEIN’S CHAMPAGNE. December Term, 1865 ON a libel of information and seizure in the District Court for the Northern District of California, the question was whether certain champagne wines made at Rheims, in France, and invoiced for this country in October, 1863, had […]
70 U.S. 1
70 U.S. 1 70 U.S. 1 18 L.Ed. 129 3 Wall. 1 LOVEJOYv.MURRAY. December Term, 1865 LOVEJOY brought suit in one of the courts of Iowa against O. H. Pratt, and the sheriff attached certain personal property, which was assumed to be the property of Pratt. A certain Murray, however, claimed it as his. The […]
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70 U.S. 106 70 U.S. 106 18 L.Ed. 211 3 Wall. 106 LEWISv.CAMPAU. December Term, 1865 1 CAMPAU sued Lewis in the Supreme Court of Michigan, ‘the highest court of law and equity’ in that State; and on the hearing there, objection was made to the admissibility of a deed which was offered in evidence, […]