Category: 1866

72 U.S. 663 72 U.S. 663 18 L.Ed. 704 5 Wall. 663 THOMPSONv.RIGGS. December Term, 1866 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. 2 Riggs & Co. were bankers in the District of Columbia: Thompson was a business man there, keeping a bank account with them, depositing specie, treasury notes, bank […]

72 U.S. 681 72 U.S. 681 18 L.Ed. 689 5 Wall. 681 WOLCOTTv.DES MOINES COMPANY. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. In August, 1846, Congress granted to the then Territory, and now State, of Iowa—— ‘For the purpose of aiding said Territory to improve the navigation […]

72 U.S. 630 72 U.S. 630 18 L.Ed. 618 5 Wall. 630 THE SEA LION. December Term, 1866 1 AN act of Congress passed during the late rebellion (July 13th, 1861), prohibited all commercial intercourse between the inhabitants of any State which the President might declare in a state of insurrection, and the citizens of […]

72 U.S. 647 72 U.S. 647 18 L.Ed. 512 5 Wall. 647 UNITED STATESv.MACDONALD. December Term, 1866 THE fifth section of the act of March 3d, 1841, enacts that in addition to the account required to be rendered by every collector, every collector shall render a quarter-yearly account to the Secretary of the Treasury, of […]

72 U.S. 660 72 U.S. 660 18 L.Ed. 678 5 Wall. 660 THE MILWAUKEE RAILROAD Co.v.SOUTTER AND KNAPP. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Wisconsin. This was an appeal by the Milwaukee and Minnesota Railroad Company from an order of court confirming a sale made […]

72 U.S. 580 72 U.S. 580 18 L.Ed. 550 5 Wall. 580 PACKET COMPANYv.SICKLES. December Term, 1866 1 THIS was a suit brought in the Supreme Court (the former Circuit Court) of the District of Columbia to recover damages under a special contract set forth in the declaration. 2 The contract, in substance, was, that […]

72 U.S. 599 72 U.S. 599 18 L.Ed. 681 5 Wall. 599 DE HAROv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1866 California, in a claim for land, now of immense value, originally presented to the board of land commissioners established by the act of March 3, 1851. The case was thus: 1 In April, 1844, Ramon and Francisco […]

72 U.S. 62 72 U.S. 62 18 L.Ed. 531 5 Wall. 62 UNITED STATESv.WEED ET AL. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; the case being thus: On the 15th of April, 1864, the steamer A. G. Brown was boarded in the Atchafalaya River, […]

72 U.S. 563 72 U.S. 563 18 L.Ed. 692 5 Wall. 563 UNITED STATESv.THE COMMISSIONER. December Term, 1866 THIS was a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The case in that court arose on a petition by McConnell for a mandamus to command the Commissioner of the General Land […]

72 U.S. 566 72 U.S. 566 18 L.Ed. 511 5 Wall. 566 GOODRICHv.THE CITY. December Term, 1866 GOODRICH filed a libel in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in a cause of damage, civil and maritime, against the City of Chicago, in personam. The libel alleged that he was the owner of […]

72 U.S. 574 72 U.S. 574 18 L.Ed. 677 5 Wall. 574 THE PEARL. December Term, 1866 1 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida, restoring, on payment by the claimants of expenses and costs, the steamer Pearl, captured for intent to break the blockade of our […]

72 U.S. 579 72 U.S. 579 18 L.Ed. 550 5 Wall. 579 JONESv.LA VALLETTE. December Term, 1866 A JUDGMENT had been rendered in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in favor of La Vallette against Jones, in the ordinary action by petition and summons, upon a promissory note. […]

72 U.S. 517 72 U.S. 517 18 L.Ed. 696 5 Wall. 517 THE SIR WILLIAM PEEL. December Term, 1866 1 APPEAL from the decree of the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, respecting the steamship Sir William Peel and cargo, which had been captured September 11, 1863, at the mouth of the Rio […]

72 U.S. 536 72 U.S. 536 18 L.Ed. 695 5 Wall. 536 UNITED STATESv.PICO. December Term, 1866 THIS was a proceeding for the confirmation of a claim to lands in California acquired under the Mexican government. The claim was for two tracts, one of which was designated as the Rancho of San Margarita and San […]

72 U.S. 541 72 U.S. 541 18 L.Ed. 540 5 Wall. 541 INSURANCE COMPANYv.RITCHIE. December Term, 1866 THIS was an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Massachusetts, dismissing a bill in equity, filed by the Merchants’ Insurance Company, a corporation created by the laws of Massachusetts, and having its place of business […]

72 U.S. 545 72 U.S. 545 18 L.Ed. 662 5 Wall. 545 THE BIRD OF PARADISE. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of California, decreeing against a lien set up by ship-owners for freight, on libel filed against a cargo. The case was thus: On the 16th March, 1863, […]

72 U.S. 509 72 U.S. 509 18 L.Ed. 524 5 Wall. 509 INSURANCE COMPANYv.CHASE. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Maine. This controversy arose on a policy of insurance. The underwriter admitted the loss by fire, but denied the obligation to pay, chiefly because the party insured, had not […]

72 U.S. 451 72 U.S. 451 18 L.Ed. 494 5 Wall. 451 SERRANOv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1866 THIS was a proceeding, under the act of March 3d, 1851, for the confirmation of a claim to a tract of land in California known as the rancho of ‘Temescal,’ of four square leagues in extent. The petition […]

72 U.S. 462 72 U.S. 462 18 L.Ed. 497 5 Wall. 462 LICENSE TAX CASES.UNITED STATESv.VASSAR.UNITED STATESv.SCHUREMAN.UNITED STATESv.GREEN.UNITED STATESv.BEATTY.UNITED STATESv.SHELLY.UNITED STATESv.BOWEN.UNITED STATESv.SWAIN.UNITED STATESv.CRAFT.UNITED STATESv.CRAFT. December Term, 1866 1 CONGRESS, by an internal revenue act of 1864, subsequently amended, enacted that no persons should be engaged in certain trades or businesses, including those of selling lottery […]

72 U.S. 481 72 U.S. 481 18 L.Ed. 486 5 Wall. 481 THE EDDY. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina; the case being thus: On the 25th March, 1854, the master of the schooner Mary Eddy, then at New Orleans, received on board his vessel 102 hogsheads […]