Category: 1866

72 U.S. 497 72 U.S. 497 18 L.Ed. 520 5 Wall. 497 HANSBROUGHv.PECK. December Term, 1866 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 2 In January, 1857, Hansbrough and Hardin agreed with one Peck to buy certain lots in Chicago for $134,000. The purchase-money was made payable in nine instalments, […]

72 U.S. 433 72 U.S. 433 18 L.Ed. 596 5 Wall. 433 NICHOLSv.LEVY. December Term, 1866 1 THIS was an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. 2 In that court, James Beal Nichol and John Nichol, Jr filed a bill for an injunction to restrain Levy […]

72 U.S. 444 72 U.S. 444 18 L.Ed. 492 5 Wall. 444 UNITED STATESv.ARMIJO ET AL. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. The question presented for determination in the case related to the location of the southwestern line of the survey of a […]

72 U.S. 475 72 U.S. 475 18 L.Ed. 608 5 Wall. 475 PERVEARv.THE COMMONWEALTH. December Term, 1866 THIS cause was brought before the court by writ of error to the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under the 25th section of the Judiciary Act. Pervear, the plaintiff in error, was indicted in the State […]

72 U.S. 413 72 U.S. 413 18 L.Ed. 657 5 Wall. 413 EWINGv.CITY OF ST. LOUIS. December Term, 1866 THIS was a bill in equity, filed in the Circuit Court for Missouri, to enjoin the enforcement of certain judgments rendered against the complainant by the mayor of St. Louis for the amount of alleged benefit […]

72 U.S. 419 72 U.S. 419 18 L.Ed. 700 5 Wall. 419 DE GROOTv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. The case was, in substance, thus: The United States being engaged in building a large aqueduct at Washington, D. C., De Groot entered into a contract with it to furnish it […]

72 U.S. 372 72 U.S. 372 18 L.Ed. 659 5 Wall. 372 THE HAMPTON. December Term, 1866 AN act of Congress of July 13, 1861,1 passed during the late rebellion, enacted that goods, chattels, wares, and merchandise coming from or going to a State or section in insurrection, by land or water, along with the […]

72 U.S. 377 72 U.S. 377 18 L.Ed. 583 5 Wall. 377 THE WILLIAM BAGALEY. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The steamer William Bagaley,—with a register issued at Mobile, June 16, 1863, under the authority of the ‘Confederate States,’ and reciting a previous enrolment in 1857 […]

72 U.S. 326 72 U.S. 326 18 L.Ed. 547 5 Wall. 326 TOWNSEND ET AL.v.GREELEY. December Term, 1866 ON the 20th of June, 1855, the common council of the city of San Francisco, the legislative body of that city, passed ‘An ordinance for the settlement and quieting of the land titles in the city of […]

72 U.S. 338 72 U.S. 338 18 L.Ed. 603 5 Wall. 338 FRANCISv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri. The record showed a libel of information against certain bales of cotton marked C. S. A., as belonging to persons in insurrection against the […]

72 U.S. 342 72 U.S. 342 18 L.Ed. 646 5 Wall. 342 THE GRAY JACKET.MERITS. December Term, 1866 1 APPEAL from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana, the case being thus: 2 The steamer Gray Jacket, and her cargo, consisting of 513 bales of cotton, 25 barrels of […]

72 U.S. 370 72 U.S. 370 18 L.Ed. 646 5 Wall. 370 THE GRAY JACKET December Term, 1866 THE case of the Gray Jacket, reported on the last preceding pages, was argued partly on one occasion and partly on another, Mr. Eames, who spoke for the captors, having been taken suddenly and, as the unfortunate […]

72 U.S. 268 72 U.S. 268 18 L.Ed. 572 5 Wall. 268 CROXALLv.SHERERD. December Term, 1866 1 THIS was a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. 2 Robert Morris Croxall, the plaintiff in error, in September, 1863,—the year is important,—brought ejectment in that court […]

72 U.S. 28 72 U.S. 28 18 L.Ed. 564 5 Wall. 28 THE PETERHOFF. December Term, 1866 1 APPEAL from a decree of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, condemning for attempt to break blockade, a vessel ostensibly on a voyage from London to the mouth of the Rio Grande, with […]

72 U.S. 307 72 U.S. 307 18 L.Ed. 599 5 Wall. 307 GREENv.VAN BUSKIRK. December Term, 1866 MOTION to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The Constitution of the United States declares (Section 1, Article IV) that full faith and credit shall be given in each […]

72 U.S. 318 72 U.S. 318 18 L.Ed. 489 5 Wall. 318 DWYERv.DUNBAR. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the case being thus: William Dunbar, assignee of George C. Dunbar, brought suit against T. A. Dwyer, on certain notes given by the said Dwyer. Dwyer, who had […]

72 U.S. 337 72 U.S. 337 18 L.Ed. 681 5 Wall. 337 TOWNSENDv.BURBANK. December Term, 1866 Another case—Townsend v. Burbank—Substantially the same in question and principle with the one preceding and like it from the Supreme Court of California, was decided in the same way with it: the CHIEF JUSTICE delivering the judgment of this […]

72 U.S. 211 72 U.S. 211 18 L.Ed. 627 5 Wall. 211 UNITED STATESv.REPENTIGNY. December Term, 1866 1 [Syllabus from pages 211-213 intentionally omitted] 2 APPEAL by the United States from a decree of the District Court of the United States decreeing to the representatives of the Chevalier de Repentigny and of Captain Louis De […]

72 U.S. 290 72 U.S. 290 18 L.Ed. 475 5 Wall. 290 CHRISTMASv.RUSSELL. December Term, 1866 IN March, 1840, Christmas, being a citizen and resident of Mississippi, made at Vicksburg, in that State, and there delivered to one Samuel, a promissory note, promising to pay to his order in March, 1841, a sum certain. This […]

72 U.S. 208 72 U.S. 208 18 L.Ed. 595 5 Wall. 208 SEAVERv.BIGELOWS. December Term, 1866 SEAVER filed a creditor’s bill against the defendants, in the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois, setting forth a judgment against one of the defendants, for the sum of $839.48, and, he being insolvent, seeking to get […]