Category: 1866

71 U.S. 657 71 U.S. 657 18 L.Ed. 427 4 Wall. 657 ROBBINSv.CHICAGO CITY. December Term, 1866 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 2 This was an action on the case brought by the city of Chicago against Robbins. The declaration alleged that the city had by law exclusive […]

71 U.S. 650 71 U.S. 650 18 L.Ed. 328 4 Wall. 650 RAILROAD COMPANYv.LINDSAY. December Term, 1866 LINDSAY & Co., ship-brokers, of London, filed their petition in the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, in which—alleging a written contract between themselves and the New Orleans, &c., Railroad Company, the company bound itself to […]

71 U.S. 657 71 U.S. 657 18 L.Ed. 427 4 Wall. 657 ROBBINSv.CHICAGO CITY. December Term, 1866 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois. 2 This was an action on the case brought by the city of Chicago against Robbins. The declaration alleged that the city had by law exclusive […]

71 U.S. 603 71 U.S. 603 18 L.Ed. 460 4 Wall. 603 RYANv.THOMAS. December Term, 1866 THOMAS brought suit against Ryan, in the St. Louis Land Court, an inferior State court of Missouri, for a tract of land in that State. The only question was as to the validity of a patent granted by the […]

71 U.S. 617 71 U.S. 617 18 L.Ed. 389 4 Wall. 617 WAREv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to reverse a judgment of that court affirming the judgment of the District Court in an action of debt instituted by the United […]

71 U.S. 617 71 U.S. 617 18 L.Ed. 389 4 Wall. 617 WAREv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to reverse a judgment of that court affirming the judgment of the District Court in an action of debt instituted by the United […]

71 U.S. 634 71 U.S. 634 18 L.Ed. 413 4 Wall. 634 THE NASSAU. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; the case being thus: On the 17th of June, 1862, Harlan, Hollingsworth & Co., a mercantile firm doing business at Wilmington, Delaware, […]

71 U.S. 634 71 U.S. 634 18 L.Ed. 413 4 Wall. 634 THE NASSAU. December Term, 1866 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; the case being thus: On the 17th of June, 1862, Harlan, Hollingsworth & Co., a mercantile firm doing business at Wilmington, Delaware, […]

71 U.S. 598 71 U.S. 598 18 L.Ed. 338 4 Wall. 598 BELLv.RAILROAD COMPANY. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Mississippi. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of Alabama, was compelled, in order to reach its northern terminus, […]

71 U.S. 603 71 U.S. 603 18 L.Ed. 460 4 Wall. 603 RYANv.THOMAS. December Term, 1866 THOMAS brought suit against Ryan, in the St. Louis Land Court, an inferior State court of Missouri, for a tract of land in that State. The only question was as to the validity of a patent granted by the […]

71 U.S. 598 71 U.S. 598 18 L.Ed. 338 4 Wall. 598 BELLv.RAILROAD COMPANY. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Mississippi. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, a corporation created by the laws of Alabama, was compelled, in order to reach its northern terminus, […]

71 U.S. 522 71 U.S. 522 18 L.Ed. 335 4 Wall. 522 COMMISSIONER OF PATENTSv.WHITELEY. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Whiteley, the defendant in error, was the assignee of a sectional interest in a patent granted to Hains, on the 4th of September, 1855, for an improvement […]

71 U.S. 522 71 U.S. 522 18 L.Ed. 335 4 Wall. 522 COMMISSIONER OF PATENTSv.WHITELEY. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Whiteley, the defendant in error, was the assignee of a sectional interest in a patent granted to Hains, on the 4th of September, 1855, for an improvement […]

71 U.S. 535 71 U.S. 535 18 L.Ed. 403 4 Wall. 535 VON HOFFMANv.CITY OF QUINCY. December Term, 1866 THIS case was brought up by a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The relator filed his petition in that court, alleging, among other things, […]

71 U.S. 535 71 U.S. 535 18 L.Ed. 403 4 Wall. 535 VON HOFFMANv.CITY OF QUINCY. December Term, 1866 THIS case was brought up by a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. The relator filed his petition in that court, alleging, among other things, […]

71 U.S. 555 71 U.S. 555 18 L.Ed. 451 4 Wall. 555 THE HINEv.TREVOR. December Term, 1866 Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa; the case, as disclosed by the record, having been in substance this: A collision occurred between the steamboats Hine and Sunshine, on the Mississippi River, at or near […]

71 U.S. 572 71 U.S. 572 18 L.Ed. 305 4 Wall. 572 NEWELLv.NIXON. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; the case being thus: By the Civil Code of Louisiana it is enacted—— 1. That actions ‘for the delivery of merchandise or other effects shipped on board any […]

71 U.S. 555 71 U.S. 555 18 L.Ed. 451 4 Wall. 555 THE HINEv.TREVOR. December Term, 1866 Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa; the case, as disclosed by the record, having been in substance this: A collision occurred between the steamboats Hine and Sunshine, on the Mississippi River, at or near […]

71 U.S. 584 71 U.S. 584 18 L.Ed. 410 4 Wall. 584 SPARROWv.STRONG. December Term, 1866 SPARROW brought ejectment against Strong in the District Court for the County of Story, in Nevada, for an undivided interest in a mining claim, the proceeding being in the form prevailing in Nevada, of petition, answer, and replication. On […]

71 U.S. 572 71 U.S. 572 18 L.Ed. 305 4 Wall. 572 NEWELLv.NIXON. December Term, 1866 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; the case being thus: By the Civil Code of Louisiana it is enacted—— 1. That actions ‘for the delivery of merchandise or other effects shipped on board any […]