Category: 1869

77 U.S. 364 77 U.S. 364 19 L.Ed. 947 10 Wall. 364 HANRICKv.NEELY. December Term, 1870 In error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas. This was an action of trespass, according to the local practice of Texas, to try the title to several leagues of land, in Falls County, in that […]

77 U.S. 321 77 U.S. 321 19 L.Ed. 933 10 Wall. 321 SMITHv.STEVENS. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas, the case being thus: By treaty of June 3d, 1825,1 the United States concluded a treaty with the Kansas Indians, containing mutual cessions of territory. The sixth article of […]

77 U.S. 327 77 U.S. 327 19 L.Ed. 935 10 Wall. 327 JONESv.ANDREWS. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Western District of Tennessee; the case being thus: The Judiciary Act of 17891 gives the Circuit Courts jurisdiction where the suit is between a citizen of the State where the suit is […]

77 U.S. 33 77 U.S. 33 19 L.Ed. 882 10 Wall. 33 BATESv.EQUITABLE INSURANCE COMPANY. December Term, 1869 ERROR to the Circuit Court for Rhode Island; the case being this: W. D. Philbrick being the owner of certain goods, got them insured by the Equitable Insurance Company of Providence. The policy contained a clause that […]

77 U.S. 263 77 U.S. 263 19 L.Ed. 887 10 Wall. 263 DEERYv.CRAY. December Term, 1869 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland.1 Eliza Deery brought ejectment October 12, 1863, in the court just mentioned, to recover from one Cray an undivided fifth part of the southern half of Kent Fort Manor, […]

77 U.S. 273 77 U.S. 273 19 L.Ed. 915 10 Wall. 273 SLAUGHTER-HOUSE CASES.THE BUTCHERS’ BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANSv.THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING ANDSLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.SAME DEFENDANTSv.SAME PLAINTIFFS.HOTAIR IMBAU ET AL.v.THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING ANDSLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.THE LIVE-STOCK DEALERS’ AND BUTCHERS’ ASSOCIATIONOF NEW ORLEANSv.THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING ANDSLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.PAUL ESTEBEN ET AL.v.THE STATE OF […]

77 U.S. 299 77 U.S. 299 19 L.Ed. 894 10 Wall. 299 WASHINGTON RAILROADv.BRADLEYS. December Term, 1869 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, in a case of a bill by the Washington, Alexandria, and Georgetown Railroad Company, against the City of Washington, and J. H. and A. T. Bradley and others, […]

77 U.S. 304 77 U.S. 304 19 L.Ed. 913 10 Wall. 304 GUNNELLv.BIRD. December Term, 1869 1 APPEALS from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; the case, as clearly proved, or admitted by the parties, being thus: 2 On the 1st of May, 1845, Gunnell on one side and Bird and Hepburn on […]

77 U.S. 308 77 U.S. 308 19 L.Ed. 931 10 Wall. 308 COOPERv.REYNOLDS. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, the case being thus: The code of Tennessee of 1857-8, under its chapter on ATTACHMENTS, thus provides: § 3455. Any person having a debt or demand due at […]

77 U.S. 224 77 U.S. 224 19 L.Ed. 900 10 Wall. 224 HORNSBY ET AL.v.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1869 [Syllabus from pages 224-226 intentionally omitted] APPEAL from the District Court of California. This case was brought by the appellants, Hornsby and Roland, for the confirmation of a claim made by them under a Mexican grant […]

77 U.S. 251 77 U.S. 251 19 L.Ed. 893 10 Wall. 251 DEMING’S APPEAL. December Term, 1869 LATHAM and Deming being entitled, each of them, to recover a certain sum of money from the United States for work done prior to the act of February 25th, 1862, known as the first of the ‘Legal Tender […]

77 U.S. 256 77 U.S. 256 19 L.Ed. 892 10 Wall. 256 NEW ORLEANS RAILROADv.MORGAN. December Term, 1869 ON motion to dismiss writ of error. The New Orleans, Opelousas, and Great Western Railroad Company issued, on the 1st April, 1859, two thousand bonds, redeemable in 1889, for $1000 each, with interest, payable semi-annually; and to […]

77 U.S. 26 77 U.S. 26 19 L.Ed. 878 10 Wall. 26 LITTLEv.HERNDON. December Term, 1869 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the case being thus: A statute of Illinois, on the subject of sales of land for taxes, passed 21st February, 1861, makes this enactment: ‘All deeds hereafter made […]

77 U.S. 22 77 U.S. 22 19 L.Ed. 860 10 Wall. 22 McKEEv.RAINS. December Term, 1869 ERROR to the Circuit Court for Louisiana. Louise Rains brought trespass, November 26th, 1866, in one of the State courts of Louisiana against McKee (who was marshal of the United States), Cady, and others, sureties of McKee in his […]

77 U.S. 246 77 U.S. 246 19 L.Ed. 890 10 Wall. 246 THE COLUMBIA. December Term, 1869 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. The owners of the propeller Jersey Blue libelled the steamship Columbia, one of the Charleston line of steamers, in the District Court for the Southern District […]

77 U.S. 204 77 U.S. 204 19 L.Ed. 941 10 Wall. 204 THE KALORAMA,THE CUSTER. December Term, 1869 THE case was exactly the same in both these appeals; which were accordingly argued with one set of briefs, on one set of depositions, contained in one record; the appeals having been, in fact, regarded at the […]

77 U.S. 218 77 U.S. 218 19 L.Ed. 895 10 Wall. 218 BRAUNv.SAUERWEIN. December Term, 1869 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland; the case being thus: An act of Congress, passed July 13th, 1866,1 and which by its terms took effect on the 1st of August of that year, enacts: ‘That […]

77 U.S. 176 77 U.S. 176 19 L.Ed. 909 10 Wall. 176 RAILROAD COMPANYv.REEVES. December Term, 1869 IN error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Tennessee, the case being this: Reeves sued the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company as a common carrier for damage to a quantity of tobacco received by it […]

77 U.S. 192 77 U.S. 192 19 L.Ed. 906 10 Wall. 192 THE LULU. December Term, 1869 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland. This was a suit in admiralty to enforce a lien claimed upon the steamer Lulu for repairs made upon her at the request of the master. It was […]

77 U.S. 141 77 U.S. 141 19 L.Ed. 923 10 Wall. 141 FEILDv.FARRINGTON. December Term, 1869 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the case being this: Feild, a resident of Little Rock, Arkansas, owning a quantity of cotton, put it, personally, on the 9th October, 1865, into the hands of […]