Category: 1870

79 U.S. 86 79 U.S. 86 20 L.Ed. 270 12 Wall. 86 FRENCHv.SHOEMAKER. December Term, 1870 THESE were two motions by the opposite parties, in an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Virginia. 1. A motion on behalf of the appellee to dismiss the appeal […]

79 U.S. 457 79 U.S. 457 20 L.Ed. 287 12 Wall. 457 LEGAL TENDER CASES.KNOXv.LEE.PARKERv.DAVIS. December Term, 1870 1 THESE were two suits; the first a writ of error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas, the second an appeal from a decree in equity in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. […]

79 U.S. 65 79 U.S. 65 20 L.Ed. 354 12 Wall. 65 RAILROAD COMPANYv.HARRIS. December Term, 1870 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the case being thus: 2 On the 28th February, 1827, the State of Maryland incorporated a company known as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. It was, […]

79 U.S. 700 79 U.S. 700 20 L.Ed. 463 12 Wall. 700 THE PROTECTOR. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. This was a motion by Mr. P. Phillips to dismiss an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States in […]

79 U.S. 687 79 U.S. 687 20 L.Ed. 460 12 Wall. 687 TREBILCOCKv.WILSON ET UX. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa; the case being thus: In June, 1861, Wilson gave to Trebilcock his promissory note for nine hundred dollars, due one year after date with ten per cent. […]

79 U.S. 47 79 U.S. 47 20 L.Ed. 265 12 Wall. 47 RAILROAD COMPANYv.DUBOIS. December Term, 1870 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland. 2 Dubois brought suit against the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, for damages for an infringement of a patent granted to him September 23d, 1862, for […]

79 U.S. 681 79 U.S. 681 20 L.Ed. 436 12 Wall. 681 BRONSON’S EXECUTORv.CHAPPELL. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Wisconsin. Bronson, of New York, being owner as executor of lands in Wisconsin, sold a tract to E. and J. Chappell, residing near Galena, in that State, the sale […]

79 U.S. 455 79 U.S. 455 20 L.Ed. 458 12 Wall. 455 PEOPLEv.CENTRAL RAILROAD. December Term, 1870 1 THIS was a motion to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, a writ of error to the Supreme Court of New York; the case being thus: 2 In 1833 an agreement was made between New York and New […]

79 U.S. 440 79 U.S. 440 20 L.Ed. 429 12 Wall. 440 WALKERv.DREVILLE. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. Madame Dreville filed her petition in the court below against one Walker, in which she alleged that he, Walker, was indebted to her in the sum of $5492, and […]

79 U.S. 443 79 U.S. 443 20 L.Ed. 438 12 Wall. 443 SCOTTv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. Messrs. A. H. Garland, N. P. Chipman, and E. L. Stanton, for the appellant; Mr. B. H. Bristow, Solicitor-General, and Mr. C. H. Hill, Assistant Attorney-General, contra. Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated the […]

79 U.S. 446 79 U.S. 446 20 L.Ed. 415 12 Wall. 446 EDWARDSv.TANNERET. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. In 1862, during the late rebellion, the courts of the United States were broken up within the limits of Louisiana. New Orleans, however, being retaken by the army of […]

79 U.S. 451 79 U.S. 451 20 L.Ed. 457 12 Wall. 451 THE PATAPSCO. December Term, 1870 1 BOYCE filed a libel in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, against the steamer Patapsco, claiming $1724. That court dismissed the libel; but, on appeal, the Circuit Court reversed the decree and sent […]

79 U.S. 452 79 U.S. 452 20 L.Ed. 458 12 Wall. 452 HALLv.ALLEN, ASSIGNEE. December Term, 1870 1 MOTION to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, an appeal from the Circuit Court for Missouri: the case being thus: 2 The act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy gives to the District Courts exclusive original jurisdiction […]

79 U.S. 404 79 U.S. 404 20 L.Ed. 444 12 Wall. 404 INSURANCE COMPANYv.SLAUGHTER. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Mississippi; the case being thus: The Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford insured goods owned by one Slaughter, in a certain storehouse described in the policy. The policy was […]

79 U.S. 408 79 U.S. 408 20 L.Ed. 419 12 Wall. 408 THORPv.HAMMOND. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, in a libel in personam, for a collision between vessels at sea. The case was thus: By an act of Congress of March 3d, 1851, it is […]

79 U.S. 418 79 U.S. 418 20 L.Ed. 449 12 Wall. 418 WARDv.MARYLAND. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland; the case being this: The Constitution of the United States, in one place, thus ordains: ‘ARTICLE IV. Sec. 2. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to […]

79 U.S. 433 79 U.S. 433 20 L.Ed. 442 12 Wall. 433 INSURANCE COMPANIESv.BOYKIN. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina, the case being this: Boykin caused his house to be insured against fire by one single policy in four different insurance companies to the extent of $10,000, […]

79 U.S. 440 79 U.S. 440 20 L.Ed. 446 12 Wall. 440 HENNESSYv.SHELDON. December Term, 1870 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Texas. 2 Sheldon, a citizen of New York, sued Hennessy, a citizen of Texas, on two notes. The defendant pleaded the general issue and payment. Judgment was given […]

79 U.S. 400 79 U.S. 400 20 L.Ed. 393 12 Wall. 400 BARTHv.CLISE, SHERIFF. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Wisconsin. Mr. G. W. Lakin, for the plaintiff in error; Mr. M. H. Carpenter and M. M. Cothren, contra. Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated the case and delivered the opinion […]

79 U.S. 369 79 U.S. 369 20 L.Ed. 432 12 Wall. 369 SHOEMAKER ET AL.v.KINGSBURY. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Kansas. Suit for damages for personal injuries happening on a ran car; the case being thus: In 1867, Shoemaker and another were contractors for building the Eastern Division […]