Category: 1870

79 U.S. 384 79 U.S. 384 20 L.Ed. 412 12 Wall. 384 NORTHERN RAILROADv.THE PEOPLE. December Term, 1870 Mr. J. Hubley Ashton moved to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, a writ of error in this suit, one from the Supreme Court of New York; the case being this:The Revised Statutes of New York declare1 that: […]

79 U.S. 389 79 U.S. 389 20 L.Ed. 394 12 Wall. 389 THE WESTERN METROPOLIS. December Term, 1870 1 ON motion.—John Low, Jr., had libelled the steamer Western Metropolis, in the District Court at New York, for damages sustained by a collision between that steamer and the schooner Triumph, owned by the libellant. 2 The […]

79 U.S. 390 79 U.S. 390 20 L.Ed. 404 12 Wall. 390 PARKERv.LATEY. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska. Parker brought ejectment against Latey to recover possession of a certain tract of land situate in the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, described in the declaration, […]

79 U.S. 391 79 U.S. 391 20 L.Ed. 446 12 Wall. 391 COOLEYv.O’CONNOR. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina; in which court Mrs. O’Connor brought suit against Cooley and others, for trespass on a lot of ground which she alleged to be hers, and to try title […]

79 U.S. 362 79 U.S. 362 20 L.Ed. 434 12 Wall. 362 UNITED STATESv.NEW ORLEANS RAILROAD. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky. This was a suit instituted by the United States, as the holder of a number of the first and second mortgage bonds of the New Orleans […]

79 U.S. 366 79 U.S. 366 20 L.Ed. 286 12 Wall. 366 THE SPRAY. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of California, in a case of collision; the facts being thus: On the morning of the 4th of March, 1868, the schooners Lane and Spray were proceeding along the coast […]

79 U.S. 379 79 U.S. 379 20 L.Ed. 287 20 L.Ed. 414 12 Wall. 379 KNOXv.EXCHANGE BANK. December Term, 1870 Two separate matters here reported arose upon a motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. The case was thus: The Exchange Bank of Virginia was, by its […]

79 U.S. 349 79 U.S. 349 20 L.Ed. 453 12 Wall. 349 THOMASv.CITY OF RICHMOND. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Distirct of Virginia, on a suit upon certain notes issued during the rebellion by the city corporation of Richmond; the case being thus: A statute Virginia passed in 1854, and […]

79 U.S. 358 79 U.S. 358 20 L.Ed. 430 12 Wall. 358 SMITHv.SHEELEY. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska; the case being thus: In February, 1857, Mitchell being an occupant of part of a lot in the now city of Omaha—a site which at that time was still […]

79 U.S. 31 79 U.S. 31 20 L.Ed. 251 12 Wall. 31 THE MARIA MARTIN. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Wisconsin. On the night of the 22d of June, 1866, the steam propeller Cleveland, in rounding Bar Point,1 at the head of Lake Erie, on her way up […]

79 U.S. 317 79 U.S. 317 20 L.Ed. 417 12 Wall. 317 ROGERSv.RITTER. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of California; the case being this: Rogers brought ejectment against Ritter in the court below to recover a lot of land in San Francisco, known by the name of Yerba Buena. […]

79 U.S. 323 79 U.S. 323 20 L.Ed. 406 12 Wall. 323 VILLAv.RODRIGUEZ. December Term, 1870 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of California; the case being thus: 2 George Alexander filed a bill in the court below against Jacinto Rodriguez and George Steele with three others, his brothers, to redeem a […]

79 U.S. 342 79 U.S. 342 20 L.Ed. 439 12 Wall. 342 HANAUERv.DOANE. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. This was an action by Doane against L. & J. Hanauer, to recover the amount of two promissory notes, dated in February, 1867. These notes were originally given […]

79 U.S. 285 79 U.S. 285 20 L.Ed. 398 12 Wall. 285 MILLERv.LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. December Term, 1870 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland; the suit being one by Mrs. H. Miller against the Brooklyn Life Insurance Company to recover $5000, insured by her husband, Walter Miller, for her benefit, […]

79 U.S. 304 79 U.S. 304 20 L.Ed. 405 12 Wall. 304 AVERYv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of West Tennessee. Avery owning a warehouse in Memphis, Tennessee, had become surety for the postmaster there appointed before the rebellion. During the war and after the government troops had […]

79 U.S. 307 79 U.S. 307 20 L.Ed. 402 12 Wall. 307 WADSWORTHv.WARREN. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The action in the court below was in covenent and brought by Wadsworth, who resided in New York but owned property at Chicago, against […]

79 U.S. 315 79 U.S. 315 20 L.Ed. 412 12 Wall. 315 PERRINv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Court of Claims dismissing a petition before it, as not ‘founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of […]

79 U.S. 232 79 U.S. 232 20 L.Ed. 360 12 Wall. 232 UNITED STATESv.CHILD & CO. December Term, 1870 APPEAL from the Court of Claims, on a claim by Child & Co., merchants of St. Louis, against the United States for $163,111, as a balance due on a sale of military stores. The Court of […]

79 U.S. 254 79 U.S. 254 20 L.Ed. 390 12 Wall. 254 HOLLADAYv.KENNARD. December Term, 1870 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. This was an action of trespass on the case against one Holladay as a common carrier, for the loss of a package of money delivered to his […]

79 U.S. 259 79 U.S. 259 20 L.Ed. 392 12 Wall. 259 GERMAINv.MASON. December Term, 1870 MOTION by Mr. Nathaniel Wilson to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Montana Territory; the case as it seemed, from a not very clear record, being thus: J. Mason and L. B. Duke brought suit […]