Category: 1871

80 U.S. 475 80 U.S. 475 20 L.Ed. 542 13 Wall. 475 THE ARIADNE. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. This was an appeal in admiralty from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case being one arising from […]

80 U.S. 432 80 U.S. 432 20 L.Ed. 514 13 Wall. 432 WEST TENNESSEE BANKv.CITIZENS’ BANK. December Term, 1871 MOTION, by Mr. Edward Janin, to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, in a case wherein the Bank of West Tennessee was the plaintiff, and the Citizens’ […]

80 U.S. 434 80 U.S. 434 20 L.Ed. 659 13 Wall. 434 CLINTON ET AL.v.ENGLEBRECHT. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. The principal question for consideration in this case was raised by the challenge of the defendants to the array of the jury in the Third District Court […]

80 U.S. 449 80 U.S. 449 20 L.Ed. 602 13 Wall. 449 UNITED STATESv.VIGIL. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico; the case being thus: On the 28th of December, 1845, one Vigil and certain other persons addressed a petition to the Most Excellent Departmental Assembly, through Armijo, […]

80 U.S. 453 80 U.S. 453 20 L.Ed. 515 13 Wall. 453 TUCKERv.SPALDING. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of California. Spalding brought an action at law against Tucker, to recover damages for the infringement of a patent for the use of movable teeth in saws and saw-plates. The plaintiff’s […]

80 U.S. 389 80 U.S. 389 20 L.Ed. 505 13 Wall. 389 THE SIREN. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the District Court for the District of Massachusetts; the case being thus: Prior, and up to the morning of the 17th of February, 1865, a naval force of the United States, composed of the Gladiolus, and […]

80 U.S. 397 80 U.S. 397 20 L.Ed. 597 13 Wall. 397 TARBLE’S CASE. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. This was a proceeding on habeas corpus for the discharge of one Edward Tarble, held in the custody of a recruiting officer of the United States as an enlisted soldier, on […]

80 U.S. 40 80 U.S. 40 20 L.Ed. 481 13 Wall. 40 TOOF ET AL.v.MARTIN, ASSIGNEE, ETC. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Arkansas; the case being thus: The 35th section of the bankrupt act of 1867, thus enacts: ‘That if any person, being insolvent, or in contemplation of […]

80 U.S. 413 80 U.S. 413 20 L.Ed. 637 13 Wall. 413 KITCHENv.BEDFORD. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Missouri. Kitchen, a citizen of Arkansas, brought trover in the court below against a certain Bedford and one Webber, for the conversion of one hundred and nineteen bonds of the […]

80 U.S. 418 80 U.S. 418 20 L.Ed. 655 13 Wall. 418 DAVENPORTv.LAMB ET AL. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Oregon. Emma Lamb and Ida Squires, asserting themselves as granddaughters of one Daniel Lownsdale, to own each an undivided one-tenth of ‘the south half of Block G’ in […]

80 U.S. 38 80 U.S. 38 20 L.Ed. 479 13 Wall. 38 CLYDEv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being argued and disposed of at the same time with the preceding one. Clyde, the claimant in the preceding case, presented his petition in that court, the same petition mentioned […]

80 U.S. 386 80 U.S. 386 20 L.Ed. 564 13 Wall. 386 ALEXANDERv.ROULET. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of California. Alexander brought ejectment against Roulet and others in the court below to recover a piece of land in San Francisco, California. The title was thus: The conquest of California […]

80 U.S. 379 80 U.S. 379 20 L.Ed. 627 13 Wall. 379 SLAUGHTER’S ADMINISTRATORv.GERSON. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland. This was a suit in equity to enforce the lien of two mortgages upon two steamers. The case was thus: On the 12th of July, 1864, one Slaughter, […]

80 U.S. 358 80 U.S. 358 20 L.Ed. 606 13 Wall. 358 GAY’S GOLD. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being this: By a non-intercourse act of July 13th, 1861, it was declared that ‘all goods, and chattels, wares, and merchandise,’ coming from a State proclaimed […]

80 U.S. 363 80 U.S. 363 20 L.Ed. 653 13 Wall. 363 ROBINSONv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of California; the case being thus: In June, 1867, Robinson & Co., merchants of San Francisco, entered into a written agreement with Major T. T. Hoyt, assistant quartermaster of the […]

80 U.S. 367 80 U.S. 367 20 L.Ed. 594 13 Wall. 367 HALL & LONGv.THE RAILROAD COMPANIES. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Hall & Long allowed this suit in their names, for the use of certain insurance companies, against the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company, to […]

80 U.S. 373 80 U.S. 373 20 L.Ed. 611 13 Wall. 373 SALT COMPANYv.EAST SAGINAW. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Michigan; the case being thus: The East Saginaw Salt Manufacturing Company filed a bill in the court below against the city of East Saginaw, in Michigan, to restrain the city from […]

80 U.S. 306 80 U.S. 306 20 L.Ed. 683 13 Wall. 306 WILLIAMSv.KIRTLAND. December Term, 1871 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Minnesota. This was an action of ejectment for the possession of certain real property, situated in the city of St. Paul, in the State of Minnesota. The declaration was in […]

80 U.S. 311 80 U.S. 311 20 L.Ed. 581 13 Wall. 311 CANAL COMPANYv.CLARK. December Term, 1871 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case, which arose on a bill to enjoin the use of an alleged trade-mark, being thus: In the northeastern section of Pennsylvania there exists a […]

80 U.S. 329 80 U.S. 329 20 L.Ed. 696 13 Wall. 329 THE PATAPSCO. December Term, 1871 1 APPEAL from Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case being thus: 2 Boyce, a coal dealer in Baltimore, filed a libel against the steamer Patapsco, in the District Court at New York, to […]