Category: 1872

84 U.S. 82 84 U.S. 82 21 L.Ed. 613 17 Wall. 82 AVERILLv.SMITH. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York. AN act of Congress of February 24th, 1807,1 enacts: ‘That when any prosecution shall be commenced on account of the seizure of any ship or vessel, goods, […]

84 U.S. 9 84 U.S. 9 21 L.Ed. 559 1 Wall. 9 UNITED STATESv.HICKEY. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: In July, 1851, the Secretary of the Treasury, on behalf of the United States, agreed with one Eldredge, to lease from him certain warehouses in the city of […]

84 U.S. 96 84 U.S. 96 21 L.Ed. 611 17 Wall. 96 BAILEYv.RAILROAD COMPANY. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for Missouri; the case being thus: The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, in Missouri, with an income of but $450,000, and having a capital stock of $3,000,000, a debt of $8,000,000 of 7 […]

84 U.S. 666 84 U.S. 666 21 L.Ed. 683 17 Wall. 666 THE EMILY SOUDER. October Term, 1873 APPEALS from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. The firm of Packenham Beatty & Co., and also a certain Pritchard, filed separate libels in the District Court of the district just mentioned, against […]

84 U.S. 67 84 U.S. 67 21 L.Ed. 564 17 Wall. 67 MASONv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: On the 7th January, 1862, the chief of ordnance, General Ripley, by direction of the Secretary of War, made in writing, on behalf of the government, this offer […]

84 U.S. 672 84 U.S. 672 21 L.Ed. 698 17 Wall. 672 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYv.FRANCISCO. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of California; the case being thus: Dolores Francisco sued the Manhattan Life Insurance Company upon a contract of insurance, made February 5th, 1867, upon the life of her husband. […]

84 U.S. 75 84 U.S. 75 21 L.Ed. 575 17 Wall. 75 SWEENYv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: One Sweeny, owner of a steamer, chartered her at Louisville, March 3d, 1863, to the United States (the assistant quartermaster of the military department where she was, signing […]

84 U.S. 78 84 U.S. 78 21 L.Ed. 558 17 Wall. 78 HARWOODv.RAILROAD COMPANY. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the District Court for the District of Indiana. Harwood, March, and several other persons, representing that they were stockholders in the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, ‘a corporation now disorganized and unable to sue,’ filed, on the […]

84 U.S. 651 84 U.S. 651 21 L.Ed. 719 17 Wall. 651 THE STAR OF HOPE. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of California. Church & Clark libelled the ship Star of Hope, in the District court for California, for damages done to a quantity of nuts in bags and […]

84 U.S. 655 84 U.S. 655 21 L.Ed. 741 17 Wall. 655 MILLERv.JOSEPH ET AL. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia; the case being thus: In 1868 one Joseph recovered a judgment in the Circuit Court of Rockingham County, Virginia, against a certain Miller for a sum less than […]

84 U.S. 657 84 U.S. 657 21 L.Ed. 745 17 Wall. 657 RAILROAD COMPANYv.STOUT. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska. Henry Stout, a child six years of age and living with his parents, sued, by his next friend, the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad Company, in the court […]

84 U.S. 624 84 U.S. 624 21 L.Ed. 741 17 Wall. 624 KIBBEv.BENSON. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois; the case being thus: A statute of Illinois, relating to actions of ejectment, adopted by the Federal court sitting in the Illinois district, makes the following provision relative […]

84 U.S. 630 84 U.S. 630 21 L.Ed. 717 17 Wall. 630 SMITHSv.SHOEMAKER. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. David Shoemaker brought ejectment, in December, 1868, against Caroline Smith, Mary Smith, et al., for certain real estate in Georgetown, D. C. The property in question had been conveyed, […]

84 U.S. 639 84 U.S. 639 21 L.Ed. 661 17 Wall. 639 DANIELv.WHARTENBY. October Term, 1873 IN error to the Circuit Court for the District of Delaware. James Whartenby brought ejectment in the court below against William Daniel and others for certain premises in the State of Delaware. Under the instructions given to the jury […]

84 U.S. 64 84 U.S. 64 21 L.Ed. 543 17 Wall. 64 EX PARTE WARMOUTH. December Term, 1872 1 SUR application of H. C. Warmouth, for a prohibition to the circuit judge for the district of Louisiana. 2 The application now made was filed December 10th, 1872, based on a bill (and the proceedings under […]

84 U.S. 648 84 U.S. 648 21 L.Ed. 744 17 Wall. 648 WALKERv.THE STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. Walker brought an action of ejectment against Marks and others, the Board of State Harbor Commissioners, for certain real property situated within […]

84 U.S. 596 84 U.S. 596 21 L.Ed. 737 17 Wall. 596 SOHNv.WATERSON. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Kansas; the case, as appeared by the pleadings, being thus: In 1854, one Sohn, a citizen of Ohio, obtained a judgment in one of the courts of the State named […]

84 U.S. 601 84 U.S. 601 21 L.Ed. 693 17 Wall. 601 UNITED STATESv.LAP ENE. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: ‘On the 20th of February, 1862, while the whole State of Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans, was in the possession and under the control of […]

84 U.S. 604 84 U.S. 604 21 L.Ed. 721 17 Wall. 604 UNITED STATESv.BOUTWELL. October Term, 1873 ON MOTION. Mr. R. W. Corwine, in behalf of the owners of an order on the Treasury of the United States, had applied to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for a mandamus on the Hon. […]

84 U.S. 610 84 U.S. 610 21 L.Ed. 731 17 Wall. 610 SAWYERv.HOAG, ASSIGNEE. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois; the case being thus: About the 1st of April, 1865, and prior, therefore, to the passage of the Bankrupt Act of 1867, the directors of the Lumberman’s […]