Category: 1872

84 U.S. 439 84 U.S. 439 21 L.Ed. 696 17 Wall. 439 EX PARTE ATOCHA. October Term, 1873 PETITION and motion for mandamus: the case being thus: By the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, made on the 2d of February, 1848, between the United States and Mexico, the United States exonerated Mexico from all demands of […]

84 U.S. 44 84 U.S. 44 21 L.Ed. 570 17 Wall. 44 OLCOTTv.BYNUM ET AL. December Term, 1872 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina; the case being thus: 2 In the year 1854, the High Shoals Manufacturing Company owning 14,873 acres of land in the counties of Lincoln, Gaston, […]

84 U.S. 445 84 U.S. 445 21 L.Ed. 675 17 Wall. 445 RAILROAD COMPANYv.BROWN. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia; the case being thus: In the year 1854, Congress authorized the Alexandria and Washington Railroad Company,1 a company which had been incorporated by the State of Virginia, and […]

84 U.S. 411 84 U.S. 411 21 L.Ed. 666 17 Wall. 411 RAYv.SMITH. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama; the case being thus: Smith, in November, 1866, sued Ray in the court below as the indorser of two negotiable notes, made by one Hark-away. The notes were […]

84 U.S. 417 84 U.S. 417 21 L.Ed. 642 17 Wall. 417 MOOREv.HUNTINGTON. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico. Mrs. Huntington, widow by a former marriage of Nathan Webb, and administratrix of his estate, brought this, a suit in chancery, against W. H. Moore and W. C. […]

84 U.S. 437 84 U.S. 437 21 L.Ed. 694 17 Wall. 437 LASEREv.ROCHEREAU. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Louisiana, in which court several cases were consolidated. They came from it here as a single case. Messrs. J. A. & D. G. Campbell, for the plaintiff in error. No opposing counsel. Mr. […]

84 U.S. 409 84 U.S. 409 21 L.Ed. 665 17 Wall. 409 REEDv.GARDNER. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Gardner sued Reed in the court below. His declaration alleged that one Wilson had delivered to the defendant cotton, upon an agreement that he, the defendant, would sell […]

84 U.S. 354 84 U.S. 354 21 L.Ed. 627 17 Wall. 354 RODDv.HEARTT. December Term, 1872 ON motion to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being this: A steamer having been sold under a proceeding in rem in the admiralty, left in the registry of the court […]

84 U.S. 357 84 U.S. 357 21 L.Ed. 627 17 Wall. 357 RAILROAD COMPANYv.LOCKWOOD. October Term, 1873 ERROR or the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case being thus: Lockwood, a drover, was injured whilst travelling on a stock train of the New York Central Railroad Company, proceeding from Buffalo to […]

84 U.S. 384 84 U.S. 384 21 L.Ed. 644 17 Wall. 384 STITTv.HUIDEKOPERS. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; the case being thus: In the latter part of Auguse, 1864, at which time great excitement prevailed in the region of Oil Creek, Northwestern Pennsylvania, and some persons […]

84 U.S. 398 84 U.S. 398 21 L.Ed. 649 17 Wall. 398 CONWAYv.STANNARD. October Term, 1873 On certificate of division between the judges of the Circuit Court for the District of Vermont; the case being thus: Before the act of July 18th, 1866,1 was passed it was necessary, in all cases of seizure of property […]

84 U.S. 405 84 U.S. 405 21 L.Ed. 673 17 Wall. 405 UNITED STATESv.HENRY. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: A joint resolution of Congress, approved July 26th, 1866,* resolves: ‘That in every case in which a commissioned officer actually entered on duty as such commissioned officer, but, […]

84 U.S. 336 84 U.S. 336 21 L.Ed. 602 17 Wall. 336 HUMEv.BEALE’S EXECUTRIX. December Term, 1872 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia; the case being thus: 2 Benjamin Berry, of Prince George’s County, Maryland, owning a farm in that county, about twenty miles from Washington City, stocked with thirty […]

84 U.S. 351 84 U.S. 351 21 L.Ed. 542 17 Wall. 351 ALLENv.MASSEY. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Missouri; the case being thus: The fourteenth section of the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,1 enacts that the judge of the District Court or the register in bankruptcy shall […]

84 U.S. 32 84 U.S. 32 21 L.Ed. 566 17 Wall. 32 BRANSONv.WIRTH. December Term, 1872 IN error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois; the case being thus: Wirth brought ejectment against Branson and another for the recovery of the northeast quarter of section 18, in a certain township in Fulton […]

84 U.S. 322 84 U.S. 322 21 L.Ed. 597 17 Wall. 322 UNITED STATESv.RAILROAD COMPANY. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland. This case arose upon the identical 122d section of the Internal Revenue Act of 1864, as amended by that of 1866, which is discussed in the preceding […]

84 U.S. 253 84 U.S. 253 21 L.Ed. 576 17 Wall. 253 TYLERv.MAGWIRE. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of Missouri; the case being thus: The constitution of Missouri ordains: ‘That the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate.’ The code of the same State enacts: ‘There shall be in this State […]

84 U.S. 294 84 U.S. 294 21 L.Ed. 544 17 Wall. 294 BARNESv.THE RAILROADS. December Term, 1872 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; the case being thus: 2 The one hundred and sixteenth section of the act of June 30th, 1864, as amended by the thirteenth section of the […]

84 U.S. 191 84 U.S. 191 21 L.Ed. 606 17 Wall. 191 LAPEYREv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: By the act of 13th July, 1861,1 the President was authorized to proclaim, ‘that the inhabitants of a State, or any part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are […]

84 U.S. 207 84 U.S. 207 21 L.Ed. 553 17 Wall. 207 ALLEN ET AL.v.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: A statute of the United States, passed March 3d, 1797,1 enacts that, ‘When any revenue officer or other persons hereafter becoming indebted to the United States, […]