83 U.S. 564 83 U.S. 564 21 L.Ed. 348 16 Wall. 564 SPECHTv.HOWARD ET AL. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Mr. D. K. McRae, for the plaintiff i error; Messrs. R. M. Corwine and Quinton Corwine, contra. Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated the case, and delivered the […]
Category: 1872
83 U.S. 566
83 U.S. 566 83 U.S. 566 21 L.Ed. 485 16 Wall. 566 WATER COMPANYv.WARE. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for Minnesota; the case being thus: The city of St. Paul, desiring to have water-pipes laid along the streets of the city, passed an ordinance authorizing the St. Paul Water Company, an incorporated […]
83 U.S. 577
83 U.S. 577 83 U.S. 577 21 L.Ed. 489 16 Wall. 577 WALBRUNv.BABBITT. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Missouri. Babbitt, assignee in bankruptcy of Marks Mendelson, brought trover against Walbrun & Co. in the court below, to recover the value of a stock of merchandise sold by the […]
83 U.S. 544
83 U.S. 544 83 U.S. 544 21 L.Ed. 322 16 Wall. 544 MITCHELLv.HAWLEY. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts; the case being thus: The 18th section of the Patent Act of July 4th, 1836,1 after enacting that patents may in certain cases be extended, and that ‘thereupon the […]
83 U.S. 560
83 U.S. 560 83 U.S. 560 21 L.Ed. 324 16 Wall. 560 SMITHv.McCOOL. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The case was twice argued in this court: once at December Term, 1869, and now again in December Term, 1872. Messrs. G. F. Harding and H. M. Weed, […]
83 U.S. 483
83 U.S. 483 83 U.S. 483 21 L.Ed. 473 16 Wall. 483 PLANTERS’ BANKv.UNION BANK.UNION BANKv.PLANTERS’ BANK. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being this: On the outbreak of the rebellion of 1861, both the States of Tennessee and Louisiana joined in that movement; and while […]
83 U.S. 504
83 U.S. 504 83 U.S. 504 21 L.Ed. 389 16 Wall. 504 TWEED’S CASE. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being thus: The act of Congress of July 2d, 1864,1 in addition to that of a prior date, ‘to provide for the collection of abandoned property […]
83 U.S. 522
83 U.S. 522 83 U.S. 522 21 L.Ed. 369 16 Wall. 522 STEAMBOAT COMPANYv.CHASE. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island. A statute of the State just named,1 passed in October, 1853, and relating to common carriers by means of steamboats, enacts: ‘SECTION 16. If the life of any person crossing […]
83 U.S. 535
83 U.S. 535 83 U.S. 535 21 L.Ed. 292 16 Wall. 535 BEALLv.NEW MEXICO. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico; the case being thus: One Hinckley died at Santa F e, in the Territory of New Mexico, in October, 1866. At the time of his death he […]
83 U.S. 452
83 U.S. 452 83 U.S. 452 21 L.Ed. 319 16 Wall. 452 KENICOTTv.THE SUPERVISORS. December Term, 1872 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois; the case being thus: 2 The Central Railroad of Illinois runs, in a large part of its course, north and south through the State just named. […]
83 U.S. 471
83 U.S. 471 83 U.S. 471 21 L.Ed. 303 16 Wall. 471 MORGANv.PARHAM. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Alabama; the case being thus: The Constitution ordains that ‘Congress shall have power to regulate commerce between the States.’ An act of Congress passed December 31st, 1792,1 enacts that […]
83 U.S. 479
83 U.S. 479 83 U.S. 479 21 L.Ed. 470 16 Wall. 479 OSBORNEv.MOBILE. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. Osborne was the agent, at Mobile, Alabama, of the Southern Express Company, incorporated by the State of Georgia, and as such transacted a general forwarding and express business within […]
83 U.S. 446
83 U.S. 446 83 U.S. 446 21 L.Ed. 367 16 Wall. 446 RIBONv.RAILROAD COMPANIES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Iowa. Ribon and several others, bondholders and stockholders in the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company, filed a bill against the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company, to set […]
83 U.S. 402
83 U.S. 402 83 U.S. 402 21 L.Ed. 316 16 Wall. 402 HUNTINGTONv.TEXAS.TEXASv.HUNTINGTON. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; the case being thus: The United States, on the 1st of January, 1851, issued to the State of Texas for the sale of a portion of her north-western territory, […]
83 U.S. 414
83 U.S. 414 83 U.S. 414 21 L.Ed. 457 16 Wall. 414 UNITED STATES, LYON ET AL.v.HUCKABEE. December Term, 1872 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Middle District of Alabama; the case being thus: 2 In the year 1862, soon after the outbreak of the late rebellion, one C. C. Huckabee and three […]
83 U.S. 436
83 U.S. 436 83 U.S. 436 21 L.Ed. 365 16 Wall. 436 WALKERv.HENSHAW. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Kansas; the case being thus: Walker and others brought an action under the civil code of Kansas to try title to and get possession of a section of land in Douglas County, Kansas, […]
83 U.S. 36
83 U.S. 36 83 U.S. 36 21 L.Ed. 394 16 Wall. 36 SLAUGHTER-HOUSE CASES.THE BUTCHERS’ BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANSv.THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING ANDSLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY.PAUL ESTEBEN, L. RUCH, J. P. ROUEDE, W. MAYLIE, S.FIRMBERG, B. BEAUBAY, WILLIAM FAGAN, J. D. BRODERICK, N.SEIBEL, M. LANNES, J. GITZINGER, J. P. AYCOCK, D.VERGES, THE LIVE-STOCK DEALERS’ AND […]
83 U.S. 378
83 U.S. 378 83 U.S. 378 21 L.Ed. 358 16 Wall. 378 INSURANCE COMPANYv.PIAGGIO. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana, in which court Piaggio brought suit against the New Orleans Insurance Company for a total loss, under two policies of insurance: the one for $7000, on the brig […]
83 U.S. 390
83 U.S. 390 83 U.S. 390 21 L.Ed. 361 16 Wall. 390 BURKEv.SMITH. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Indiana, the case being thus: Burke, Putnam, and others were the equitable owners of a judgment recovered in 1857 against the New Albany and Sandusky Railroad Company. Upon this judgment […]
83 U.S. 352
83 U.S. 352 83 U.S. 352 21 L.Ed. 341 16 Wall. 352 McNITTv.TURNER. December Term 1872. 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Illinois; the case being thus: 2 Turner, alleging that he “was possessed as of his own demesne in fee” of the same, brought ejectment against McNitt and another […]