Category: 1872

83 U.S. 166 83 U.S. 166 21 L.Ed. 350 16 Wall. 166 HANRICKv.BARTON. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Texas. Edward Hanrick, a citizen of Alabama, in December, 1860, brought two actions of trespass to try title, in the nature of actions of ejectment, in the District Court […]

83 U.S. 177 83 U.S. 177 21 L.Ed. 354 16 Wall. 177 THE CAYUGA. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case as appearing from the weight of testimony being thus: The Cayuga, a steamer engaged in towing canal-boats upon the Hudson River, took, on the […]

83 U.S. 185 83 U.S. 185 21 L.Ed. 310 16 Wall. 185 SMITHv.ADSIT. December Term, 1872 On motion to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois; the case being thus: An act of Congress of February 11th, 1847, providing for raising a military force […]

83 U.S. 190 83 U.S. 190 21 L.Ed. 296 16 Wall. 190 BANKv.TURNBULL & CO. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Virginia; the case being thus: By the statute law of the State just named, it is enacted, that when an execution has been levied, and a party other […]

83 U.S. 16 83 U.S. 16 21 L.Ed. 268 16 Wall. 16 VOORHEESv.BONESTEEL AND WIFE. December Term, 1872 1 APPEAL from the decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing a bill filed by one Voorhees, assignee in bankruptcy of John Bonesteel, against the said Bonesteel and Sophia his wife, […]

83 U.S. 159 83 U.S. 159 21 L.Ed. 267 16 Wall. 159 JAMESv.MILWAUKEE. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Mr. J. W. Cary, and O. H. Waldo (counsel in another but similar case), for the plaintiff in error; Mr. E. G. Ryan, contra. Mr. Justice SWAYNE stated […]

83 U.S. 143 83 U.S. 143 21 L.Ed. 307 16 Wall. 143 MAHANv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case as found by that court, from the evidence, being thus: One Mitchell, of Mississippi, being indebted to his stepdaughter, of whose estate he had been the guardian, mortgaged, with his […]

83 U.S. 147 83 U.S. 147 21 L.Ed. 426 16 Wall. 147 CARLISLEv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 THIS was an appeal from the Court of Claims. The claimants there were subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, but had been residents within the United States prior to the war of the rebellion, and during its […]

83 U.S. 156 83 U.S. 156 21 L.Ed. 350 16 Wall. 156 THE COLLECTORv.DOSWELL & CO. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. The ninth section of the act of July 13th, 1866, to reduce internal taxation, and to amend the internal revenue laws,* declares, among other things, that […]

82 U.S. 9 82 U.S. 9 21 L.Ed. 73 15 Wall. 9 DEXTERv.HALL. December Term, 1872 1 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of California, in which court Mary Hall and her four children brought ejectment against Henry Dexter; both parties claiming under John Hall, who died intestate; the plaintiffs as his widow […]

82 U.S. 94 82 U.S. 94 21 L.Ed. 64 15 Wall. 94 CANAL COMPANYv.HILL. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; the case being thus: The Chesapeaks and Ohio Canal Company were the proprietors of a canal which, at its terminus in the Georgetown, D.C., was much higher than […]

83 U.S. 1 83 U.S. 1 21 L.Ed. 491 16 Wall. 1 DAIRv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Indiana. The United States brought an action of debt on a distiller’s bond, executed by Jonathan Dair and William Sauks as principals, and by James Dair and William Davison […]

83 U.S. 130 83 U.S. 130 21 L.Ed. 442 16 Wall. 130 BRADWELLv.THE STATE. December Term, 1872 IN error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Mrs. Myra Bradwell, residing in the State of Illinois, made application to the judges of the Supreme Court of that State for a license to practice law. […]

82 U.S. 684 82 U.S. 684 21 L.Ed. 250 15 Wall. 684 HAMPTONv.ROUSE. December Term, 1872 ON motion to amend a writ of error. Prior to the 24th of January, 1873, the annual session of this court began on the first Monday of December in each year; and writs of error were, of course, returnable […]

82 U.S. 75 82 U.S. 75 21 L.Ed. 63 15 Wall. 75 ERSKINEv.VAN ARSDALE. December Term, 1872 IN this suit Van Arsdale sued Erskine, a collector of internal revenue, to recover back certain taxes paid by him after March 2d, 1867, on thimble-skeins and pipe-boxes made of iron. Upon the trial—there having been evidence tending […]

82 U.S. 77 82 U.S. 77 21 L.Ed. 82 15 Wall. 77 THE YOSEMITE VALLEY CASE.HUTCHINGSv.LOW. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of California; the case being thus: On the 30th of June, 1864, Congress passed an act,1 granting to the State of California the cleft, or gorge, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, […]

82 U.S. 8 82 U.S. 8 15 L.Ed. 118 15 Wall. 8 RAILROADv.JOHNSON. December Term, 1872 1 ON motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut. 2 Johnson held bonds of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company, secured by mortgage on the road and by […]

82 U.S. 671 82 U.S. 671 21 L.Ed. 196 15 Wall. 671 HAFFINv.MASON. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York; the case being thus: The act of June 30th, 1864, ‘to provide internal revenue to support the government,’ &c.,1 makes it the duty of distillers to make […]

82 U.S. 676 82 U.S. 676 21 L.Ed. 247 15 Wall. 676 THE LUCILLE. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, in a case of collision; the facts being thus: A little after midnight of December 20th, 1868, the moon not shining, but the night not […]

82 U.S. 68 82 U.S. 68 21 L.Ed. 46 15 Wall. 68 CHENEYv.VAN ARSDALE. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, in which court a certain Van Arsdale brought suit against Cheney, collector of internal revenue, to recover duties paid the said collector on certain iron castings, cast […]