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 […]
Category: 1872
82 U.S. 682
82 U.S. 682 82 U.S. 682 21 L.Ed. 249 15 Wall. 682 BURROWSv.THE MARSHAL. December Term, 1872 ON motion to dismiss an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina. The 22d section of the Judiciary Act of 1789,1 after enacting that certain final decrees in District Courts may be re-examined, and […]
82 U.S. 643
82 U.S. 643 82 U.S. 643 21 L.Ed. 244 15 Wall. 643 CAMMACKv.LEWIS. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Supreme Court for the District of Columbia; the case being thus: One John E. Lewis, of Washington, D. C., being in bad health and owing by note $70, which he was not then able to pay, […]
82 U.S. 649
82 U.S. 649 82 U.S. 649 21 L.Ed. 220 15 Wall. 649 RAILROAD COMPANYv.HANNING. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being this: The New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Company—the station-house grounds of whose road in New Orleans came down in one part of the city […]
82 U.S. 660
82 U.S. 660 82 U.S. 660 21 L.Ed. 104 15 Wall. 660 UNITED STATESv.BENNETT. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio; the case being thus: By the acts of July 1st, 1862,1 and July 13th, 18662 it was made lawful to transport distilled spirits without payment of taxes, […]
82 U.S. 664
82 U.S. 664 82 U.S. 664 21 L.Ed. 246 15 Wall. 664 INSURANCE COMPANYv.LYMAN. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. Lyman & Co. brought their action in the court below against the Merchants’ Mutual Insurance Company of New Orleans, for the sum of $12,000, the value of the […]
82 U.S. 624
82 U.S. 624 82 U.S. 624 21 L.Ed. 215 15 Wall. 624 NEW ORLEANSv.GAINES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from a decree of the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being thus: In the year 1856 Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines filed a bill in the court below against the city of New Orleans, […]
82 U.S. 63
82 U.S. 63 82 U.S. 63 21 L.Ed. 45 15 Wall. 63 GRAYv.DARLINGTON. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. An act of Congress of March 2d, 1867,* provides that ‘There shall be levied, collected, and paid annually upon the gains, profits, and income of every person, . […]
82 U.S. 635
82 U.S. 635 82 U.S. 635 21 L.Ed. 242 15 Wall. 635 MEADv.THOMPSON. December Term, 1872 THIS was a motion of Mr. A. J. Parker, for John Thompson, a bankrupt, to dismiss two appeals by his creditors from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, affirming a decree of […]
82 U.S. 639
82 U.S. 639 82 U.S. 639 21 L.Ed. 117 15 Wall. 639 COMMERCIAL BANKv.ROCHESTER. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The Commercial Bank of Rochester brought suit in one of the State courts of New York against the city of Rochester, to recover a tax which the […]
82 U.S. 591
82 U.S. 591 82 U.S. 591 21 L.Ed. 193 15 Wall. 591 BROWNv.KENNEDY. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; the case being thus: An act of Congress of July 17th, 1862, ‘to seize and confiscate the property of rebels,’ provided, that if any persons […]
82 U.S. 610
82 U.S. 610 82 U.S. 610 21 L.Ed. 212 15 Wall. 610 GUNNv.BARRY. December Term, 1872 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Georgia; the case being thus: 2 By a statute of Georgia, passed many years ago, it was enacted that the following property, belonging to a debtor who was the head of a […]
82 U.S. 600
82 U.S. 600 82 U.S. 600 21 L.Ed. 254 15 Wall. 600 HOLDANEv.SUMNER. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. This was a bill in equity filed by Sumner and others, as lessors, against Holdane & Co., one Jeffries, and the Bank of America, to enforce a lien for […]
82 U.S. 562
82 U.S. 562 82 U.S. 562 21 L.Ed. 250 15 Wall. 562 YOUNGv.GODBE. December Term, 1872 IN error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah. Godbe filed a complaint in the court below against Brigham Young, ‘as trustee in trust of the Church of Jesus Christ, a religious association in the Territory of […]
82 U.S. 566
82 U.S. 566 82 U.S. 566 21 L.Ed. 251 15 Wall. 566 POLICE JURYv.BRITTON. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. Messrs. E. T. Merrick and G. W. Race, for the plaintiff in error; Messrs. T. J. Semmes and W. A. Meloy, contra. Mr. Justice BRADLEY stated the case, […]
82 U.S. 573
82 U.S. 573 82 U.S. 573 21 L.Ed. 229 15 Wall. 573 PARTRIDGEv.THE INSURANCE COMPANY. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Missouri; the case apparently having been thus: In January, 1867, one Winslow being agent for the State of Missouri of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, […]
82 U.S. 58
82 U.S. 58 82 U.S. 58 21 L.Ed. 61 15 Wall. 58 MADDOXv.UNITED STATES. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from the Court of Claims; the case being thus: H. A. Risley, treasury agent at Norfolk for the purchase of the products of insurrectionary States, in November, 1864, contracted in writing to purchase from Maddox and certain […]
82 U.S. 580
82 U.S. 580 82 U.S. 580 21 L.Ed. 236 15 Wall. 580 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANYv.TERRY. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Kansas. Mary Terry brought an action in the court below against the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, to recover the sum of $2000, claimed by her […]
82 U.S. 547
82 U.S. 547 82 U.S. 547 21 L.Ed. 231 15 Wall. 547 HANNEWINKLEv.GEORGETOWN. December Term, 1872 APPEAL from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Hannewinkle filed his bill against the corporation of the city of Georgetown and its collector of taxes, to enjoin them from selling certain real estate for […]
82 U.S. 549
82 U.S. 549 82 U.S. 549 21 L.Ed. 232 15 Wall. 549 RIGGINv.MAGWIRE. December Term, 1872 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Magwire sued Riggin in the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, to recover damages for a breach of covenant. The defendant pleaded a discharge under the Bankrupt Act […]