Category: 1873

87 U.S. 114 87 U.S. 114 22 L.Ed. 327 20 Wall. 114 CLAIMS OF MARCUARD ET AL. October Term, 1873 IN these cases, which were several appendages to the case just above reported, and which came here on error or appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana, Marcuard, the Citizens’ Bank of […]

87 U.S. 115 87 U.S. 115 22 L.Ed. 328 20 Wall. 115 CONRAD’S LOTS. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. On an information very similar to that in Slidell’s case, filed in the District Court for Louisiana, by The United States v. Ten Lots of Ground, the property […]

87 U.S. 117 87 U.S. 117 22 L.Ed. 328 20 Wall. 117 KNAPPv.RAILROAD COMPANY. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Vermont; the only question in the case being whether the suit originally brought in a State court (the County Court for the County of Bennington), had been rightly removed […]

86 U.S. 94 86 U.S. 94 22 L.Ed. 178 19 Wall. 94 ROBERTSONv.CARSON. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina; the case being thus: William Carson, of South Carolina, died in August, 1856, somewhat indebted, but possessed of considerable real and personal estate, including a plantation called Dean […]

86 U.S. 81 86 U.S. 81 22 L.Ed. 100 19 Wall. 81 MORGAN’S EXECUTORv.GAY. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana; the case being thus: The eleventh section of the Judiciary Act, which gives jurisdiction to the Circuit Courts of suits ‘between a citizen of the State where the […]

86 U.S. 83 86 U.S. 83 22 L.Ed. 100 19 Wall. 83 TOWN OF QUEENSBURYv.CULVER. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of New York; the case being this: In May, 1857, the State of New York passed ‘An act to authorize the town of Queensbury, in the county of […]

86 U.S. 661 86 U.S. 661 22 L.Ed. 226 19 Wall. 661 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERSv.GORMAN. October Term, 1873 In this case, which came here on error to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Idaho, the board of commissioners of Boise County and B. T. Davis, plaintiffs in error, asked that a writ might issue […]

86 U.S. 666 86 U.S. 666 22 L.Ed. 227 19 Wall. 666 TOWNSHIP OF PINE GROVEv.TALCOTT. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Michigan, in which court Talcott brought assumpsit against the township of Pine Grove, one of the municipalities of the State of Michigan, to recover the amount […]

86 U.S. 70 86 U.S. 70 22 L.Ed. 63 19 Wall. 70 CREWSv.BREWER. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Albert Pike, for the plaintiff in error; Mr. Gustavus Koerner, contra. Mr. Justice CLIFFORD stated the case and delivered the opinion of the court. 1 Complaint was […]

86 U.S. 73 86 U.S. 73 22 L.Ed. 64 19 Wall. 73 THE LUCILLE. October Term, 1873 ON motion to dismiss, for want of jurisdiction, an appeal in admiralty from the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland. The act of March 3d, 1803,* amendatory of the Judiciary Act, enacts that ‘from all final decrees’ […]

86 U.S. 75 86 U.S. 75 22 L.Ed. 98 19 Wall. 75 THE FALCON. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, reversing a decree of the District Court for the said district, in which, on a libel filed by the owners of a small schooner, the Mary Banks, of […]

86 U.S. 640 86 U.S. 640 22 L.Ed. 216 19 Wall. 640 INSURANCE COMPANYv.FOGARTY. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. Fogarty sued the Great Western Insurance Company on a policy of marine insurance and recovered a judgment for $2611.95 and costs. The policy was an open […]

86 U.S. 646 86 U.S. 646 22 L.Ed. 219 19 Wall. 646 WARRENv.VAN BRUNT. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Minnesota. This was a contest between two pre-emption claimants, Warren, on the one hand, and the representatives of Van Brunt, deceased, on the other, for the ownership of the southeast quarter of […]

86 U.S. 65 86 U.S. 65 22 L.Ed. 47 19 Wall. 65 COOPER, EXECUTOR,v.OMOHUNDRO. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Virginia; in which court Littleton Omohundro, a citizen of Ohio, sued Richard Cooper, a citizen of Virginia, executor of Silas Omohundro (which said Silas was in his lifetime […]

86 U.S. 655 86 U.S. 655 22 L.Ed. 223 19 Wall. 655 HEINEv.THE LEVEE COMMISSIONERS. October Term, 1873 APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the District of Louisiana. This was a suit in chancery brought by Heine and others, holders of bonds issued by what is called the board of levee commissioners of the levee […]

86 U.S. 606 86 U.S. 606 22 L.Ed. 187 19 Wall. 606 HOLLADAYv.DAILY. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the Territory of Colorado; the case being thus: The statute of the Territory just named regulating the subject of dower, enacts that ‘a widow shall be endowed of the third part of all […]

86 U.S. 611 86 U.S. 611 22 L.Ed. 203 19 Wall. 611 PACKET COMPANYv.SICKLES. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. This suit was part of a litigation of twenty-five years’ standing, which was now in this court for the fourth time. The controversy arose out of the use […]

86 U.S. 619 86 U.S. 619 22 L.Ed. 211 19 Wall. 619 MACKAYv.EASTON. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Missouri: George Mackay brought ejectment against Alton Easton for the possession of one hundred and sixty acres of land in the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Both […]

86 U.S. 62 86 U.S. 62 22 L.Ed. 97 19 Wall. 62 RAILROAD COMPANYv.CHURCH. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The trustees of the Sixth Presbyterian Church, in the city of Washington, instituted proceedings before the marshal and a jury of the District of Columbia against the Baltimore […]

86 U.S. 635 86 U.S. 635 22 L.Ed. 215 19 Wall. 635 AICARDIv.THE STATE. October Term, 1873 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Alabama. The Revised Code of Alabama, section 3621, in force before and in the year 1868, enacts that, ‘Any person who keeps or exhibits, or is interested or concerned in keeping or […]