23 U.S. 204 (_) 10 Wheat. 204 WRIGHT. Plaintiff in Error, v. DENN, ex dem. PAGE, Defendant in Error. Supreme Court of United States. *207 Mr. Wood, for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Webster and Mr. Cox, contra. *225 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: The principal question arising in this case is, what estate Mary, the wife of James Page, took under his will; whether an estate for life, or in fee. If the former, then the...
23 U.S. 1 (_) 10 Wheat. 1 WAYMAN and another v. SOUTHARD and another. Supreme Court of United States. *3 The cause was argued by Mr. Cheves, and Mr. Sergeant, for the plaintiffs; and by Mr. Bibb, and Mr. Monroe, for the defendants. *20 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: Some preliminary objections have been made by the counsel for the defendants, to the manner in which these questions are brought before the Court,...
23 U.S. 246 (_) 10 Wheat. 246 THE UNITED STATES v. MORRIS, Marshal of the Southern District of New-York. Supreme Court of United States. *251 Mr. Wheaton, for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Emmett and Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the defendant. *281 Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court, and after stating the case, proceeded as follows: The judgment of this Court being placed upon the validity of the plea, and the merits of the defence therein set up, it is unnecessary particularly to...
23 U.S. 146 6 L. Ed. 287 10 Wheat. 146 THOMAS, Appellant , v. GABRIELLE BROCKENBROUGH, JOHN HARVIE, EDWIN HARVIE, JACQUELINE HARVIE, JULIA ANN HARVIE, Heirs at law, and Devisees of JOHN HARVIE, Respondents . February 18, 1825 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Kentucky. The appellant, Thomas, filed in that Court, at the November term, 1818, a bill to review and reverse a final decree of the same Court, pronounced at the May term, 1810, by which the plaintiff in the bill of review, and defendant...
23 U.S. 428 (_) 10 Wheat. 428 The STEAM-BOAT THOMAS JEFFERSON. JOHNSON and others, Claimants. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a suit brought in the District Court of Kentucky for subtraction of wages. The libel claims wages earned on a voyage from Shippingport, in that State, up the river Missouri, and back again to the port of departure; and the question is, whether this case, as stated in the *429 libel, is of admiralty and...
23 U.S. 431 (_) 10 Wheat. 431 The SANTA MARIA. The Spanish Consul, Libellant. Supreme Court of United States. *433 The Attorney General, for the appellant. Mr. D. Hoffman, contra. *441 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: Several preliminary questions have been argued, which must be disposed of before the Court can entertain any question upon the merits of these claims; and if disposed of one way, they put an end to the...
23 U.S. 133 (_) 10 Wheat. 133 The PLATTSBURGH. MARINO, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. *134 The cause was argued by Mr. Jones and Mr. Mayer, [a] for the appellants, and by the Attorney General for the respondents. [b] *135 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a libel founded on the several acts of Congress for the prohibition of the slave trade, and contains various distinct allegations, and especially counts framed on the Slave Trade Acts of 1794, ch. 11. and...
23 U.S. 502 (_) 10 Wheat. 502 The PALMYRA. DEPAU, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. It was suggested by the Attorney General, (with whom was Mr. Hayne,) for the appellants. Mr. Tazewell, contra. *503 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The Court has had the question submitted in this cause under consideration, and is of opinion, that the appeal is not well taken. The decree of the Circuit Court was not final in the sense of the act of Congress. The damages...
23 U.S. 312 (_) 10 Wheat. 312 THE JOSEFA SEGUNDA. ROBERTS and others, Claimants. Supreme Court of United States. *317 Mr. Livingston, for the appellant. The Attorney General, for the respondents. *319 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. The case of the Josefa Segunda, in which the present controversy had its origin, is reported in the fifth volume of Mr. Wheaton's Reports. It is only necessary to mention, that after the condemnation of the vessel, in the District Court of...
23 U.S. 497 (_) 10 Wheat. 497 The GRAN PARA. The Consul General of PORTUGAL, Libellant. Supreme Court of United States. The cause was argued by Mr. D. Hoffman, for the appellant, and by the Attorney General and Mr. Taney, for the respondent. *498 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland, from proceedings had in that Court under the mandate of this Court in the original cause, which is reported in 7 Wheat, Rep....
23 U.S. 306 (_) 10 Wheat. 306 The DOS HERMANOS. SHIELDS, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. *307 Mr. C.J. Ingersoll, for the appellants. The Attorney General, contra. *309 *310 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court, that whatever might have been the ancient doctrine in England in respect to captures in war, it is now clearly established in that kingdom, that all captures jure belli, are made for the government, and that no title of prize can be acquired but by the...
23 U.S. 66 (_) 10 Wheat. 66 The ANTELOPE. The Vice-Consuls of Spain and Portugal, Libellants. Supreme Court of United States. *69 The Attorney General, for the appellants. Mr. Key, for the appellants. Mr. Berrien, for the respondents. *114 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: In prosecuting this appeal, the United States assert no property in themselves. They appear in the character of guardians, or next friends, of...
23 U.S. 454 (_) 10 Wheat. 454 M`DOWELL v. PEYTON and others. Supreme Court of United States. This cause was argued by Mr. Wickliffe for *455 the appellant, and by Mr. Talbot for the respondents. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from a decree pronounced in the Court of the United States for the Seventh Circuit and District of Kentucky, dismissing a bill brought by the plaintiff, to obtain a conveyance for a tract of land in possession of the...
23 U.S. 192 (_) 10 Wheat. 192 M`CORMICK and Wife and others, Appellants, v. SULLIVANT and others, Respondents. Supreme Court of United States. *195 Mr. Doddridge, for the appellants. Mr. Scott, contra. *198 Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: *199 The question which the plea of Thompson's heirs, and the answer of Winship's heirs, presents, is, whether the general decree of dismission of the bill in equity, filed by the...
23 U.S. 473 (_) 10 Wheat. 473 J. MANRO and others v. JOSEPH ALMEIDA, and the goods, chattels, and credits of the said ALMEIDA. Supreme Court of United States. *475 Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Mayer, for the appellants. Mr. Taney, contra. *484 Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. The record in this cause sets out the libel, the demurrer, and the decision of the Court upon the demurrer. So far the case is consistent and intelligible; but the record contains, also, a petition for the...
23 U.S. 358 (_) 10 Wheat. 358 KEPLINGER v. DE YOUNG. Supreme Court of United States. *359 This cause was argued by Mr. Webster and Mr. Sergeant, for the plaintiff, and by the Attorney General, for the defendant. Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court. This was a suit commenced by the plaintiff, Keplinger, in the Fourth Circuit for the District of Maryland, against the defendant, for the violation of the plaintiff's patent right, secured to him according to law, in a certain...
23 U.S. 411 (_) 10 Wheat. 411 JANNEY v. The COLUMBIAN INSURANCE COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. *416 Argued by Mr. Swann for the plaintiff, and by Mr. Jones for the defendants. Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This case varies somewhat in form, but nothing in principle, from the case of Dorr v. The Pacific Insurance Company, (7 Wheat. Rep. 382.) The material point of distinction is this; in that case the discharge of the underwriters was made to depend on a...
23 U.S. 152 (_) 10 Wheat. 152 ELMENDORF, Appellant, v. TAYLOR and others, Respondents. Supreme Court of United States. *154 The plaintiff's bill was dismissed by the Court below, and the cause brought by appeal to this Court. It was argued, at a former term, by Mr. Clay, and Mr. Talbot, for the appellant, and by Mr. Bibb, for the respondents, and was again argued at the present term by the same counsel. *157 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This suit was brought by...
23 U.S. 367 (_) 10 Wheat. 367 DE WOLF v. J. JOHNSON, R.M. JOHNSON, W.T. BARRY, and J. PRENTISS. Supreme Court of United States. *371 *372 Mr. Jones and Mr. P. Hall, for the appellant. Mr. Webster and Mr. Bibb, contra. *377 Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This cause has been discussed very much at large, and with a degree of talent, candour, and research, very satisfactory to the Court. In proceeding to consider it, however, we think it advisable to deviate from the order...
23 U.S. 449 (_) 10 Wheat. 449 DAY and others v. CHISM. Supreme Court of United States. *450 This cause was argued by Mr. Bibb, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Eaton, for the defendant in error. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an action of covenant brought by the heirs and devisees of Nathaniel Day, in the Court for the Seventh Circuit, for the District of Tennessee, on a covenant contained in a deed from the defendant to the said Nathaniel Day,...
