36 U.S. 213 (_) 11 Pet. 213 WILLIAM WATERS v. THE MERCHANTS' LOUISVILLE INSURANCE COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. *216 The case was argued by Mr. Crittenden for the defendants; no counsel appeared for the plaintiff. *218 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a case certified to us from the circuit court for the district of Kentucky upon certain questions upon which the judges of that court were opposed in opinion. The action was brought by Waters, the plaintiff,...
36 U.S. 55 (_) 11 Pet. 55 SAMUEL VEAZIE v. IRA WADLEIGH ET AL. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Smith and Mr. Butler, of counsel for the plaintiff. *59 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a case certified from the circuit court for the district of Maine, upon a division of opinion of the judges of that court, upon certain questions which arose in the progress of the trial of the cause. These questions were certified to this Court at the last term, upon the motion of...
36 U.S. 173 (_) 11 Pet. 173 THE POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES v. STEPHEN TRIGG, ADMINISTRATOR OF ELIAS RECTOR. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court. A motion has been made in this case by the attorney-general of the United States, for a rule on the judge of the district court of the United States, for the Missouri district, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue from this Court, commanding him to order an execution to issue...
36 U.S. 73 (_) 11 Pet. 73 THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE SHIP GARONNE, WILLIAM SKIDDY AND OTHERS, CLAIMANTS. THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE SHIP FORTUNE, VASSE MANUEL, CLAIMANT. Supreme Court of United States. *74 The case was argued by Mr. Butler, attorney-general, for the United States; and by Mr. Jones, for the defendants. *76 Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court. These two cases are appeals from decrees of the district court for the...
36 U.S. 162 11 Pet. 162 9 L. Ed. 671 UNITED STATES, Appellants, v. NATHANIEL COX. January Term, 1837 1 APPEAL from the District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. On the 18th of September 1833, Cox, the defendant in error, applied, by petition, to the judge of the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, for an injunction, to forbid all further proceedings on a warrant, then in the hands of the marshal, issued by the solicitor of the treasury, under...
36 U.S. 86 (_) 11 Pet. 86 THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. JACOB AND ISAAC LEFFLER. Supreme Court of United States. *87 The case was argued by Mr. Butler, attorney-general, for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Webster for the defendants. *91 Mr. Justice BARBOUR delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the United States, for the fifth circuit and eastern district of Virginia. It was an action of debt brought by the United...
36 U.S. 175 (_) 11 Pet. 175 THE STEAMBOAT ORLEANS, HENRY FORSYTH ET AL. CLAIMANTS, APPELLANTS v. THOMAS PH BUS. Supreme Court of United States. *176 The case was argued by Mr. Vinton, and Mr. Crittenden, for the appellants; and by Mr. Catron, for the appellee. *181 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an appeal from the district court of the district of Louisiana. Thomas Ph bus, who is the owner of one-sixth part of the steamboat Orleans, filed a libel on the admiralty...
36 U.S. 226 11 Pet. 226 9 L. Ed. 697 State of RHODE ISLAND v. State of MASSACHUSETTS. January Term, 1837 1 Mr. Green , the Attorney-General of the state of Rhode Island, moved the court for a continuance of this cause. He stated, that at the session of the general assembly of Rhode Island, in January 1836, a resolution was passed, associating Mr. Hazard with the attorney-general of the state, as counsel in the cause. Mr. Hazard had since been attacked with a disease, which was supposed to be...
36 U.S. 420 (_) 11 Pet. 420 THE PROPRIETORS OF THE CHARLES RIVER BRIDGE, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE WARREN BRIDGE, AND OTHERS. Supreme Court of United States. *428 The case was argued by Mr. Dutton and Mr. Webster, for the plaintiffs in error: and by Mr. Greenleaf and Mr. Davis, for the defendants. Mr. Dutton for the plaintiffs. *536 Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the Court. The questions involved in this case are of the gravest character, and the Court have...
36 U.S. 185 (_) 11 Pet. 185 BURGESS POOLE AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR v. THE LESSEE OF JOHN FLEEGER AND OTHERS. Supreme Court of United States. *192 A printed argument was submitted to the court by Mr. Washington, for the plaintiffs in error; and the case was argued at the bar for the defendants in error, by Mr. Catron, who also submitted a printed argument, prepared by Mr. Yerger and Mr. Forester, the counsel for the plaintiffs in the circuit court. *207 Mr. Justice STORY delivered the...
36 U.S. 25 (_) 11 Pet. 25 CHARLES M`MICKEN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. AMOS WEBB, AARON SMITH, AND IRA SMITH, DEFENDANTS. Supreme Court of United States. *28 The case was argued at the bar by Mr. Storer, for the plaintiff in error; and the counsel for the defendants, Mr. Eustis. *36 Mr. Justice THOMPSON delivered the opinion of the Court: This case comes before this court on a writ of error from the district court of the United States, in and for the eastern district of the state of Louisiana. The...
36 U.S. 102 (_) 11 Pet. 102 THE MAYOR, ALDERMAN, AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PLAINTIFFS v. GEORGE MILN. Supreme Court of United States. *106 It was again argued by Mr. Blount and Mr. Ogden, for the plaintiffs; and by Mr. White and Mr. Jones, for the defendant. *130 Mr. Justice BARBOUR delivered the opinion of the Court. This case comes before this Court upon a certificate of division of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York. It was an action of...
36 U.S. 351 (_) 11 Pet. 351 EDWARD LIVINGSTON'S EXECUTRIX, APPELLANT v. BENJAMIN STORY. Supreme Court of United States. *364 The case was argued by Mr. White for the appellant, and by Mr. Crittenden and Mr. Clay for the appellee. Mr. White for the appellant. *377 Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the Court. The legal question to be decided in this case, depends altogether upon the facts disclosed in the bill, answers, and documentary evidence on the record. The complainant charges,...
36 U.S. 1 (_) 11 Pet. 1 LESSEE OF JOSEPH MARLATT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN SILK, AND JOHN M`DONALD. Supreme Court of United States. *3 The case was presented to the court in printed arguments, by Mr. Forward and Mr. Fetterman for the plaintiff in error: and by Mr. Ross for the defendants. *18 Mr. Justice BARBOUR delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the district court of the United States, for the western district of Pennsylvania, in an action of ejectment, in which...
36 U.S. 41 (_) 11 Pet. 41 LESSEE OF JAMES H. EWING, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. JACOB BURNET. Supreme Court of United States. *43 Mr. Storer, for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Ewing for the defendant. *49 Mr. Justice BALDWIN delivered the opinion of the Court. In the court below, this was an action of ejectment, brought in November, 1834, by the lessor of the plaintiff, to recover possession of lot No. 209, in the city of Cincinnati; the legal title to which is admitted to have been in John Cleves...
36 U.S. 167 11 Pet. 167 9 L. Ed. 673 JAMES McBRIDE, Plaintiff in error, v. The Lessee of WILLIAM HOEY. January Term, 1837 1 ERROR to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, for the western district. An action of ejectment was instituted by the lessee of William Hoey against James McBride, the tenant of William Clarke, in the common pleas of Mercer county, to recover a tract of land in that county. The plaintiff obtained a verdict; and judgment on the same was rendered by the court; and the case was...
36 U.S. 229 (_) 11 Pet. 229 THOMAS JACKSON, A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, AND OTHERS, CITIZENS OF THAT STATE v. THE REVEREND WILLIAM E. ASHTON, A CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Supreme Court of United States. *233 The case was argued by Mr. Key, for the appellants; and by Mr. Ingersoll, for the appellee. Mr. Key, for the appellants, contended: &mdash. Mr. Ingersoll for the defendant. *244 Mr. Justice M'LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court. This suit in chancery is brought before...
36 U.S. 80 (_) 11 Pet. 80 THOMAS EVANS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR v. STERLING H. GEE. Supreme Court of United States. *82 The case was argued by Mr. Key, for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Ogden, for the defendant. Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the Court. This action is brought upon a bill of exchange of which the following is a copy. $5350 WILCOX COUNTY, Dec. 16, 1834. Twelve months after date of this, my sole and only bill of same tenor and date, pay to the order of Thomas Evans,...
36 U.S. 257 (_) 11 Pet. 257 JOHN BRISCOE AND OTHERS v. THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS OF THE BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY. Supreme Court of United States. *263 The case was argued by Mr. White and Mr. Southard, for the appellants; and by B. Hardin and Mr. Clay, for the appellees. Mr. White for the plaintiffs in error. *311 Mr. Justice M`LEAN, delivered the opinion of the Court. This case is brought before this Court, by a writ of error from the court of appeals of the state of Kentucky;...
36 U.S. 63 (_) 11 Pet. 63 CRAWFORD ALLEN, APPELLANT v. JOHN HAMMOND, APPELLEE. Supreme Court of United States. *64 The case was argued by Mr. Green, and Mr. Ogden, for the appellant; and by Mr. Webster for the appellee. *68 Mr. Justice M`LEAN delivered the opinion of the Court. This suit in chancery is brought before this Court, by an appeal from the decree of the circuit court for the district of Rhode Island. The bill was filed in the circuit court by the appellee, to compel the appellant to...
