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Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (in case citations, 1st Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

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Foster v. Manufacturers' Finance Co., 2171 (1927)

, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge. In March, 1925, the representative of the Finance Company examined Sullivan's books, discovered the fraud, and procured from Sullivan, by way of partial substitution for the forged accounts, assignments of about $10, 000 of valid receivables. 657, 56 L. Ed. 995.

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Crosby v. Packer, 2160 (1927)

Whether this agreement was in fact made depended almost wholly upon the credit to be attached to the oral testimony given in open court by the witnesses called in its support. Neither do we regard the payment into the ward's estate of the $1, 000 borrowed on the policy as creating a preference.

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Leach v. Nichols, 2144 (1927)

, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge. that the evidence on file with the Bureau had led it to fix the value of the Weir Stove Company stock at $1, 000 per share as of the date of the decedent's death, which value was agreed upon by the representatives of the estate at the conferences *277 mentioned.

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Town of Bedford v. United States, 2137 (1927)

The single question here is whether the taking by the United States, by eminent domain, of a way located in the town, entitles the town to compensation. Applying the reasoning of these cases to the problem before us, it is clear that the town of Bedford had a property right in this town way.

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Craven v. United States, 2132 (1927)

22 F.2d 605 (1927), CRAVEN, v., UNITED STATES., At most, then, the affidavit charges a bias and prejudice, grounded on the evidence produced in open court at the first trial, and on nothing else., The presiding judge was not disqualified. See Wills v. Russell, 100 U.S. 621, 625, 25 L. Ed. 607.

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Moy Said Ching v. Tillinghast, 2130 (1927)

, John W. Schenck, Asst. It further appeared that on May 3, *811 1913, when he was about to make his second trip to China, he testified before the immigration authorities at Boston that he had one natural son, Moy Kwok Ying, who died when he was a baby 6 or 7 months old, K. S. 22 (1896);

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Frink Co. v. Erikson, 2106 (1927)

v., ERIKSON. While it is conceded that, if a corporation is within a district or state doing business, service upon its agents in compliance with a state law will generally be sufficient in the federal court (Ex parte Schollenberger, 96 U.S. 369, 24 L. Ed. 853; Barrow Steamship Co. v. Kane, supra;

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Charley Hee v. United States, 2094 (1927)

The statute in question provides that any Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent, found unlawfully in the United States, or its territories, may be arrested upon a warrant issued upon a complaint, under oath, filed by any party on behalf of the United States. 1, 69 L. Ed. 131. even frauds

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Hellier v. Baush MacH. Tool Co., 2086 (1927)

, After Augustus P. Loring became interested in the company, its foundry business was sold to the Quigley Furnace Foundry Company, another corporation in which he was a stockholder, and whose directors were his son, Caleb Loring, the defendant Haskell, and himself. 82, 64 L. Ed. 141.

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Doidge v. Cunard SS Co., 2073, 2074 (1927)

19 F.2d 500 (1927), DOIDGE, v., CUNARD S. S. CO., Limited (two cases). that the illness of the plaintiff's intestate was caused by the negligence of the defendant or its agents in not informing her that said passport was not duly in order, as it knew or should have known. 12, 1 L. Ed. 720;

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McDonnell v. United States, 2064 (1927)

There was evidence that on or about October 27, 1924, 442 bags or cases were landed upon the beach near the Johnston house; also at this time that McDonnell paid defendant Brown some money, with which Brown paid off the men who had assisted in unloading and transporting the liquor.

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Gallardo v. Porto Rico Ry., Light & Power Co., 2058 (1927)

the plaintiff's president and general manager testified; The title shows clearly that a special tax is to be levied for * * * the construction of works for the development of the water power of the island of Porto Rico. Louisiana v. Pilsbury, 105 U.S. 278, 26 L. Ed. 1090; 31, 3 L. R. A. 713;

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Boston Nat. Bank v. Early, 2009 (1927)

that among the assets of the company were notes of one or more of its officers; That a going concern should be willing to transfer merchandise, constituting part of its stock, to a bank in payment of a loan, was of itself sufficient notice to put the bank upon inquiry as to its condition.

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Garcia v. Fantauzzi, 1991 (1927)

, *525 E. B. Wilcox, of San Juan, Porto Rico, for plaintiff in error., The mother shall likewise be obliged to recognize a natural child in the same cases as the father, and further where the act of the confinement and the identity of the child are fully established. 885, 13 L. R. A. 682;

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