21 U.S. 421 (_) 8 Wheat. 421 HUGH WALLACE WORMLEY, THOMAS STRODE, RICHARD VEITCH, DAVID CASTLEMAN, and CHARLES M`CORMICK, Appellants, v. MARY WORMLEY, Wife of Hugh Wallace Wormley, by GEORGE F. STROTHER, her next friend, and JOHN S. WORMLEY, MARY W. WORMLEY, JANE B. WORMLEY, and ANNE B. WORMLEY, infant children of the said Mary and Hugh Wallace, by the said STROTHER, their next friend, Respondents. Supreme Court of United States. *430 Mr. Jones, for the appellants. *438 Mr. Justice STORY...
21 U.S. 253 (_) 8 Wheat. 253 THE UNITED STATES v. WILSON. Supreme Court of United States. *254 The cause was briefly argued by the Attorney General for the United States, [b] and by Mr. Wheaton, [c] for the defendant. *255 CERTIFICATE. This cause came on to be heard on the transcript of the record of the United States Court for the second circuit, and southern District of New-York, on the question on which the Judges of that Court were divided, and which was certified to this Court. On...
21 U.S. 391 (_) 8 Wheat. 391 The SARAH. HAZARD, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. *392 Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the appellant. The Attorney General, contra. *393 *394 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: By the act constituting the judicial system of the United States, the District Courts are Courts both of common law and admiralty jurisdiction. In the trial of all cases of seizure, on land, the Court sits as a...
21 U.S. 371 5 L. Ed. 639 8 Wheat. 371 The PITT. McNUTT, Claimant. March 1, 1823 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Delaware. This was an allegation of forfeiture in the District Court of Delaware, against the British sloop Pitt, under the Non-Intercourse Act of April 18th, 1818, c. 65. the first section of which provides, 'that, from and after the 30th of September next, the ports of the United States shall be, and remain closed against every vessel, owned wholly, or in part, by a subject or...
21 U.S. 380 (_) 8 Wheat. 380 THE MARY ANN. PLUMER, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. *382 *383 Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the appellant. The Attorney General, contra. *384 *385 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: Several objections have been made to the libel in this case. The first is, that it alleges the brig Mary Ann to have sailed from the ports of New-York and Perth Amboy, without the captain's having first made...
21 U.S. 407 (_) 8 Wheat. 407 The LUMINARY. L'AMOUREAUX, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. THIS cause was argued by Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the appellant, and by the Attorney General, for the respondents. Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a libel for an asserted forfeiture, founded on a violation of the 27th section of the act of 31st of December, 1792, c. 146. concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels. [a] The libel charges, that the...
21 U.S. 398 (_) 8 Wheat. 398 THE FRANCES AND ELIZA. COATES, Claimant. Supreme Court of United States. *401 Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the appellant. The Attorney General, contra. Mr. Harper, for the appellant. *403 *404 Mr. Justice DUVALL delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the facts, proceeded as follows: In the argument of this cause, it was contended by the Attorney General, that touching at Falmouth, with the intention to get freight there, and coming from that port to a port in...
21 U.S. 261 5 L. Ed. 612 8 Wheat. 261 The EXPERIMENT. February 14, 1823 APPEAL from the decree of the Circuit Court of Massachusetts, affirming the decree of the District Court of Maine, by which the sloop Experiment, and cargo, were condemned to the United States, as having been collusively captured by the private armed schooner Fly. The facts (so far as necessary) are stated in the opinion of this Court. Feb. 11 th. Mr. Webster , for the appellants, argued, that this case was distinguishable...
21 U.S. 268 (_) 8 Wheat. 268 SETH SPRING and Sons, Appellants, v. The SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE COMPANY, GRAY & PINDAR, WILLIAM LINDSAY, and JOHN HASLETT, Respondents. Supreme Court of United States. *273 Mr. Wheaton, for the appellants. Mr. Cheves, contra. Mr. Webster, for the appellants. *282 Mr. Justice LIVINGSTON delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: In reviewing these proceedings, the first question necessary to decide is, to whom the policy,...
21 U.S. 464 (_) 8 Wheat. 464 THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS v. THE TOWN OF NEW-HAVEN, AND WILLIAM WHEELER. Supreme Court of United States. *467 The cause was argued at the last term by Mr. Hopkinson, for the plaintiffs, and by Mr. Webster, for the defendants. Mr. Webster, contra. *480 Mr. Justice WASHINGTON delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: It has been contended by the counsel for the defendants, 1st. That the...
21 U.S. 690 5 L. Ed. 717 8 Wheat. 690 SNEED and others, Plaintiffs in Error , v. WISTER and others, Defendants in Error . March 14, 1823 ERROR to the Circuit Court of Kentucky. This was an action of debt, brought in the Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky, by the defendants in error, against the plaintiffs, upon a bond in the penalty of 4000 dollars, with condition, that the said A. Sneed should prosecute with effect his appeal from a judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court, pronounced in...
21 U.S. 675 5 L. Ed. 713 8 Wheat. 675 SIGLAR and NALL, Administrators of WILLIAM NALL, deceased, Plaintiffs in Error , v. JOHN HAYWOOD, Public Treasurer of the State of North Carolina, Defendant in Error . February 5, 1823 ERROR to the Circuit Court of Tennessee. This was an action of debt, brought in the Court below by Haywood, the defendant in error, against Siglar and Nall, the plaintiffs in error, upon a judgment obtained against their intestate, William Nall, in the Superior Court for the...
21 U.S. 229 (_) 8 Wheat. 229 SEXTON v. WHEATON and Wife. Supreme Court of United States. *234 Mr. Key, for the appellants. Mr. Jones, for the respondents, contra. *237 *238 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court, and, after stating the case, proceeded as follows: The allegation, that the house in question was purchased with a view to engaging in mercantile speculations, and conveyed to the wife for the purpose of protecting it from the debts which might be contracted in...
21 U.S. 365 5 L. Ed. 637 8 Wheat. 365 PHILIP NORBORNE NICHOLAS, Attorney General of Virginia, v. RICHARD C. ANDERSON, Surveyor, &c. February 24, 1823 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Kentucky. This was a bill in equity, filed by, and in the name of the Attorney General of Virginia, under the authority of a special act of the Legislature of that State, passed on the 15th of February, 1813. The bill charged, that the Legislature of Virginia, by an act passed in October session, 1783, among...
21 U.S. 326 (_) 8 Wheat. 326 NICHOLLS, Plaintiff in Error, v. WEBB, Defendant in Error. Supreme Court of United States. *328 This cause was argued by Mr. Eaton, and Mr. C.J. Ingersoll, [a] for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Sergeant, [b] for the defendant in error. Mr. Justice STORY delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a writ of error to the District *329 Court of Louisiana. The suit was brought by Mr. Webb, as endorsee, against Mr. Nicholls, as endorser of a promissory note, dated...
21 U.S. 108 5 L. Ed. 574 8 Wheat. 108 LA NEREYDA. The Spanish Consul , Libellant. March 8, 1823 1 APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Maryland. 2 This was an allegation filed by the Spanish consul against the brig Nereyda, a public vessel of war belonging to the king of Spain, stating, that the vessel had been captured by the privateer Irresistible, John O. Daniels, master, in violation of the laws, treaties, and neutral obligations of the United States. The claim given in by Henry Child, as agent...
21 U.S. 543 (_) 8 Wheat. 543 JOHNSON and GRAHAM'S Lessee v. WILLIAM M`INTOSH. Supreme Court of United States. *562 The cause was argued by Mr. Harper and Mr. Webster for the plaintiffs, and by Mr. Winder and Mr. Murray for the defendants. *571 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The plaintiffs in this cause claim the land, in their declaration mentioned, under two grants, purporting to be made, the first in 1773, and the last in 1775, by the chiefs of certain *572...
21 U.S. 174 (_) 8 Wheat. 174 HUNT v. ROUSMANIER'S Administrators. Supreme Court of United States. *177 Mr. Wheaton, for the appellant. Mr. Hunter, for the respondents. Mr. Wheaton, for the appellant. *201 Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The counsel for the appellant objects to the decree of the Circuit Court on two grounds. He contends, 1. That this power of attorney does, by its own operation, entitle the plaintiff, for the satisfaction of his debt, to the...
21 U.S. 697 (_) 8 Wheat. 697 HUGH, Plaintiff in Error, v. HIGGS and Wife, Defendants in Error. Supreme Court of United States. This cause was argued by Mr. Key, for the plaintiff in error, [a] and by Mr. Jones, for the defendants in error. Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. This is an action on the case, brought to recover the money which the plaintiff in error had been decreed by a Court of Chancery to pay to the defendants in error. The defendant in the Court below...
21 U.S. 294 (_) 8 Wheat. 294 HUGHES v. The UNION INSURANCE COMPANY OF BALTIMORE. Supreme Court of United States. *302 Mr. Harper, for the plaintiff. Mr. D.B. Ogden, contra. *304 Mr. Justice JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court. This suit was instituted on a policy of insurance on the ship Henry, and on the freight to be earned by her, on a voyage from Teneriffe to Havanna, and thence to New-York. Eighteen thousand dollars on the ship, and two thousand *305 dollars on the freight, were...
