62 U.S. 88 (1858) 21 How. 88 ROSS WINANS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. *97 It was argued by Mr. Blatchford and Mr. Keller for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Davis and Mr. Whiting for the defendants. *98 Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court. The patent which the defendants are charged to have infringed purports to be, "for a new and useful improvement in the construction of cars or carriages intended to travel...
62 U.S. 414 (1858) 21 How. 414 THE WHITE WATER VALLEY CANAL COMPANY, APPELLANTS, v. HENRY VALLETTE AND OTHERS. Supreme Court of United States. *415 The case was was argued by Mr. McLean and Mr. Stanbery for the appellants, and Mr. Swayne and Mr. Ewing for the appellees. Upon this side there was also a brief filed by Mr. Fox. *419 Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court. This controversy originated in a contract between the appellants and the appellee, (Vallette,) in which the...
62 U.S. 575 (1858) 21 How. 575 SELDEN F. WHITE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE VERMONT AND MASSACHUSETTS RAILROAD COMPANY. Supreme Court of United States. *576 It was submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Parker for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Hutchins for the defendant. Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. The suit was brought in the court below by the plaintiff White) against...
62 U.S. 460 (1858) 21 How. 460 THE WESTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, APPELLANTS, v. GEORGE C. PENNIMAN AND JOHN KING. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court. This case is before us by an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland. The Western Telegraph Company, a corporation incorporated by the States of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, have filed their bill against George C. Penniman and John King, citizens of...
62 U.S. 456 (1858) 21 How. 456 THE WESTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY, APPELLANTS, v. THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ARUMAH S. ABELL AND ZENUS BARNUM. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued by Mr. Cornelius McLean for the appellants, no counsel appearing for the appellee. *457 Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court. This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Maryland. On the 30th of April, 1849, a contract was entered into between Amos...
62 U.S. 572 (1858) 21 How. 572 EBER B. WARD AND STEPHEN CLEMENT, SURVIVORS OF SAMUEL WARD, DECEASED, APPELLANTS, v. PHILO CHAMBERLAIN AND JOHN H. CRAWFORD, CLAIMANTS OF THE PROPELLER OGDENSBURGH. Supreme Court of United States. Mr. Justice CLIFFORD delivered the opinion of the court. This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the southern district of Ohio. The appellants in this suit were the libellants in the case of Chamberlain et al. v. Ward et...
62 U.S. 579 (1858) 21 How. 579 JOHN M. WALKER, APPELLANT, v. JONATHAN B.H. SMITH. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued by Mr. Chilton and Mr. Davidge for the appellant, and by Mr. Carlisle for the defendant, on a brief by Mr. Badger and Mr. Carlisle. Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court. The purpose of this bill is to obtain an injunction to prevent the issuing of certain scrip to appellee by the Land Office, and to have cancelled the assignment under which the appellee...
62 U.S. 170 (1858) 21 How. 170 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JOHN A. SUTTER. Supreme Court of United States. *171 It was argued by Mr. Black (Attorney General) and Mr. Hull for the United States, and by Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Walker, for the defendant in error. Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court. This cause comes to this court by appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the northern district of *172 California, which affirms a...
62 U.S. 408 (1858) 21 How. 408 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. MICHAEL C. NYE. Supreme Court of United States. *409 It was argued by Mr. Hull and Mr. Black (Attorney General) for the United States, and Mr. Benham for the appellee, upon which side there was also a brief by Mr. Felch, and one by Mr. Hawes. Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court. The appellee claimed, before the board of commissioners for the settlement of land claims in California, four leagues of land called "...
62 U.S. 445 (1858) 21 How. 445 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. CHARLES FOSSATT. Supreme Court of United States. *446 Upon this motion, Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court. According to the rules and practice of the court, no case can be taken up out of its order on the docket, where private interests only are concerned. The only cases in which they will depart from this rule are those where the question in dispute will embarrass the operations of the Government while it...
62 U.S. 356 (1858) 21 How. 356 THE UNITED STATES, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE CITY BANK OF COLUMBUS. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued by Mr. Hull and Mr. Black (Attorney General) for the United States, and by Mr. Stanbery for the defendant. *360 Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court. The only question arising on this record is, whether the court erred in so much of the charge to the jury as is set out in the bill of exceptions. Objections were taken in the course of...
62 U.S. 412 (1858) 21 How. 412 THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. NATHANIEL BASSETT. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued by Mr. Hull and Mr. Black (Attorney General) for the United States, and by Mr. Blair and Mr. Volney E. Howard for the appellee. Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court. The appellee submitted to the board of commissioners appointed under the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1851, (9 *413 Stat. at L., 632, ch. 41,) to settle private land claims in...
62 U.S. 35 (1858) 21 How. 35 THE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. JOHN BLAIR HOGE. Supreme Court of United States. *36 It was argued by Mr. Van Der Lyn for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Mygatt for the defendant. *60 Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the northern district of New York. The suit was brought against the defendants on a policy of insurance against fire, in the sum of $2,500,...
62 U.S. 331 (1858) 21 How. 331 MARY ANN THOMAS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ELIZA LAWSON AND OTHERS, HEIRS AT LAW OF JAMES LAWSON, DECEASED, BY GEORGE A. GALLAGHER, THEIR GUARDIAN AD LITEM. Supreme Court of United States. *332 It was submitted on printed arguments by Mr. Fowler for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Watkins for the defendant. *333 Mr. Justice DANIEL delivered the opinion of the court. This was an action of ejectment, instituted by the plaintiff, a citizen of Indiana, and as sole...
62 U.S. 195 21 How. 195 16 L. Ed. 94 THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. MOSES C. MORDECAI. December Term, 1858 THIS case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the western district of Virginia. It was an action of debt, brought by Mordecai, (a citizen of South Carolina,) upon a judgment which he had obtained against the insurance company, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of South Carolina. A...
62 U.S. 451 (1858) 21 How. 451 RUSSELL STURGIS, LIBELLANT AND APPELLANT, v. JOHN CLOUGH, ROBERT L. MABEY, AND HENRY M. WEED, CLAIMANTS OF THE STEAMBOAT R.L. MABEY, HER TACKLE, &c. Supreme Court of United States. *452 The libellant appealed to this court, where it was argued by Mr. Benedict for the appellant, and Mr. McMahon for the appellee. Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court. The libellant in this case is owner of a steam-tug called the Zachary Taylor, or Hector. The...
62 U.S. 241 (1858) 21 How. 241 GEORGE SMITH, APPELLANT, v. JOHN J. ORTON. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued by Mr. Doolittle for the appellant, upon which side there was also a brief by Mr. Brown, and by Mr. Gillet for the appellee, upon which side there was also a brief by Mr. Mariner. Mr. Justice CATRON delivered the opinion of the court. The bill was demurred to, and the demurrer sustained below, and the facts appear only on the face of the bill. Davis held the legal title to the...
63 U.S. 227 (1859) 22 How. 227 JOHN C. SINNOT, SAMUEL WOLF, AND JAMES SANDS. PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. GORHAM DAVENPORT AND OTHERS, COMMISSIONERS OF PILOTAGE OF THE BAY AND HARBOR OF MOBILE. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued by Mr. Phillips for the plaintiffs in error, and submitted or a printed brief by Mr. C.C. Clay, jun., for the appellees. *238 Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. The suit was...
62 U.S. 526 (1858) 21 How. 526 LLOYD N. ROGERS, ADMINISTRATOR OF ELIZA PARK CUSTIS, EDMUND L. ROGERS, IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF ELIZA L. ROGERS AND ELEANOR A. ROGERS, APPELLANTS, v. JOSEPH E. LAW, BY MARY ROBINSON, HIS NEXT FRIEND. Supreme Court of United States. *527 Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court. The facts, as they appear of record, on the motion to dismiss this appeal, are as follows: The decree of the Circuit Court was pronounced 21st January, 1856....
62 U.S. 80 (1858) 21 How. 80 DEAN RICHMOND, APPELLANT, v. THE CITY OF MILWAUKIE AND FERDINAND KUEHN. Supreme Court of United States. It was argued by Mr. Brown for the appellant, upon which side there was also a brief by Brown and Ogden, and by Mr. Doolittle for the appellee. Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court. This is an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the district of Wisconsin, exercising the powers of a Circuit Court. It appears that a bill was...
