Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1864
Steamship Company v. Joliffe - 69 U.S. 450 (1864) U.S. Supreme Court Steamship Company v. Joliffe, 69 U.S. 2 Wall. 450 450 (1864) Steamship Company v. Joliffe 69 U.S. (2 Wall.) 450 ERROR TO THE COUNTY COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Syllabus 1. When a right has arisen upon a contract or a transaction in the nature of a contract authorized by statute and has been so far perfected that nothing remains to be done by the party asserting it, the repeal of the statute does not affect it or an action for its enforcement. It has become a vested right, which stands independent of the statute. Ex. gr., where a pilot, licensed under a statute, had tendered his services to pilot a vessel out of port and such services were refused, his claim to the half-pilotage fees, allowed by the statute in such cases, became perfect, and the subsequent repeal of the statute does not affect a judgment rendered in an action brought to recover the claim, or the jurisdiction of this Court t...
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Decided on : Jan-01-1864
The Fossat or Quicksilver Mine Case - 69 U.S. 649 (1864) U.S. Supreme Court The Fossat or Quicksilver Mine Case, 69 U.S. 2 Wall. 649 649 (1864) The Fossat or Quicksilver Mine Case 69 U.S. (2 Wall.) 649 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT FOR CALIFORNIA Syllabus 1. An appeal lies to this Court from a decree of the District Court for California, in a proceeding under the act of 14th of June, 1860, 12 Statutes at Large 33, commonly called the Survey Law. 2. If no appeal from such a decree be taken by the United States, they may appear in this Court as appellees, but cannot demand a reversal or change of the decree. 3. If a California land claim has been confirmed by a decree of the district court under the act of 3d of March, 1851, 9 Statutes at Large 631, and the decree of confirmation fixing the boundaries of the tract stands unreversed, a survey under it is the execution of that decree, and must conform to it in all respects. 4. The Survey Law of 14th of June, 1860, gives the di...
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