Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Jan-01-1869
Insurance Company v. Mosley - 75 U.S. 397 (1869) U.S. Supreme Court Insurance Company v. Mosley, 75 U.S. 8 Wall. 397 397 (1869) Insurance Company v. Mosley 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 397 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Syllabus l. The declarations of a party himself, to whomsoever made, are competent evidence, when confined strictly to such complaints, expressions, and exclamations as furnish evidence of a present existing pain or malady, to prove his condition, ills, pains, and symptoms, whether arising from sickness, or from an injury by accident or violence. If made to a medical attendant, they are of more weight than if made to another person. 2. So is a declaration made by a deceased person, contemporaneously or nearly so, with a main event by whose consequence it is alleged that be died, as to the cause of that event. Though generally the declarations must be contemporaneous with the event, yet where there are connecting circumstances, they ma...
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Decided on : Jan-01-1869
Hepburn v. Griswold - 75 U.S. 603 (1869) U.S. Supreme Court Hepburn v. Griswold, 75 U.S. 8 Wall. 603 603 (1869) Hepburn v. Griswold 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 603 ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY Syllabus 1. Construed by the plain import of their terms and the manifest intent of the legislature, the statutes of 1862 and 1863 which make United States notes a legal tender in payment of debts, public and private, apply to debts contracted before as well as to debts contracted after enactment. 2. The cases of Lane County v. Oregon, Bronson v. Rodes, and Butler v. Horuitz, 7 Wall. 74 U. S. 71 , 74 U. S. 229 , and 74 U. S. 258 , in which it was held that, upon a sound construction of those statutes, neither taxes imposed by state legislation nor dues upon contracts for the payment or delivery of coin or bullion are included, by legislative intent, under the description of "debts, public and private," are approved and reaffirmed. 3. When a case arises for judicial determi...
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