Us Supreme Court Court February 1889 Judgments
Browse smarter
Open an 18-section brief on any judgment
Structured AI Brief in seconds on any result - plus Semantic Search when you need meaning, not just keywords.
- AI Brief & Ask
- Semantic AI Search
- Devil's Bench
Credentials emailed - log in to pick up where you left off.
Walworth Vs. Harris
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-04-1889
Walworth v. Harris - 129 U.S. 355 (1889) U.S. Supreme Court Walworth v. Harris, 129 U.S. 355 (1889) Walworth v. Harris No. 148 Submitted January 7, 1889 Decided February 4, 1889 129 U.S. 355 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS Syllabus The lien upon a crop of cotton created by a statute of Arkansas which gives a lien to a landlord upon the crop grown on demised premises to secure accruing rent, is, when the cotton comes into the hands of a broker in New Orleans under consignment from the lessee and without knowledge of the lien on the consignee's part, subordinated to the consignee's lien for advances, arising under the laws of Louisiana. Page 129 U. S. 356 The Court stated the case in its opinion as follows: Sarah Walworth, the appellant in the present case, and John B. Walworth, who died pending the suit, said Sarah being now his executrix, with many other persons, are complainants in a bill in chancery brought in the...
Eastern Railroad Co. Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-04-1889
Eastern Railroad Co. v. United States - 129 U.S. 391 (1889) U.S. Supreme Court Eastern Railroad Co. v. United States, 129 U.S. 391 (1889) Eastern Railroad Company v. United States No. 134 Argued January 22-23, 1589 Decided February 4, 1889 129 U.S. 391 APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS Syllabus Prior to the expiration, June 30, 1877, of a written contract with a railroad company for carrying the mails, the Postmaster General, acting under provisions of law, notified the company in writing that from the day of that expiration to a day which made a term of four years, the compensation would be at rates named in the notice, "unless otherwise ordered." The company transported the mails and accepted pay therefor at those rates, without objection. On the 1st July, 1878, the Postmaster General reduced the rates 5 percent under the provisions of an act of Congress to that effect. The company made no objections to this, and continued to transport the mails for the rest of the term of f...
Pinkerton Vs. Ledoux
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-04-1889
Pinkerton v. Ledoux - 129 U.S. 346 (1889) U.S. Supreme Court Pinkerton v. Ledoux, 129 U.S. 346 (1889) Pinkerton v. Ledoux No. 114 Argued December 7, 1888 Decided February 4, 1889 129 U.S. 346 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO Syllabus The report upon a Spanish or Mexican grant by the Surveyor General of New Mexico under the Act of July 22, 1854, 8, 10 Stat. 308, which required such report to be "laid before Congress for such action thereon as may be deemed just and proper, with a view to confirm bona fide grants, " is no evidence of title or right to possession. In ejectment, the question whether the tract in dispute is within the boundaries of a grant of public land is to be determined by the jury on the evidence, as explained by the court. When the description in the petition and grant of a Mexican grant differs from the description in the act of possession, the former mast prevail. If, from the description and words in the petition and writ ...
United States Vs. Corwin
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-04-1889
United States v. Corwin - 129 U.S. 381 (1889) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Corwin, 129 U.S. 381 (1889) United States v. Corwin No. 123 Argued December 12, 1888 Decided February 4, 1889 129 U.S. 381 ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS Syllabus In an action against the sureties on a contractor's bond to the United States to recover damages suffered by reason of the nonfulfillment of the contract, the burden of proof is on the United States to show a demand upon the contractor for performance and his failure and refusal to perform, and a statement of such nonperformance, demand, failure and refusal, made by an officer of the government in the line of his official duty in reporting them to his official superior, is not legal evidence of any of those facts. At law, on a contract. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiffs sued out this writ of error. The case is stated in the opinion. Page 129 U. S. 382 MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered...
Bank of Fort Madison Vs. Alden
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-04-1889
Bank of Fort Madison v. Alden - 129 U.S. 372 (1889) U.S. Supreme Court Bank of Fort Madison v. Alden, 129 U.S. 372 (1889) Bank of Fort Madison v. Alden No. 853 Submitted January 4, 1889 Decided February 4, 1889 129 U.S. 372 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Syllabus A stockholder in an insolvent corporation, who has paid his stock subscription in full by a transfer of a tract of land, in good faith at an agreed value, for the use of the company's business is not liable in equity to a creditor of the corporation who had knowledge of and assented to the transaction at the time when it took place solely upon the ground that the land turned out to be of less value than was agreed upon. The doctrine that the distribution of a trust fund of a corporation to the individual stockholders upon their resolution does not deprive a creditor not consenting thereto of his right to compel the application of the fund to the payment of ...
Morley Sewing Machine Co. Vs. Lancaster
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-04-1889
Morley Sewing Machine Co. v. Lancaster - 129 U.S. 263 (1889) U.S. Supreme Court Morley Sewing Machine Co. v. Lancaster, 129 U.S. 263 (1889) Morley Sewing Machine Company v. Lancaster No. 165 Argued January 11, 1889 Decided February 4, 1889 129 U.S. 263 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS Syllabus Claims 1, 2, 8 and 13 of letters patent No. 236,350, granted January 4, 1881, to James H. Money, E. S. Fay and Henry E. Wilkins, on the invention of said Morley for an improvement in machines for sewing buttons on fabrics, namely, "1. The combination, in a machine for sewing shank buttons to fabrics, of button feeding mechanism, appliances for passing a thread through the eye of the buttons and locking the loop to the fabric, and feeding mechanism, substantially as set forth." "2. The combination, in a machine for sewing shank buttons to fabrics, of a needle and operating mechanism, appliances for bringing the buttons successively ...
Pattee Plow Co. Vs. Kingman
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-04-1889
Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman - 129 U.S. 294 (1889) U.S. Supreme Court Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman, 129 U.S. 294 (1889) Pattee Plow Co. v. Kingman No. 88 Argued November 16, 19, 1888 Decided February 4, 1889 129 U.S. 294 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI Syllabus The second claim of reissued letters patent No. 6080, granted to James H. Pattee, October 6, 1874, for improvements in cultivators, changes the first claim of the original patent (1) by omitting the plates B and (2) by the addition of the direct draft, and thus substantially enlarges the invention, and consequently is invalid. The machines manufactured by the defendants do not infringe letters patent No. 174,684, granted to Thomas W. Kendall, March 14, 187f, for improvements in cultivators. Letters patent No. 187,899, granted to Henry H. Pattee, February 27, 1877, for improvements in cultivators embrace nothing that is not old, and nothing that is patentable -- th...
- ‹ Prev
- Next ›