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Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. Co. Vs. Bryant
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant - 280 U.S. 404 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant, 280 U.S. 404 (1930) Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Bryant No. 113 Argued January 16, 17, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 404 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Syllabus 1. An action for wrongful death will not lie under the Federal Employers' Liability Act where the injury from which death resulted was inflicted two days after the employment of the decedent by the railway company had been terminated. P. 280 U. S. 405 . 2. The writ of certiorari should not issue to review a case in a state court as one governed by the Federal Employers' Liability Act if judgment against the carrier was rested upon the state law, pursuant to a finding that the injured person's employment by Page 280 U. S. 405 the carrier had ceased before the injury occurred, and if there was some evidence to support that finding. Id. 152 Va. 263 affirmed. Certiora...
Tagg Bros. and Moorhead Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United States - 280 U.S. 420 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United States, 280 U.S. 420 (1930) Tagg Bros. & Moorhead v. United States No. 45 Argued October 23, 1929 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 420 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA Syllabus 1. The Packers and Stockyards Act of August 15, 1921, 301, declares that persons engaged in the business of buying and selling in interstate commerce livestock at a stockyard on a commission basis are "market agencies." Section 310 provides that, whenever, Page 280 U. S. 421 after a full hearing, the Secretary of Agriculture is of opinion that any rate "of a stockyard owner or market agency" is unreasonable, he may (a) fix the charge to be thereafter observed and (b) make an order that "such owner or operator" shall not thereafter "collect any rate or charge for the furnishing of stockyard services other than the rate or charge so prescri...
New York Central R. Co. Vs. Ambrose
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
New York Central R. Co. v. Ambrose - 280 U.S. 486 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court New York Central R. Co. v. Ambrose, 280 U.S. 486 (1930) New York Central R. Co. v. Ambrose No. 73 Argued January 10, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 486 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF HUDSON COUNTY STATE OF NEW JERSEY Syllabus 1. In an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for a death alleged to have resulted from the negligent failure of the employer to furnish a safe place to work, the plaintiff has the burden of proving that the accident was proximately due to the negligence of the employer, and a verdict resting upon speculation and conjecture cannot be sustained. P. 280 U. S. 489 . 2. In an action under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, a showing that the accident may have resulted from one of several causes, for some of which the defendant was responsible and for some of which it was not, is not sufficient to establish liability. P. 280 U. S. 490 . 3. Liabilit...
White Vs. Sparkill Realty Corp.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
White v. Sparkill Realty Corp. - 280 U.S. 500 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court White v. Sparkill Realty Corp., 280 U.S. 500 (1930) White v. Sparkill Realty Corp. No. 336 Argued January 7, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 500 APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Syllabus 1. A suit in equity for an injunction to eject state officials from land of which they have taken exclusive possession under claim of right pursuant to a state expropriation statute will not lie in a Page 280 U. S. 501 federal district court, even though the validity of the statute under the federal Constitution be challenged by the bill. The remedy at law is adequate. P. 280 U. S. 510 . 2. Section 274a of the Judicial Code (U.S.C. Title 28, 397) and Equity Rule 22, providing for transfer to the law side of the court of actions at law erroneously begun as suits in equity, refer only to cases of which the Court would have jurisdiction if they were bro...
District of Columbia Vs. Thompson
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
District of Columbia v. Thompson - 281 U.S. 25 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court District of Columbia v. Thompson, 281 U.S. 25 (1930) District of Columbia v. Thompson No. 44 Argued December 4, 1929 Decided February 24, 1930 281 U.S. 25 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Syllabus Pursuant to an Act of Congress, the Commissioners of the District of Columbia condemned a strip of land for the extension of a street, and levied and collected a special assessment of benefits for the contemplated improvements. Fourteen years elapsed during which time the District neither made the extension nor took any steps towards that end. It showed no obstacle which had prevented the extension; it had built a sidewalk and curb across the strip which constituted an obstruction to vehicular traffic, and it made no claim in its pleading and proof that it desired or intended to make such extension at any future time. Upon review of a judgment for the plaintiff in an action to re...
Collie Vs. Fergusson
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
Collie v. Fergusson - 281 U.S. 52 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court Collie v. Fergusson, 281 U.S. 52 (1930) Collie v. Fergusson No. 423 Argued January 13, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 281 U.S. 52 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. R.S. 4529, providing that the owner of any vessel making coastwise voyages who refuses or neglects to pay a seaman's wages in the manner therein prescribed "without sufficient cause," shall pay the seaman a sum equal to two days' pay for each day during which payment is delayed, does not apply where delay in payment is due to the insolvency of the owner and the arrest of the vessel subject to accrued claims beyond its value. P. 281 U. S. 54 . 2. Evidence in an admiralty suit not reviewed when sufficient to support the concurrent action of two courts below. P. 281 U. S. 57 . 3. Seamen who appealed unsuccessfully to the circuit court of appeals from a decree in admiralty properly denying their claims to ...
Mineral Separation Corp. Vs. Magma Copper Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
Mineral Separation Corp. v. Magma Copper Co. - 280 U.S. 400 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court Mineral Separation Corp. v. Magma Copper Co., 280 U.S. 400 (1930) Mineral Separation Corp. v. Magma Copper Co. No. 71 Argued January 9, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 400 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The effect of a patent as a disclosure depends on what is made known by the specification, and is not limited to the precise scope of the claims. P. 280 U. S. 402 . 2. Patent No. 835, 120, of the Minerals Separation, Ltd. (sustained by this Court, 242 U. S. 242 U.S. 261; 250 U. S. 250 U.S. 336), disclosed the general fact that oils and other substances having a preferential affinity for the metalliferous particles in ores, can be used to separate them, in a froth, from the gangue by mixing such substances with the pulverized ore in water and agitating the mixture, the particular substance most effective with the particular ore and...
United States Vs. American Can Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
United States v. American Can Co. - 280 U.S. 412 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. American Can Co., 280 U.S. 412 (1930) United States v. American Can Company Nos. 128, 129, 130 Argued January 21, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 412 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. The Act of September 8, 1916, 13, par. (d), in providing that a corporation which keeps its accounts upon any basis other than that of actual receipts and disbursements may, subject to regulations, make its income return upon the basis of its accounts unless that basis does not clearly reflect the income, refers to the general bookkeeping system followed by the taxpayer, and not to the accuracy or propriety of mere individual items or entries upon the books. P. 280 U. S. 419 . 2. Therefore, where the books of corporations, kept upon the accrual basis, and returns upon that basis, contained excessive inventory valuations, and thereby indicated net in...
Early Vs. Richardson
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
Early v. Richardson - 280 U.S. 496 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court Early v. Richardson, 280 U.S. 496 (1930) Early v. Richardson No. 133 Argued January 21, 22, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 496 CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. When the purchaser of stock of a national bank receives from the seller the certificates properly endorsed, title passes and the transfer is complete as between the parties, and, as between them, the purchaser alone becomes liable for assessments thereafter imposed on the shares. P. 280 U. S. 498 . Page 280 U. S. 497 2. The actual owner of stock of a national bank may be held for an assessment thereon although his name does not appear upon the transfer books of the bank. P. 280 U. S. 499 . 3. One who in good faith purchases stock of a national bank with the intention of making a gift thereof to his minor children, and causes the transfer to be made to them upon the books of the bank and certifi...
United States Vs. Guaranty Trust Co.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-24-1930
United States v. Guaranty Trust Co. - 280 U.S. 478 (1930) U.S. Supreme Court United States v. Guaranty Trust Co., 280 U.S. 478 (1930) United States v. Guaranty Trust Co. No. 402 Argued January 7, 1930 Decided February 24, 1930 280 U.S. 478 CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT Syllabus 1. In providing by Title II of the Transportation Act (1) for the funding of indebtedness of railroad carriers to the United States Page 280 U. S. 479 incurred for additions and betterments made during federal control and properly chargeable to capital account; (2) for the evidencing by notes of other then existing indebtedness of the carriers to the United States; (3) for advances to carriers by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon certification by the Interstate Commerce Commission, on account of the guaranty of operating income for the six months following federal control, and for repayment by carriers of amounts advanced in excess of the guaranty, and (4) for ...
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