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| Goode v. Mayson |
6 Howard 543, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
There were three judgments; the youngest judgment creditor levied first, and showed property; the next oldest was levied on the same property, and the sheriff proceeded to sell under both; the execution from the oldest judgment not having been issued or levied. The sheriff applied the money to the second oldest judgment, and the court below, on... |
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| Goodman v. James |
2 Rob. (LA) 297, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the Commercial Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J. presiding. |
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| Gordon v. Longest |
41 U.S. 97, Supreme Court of the United States (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Removal from state court. An action was instituted in the circuit court of Jefferson county, in the state of Kentucky, by a citizen of that state, under an act of the legislature of Kentucky, against a citizen of the state of Pennsylvania, to recover damages, alleging the same in the declaration to be $1000, for having taken on board of the... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Grannis, White & Co. v. Smith |
22 Tenn. 179, Supreme Court of Tennessee (July 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The complainants are judgment creditors of Henry Smith. They caused executions to issue, upon which a portion of their debt was made, and a return of nulla bona as to the rest. They filed this bill to set aside certain conveyances of said Smith to the other defendants, Leeper & Carter, of certain real and personal property, as having been made... |
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| Green v. Harris |
3 Ired. 210, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The only thing, that gives weight to the declarations of a party to a suit in his own favor, is, that they are made in the presence of the person interested to deny them and are not contradicted. No length of possession by a bailee, as such, will bar the right of the bailor; and, if the bailment be admitted, during the longest enjoyment, a title in... |
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| Green v. Thompson |
2 Ired.Eq. 365, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The original bill in this case was filed by David Edwards, as complainant, against Gard Thompson the defendant; and it prayed for relief against a conveyance, and to have it set aside, as having been obtained by the defendant from the complainant by surprise, imposition and fraud. David Edwards died, and John A. Green was permitted to revive the... |
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| Gregory v. Murrell |
2 Ired.Eq. 233, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The plaintiff alleges in his bill that he and one Mabry Pettaway and the defendant had become bound as joint sureties for one Asa H. Rhodes, on a note payable to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, at their branch at Fayetteville in this State; that the said note had been renewed by payments of instalments made by the said... |
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| Greiner v. Prendergast |
2 Rob. (LA) 235, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The plaintiff commenced an action before the District Court of the First District, to annul a judgment which had been obtained against him by the defendant, for $271 50 with interest, and $38 34 costs, claiming one thousand dollars as damages. A supplemental petition was filed, in which it was alleged that the defendant had, since the filing of the... |
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| Hall v. State |
12 G. & J. 329, Court of Appeals of Maryland (June 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Judgment of Anne Arundel county court reversed, and judgment of the justice of the peace quashed for want of jurisdiction. |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Hardeman v. Sims |
3 Ala. 747, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Error to the Chancery Court of Columbiana. |
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| Harlin v. Leglise |
3 Rob. (LA) 194, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of Avoyelles, Boyce, J. |
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| Hart v. Foley |
1 Rob. (LA) 378, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The plaintiffs are appellants from a judgment of the District Court of Assumption, Deblieux, J., in favor of the defendant, quieting him in the possession of the land in dispute. |
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| Hatch v. City Bank of New Orleans |
1 Rob. (LA) 470, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the Commercial Court of New Orleans. A full statement of the case will be found in the following judgment, by Watts, J., from which the City Bank has appealed. |
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| Hatcher v. Hatcher |
2 McMul. 429, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (May 01, 1842) |
1842 |
1. Where the plaintiff, being tenant for life, and the remainderman during his life time, entered into the following written agreement, that the said C. H. do agree to let E. H. build on the land willed to him by his father, at the death of the said C. H., the said C. H. do also agree that E. H. may open and make all the improvements on said land... |
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| Haughton v. Barney |
2 Ired.Eq. 393, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
This bill was filed in the Court of Equity for the county of Chowan, on the 27th of February, 1836, in the name of Mary Haughton, plaintiff, an infant suing by her next friend Elizabeth Pettijohn against George W. Barney and wife Louisia, Jonathan H. Haughton, Robert H. Booth, the executor of Jonathan Haughton, deceased, and Charles Haughton, the... |
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| Hawkins v. Brown |
3 Rob. (LA) 310, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of Rapides, Boyce, J. |
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| Heisembrittle ads. City Council |
2 McMul. 233, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (February 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The City Council of Charleston have the right under the constitution of this State, of passing an Ordinance to prevent shop-keepers, (other than those licenced by the city,) from keeping any spirituous lipuors, wines, &c., in their shops or in any adjacent room. |
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| Hester v. Hester |
2 Ired.Eq. 330, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The most important question, arising upon the interpretation of this exceedingly imperfect and almost unintelligible will, is the construction of the bequest of £100 to the testator's brothers' and sisters' children. Three constructions are presented to us, the first that it is a gift of £100 to each of these children; the second, that it is a... |
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| Hickman v. Hickman |
3 Harr. 484, Superior Court of Delaware (October 01, 1842) |
1842 |
A mere stay of execution process, after levy, will not deprive it of its legal priority. Rule to show cause why the plaintiff should not take out of court a sum of money brought in by the sheriff as levied from the defendant's property. The money was levied by a sale of defendant's property on plaintiff's execution, which was issued on the 8th of... |
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| Hickman v. Hickman |
3 Harr. 484 (October 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Covenant will not lie in this state, on a contract to be performed in Pennsylvania, with a scrawl and the word seal in the locus sigilli, tho', by the law of that state, this constitutes a... |
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| Hill v. De Lizardi |
2 Rob. (LA) 89, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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| Hill v. Rushing |
4 Ala. 212, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1842) |
1842 |
WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Benton county. |
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| Hivert v. Lacaze |
3 Rob. (LA) 357, Supreme Court of Louisiana (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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| Hodges v. Connor |
28 S.C.L. 120, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1842) |
1842 |
1. Although the vendor of a tract of land, at the time of the sale, is not vested with a strictly legal title, yet, if it appear that he has a good equitable title, which is capable of being converted into a legal right, the vendee, being in the quiet enjoyment of the land, and showing no subsisting paramount title in another that could be asserted... |
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| Holmead v. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co. |
1 Hay. & Haz. 77, Circuit Court, District of Columbia (April 29, 1842) |
1842 |
Action at law by William Holmead against the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company, for damages. This is a suit for damages brought by the plaintiff against said company for constructing and building a dam upon Rock creek causing the land of the plaintiff to be inundated. The declaration averred that the defendant did not, as the act of congress of March... |
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| Hopkins v. Land |
4 Ala. 427, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1842) |
1842 |
WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Sumter county. |
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| In re Brown |
4 F.Cas. 332, District Court, SD New York (May 01, 1842) |
1842 |
In bankruptcy. In the matter of George Brown. Exceptions to schedule filed overruled. |
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| Jacob v. State |
22 Tenn. 493, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
This is a case which has been productive of much feeling and solicitude, and has excited that deep attention and consideration with the public, the bar, and the court, which its magnitude, involving, as it does, some of the most vital principles of our social relations, has well merited. It has been thoroughly investigated and ably argued, both on... |
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| Jacobs v. Locke |
2 Ired.Eq. 286, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The bill was filed by Amos Jacobs, the plaintiff, against John Madison, of the State of Kentucky, and George W. Locke and several others, some of whom are infants and defend by their guardian, the heirs at law of Francis Locke, deceased, defendants; and it sets forth that in the year 1818 or 1819, before the passing of the statute, entitled an act... |
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| Jeffries v. Ankeny |
11 Ohio 372, Supreme Court of Ohio, In Bank (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
A person, the offspring of a white man and a half-breed Indian woman, is a lawful voter. An action on the case lies against township trustees, for refusing a lawful vote, without proof of express malice. |
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| Jemison v. Cozens |
3 Ala. 636, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the Court of Chancery for the fifth District of the Northern Division. |
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| Jordan v. Black |
1 Rob. (LA) 575, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of West Feliciana, Johnson, J. |
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| Jordan v. Garnett |
3 Ala. 610, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Error to the County Court of Pickens. |
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| Jourdain v. Boissiere |
2 Rob. (LA) 289, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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| Joyner v. Faulcon |
2 Ired.Eq. 386, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The question presented for our consideration is, whether the instrument, which is referred to in the pleadings as the deed of John T. Clanton and Fanny his wife, has been so authenticated, as to render it valid to transfer her estate in the lands therein mentioned. The instrument purports to have been executed by both husband and wife, and has been... |
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| Kemp v. Womack |
1 Rob. (LA) 369, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Helena, Jones, J. |
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| Kerningham v. Scanland |
6 Howard 540, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
A defendant cannot move to quash a forthcoming bond for irregularities, after the return term. Where an execution, emanating from a judgment on a forthcoming bond, has been levied on sufficient property of the principal, the security cannot move to quash the bond and execution. |
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| King v. Terry |
6 Howard 513, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
An execution issued on the original judgment, after a forthcoming bond has been taken, is a nullity. |
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| Kinney v. Mallory |
3 Ala. 626, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Mobile. |
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| Kirkpatrick v. McCullough |
22 Tenn. 171, Supreme Court of Tennessee (July 01, 1842) |
1842 |
This is an action brought before a justice of the peace against the defendant, as the endorser of a note made payable in current bank-notes, and removed to the circuit court by appeal. The endorsement is in the usual form, viz.: I assign the within note to William Kirkpatrick for value received. The jury found a verdict in favor of... |
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| Kohn v. Marsh |
3 Rob. (LA) 48, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Martin, King, J. |
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| Latham v. Wiswall |
2 Ired.Eq. 294, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Where upon the petition of the guardian of a lunatic, under the act of Assembly, Rev. St. c. 57, s. 3, a Court of Equity directs a sale of the lunatic's property, no creditor of the lunatic can seize any portion of the property under an execution, the teste of which is subsequent to the date of the decree. Such a decree is substantially a decree in... |
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| Lauve v. His Creditors |
2 Rob. (LA) 527, Supreme Court of Louisiana (July 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the Parish Court of New Orleans, Bermudez, J., presiding. |
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| Lawson v. Main |
4 Ark. 184, Supreme Court of Arkansas (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
The official return of a sheriff, upon process executed by him, cannot, in a proceeding against him, be contradicted or disproved by evidence introduced by himself. When a sheriff returns, upon execution, that he levied it upon property of the defendant in execution, sufficient to satisfy it, and that he exposed the property to sale, and the bid... |
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| Lebesque v. Bonin |
3 Rob. (LA) 12, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Martin, King, J. |
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| Lee v. Bryan |
3 Ala. 278, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Barbour county. |
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| Lee v. Darramon |
3 Rob. (LA) 160, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Appeal from the District Court of Madison, Curry, J. |
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| Lee v. Gause |
2 Ired. 440, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1842) |
1842 |
To prove the record of a suit in South Carolina, the plaintiff introduced the certificate of J. R., clerk of the court, under the seal of the court, that the annexed are correct transcripts of the original proceedings filed in this office in the suit of William Todd, Administrator vs. William Lee, to which was added the certificate of... |
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| Lee v. Hamilton |
3 Ala. 529, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1842) |
1842 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Clarke. |
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| Lee v. Pindle |
12 G. & J. 288, Court of Appeals of Maryland (June 01, 1842) |
1842 |
After an appeal taken from an order of the Court of Chancery, and dismissed by this court, the cause was again brought to the notice of the Chancellor by petition for further proceedings; it is then in the same situation as if no appeal had been taken. The principle is settled, that chancery will not, on further directions, decide a question, not... |
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