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Stephens v. Brodnax |
5 Ala. 258, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Lowndes. |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
Stone v. State |
23 Tenn. 27, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1843) |
1843 |
The prisoner, James N. Stone, was indicted, tried, and convicted for the murder of John B. Mitchell, at the June term of the Obion circuit court, 1842; and, upon the recommendation of the jury, sentenced by the court to confinement in the jail and penitentiary of the State during his natural life. The testimony as to the guilt of the prisoner is... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
Story v. Luzenberg |
4 Rob. (LA) 240, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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Strohecker v. Cohen |
28 S.C.L. 349, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (May 01, 1843) |
1843 |
1. A promise to accept an existing bill of exchange, or one to be drawn, is binding in favor of one who purchased it, on the faith and credit of such promise, for a sufficient consideration. 2. Such promise is an original undertaking, not affected by the statute of frauds; and it is wholly immaterial whether it be in writing or by parol. 3. But a... |
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Succession of Falconer |
4 Rob. (LA) 5, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the Court of Pointe Coupée, Cooley, J. |
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Succession of Key |
5 Rob. (LA) 482, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the Court of Probates of St. Mary, Dumartrait, J. |
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Tanner v. Tanner |
6 Rob. (LA) 35, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the District Court of Rapides, King, J. |
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Taylor v. Savage |
42 U.S. 282, Supreme Court of the United States (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
This case is brought before the court by the petition of Vincent M. Benham, administrator de bonis non with the will annexed of Samuel Savage. It appears that a bill was filed by William Taylor and others, in the District Court of the United States for the northern district of Alabama, against George M. Savage, executor of Samuel Savage, deceased,... |
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Taylor's Ex'rs v. Gibbs |
3 B.Mon. 316, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 24, 1843) |
1843 |
The case stated. GIBBS, holding the due bill of Taylor and Heatherly, filed his bill in Chancery, attaching in the hands of J. B. & J. J. Walker, a fund which he alleges was set apart by Taylor, in his lifetime, by agreement between them, for the payment of the due bill. The fund in the hands of the Walkers arose from notes that had been placed in... |
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THE EXECUTIVE AND THE JUDICIARY-ABDUCTION. |
4 U.S. Op. Atty. Gen. 269 (November 02, 1843) |
1843 |
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Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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THE PARDON OF JENKINS ADVISED. |
4 U.S. Op. Atty. Gen. 237 (August 25, 1843) |
1843 |
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Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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The Swallow |
Olcott 4, District Court, SD New York (September 01, 1843) |
1843 |
In admiralty. |
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Thomas v. Wallace |
5 Ala. 268, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Dallas county. |
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Thompson v. Armstrong |
5 Ala. 383, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1843) |
1843 |
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Butler. |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
Thompson v. Drake's Heirs |
3 B.Mon. 565, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (June 06, 1843) |
1843 |
SEVERAL circumstances concur in support of the conclusion adopted by the Circuit Court, that the deed of the 7th of September, 1839, from David S. Drake to Charles R. Thompson, should be deemed fraudulent and void, as to the heirs of A. S. Drake, who were then prosecuting their suit in Chancery, for settlement and distribution, against said D. S.... |
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Ticknor v. Harris |
14 N.H. 272, Superior Court of Judicature of New Hampshire (December 01, 1843) |
1843 |
The plaintiffs rely upon the statute of July 2, 1822, providing that the estate of every person dying testate shall stand chargeable, among other things, with the just debts which be owed, in the same manner in which intestate estates are charged. 1 N. H. Laws 357. Another statute of the same date, relative to the descent and distribution of... |
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Todd v. Hardie |
5 Ala. 698, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1843) |
1843 |
WRIT of Error to the Chancery Court sitting at Huntsville. |
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Tombigbee R. Co. v. Bell |
4 Smedes & M. 685, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
The absence from the record of the petition for a writ of error, where that writ has been, under the statute, issued by the circuit clerk, will not be sufficient ground to dismiss the writ of error from this court. The presumption is, that the clerk acted correctly. A writ of error may issue from the circuit clerk's office without a bond previously... |
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Vaughn v. Wood |
5 Ala. 304, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Shelby. |
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Vaulx v. Campbell |
8 Mo. 224, Supreme Court of Missouri (July 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Joseph Vaulx commenced an action of debt in the Circuit Court of Greene county, against John P. Campbell, and the judgment of that court being rendered against Vauix, he brings his writ of error to this court, in order to reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court. The suit was brought on two single bills obligatory for $325 each, made by Isham... |
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Voisin v. Guillet |
4 Rob. (LA) 267, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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Waddle v. Cureton & Joyce |
29 S.C.L. 53, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (December 01, 1843) |
1843 |
1. L purchased from R, a lot of land, with a Hotel thereon, and to secure the payment of the purchase money, executed to the latter, a note and a mortgage of the premises, of the same date. R transferred the note and security to C, with credits on the note, but still leaving a balance, unpaid, of about one thousand dollars. The purchaser, being... |
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Wade v. Grimes |
7 Howard 425, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Where a testator bequeathed to his wife the management of his estate during widowhood, and a child's inheritance of the same in the event of a second marriage, it was held to give a vested legacy upon the death of testator. Legacies and distributive shares of intestates' estates are choses in action. Where the right is joint between legatees or... |
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Waters v. State |
1 Gill 302, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 01, 1843) |
1843 |
The collector of taxes is regarded as an agent of the State, and where he admits the collection of taxes, he will not be heard to urge in his defence to a suit for their recovery, that the money he had received was on account of taxes which the legislature had no constitutional power to impose. The question of constitutional authority to levy a... |
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Weed & Fanning v. Evans |
29 S.C.L. 232, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (December 01, 1843) |
1843 |
1. A debtor arrested under sundry writs of ca. sa. filed a schedule, gave notice, and applied for his discharge under the Insolvent Debtors's Act. A suggestion was filed, shewing various grounds of opposition, upon which issue was joined. The defendant made certain payments within three months previous to his arrest. The circumstances, as developed... |
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Weir v. Weir's Adm'r |
3 B.Mon. 645, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (April 25, 1843) |
1843 |
Case stated and questions for revi??sion. THIS is an appeal from a decree rendered on a bill filed by Eliza Jane Weir, an infant, by H. Clay, her guardian, against the surviving administrator of the estate of her deceased granduncle, James Weir, deceased, for her share of the distributable surplus of his personal estate. Two questions only need be... |
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Wells v. Hickman |
6 Rob. (LA) 1, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the District Court of Natchitoches, King, J. |
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Wells v. McMaster |
5 Rob. (LA) 154, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the Parish Court of New Orleans, Maurian, J. |
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Whaley v. Whaley |
28 S.C.L. 225, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (May 01, 1843) |
1843 |
1. A tenant entering upon land by the bare permission of the landlord, and paying no rent, in order to claim by adverse possession, must disclaim the tenancy, and give notice of that fact to the landlord. 2. The statute of limitations cannot run until a knowledge of the disclaimer is brought home to the landlord. 3. When a party claims by the... |
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Whitaker v. Petway |
4 Ired. 182, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Any irregularity in the return of a justice's execution levied on land, as that it was not returned to the next Court, or that the personal property was not exhausted, or any error of the Court in ordering a sale of the land, when the personal property levied on has not been exhausted, can only be objected to by the defendant in the execution. On... |
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White v. Guyot |
4 Rob. (LA) 108, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the District Court of Lafourche Interior, Nicholls J. |
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Whitney v. State |
8 Mo. 165, Supreme Court of Missouri (July 01, 1843) |
1843 |
The appellant, together with one Coleman Whitney, was indicted by the grand jury of Howard county, for stealing a horse. The indictment contained three counts; the first charging the defendants with stealing the horse; the second, charging that some person unknown stole the horse, and that the defendants received the horse, knowing him to have been... |
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Williams v. Bennett |
4 Ired. 122, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1843) |
1843 |
A deed for land executed by a Clerk and Master by an order of the Court, under the act of 1836, Rev. Stat. c. 32, s. 18, conveys all the interest any of the parties to the suit had in the land, although another may be in possession claiming adversely. The possession of a widow of land assigned to her as dower, is not adverse to the mortgagee of her... |
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Williamson's Ex'r v. Howard |
41 Va. 39, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (May 01, 1843) |
1843 |
(Absent Cabell, P. and Brooke, J.) The administrator of an intestate is also guardian of one of the distributees. Upon the termination of the guardianship, a bill is filed against the guardian and his sureties, to recover what is due upon the guardianship account. An amended bill is afterwards filed against the administrator and his sureties, to... |
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Wilson v. Mann |
8 Mo. 8, Supreme Court of Missouri (July 01, 1843) |
1843 |
This cause is, in all respects, similar to that of Wilson, by his next friend, v. Cockrill, decided at this term, and the judgment of the Circuit Court is, consequently, affirmed. |
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Winston v. Foster |
5 Rob. (LA) 113, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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Winter v. Zacharie |
4 Rob. (LA) 35, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1843) |
1843 |
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the District Court of Ascension, Deblieux, J., dissolving an injunction obtained by him. |
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Wood v. Gary |
5 Ala. 43, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Sumter. |
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Woodfin v. Hooper |
23 Tenn. 13, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1843) |
1843 |
In this case Woodfin, the plaintiff, sued out of the circuit court of Fayette, on the 7th September, 1842, a writ of capias ad respondendum against the defendant, Hooper, which was served by the sheriff, and an insufficient bail bond taken for his appearance, to which the plaintiff excepted, and took such steps at the September term, 1842, of said... |
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Wright v. Henderson |
7 Howard 539, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
A deed of trust is not void as to subsequent creditors, unless it is expressly found by the jury that it was made with an intent to defraud the subsequent creditors of the grantor. If a trust estate is more than sufficient to pay the trust debts, or the trustee is remiss in executing the trust, the appropriate remedy of the other creditors of the... |
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Yarborough's Ex'r v. Scott's Ex'r |
5 Ala. 221, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1843) |
1843 |
WRIT of Error to the Circuit Court of Perry. |
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Alexander v. Greene |
7 Hill 533, Court for the Correction of Errors of New York (January 01, 1844) |
1844 |
The master of a canal boat laden with merchandize, being in the city of New-York, obtained from the defendants, who had been engaged for several years in towing vessels upon the Hudson river, by means of steamboats, a permit in the following words: Capt. H., of steamboat N., take in tow for Albany canal boat A. &c., at the risk of the master... |
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Allard v. Allard |
6 Rob. (LA) 320, Supreme Court of Louisiana (January 01, 1844) |
1844 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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Allison v. Tyson |
24 Tenn. 449, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1844) |
1844 |
This is an action on the case, brought by the defendant in error, to recover damages for an injury done by reason of the fraud of the plaintiff in error. The declaration alleges that Nathan A. Forest, the son of the plaintiff, Nancy, purchased a horse of the defendant, for the use of his mother as a riding-horse, and that the defendant represented... |
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Amis v. Bank of Louisiana |
9 Rob. (LA) 348, Supreme Court of Louisiana (December 01, 1844) |
1844 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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Arbonneaux v. Letorey |
6 Rob. (LA) 456, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1844) |
1844 |
Appeal from the District Court of Ascension, Nicholls, J. |
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Attorney General ex rel. Gillaspie v. Justices of Guilford County |
5 Ired. 315, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1844) |
1844 |
The justices of the County Court are not bound to grant a license to retail spirituous liquors to every one, who proves himself of good moral character; nor have they, on the other hand, the arbitrary power to refuse, at their will, all applicants for license, who have the qualifications required by the statute. (Rev. Stat. ch. 82, sec. 7.) They... |
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Aylett v. Roane |
1 Gratt. 282, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (November 01, 1844) |
1844 |
The bond contained all that was requisite for the protection of the claimant of the property, and the obligors could not have objected in a suit by him against them, that the law required additional covenants for the benefit of others, which were omitted. The covenants contained in the condition, were such as the law required, as far as relates to... |
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Babin v. Nolan |
6 Rob. (LA) 508, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1844) |
1844 |
Appeal from the Court of Probates of West Baton Rouge, Favrot, J. |
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Bailey v. Jeffords |
29 S.C.L. 271, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (January 01, 1844) |
1844 |
1. In actions of tort for the destruction of property, its value furnishes the measure of damages, from which, if the jury materially depart, the Court will order a new trial. 2. In torts other than for the destruction of property, no specific measure of damages can be laid down. But the value of property wilfully destroyed is due ex debito... |
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