| Title | Citation | Year | Summary | Most Relevant | Type | Status |
| Maull v. Hays |
12 Ala. 499, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Lowndes. |
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| Mayhugh v. Mayhugh |
7 B.Mon. 424, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (July 21, 1847) |
1847 |
Alimony. ERROR TO THE FLEMING CIRCUIT. Case stated. STRANGERS as we are to these parties, except as they appear in the record before us, it is yet impossible to reflect upon their past and present condition, without feelings of deep regret. After a harmonious union of more than twenty years, from youth to advancing age, during which they have... |
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| McBeth v. McBeth |
11 Ala. 596, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Orphans' Court of Pike. |
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| McCall v. Lewis |
32 S.C.L. 442, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (May 01, 1847) |
1847 |
In the ordinary case of conveyance for life, with remaindersale by the tenant for life, and contest between the purchaser and remainderman, if neither party be affected by registry, the remainderman must prevail, because he has the prior and better evidence of title. The Court held, that the registry of a deed of personal property, in the... |
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| McCann v. Letcher |
8 B.Mon. 320, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (February 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Husband and wife. Mistakes. ERROR TO THE MADISON CIRCUIT. Case stated. ON the 29th day of October, 1841, James H. Letcher being much embarrassed by debts, and desirous, as a means of relief, to sell a valuable tract of land which belonged to his wife by devise from her father, and having made a contract for the sale, at the price of about $14,000,... |
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| McCartney v. Calhoun |
11 Ala. 110, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Chancery Court of Talladega. |
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| McCauley v. Rodes |
7 B.Mon. 462, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (July 29, 1847) |
1847 |
Bills of discovery. Attachment bills. Fraud. ERROR TO THE FAYETTE CIRCUIT. IT is the opinion of this Court, that as the deed of trust made by Ferguson, for the benefit of his wife, professes to convey only so much of her own estate as had not been reduced to possession by him, or as was not vested in him by law, it did not convey any interest... |
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| McComb v. Ellett |
8 Smedes & M. 505, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
The question is now settled, that as the forfeiture of a forthcoming bond is a satisfaction of the original judgment, the lien of that judgment is also extinguished, and a new lien commences with the forfeiture of the bond, on new parties. An execution issued on the original judgment, after a forthcoming bond has been given and forfeited, is a... |
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| McCullom v. Box |
8 Smedes & M. 619, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Under the act of 1846, (pamphlet acts, 146,) the final settlement with the probate court of the accounts of an executor, administrator or guardian, is not conclusive until after the expiration of two years from the date of such settlement; but may be examined into and surcharged, upon a bill of review by any person interested, filed in the probate... |
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| McCullough v. Walton |
11 Ala. 492, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Macon. |
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| McCurdy v. McFarland |
10 Mo. 377, Supreme Court of Missouri (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
McFarland, the defendant in error, sued the plaintiff in error, McCurdy, before a justice of the peace in Cooper county, for ten dollars alleged to be due on account of a purchase of a yoke of steers. McFarland obtained a judgment for ten dollars before the justice, and subsequently in the Circuit Court, to which the case was taken by appeal, he... |
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| McDonald v. Sims |
3 Kelly 383, Supreme Court of Georgia (August 01, 1847) |
1847 |
The facts in this case are somewhat entangled. It rests, however, upon a single point. Frederick Sims made and delievered to Charles J. McDonald, his promissory note for eight hundred dollars, bearing date the 15th of July, 1841, payable ninety days after date to the order of McDonald at the Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of the State of Georgia.... |
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| McGunigal v. Mong |
5 Pa. 269, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (May 01, 1847) |
1847 |
An indenture of apprenticeship executed by the master and mother of an illegitimate son, under the age of seven years, and not party to the deed, will render the master liable on the agreements therein, to the apprentice, if he have complied with the terms of service on his part. The apprentice not being a party to the indenture, case is the proper... |
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| McIntosh v. Smith |
2 La.Ann. 756, Supreme Court of Louisiana (August 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Overton, J. |
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| McKinstry v. Conly |
12 Ala. 678, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Chancery Court of Mobile. |
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| McLane v. Miller |
12 Ala. 643, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Talladega. |
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| McLane v. Spence |
11 Ala. 172, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Talladega. |
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| McLeod v. Powe |
12 Ala. 9, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Wilcox. |
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| McMahan v. Green |
12 Ala. 71, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Barbour. |
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| McMekin v. Bobo |
12 Ala. 268, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Orphans' Court of Franklin. |
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| McReynolds v. Neal |
27 Tenn. 12, Supreme Court of Tennessee (September 01, 1847) |
1847 |
This was a suit commenced by attachment. The affidavit required by the statute was not made and signed by the party praying the attachment, and returned to the court. For this reason a motion to quash the attachment was made, which, on argument, the court adjudged should be done. Pending this motion, the plaintiff tendered the affidavit required by... |
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| Meeker v. Commissioners of Clinton & H.P.R. Co. |
2 La.Ann. 971, Supreme Court of Louisiana (November 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of East Baton Rouge, Burk, J. |
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| Menifee's Adm'rs v. Menifee |
8 Ark. 9, Supreme Court of Arkansas (July 01, 1847) |
1847 |
The Probate Courts of this state are invested with jurisdiction in matters of dower; but Courts of Chancery are not thereby ousted of their ancient jurisdiction in such matters. And when the lands in which dower is claimed, lie in different counties, or complicated accounts are to be settled between the parties, chancery is the more appropriate... |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
| Merchants' Bank v. Davis |
3 Kelly 112, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 01, 1847) |
1847 |
[1.] An execution owned by persons residing in one county is levied upon land in another, and a claim interposed. The Superior Court of the county where the land lies, has jurisdiction over the plaintiffs residing out of that county, in equity, in consequence of the pendency of the claim, in a proper case made. [2.] A promise made by a plaintiff in... |
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| Meriweather's Adm'r v. Herran |
8 B.Mon. 162, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 07, 1847) |
1847 |
Chancing bargains. Choses in action. Lapse of time. Evidence. ERROR TO THE LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. THE deed from R. C. Meriweather to Robert Buckner, of January, 1820, imports a transfer of every interest of what kind soever, which the former had or could have in the estate of his father, James Meriweather, and its general and comprehensive... |
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| Miller v. Eatman |
11 Ala. 609, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Greene. |
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| Miller v. Hoc |
1 Fla. 189, Supreme Court of Florida (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
WHERE the record shows that a judgment by default, for want of a plea was entered, when in fact a plea had been filed and appeared upon the record; the Court will conclude that the plea was overlooked. and that judgment was entered through inadvertence. When two distinct cases between the same parties, are by consent, submitted at the same time to... |
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| Milton v. Rowland |
11 Ala. 732, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the County Court of Benton. |
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| Misner v. Granger |
4 Gilman 69, Supreme Court of Illinois (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
The subject of implied warranties on the sale of chattels has perplexed the common law courts for a long time, and has been a source of many apparently contradictory decisions. The universal doctrine of the civil law is, that there is an implied warranty of the vendor, that the article sold is what it appears to be, and is sold for sound and of a... |
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| Morgan v. Republic of Texas |
2 Tex. 279, Supreme Court of Texas (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
This question underwent the most patient and thorough investigation in the case of Bryant v. Kelton, 1 Tex. 434, at the last term, and the opinion of the court in that case settles the law on sound principles. According to the rule then laid down, the facts assumed in the charge of the court in the case at bar, as constituting fraud, were held to... |
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| Morrill v. Carr |
2 La.Ann. 807, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Natchitoches, Campbell, J. |
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| Morris v. Covington |
2 La.Ann. 259, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Madison, Curry, J. |
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| Morse v. Garner |
32 S.C.L. 514, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (May 01, 1847) |
1847 |
It appears to be an essential quality of a real covenant, that it relate to the realty, having for its object something annexed to, or inherent in, or connected with land, or other real property; and that a personal covenant does not bind the assignee of a covenanter, even though expressly named, but charges only the executor or administrator; and... |
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| Moss v. McCall |
12 Ala. 630, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Lowndes. |
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| Murray v. Walker |
20 S.C.Eq. 193, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (February 01, 1847) |
1847 |
If a deed of personal property to several, to them and their issue, forever, contain no limitation over, the absolute title to the property will vest in the first takers. Issue take as purchasers, under a deed of personal property, where the property is limited over by a limitation which is not too remote: and the validity of the gift to the... |
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| Myer v. Rives |
11 Ala. 760, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Court of Chancery for the twelfth District. |
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| Nations v. Hawkins' Adm'rs |
11 Ala. 859, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Marion. |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
| Neal v. Robinson |
27 Tenn. 435, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
This bill is filed to enjoin the collection of certain judgments rendered against the complainants, by a justice of Williamson county, in the name of the defendant Robinson, for the use of the other defendant. It charges in substance that, in 1840 or 1841, the complainant, William Neal, became indebted to the defendant Robinson is about the sum of... |
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| Neda v. Fontenot |
2 La.Ann. 782, Supreme Court of Louisiana (August 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Landry, Overton, J. |
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| Nels v. State |
2 Tex. 280, Supreme Court of Texas (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from Red River County. It is not only the privilege of a judge, in all cases, but his duty when called on, to state what the law is to the jury, without regard to what had or had not been read to them, as law, by the counsel on either side. It is the peculiar and exclusive province of a jury to weigh the evidence; and it is their duty to... |
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| Nelson v. State |
26 Tenn. 542, Supreme Court of Tennessee (April 01, 1847) |
1847 |
The prisoner was indicted and convicted in the circuit court of Hardin county for the murder of one David Sellers, and has prosecuted his appeal in error to this court. Many grounds of error have been here assigned on behalf of the prisoner, and among them that the declarations of Sellers very shortly before his death were improperly received as... |
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| New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. v. Webb |
2 La.Ann. 526, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the Court of Probates of St. Helena, Leonard, J. |
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| Newman v. James |
12 Ala. 29, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Chancery Court of Monroe. |
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| Nimmo v. Allen |
2 La.Ann. 451, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Voorhies, J. |
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| Nolly v. Wilkins |
11 Ala. 872, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Orphans' Court of Baldwin. |
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| O'Bannon v. Kirkland |
33 S.C.L. 29, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (November 01, 1847) |
1847 |
In an action brought by the Coronor against a purchaser at his sale, to recover the difference between a sale and re-sale, the Court refused to admit, in evidence for the purchaser, an untried suggestion of fraud, setting forth that the judgment under which the Coronor sold was fraudulent, and that the sale was for the benefit of the defendant in... |
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| Oliver v. Simmes |
2 La.Ann. 882, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment of the District Court of Avoyelles, Farrar, J. |
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| Olivier v. Blanco |
2 La.Ann. 517, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Plaquemines, Rousseau, J. |
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| Osburn v. Curtis |
2 La.Ann. 764, Supreme Court of Louisiana (August 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal, by the Planters Bank of Mississippi, from a judgment of the District Court of St. Mary, Voorhies, J. |
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| Osburn v. Planters' Bank of Mississippi |
2 La.Ann. 494, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Overton, J. |
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