| Title | Citation | Year | Summary | Most Relevant | Type | Status |
| Pahnvitz v. Fassman |
2 La.Ann. 625, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the Fifth District Court of New Orleans, Buchanan, J. |
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| Pearson v. Gayle |
11 Ala. 278, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Talladega. |
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| Peck v. Land |
2 Kelly 1, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
[1.] If a creditor purchase property of his debtor in satisfaction of his own debt, and the debts of other favoured creditors, and buy a large surplus over, to the exclusion of a particular creditor, whose suit is pending, it is a badge of fraud. [2.] The possession of property, real or personal, remaining with the vendor after an absolute deed of... |
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| Perot v. Chambers |
2 La.Ann. 800, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Natchitoches, Taylor, J. |
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| Perry v. Graves |
12 Ala. 246, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Pike. |
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| Phillips v. Preston |
46 U.S. 278, Supreme Court of the United States (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Under the practice of Louisiana, peremptory exceptions must be considered as specially pleaded when they are set forth in writing, in a specific or detailed form, and judgment prayed on them. Although the court should refuse to receive exceptions thus tendered, yet if the party has the benefit of them on a motion in arrest of judgment and in a bill... |
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| Pierse v. Amonett |
2 La.Ann. 357, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Madison, Selby, J. |
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| Pinkard v. Ingersol |
11 Ala. 9, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of error to the Court of Chancery for the fourteenth district. |
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| Pinkard v. Ingersoll |
12 Ala. 441, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Court of Chancery for the Fourteenth District. |
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| Pintard v. Goodloe |
Hempst. 502, Circuit Court, D Arkansas (April 10, 1847) |
1847 |
Bill in equity determined in the circuit court. |
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| Pitts v. McWhorter |
3 Kelly 5, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 01, 1847) |
1847 |
[1.] If A buy land from B, and pay down the entire consideration or purchase money, and take an unconditional bond for titles, and there is nothing more for him to do in order to consummate the contract, B is a mere naked trustee, and the legal estate vests in A; if not under the 27 Henry VIII., commonly called the Statute of Uses, yet it comes... |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
| Pogue v. Joyner |
7 Ark. 462, Supreme Court of Arkansas (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
It is within the discretion of the circuit court to say whether the plaintiff or defendant shall open or conclude the argument to the jury; but the party pleading the affirmative is entitled to do so. A release from the secuuity to the principal (who had been discharged under the Bankrupt Law) renders the principal a competent witness for the... |
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| Pope's Ex'rs v. Elliott |
8 B.Mon. 56, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (December 16, 1847) |
1847 |
Wills. Devises. Trusts. ERROR TO THE LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. Case stated. IN June, 1842, Robert Pope, as the surety of Godfrey Pope, and jointly with him, executed to Elliott & Co. four notes of $1,000 each, payable in one, two, three and four years. In February, 1843, William Pope, the father of Godfrey and Robert, made his will, which was... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Porter v. Bank of Rutland |
19 Vt. 410, Supreme Court of Vermont (February 01, 1847) |
1847 |
This case involves questions of no little importance. At law, as a general rule, a married woman can neither sue nor be sued, unless in connection with her husband. Exceptions, arising chiefly from the impracticability of associating the husband in certain cases, exist in this as in most general rules. As applicable to husband and wife having... |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
| POWER OF THE EXECUTIVE TO REMIT FORFEITURES. |
4 U.S. Op. Atty. Gen. 573 (May 13, 1847) (1847) |
1847 |
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Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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| Prewett v. Standifer |
8 Smedes & M. 493, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Payment of an execution to a sheriff, in anything but constitutional currency, is no satisfaction thereof, except by the consent of the plaintiff; but such consent may be implied, as well as express, and may be inferred from long acquiescence. Where a sheriff returned an execution with an indorsement that he had made the amount thereof in the notes... |
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| Price v. Tally's Adm'rs |
10 Ala. 946, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Jackson. |
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| Price v. Thomason |
11 Ala. 875, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Perry. |
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| Prosser v. Henderson |
11 Ala. 484, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Chambers. |
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| Pugh v. Dorsey |
8 Smedes & M. 379, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
P. filed his bill in equity against D., alleging that W., while guardian of certain minors, employed P. to defend several suits against the estate of the minors; that D. afterwards became guardian of the minors, and continued P. in his professional employment in the suits, and prayed that D., as guardian, might be compelled to pay his fees; held,... |
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| Purcell v. Wilson |
4 Gratt. 16, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (April 01, 1847) |
1847 |
The Court is of opinion, that by the true intent and meaning of the last will and testament of Peter Waggoner deceased, his widow, Sinah Waggoner, took an estate in fee simple in and to the 500 acres of land in the proceedings mentioned; and she afterwards dying intestate, the same descended to her heirs at law, to wit, her five children her... |
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| Puryear v. Puryear |
12 Ala. 13, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Monroe. |
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| Quigley v. Campbell |
12 Ala. 58, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Mobile. |
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| Quine v. Quine |
9 Smedes & M. 155, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Where two persons commence living together, and planting in partnership, with nearly equal means; and the additions made to the capital stock by each not greatly disproportioned, and the partnership continues thus during a series of years, and until dissolved by the death of one of the partners, without any previous division of profits, each of the... |
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| Rail v. Potts |
27 Tenn. 225, Supreme Court of Tennessee (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
This is an action on the case brought by the plaintiff against Robert Baker and Leroy Potts, to recover damages against them for having, as judges of an election, fraudulently, corruptly, and maliciously refused to permit him to vote; he at the same time being a legal voter by the laws of the state, and as such entitled to vote therein. Upon the... |
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| Randall v. Parramore |
1 Fla. 409, Supreme Court of Florida (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Where a debtor indebted on several accounts makes a payment, he may apply it to either account; if he does not, the creditor may do so. If neither does, the law will appropriate it according to the justice of the case, provided there are no other parties interested. Where a party has sustained no injury from the rejection of admissible testimony,... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Rankin v. Bell |
2 La.Ann. 486, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of West Feliciana, Burk, J. |
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The case or administrative decision is no longer good law for at least one of the points it contains. |
| Rea v. Rhodes |
5 Ired.Eq. 148, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
In the case of a legacy to one for life, remainder over, the assent of the executor to the legatee for life, enures to the benefit of the remainder-man, and vests in him a legal estate, which is liable to execution. The assent of the executor vests the legal estate in the legatee, though the executor may thereby commit a devastavit, and a creditor... |
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| REPUBLIC OF TEXAS v. FISK AND WIFE |
2 Tex. 449, Supreme Court of Texas (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
This case has been held under advisement from the last term of the court, for the purpose of obtaining, if possible, the concurrence of a majority of the court in the principles that should govern our decision; but we have been unable to agree satisfactorily on the grounds of our judgment. We all, however, concur in the result that the judgment... |
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| Reynolds v. Reynolds |
11 Ala. 1023, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Orphan's Court of Coosa. |
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| Reynolds v. Rowley |
2 La.Ann. 890, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Concordia, Curry, J. |
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| Reynolds v. State |
3 Kelly 53, Supreme Court of Georgia (July 01, 1847) |
1847 |
[1.] The repeal of the 48th section of the 14th division of the Penal Code of 1833, by the Act of 1843, and the change therein made, as to the mode of selecting jurors in criminal cases, does not prevent the trial of an offence committed against the old law; inasmuch as the 34th section of the 14th division of the Code of 1833, provides, that... |
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| Rice v. Foster |
4 Harr. 479, Court of Errors and Appeals of Delaware (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Law is a rule of conduct prescribed by legislative power for the government of the citizens of a State. Legislative power in this State is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The people have divested themselves of all legislative power, and vested it in this body. They can resume it only in the forms... |
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| Richardson v. Pumphrey |
2 La.Ann. 448, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Overton, J. |
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| Ricketson v. Wood |
10 Mo. 547, Supreme Court of Missouri (March 01, 1847) |
1847 |
1. The 1st and 4th instructions given on the prayer of the plaintiffs, and the 1st and 2nd instructions prayed by defendants and refused--particularly the second--raise the question whether, to entitle the indorsee of a note not negotiable to recover against the indorser, on the ground of the insolvency of the maker, that insolvency must be such as... |
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| Ricks v. Battle |
7 Ired. 269, Supreme Court of North Carolina (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
This case has been argued by Counsel. We have considered it, and have come to the same conclusions that his Honor did, upon each and every point, and for the very reasons given by him. |
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| Robert v. De St. Romes |
2 La.Ann. 135, Supreme Court of Louisiana (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of the First District, Buchanan, J. |
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| Robinett v. Compton |
2 La.Ann. 846, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Rapides, Murray, J. The facts of this case are stated at length in the opinion of the late Supreme Court, delivered by Garland, J., infrâ. |
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| Robinson v. Mauldin |
11 Ala. 977, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Chancery Court of Marengo. |
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| Robinson v. McDonald |
2 Kelly 116, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
[1.] In an action of Trover by an executor or administrator, who declares on his own constructive possession, and alleges the conversion after the death of the testator or intestate, it is necessary for him to introduce in evidence his letters testamentary, or of administration, on the trial, as a part of his title, to enable him to recover. [2.]... |
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| Robinson v. Robinson |
11 Ala. 947, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Writ of Error to the Chancery Court of Perry. |
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| Roebuck v. Curry |
2 La.Ann. 998, Supreme Court of Louisiana (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the First District Court of New Orleans, McHenry, J. |
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| Roux v. Chaplin |
20 S.C.Eq. 129, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
In contemplation of marriage, the intended wife first conveyed her whole estate to trustees, in trust, to permit the intended husband to receive the profits of the same, for the joint use of himself and wife during their joint lives; and by a second clause in the deed of settlement, reserved to herself the power to dispose of any... |
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| Rowly v. Kemp |
2 La.Ann. 360, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Concordia, Curry, J. |
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| Rumph v. Abercrombie |
12 Ala. 64, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Chancery Court of Macon. |
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| Russell v. Cheatham |
8 Smedes & M. 703, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
In construing the act of congress to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, the state courts must be governed by the construction given to it by the courts of the United States. The district courts have jurisdiction over liens and incumbrances on the property of bankrupts; and the assignees of bankrupts may in those... |
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| Russell v. La Roque |
11 Ala. 352, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Error to the Circuit Court of Sumter. |
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| Sanders v. Carson |
2 La.Ann. 393, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of St. Mary, Voorhies, J. |
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| Sanders v. Smallwood |
8 Ired. 125, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1847) |
1847 |
The deed was not properly proved before the Clerk, and, not being duly proved according to the directions of the Act, it was void, as against the husband's creditors. Sanders v. Ferrill, 1 Ired. 97. Smith v. Garey, 2 Dev. & Bat. Eq. 42. But, admitting the property to have been in the defendant for the benefit of his creditors, it is not the... |
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| Sandridge v. Jones |
2 La.Ann. 933, Supreme Court of Louisiana (October 01, 1847) |
1847 |
Appeal from the District Court of Caddo, Olcott, J. This was an action against a sheriff and his sureties, with a prayer for judgment against them in solido, for the amount of damages alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the neglect of the sheriff. The plaintiff appealed from a verdict and judgment against him. |
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