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| State v. Toomer |
7 Rich. 216, Court of Appeals of Law of South Carolina (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
E. L., being the incumbent de jure, was, on December 3, 1844, re-elected Master in Equity for Charleston District for the term of four years. On December 9, his official bond was executed; on the 24th it was approved by the Commissioners and the Attorney-General, and on March 31, 1845, it was deposited with the Treasurer. His commission was issued... |
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| State v. Ward |
5 Harr. 496, Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery of Delaware (October 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Maliceevidence of, as drawn from the weapon used. Right of self-defence Right to escape, where the arrest is unlawful. Right of deputation of power to arrest. The prisoner was indicted for the murder of George A. Davidson. The case was opened on the part of the State by Robert Rogers, Esq., who aided the Attorney General in the prosecution,... |
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| State v. Waters |
39 Me. 54, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
By article 1st, § 6, of the constitution of Maine, it is declared that in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have a right to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. This provision is one of personal right recognized in the constitution of the United States, and in the organic law of most of the States, designed... |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| State v. Windsor |
5 Harr. 512, Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery of Delaware (October 01, 1854) |
1854 |
In all the cases referred to, except Rex vs. Wright, 4 Russ & Ryan, 456, (and there only a doubt is expressed,) the principle is recognized that a medical witness, conversant with the disease of insanity, who never saw the prisoner previously to the trial, but who was present during the whole trial and heard the evidence, may be asked his opinion... |
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| State v. York |
5 Harr. 493, Court of General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery of Delaware (October 01, 1854) |
1854 |
a felonious intent is where a man knowingly takes and carries away the goods of another, without any claim or pretence of right, with intent to deprive the owner of them, and to appropriate or convert them to his own use. If the prisoner took the horse with intent to convert him to his own use, and wholly to deprive the owner of his property, it... |
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| Steele v. Levisay |
11 Gratt. 454, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (August 15, 1854) |
1854 |
The main questions to be considered are: First, whether the will of the testator confers upon his wife Frances the power to sell the real estate? And if so, secondly, whether the purchaser is bound to see to the application of the purchase money? The second clause of the will, taken apart from the other provisions, seems to me to indicate a design... |
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| Steele v. Mealing |
24 Ala. 285, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
ERROR to the Chancery Court of Lowndes. Heard before the Hon. J. W. LESESNE. |
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| Stephens v. Graves |
9 La.Ann. 239, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Robertson, J. |
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| Stephenson v. Hagan |
15 B.Mon. 282, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
(1.) On the 5th day of August, 1789, William Robinson, sr., and Sarah, his wife, executed a deed, which purports to be an indenture between themselves, of the first part, and John Pitman and Dorothy P. Pitman, of the second part, and Peyton Robinson and William Robinson, jr., sons of said William, of the third part, by which, for and in... |
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| Stevenson v. Reaves |
24 Ala. 425, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. JOHN GILL SHORTER. |
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| Stewart v. Burkhalter |
6 Cushm. 396, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (October 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Where A., B., & C. were owners, as copartners of certain property which was sold by the survivors, B. & C., after the death of A., upon whose estate B. administered: Held, that upon the settlement of the copartnership accounts, the survivors can be compelled to account for the surplus or portion due the estate of A., and if that portion due the... |
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| Stewart v. City of New Orleans |
9 La.Ann. 461, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J. |
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| Stewart v. Spedden |
5 Md. 433, Court of Appeals of Maryland (June 01, 1854) |
1854 |
In an action of trover, a witness was asked if he ever heard the title of the plaintiff's intestate disputed? HELD, that such general hearsay testimony was properly rejected. A prayer, that there has been no evidence offered to sustain the issues on the part of the plaintiff, and that therefore the jury must find for the defendant, is... |
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| Sturgis v. Arcenaux |
9 La.Ann. 136, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of Terrebonne, Cole, J. |
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| Succession of Boone |
9 La.Ann. 258, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of the parish of West Feliciana, Sterling, J. |
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| Succession of Eubanks |
9 La.Ann. 147, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of East Feliciana, Stirling, J. |
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| Succession of Hargrove |
9 La.Ann. 505, Supreme Court of Louisiana (September 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of the Parish of Avoyelles, Cushman, J. |
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| Succession of Lanzetti |
9 La.Ann. 329, Supreme Court of Louisiana (May 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J. |
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| Succession of Regan |
9 La.Ann. 364, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Strawbridge, J. |
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| Succession of Smith |
9 La.Ann. 107, Supreme Court of Louisiana (February 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of the parish of Pointe Coupée. Farrar, J. |
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| Succession of Whitten |
9 La.Ann. 417, Supreme Court of Louisiana (June 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of the parish of East Baton Rouge, Burk, J. |
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| Sweeney v. State |
16 Ga. 467, Supreme Court of Georgia (August 01, 1854) |
1854 |
[1.] An indictment which states the offence, in the terms and language of the Penal Code, is sufficient. Misdemeanor, in Bibb Superior Court. At the May Term, 1853, of Bibb Superior Court, the Grand Jury returned a special presentment against Fardy Sweeney, for a misdemeanor. The presentment charged, that on the 8th day of May, 1853, in said... |
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| Tarkington v. McRea |
2 Jones (NC) 47, Supreme Court of North Carolina (December 01, 1854) |
1854 |
The establishment of a road district or the assignment of hands to work on a public road, can only be made by an order of the County Court, and no acquiescence in the authority of an overseer by working under him upon a road, can amount to a presumption that a district was laid off, or that the citizen thus acquiescing had granted the power to... |
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| Tate v. Shackelford's Adm'r |
24 Ala. 510, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Cherokee. Tried before the Hon. L. P. WALKER. |
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| Tatum v. Hines |
15 Ark. 180, Supreme Court of Arkansas (July 01, 1854) |
1854 |
At common law, and under the general law of this State, where personal property comes to the wife by distribution, the title vests in the husband, and the property is liable for his debts; and if, in such case, the wife sets up a separate estate in the property, under the statute of another State, such statute is a matter of fact to be established... |
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| Taylor v. Paterson |
9 La.Ann. 251, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of West Feliciana. |
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| Tedder v. Stiles |
16 Ga. 1, Supreme Court of Georgia (August 01, 1854) |
1854 |
[1.] When the complainant amends his bill after answer, if a further answer to the amended bill is not waived, the defendant must answer the bill as amended, or the complainant will be entitled to an order taking the whole bill, as amended, confessed. [2.] If the complainant amend his bill after answer, and does not waive a further answer, the... |
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| The Anna |
Taney 549, Circuit Court, D Maryland (November 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Maryland. The libel in this case was filed in the district court, on the 27th of December 1853, against the barque Anna, a foreign vessel, belonging to the port of Bremen. It claimed a forefeiture of the vessel, for a violation of the acts of congress relating to the... |
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| The Empire State |
33 Hunt Mer. Mag. 330, District Court, SD New York (July 18, 1854) |
1854 |
In admiralty. |
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| The Germania v. State |
7 Md. 1, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 01, 1854) |
1854 |
An incorporated club owning and keeping a billiard table, at which the members, and strangers introduced by members, play, at a charge of six-and-a-quarter cents for a game of fifty, to be paid by the members only, which charge, however, does not defray the expense of keeping the table, is liable to the tax imposed by the acts of 1824, ch. 64, and... |
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| The Glamorgan |
1 Spr. 273, District Court, D Massachusetts (December 01, 1854) |
1854 |
In admiralty. |
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| Thomas v. Chance |
11 Tex. 634, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
There is no doubt that a deed by the wife, of community property, the husband being present (not at the making of the deed) and acting as the head of the community, cannot stand alone. The acts of the wife in disposing of community property, with the assent and authority of the husband, are valid; and the authority of the husband may be either... |
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| Thomas v. Lavender |
15 Ga. 267, Supreme Court of Georgia (February 01, 1854) |
1854 |
[1.] [2.] A first original attachment was directed: to all and singular the Sheriffs and Constables of this State, of said county: Held, that this misdirection, made both the first and second originals void. Attachment and claim, in Houston Superior Court. William J. Thomas sued out an attachment, returnable to Crawford Superior... |
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| Thompson v. State |
25 Ala. 41, Supreme Court of Alabama (June 01, 1854) |
1854 |
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Wilcox. Tried before the Hon. NAT. COOK. |
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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. Womack |
9 La.Ann. 555, Supreme Court of Louisiana (December 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of the Parish of St. Helena, Penn, J. |
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| Thorn v. Tyson |
9 La.Ann. 231, Supreme Court of Louisiana (April 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the Third District Court of New Orleans, Kennedy, J. |
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| Tinnin v. Price |
5 Cushm. 619, High Court of Errors and Appeals of Mississippi (October 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Where the administrator of P.'s deceased wife's estate having returned an inventory of the property to the probate court:-Held, that the property having been treated as the wife's estate, it was sufficient evidence to justify the chancery court in appointing a receiver to take charge of it for the purpose alleged. |
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| Towles v. Justices of Inferior Court of Chatham County |
14 Ga. 391, Supreme Court of Georgia (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
1. Was the contract with Towles, made in 1848, by the Commissioners of Roads and Bridges for the County of Chatham, valid? 2. If valid when made, did the contract, on being transferred by Towles to Scudder & Marsh, become invalid, for maintenance or champerty? These are the questions raised by the facts of this case. It is insisted for the... |
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| Town of Bayou Sara v. Tooraen |
9 La.Ann. 206, Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Appeal from the District Court of the parish of West Feliciana, Sterling, J. |
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| Townsend v. Jeffries |
24 Ala. 329, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Madison. Tried before the Hon. JOHN E. MOORE. |
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| Townshend v. Townshend |
6 Md. 295, Court of Appeals of Maryland (December 01, 1854) |
1854 |
We have nothing to do with the general merits of this controversy. We are confined, by the record, to the consideration of but two isolated questions, presented by the only two exceptions in the case. The competency of Robinson as a legal witness in this cause, is the question raised on the first exception. This witness is objected to upon the... |
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| Tracy v. Talmage |
9 How. Pr. 530 (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
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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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| Tucker v. Hunt |
6 Rich.Eq. 183, Court of Appeals of Equity of South Carolina (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Bond due February 11, 1830, secured by mortgage of real estate, was assigned by W. M. to the Bank, as collateral security to a note drawn by the obligor, and endorsed by W. M. In 1838, the Bank recovered separate judgments on the note against the drawer and endorser, and at the same time obtained from the law Court an order for foreclosure of the... |
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| Tucker v. State |
24 Ala. 77, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
APPEAL from the Circuit Court of Greene. Tried before the Hon. TURNER REAVIS. |
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| Turner v. Cole |
24 Ala. 364, Supreme Court of Alabama (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
APPEAL from the Chancery Court of Mobile. Heard before the Hon. J. W. LESESNE. |
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| Turner v. Smith |
11 Tex. 620, Supreme Court of Texas (January 01, 1854) |
1854 |
See this case as to the statute of limitations in connection with trusts. The statute of limitations of two years will run against the owner of personal property, who has established a trust upon it, in favor of the possession of the cestui que trust, where the latter sets up an open, public claim to the property adverse to the owner and to the... |
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| U S ex rel Garland v. Morris |
2 Am. Law Reg. 348, District Court, D Wisconsin (April 01, 1854) |
1854 |
Suit by the United States, upon the relation of B. L. Garland, against Timothy D. Morris. |
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| U S v. Mingo |
2 Curt.C.C. 1, Circuit Court, D Massachusetts (June 05, 1854) |
1854 |
This was an indictment for murder, committed by the defendant [Joseph Mingo] upon William Johnson, on board of the American ship John Dunlap, on the high seas. At the trial the killing was fully proved, and the defendant contended that it was done in excusable self-defence. From the evidence it appeared that the defendant and the deceased were both... |
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| U S v. Stowell |
2 Curt.C.C. 153, Circuit Court, D Massachusetts (October 01, 1854) |
1854 |
This was a motion to quash an indictment against Martin Stowell, for obstructing the marshal in the service of legal process. The obstruction complained of occurred during the proceedings for the rendition of Anthony Burns, in the year 1854. |
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The case or administrative decision has some negative history, but has not been reversed or overruled. |
| U.S. ex rel. Wallach v. McCormich |
2 Hay. & Haz. 156, Circuit Court, District of Columbia (June 01, 1854) |
1854 |
This was an action by the United States, on the part of Charles S. Wallach, against William J. McCormich, register of the corporation of Washington. Heard on motion for a mandamus. The case was brought before the court by Mr. Wallach, who is a tax payer, has always resided in the city, and has been a legal voter for many years, but whose name has... |
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